Afrihost Uncapped ADSL Feedback

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timmie23 said:
Who do you use? I used AstraWeb, but experienced horrible results with larger files especially. It must have an API that can work with SickBeard though.
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Astraweb as well. But I bought a 1000GB block account that never expires, and they allow 50 connections (although I get full speed using 20). But I'm looking at changing providers because they seem to be caving in to these DMCA takedown requests.

As for the SickBeard API, it doesn't matter which provider you use, because you get the API key from whichever indexing site you use to get your NZB files from (I use NZBMatrix - $10 once off).
 
This from AH website:

Uncapped ADSL Network Latency
High Impact
Opened: 10:12 Wed, October 10, 2012

We are currently experiencing latency on our Uncapped DSL network the cause is still unknown and our upstream providers are investigating.

We apologize for the inconvenience and delays caused and hoping the matter should be rectified shortly.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.
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1) I have no worse latency than always. 15 ms local ping is quite the norm.

2) 0.39 MB download on the other hand is quite a blunder, considered I'm on AH's 4MB uncapped.

3) How do they know we have patience and understanding?
 
Are there many other people out the sitting with a 2meg line but 1meg data uncapped?
It's frustrating knowing that mine line is not being fully utilized... :(
 
d7e7r7 said:
Are there many other people out the sitting with a 2meg line but 1meg data uncapped?
It's frustrating knowing that mine line is not being fully utilized... :(
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Yes, I'm in the same boat. I'm not sure I want 2Mbps at this time, and until I hear from Afrihost that it is safe to do so, I don't want to downgrade my ADSL line from 2Mbps to 1Mbps, just in case Telkom decides to give me 384kbps instead. I guess you could pay the extra R100 a month and upgrade to 2Mbps on the Afrihost end.
 
So, for you guys who are on MTN already: How are your international download speeds?

When downloading from mirrors.is.co.za, it only takes one connection to max out my 2Mbps line. However, when downloading from overseas (tried Hetzner/DE and Zen Systems/DK so far), I get about 400-500kbps per connection, and thus it takes 4-5 connections to max out my 2Mbps.
 
d7e7r7 said:
Are there many other people out the sitting with a 2meg line but 1meg data uncapped?
It's frustrating knowing that mine line is not being fully utilized... :(
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d7e7r7 Sorry but I do not understand your comment. You bought a 1meg data package from Afrihost. You get 1 meg. If you give them (at todays prices) R100 extra you can up your data to 2meg.
Me myself? I am not sure if I can afford the extra R100 per month.
 
ShaunSA said:
All accounts are moving. I just got the email and I am on 1 meg.
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I presume you have noticed by now that NOT all accounts are moving! those with @is.afrihost.co.za like my 1-2 meg uncapped is staying. Although my bundle account will move.
 
I first pop in here and see people bitching about line speeds and threatning to goto mweb. I goto Mweb uncapped and see the same thing, bitching about line speeds. hehehehe

Before people bitch what I would like to see is a "I am on is.afrhost or afrihost and I have downloaded xyz gigs this month on my 1,2,4,10 meg line........". The line speeds are going to stay crappy even after the move to Mweb. Look at the Axxess thingy .... that is what will kill your line.
 
Grimspoon said:
Teach us your ways please grandmaster Hoxbig :D
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No big secret, just sign up with one of them and they'll give you the settings. Just replace the settings that you already use (news.is.co.za or whatever the case) with the ones they provide.
 
blunt said:
mind posting a traceroute to mail.google.com + what line speed are u on?
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1 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms login.router [10.0.0.2]
2 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms 105-236-9-129-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.9.129]
3 17 ms 14 ms 15 ms ipc-recieve-jh-3a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.178.29]
4 15 ms 15 ms 14 ms qux-jh-dca-2.za-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165.115]
5 15 ms 14 ms 15 ms jh-dca-2.za--qux-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165.114]
6 193 ms 192 ms 192 ms jh-cr-2.za--jh-dca-2.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.0.224]
7 192 ms 192 ms 192 ms am-cr-1.nl--jh-cr-2.za-a.mtn.net [196.44.31.215]
8 192 ms 191 ms 198 ms am-tpr-1.nl--am-cr-1.nl-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.141]
9 192 ms 195 ms 191 ms core2.ams.net.google.com [195.69.145.100]
10 194 ms 266 ms 193 ms 209.85.254.95
11 241 ms 195 ms 194 ms 209.85.255.60
12 213 ms * * 209.85.240.29
13 213 ms 212 ms 213 ms 209.85.253.197
14 240 ms 241 ms 252 ms 209.85.252.45
15 199 ms 198 ms 198 ms 209.85.248.227
16 199 ms 199 ms 199 ms 64.233.174.105
17 199 ms 200 ms 198 ms mail.google.com [74.125.233.21]

Trace complete.

