Afrihost Uncapped ADSL Feedback

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Anybody else only receiving 80% of their service. I see that all my downloads top out at 80Kb/s
 
Just signed up with Afrigamer.

Get 220ms to UK servers (BF3) using Telkominternet, thought I would treat myself by getting "gamer" latency.

Log into game.

260ms

Log into clientzone.

Cancel service.

Afrihost, lol.
 
saffakanera said:
Just signed up with Afrigamer.

Get 220ms to UK servers (BF3) using Telkominternet, thought I would treat myself by getting "gamer" latency.

Log into game.

260ms

Log into clientzone.

Cancel service.

Afrihost, lol.
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You do know the undersea cable that normally carries Afrihost's traffic is still not 100% restored, right?

saffakanera, lol.
 
Shaping is working great.

Daddy = blapping spammers on myBB and torrenting some stuff
Kids = watching youtube (pink panther) - so glad I got uncapped just for that :cool:
Mommy = feeding the baby and playing ipad games. Some games require an internet connection.

Capped accounts is a thing of the past, will never go back to a capped account...
 
Hey Everyone.

So Ive been running a ping monitor for a few days now and if you look at the graphs below, you can see that pings skyrocket at 12 pm everynight? Afriman, what happens at that time?

http://i.snag.gy/8SNOg.jpg


And also, whats happening today?

http://i.snag.gy/DYwtL.jpg


UK:

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Local (SA)
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saffakanera said:
Just signed up with Afrigamer.

Get 220ms to UK servers (BF3) using Telkominternet, thought I would treat myself by getting "gamer" latency.

Log into game.

260ms

Log into clientzone.

Cancel service.

Afrihost, lol.
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Try Mweb, their redundancy is not working properly.

That's the main reason I went back to Afrihost.
 
So it seems that I will need to be happy with poor speeds during the day until the DSLAMs in my area (Newlands) get upgraded (router syncs at g.dmt). I've tried everything from different Mweb packages to different Afrihost packages (Uncapped and Business) and I get absolutely no difference in Internet experience during the day. From about 8 a.m speeds start to drop up until around 11 p.m when it gets better again. I guess copper just can't handle the load? I got a call from Telkom this morning (very impressed :)) and apparently the Newlands/Claremont area might be next in line for a fibre rollout *happy dance* In the meantime I can live with full 4 Mbps speeds during off-peak hours only
 
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EtTA said:
So it seems that I will need to be happy with poor speeds during the day until the DSLAMs in my area (Newlands) get upgraded (router syncs at g.dmt). I've tried everything from different Mweb packages to different Afrihost packages (Uncapped and Business) and I get absolutely no difference in Internet experience during the day. From about 8 a.m speeds start to drop up until around 11 p.m when it gets better again. I guess copper just can't handle the load? I got a call from Telkom this morning (very impressed :)) and apparently the Newlands/Claremont area might be next in line for a fibre rollout *happy dance* In the meantime I can live with full 4 Mbps speeds during off-peak hours only
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I am in Newlands and used to get poor speeds. I complained on hello Peter and behold my line was upgraded to 10meg adsl 2 plus though I am on a 4meg connection profile. Ask the exchange to upgrade u to a 10meg adsl line, it cost the same as the 4meg line and I guarantee you your connection will be stable.
 
EtTA said:
So it seems that I will need to be happy with poor speeds during the day until the DSLAMs in my area (Newlands) get upgraded (router syncs at g.dmt). I've tried everything from different Mweb packages to different Afrihost packages (Uncapped and Business) and I get absolutely no difference in Internet experience during the day. From about 8 a.m speeds start to drop up until around 11 p.m when it gets better again. I guess copper just can't handle the load? I got a call from Telkom this morning (very impressed :)) and apparently the Newlands/Claremont area might be next in line for a fibre rollout *happy dance* In the meantime I can live with full 4 Mbps speeds during off-peak hours only
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There is already fibre in the ground in Newlands. There is a pipe heading from Rhodes Drive, down Union Avenue, past Protea circle and ending up at the Merc dealership (where it meets the Main Road fibre). Many of the smaller residential streets also had fibre laid at the same time.

My line syncs at 10 meg even though I'm singed up for 1 meg, and I never experience congestion. Maybe you need to talk to Telkom again.
 
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There is already fibre in the ground in Newlands. There is a pipe heading from Rhodes Drive, down Union Avenue, past Protea circle and ending up at the Merc dealership (where it meets the Main Road fibre). Many of the smaller residential streets also had fibre laid at the same time.

My line syncs at 10 meg even though I'm singed up for 1 meg, and I never experience congestion. Maybe you need to talk to Telkom again.
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And say what? My router mode is g.dmt so that means the DSLAM is not upgraded right?
 
digitalp said:
I am in Newlands and used to get poor speeds. I complained on hello Peter and behold my line was upgraded to 10meg adsl 2 plus though I am on a 4meg connection profile. Ask the exchange to upgrade u to a 10meg adsl line, it cost the same as the 4meg line and I guarantee you your connection will be stable.
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Hi digitalp. Syncing at 4 Mbps is definitely the problem. The lady who helped me upgrade from 1 Mbps also told me that I would automatically sync at 10 Mbps. How can I get upgraded?
 
EtTA said:
Hi digitalp. Syncing at 4 Mbps is definitely the problem. The lady who helped me upgrade from 1 Mbps also told me that I would automatically sync at 10 Mbps. How can I get upgraded?
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I guess your DSLAM hasn't been upgraded. My router mode used to be g.dmt when I upgraded from 2meg to 4meg. A few days after the upgrade, I logged into my router to realize I was syncing at 10meg and the mode adsl 2 plus. What router are you using by the way?
 
digitalp said:
I guess your DSLAM hasn't been upgraded. My router mode used to be g.dmt when I upgraded from 2meg to 4meg. A few days after the upgrade, I logged into my router to realize I was syncing at 10meg and the mode adsl 2 plus. What router are you using by the way?
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A Telkom DuoPlus 300w :D
 
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