4Mbps Line. I've got lots of faith in Afrihost still though to sort out the issue. Not planning on jumping ship.
 
timmie23 said:
1 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms login.router [10.0.0.2]
2 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms 105-236-9-129-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.9.129]
3 17 ms 14 ms 15 ms ipc-recieve-jh-3a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.178.29]
4 15 ms 15 ms 14 ms qux-jh-dca-2.za-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165.115]
5 15 ms 14 ms 15 ms jh-dca-2.za--qux-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165.114]
6 193 ms 192 ms 192 ms jh-cr-2.za--jh-dca-2.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.0.224]
7 192 ms 192 ms 192 ms am-cr-1.nl--jh-cr-2.za-a.mtn.net [196.44.31.215]
8 192 ms 191 ms 198 ms am-tpr-1.nl--am-cr-1.nl-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.141]
9 192 ms 195 ms 191 ms core2.ams.net.google.com [195.69.145.100]
10 194 ms 266 ms 193 ms 209.85.254.95
11 241 ms 195 ms 194 ms 209.85.255.60
12 213 ms * * 209.85.240.29
13 213 ms 212 ms 213 ms 209.85.253.197
14 240 ms 241 ms 252 ms 209.85.252.45
15 199 ms 198 ms 198 ms 209.85.248.227
16 199 ms 199 ms 199 ms 64.233.174.105
17 199 ms 200 ms 198 ms mail.google.com [74.125.233.21]

Trace complete.

4Mbps Line. I've got lots of faith in Afrihost still though to sort out the issue. Not planning on jumping ship.
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that's pretty weak. so they route international to mail.google.com - was hoping the routing was the same as their dedi servers (eg: hetzner)

traceroute to mail.google.com (74.125.233.22), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 * * *
2 196.30.77.74 (196.30.77.74) 0.574 ms 0.687 ms 0.814 ms
3 * 196.40.104.65 (196.40.104.65) 0.624 ms 0.651 ms
4 (196.7.21.34) 0.793 ms 0.790 ms 0.786 ms
5 tb-cr-1--ct-cr-1-a.mtnns.net (196.44.31.210) 0.984 ms 0.980 ms 1.080 ms
6 196.44.0.74 (196.44.0.74) 0.978 ms 0.527 ms 0.550 ms
7 74.125.49.218 (74.125.49.218) 0.957 ms 1.024 ms 1.027 ms
8 64.233.174.105 (64.233.174.105) 1.305 ms 1.575 ms 1.738 ms
9 cpt01s01-in-f22.1e100.net (74.125.233.22) 0.812 ms 0.839 ms 0.970 ms

pings obviously wouldnt be as good as the above but it would still route locally (CPT)
 
blunt said:
mind posting a traceroute to mail.google.com + what line speed are u on?
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1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms BillionRouter.werny.ctwug.za.net [172.18.58.108]
2 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms 105-236-4-193-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.4.193]
3 31 ms 31 ms 31 ms ipc-recieve-rb-2a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.178.65]
4 33 ms 33 ms 32 ms rb-cr-1.za--rb-dca-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.0.146]
5 31 ms 30 ms 31 ms jh-cr-2.za--rb-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.95]
6 83 ms 38 ms 30 ms qux-jh-dca-2.za-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165.115]
7 214 ms 210 ms 211 ms am-cr-1.nl--jh-cr-2.za-a.mtn.net [196.44.31.215]
8 207 ms 207 ms 207 ms am-tpr-1.nl--am-cr-1.nl-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.141]
9 207 ms 209 ms 290 ms core2.ams.net.google.com [195.69.145.100]
10 207 ms 207 ms 208 ms 209.85.254.90
11 209 ms 211 ms 209 ms 209.85.255.70
12 231 ms 230 ms 230 ms 209.85.240.29
13 230 ms 230 ms 229 ms 209.85.253.93
14 259 ms 259 ms 258 ms 209.85.252.45
15 214 ms 215 ms 215 ms 209.85.248.227
16 216 ms 218 ms 216 ms 64.233.174.105
17 216 ms 216 ms 214 ms cpt01s01-in-f22.1e100.net [74.125.233.22]

Trace complete.

I'm on 1Mbps line with 4Mbps uncapped trail.
 
Definitely impressed with my MTN network test account! If it stays like this once everyone moves over Afrihost have defiantly found pure Internet joy.

Bring on ISP of the year 2013...
 
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Hello Mr Blunt

Mind telling me what you read into this? 2 meg line

traceroute to mail.google.com (173.194.67.17), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254) 6.936 ms 7.134 ms 7.230 ms
2 196-210-170-129.dynamic.isadsl.co.za (196.210.170.129) 10.702 ms 11.010 ms 13.483 ms
3 cdsl1-ctn-vl2173.ip.isnet.net (196.38.72.113) 18.352 ms 21.705 ms 22.928 ms
4 196.35.115.128 (196.35.115.128) 25.137 ms 28.610 ms 31.099 ms
5 core1b-ctn-gi0-1.ip.isnet.net (168.209.2.4) 3872.779 ms 3875.771 ms 3878.412 ms
6 * 168.209.246.3 (168.209.246.3) 164.239 ms 160.449 ms
7 195.66.236.125 (195.66.236.125) 161.030 ms 163.615 ms 166.680 ms
8 209.85.240.63 (209.85.240.63) 168.646 ms 171.481 ms 195.995 ms
9 209.85.253.196 (209.85.253.196) 178.140 ms 180.046 ms 276.667 ms
10 66.249.95.173 (66.249.95.173) 282.312 ms 285.023 ms 72.14.232.134 (72.14.232.134) 5284.579 ms
11 209.85.250.161 (209.85.250.161) 5286.685 ms 209.85.250.163 (209.85.250.163) 5290.192 ms 209.85.250.161 (209.85.250.161) 167.499 ms
12 * * *
13 wi-in-f17.1e100.net (173.194.67.17) 172.434 ms 174.843 ms 177.285 ms
 
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