Afrihost Uncapped ADSL Feedback

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Bryn26 said:
Thanks... Can't Afrihost significantly increase the speed of the news server, limit it to Afrihost customers and add it to the shaping system? As oppose to just making it slow for everyone.
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er ..... my understanding is, it is in The Netherlands therefore I suspect it is a "procured" service.
 
EtTA said:
I doubt they will do this on the request of one customer? :)
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Read again. If your exchange supports 2+, and you're still on a G.DMT port, ask them to upgrade you...
 
Sinbad said:
Read again. If your exchange supports 2+, and you're still on a G.DMT port, ask them to upgrade you...
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What exactly does this process entail? A technician would have to be sent out, right? (Sorry, noob over here)
 
jeanres said:
I don't understand what these people on the leaderboard download, how can you do 1.5TB in a month?
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Data Used: 203.09 GB
Average Daily Usage: 12.69 GB

Me, the wife and the daughter on Netflix, havent downloaded a single thing this month. :)

Afriman please dont make my connection slower because of this post. :P
 
Bryn26 said:
Thanks... Can't Afrihost significantly increase the speed of the news server, limit it to Afrihost customers and add it to the shaping system? As oppose to just making it slow for everyone.
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We use a 3rd party service, which we subscribe to, so we are not in direct control of speeds and capacity. However, NNTP traffic is shaped, depending on whether you're using a Capped, Uncapped, or Business DSL account to access the service. Anyone on Afrihost ADSL can acccess the service free of charge.
 
AfriMan said:
We use a 3rd party service, which we subscribe to, so we are not in direct control of speeds and capacity. However, NNTP traffic is shaped, depending on whether you're using a Capped, Uncapped, or Business DSL account to access the service. Anyone on Afrihost ADSL can acccess the service free of charge.
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Thanks. I'm on business, and torrents do work well. I only use usenet for more obscure stuff.

I don't suppose you have an Android phone? The speeds I get on the Play Store are atrocious. Not sure if it's a Google issue... I tried the latest version of the store for a day (it's horrible) but speeds didn't increase. Downloading large games is almost impossible.
 
Bryn26 said:
I don't suppose you have an Android phone? The speeds I get on the Play Store are atrocious. Not sure if it's a Google issue... I tried the latest version of the store for a day (it's horrible) but speeds didn't increase. Downloading large games is almost impossible.
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Same here. It might be that the play store itself is throttling traffic, so as to ensure a fair service to all android fanboys... So far I'm able to update and install stuff from the android store, even if sometimes a bit slow...
 
saa044 said:
Data Used: 203.09 GB
Average Daily Usage: 12.69 GB

Me, the wife and the daughter on Netflix, havent downloaded a single thing this month. :)

Afriman please dont make my connection slower because of this post. :P
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Be glad you're not this poor oke :p

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jeanres said:
I don't understand what these people on the leaderboard download, how can you do 1.5TB in a month?
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My Maths is shocking but .......One is allowed 5 concurrent connections with Afrihost. That can be 5 phone lines, times the gigs line speed, times 24 hours times 30 days? :-)
 
pgs said:
My Maths is shocking but .......One is allowed 5 concurrent connections with Afrihost. That can be 5 phone lines, times the gigs line speed, times 24 hours times 30 days? :-)
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No, you get one concurrent connection. Capped accounts may be 5 connections.

If uncapped allowed 5, the highest usages would be extreme.
 
pgs said:
My Maths is shocking but .......One is allowed 5 concurrent connections with Afrihost. That can be 5 phone lines, times the gigs line speed, times 24 hours times 30 days? :-)
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On uncapped, you generally only get one concurrent connection. You get 10 on capped.
 
After a fair bit of research, I finally got my NetFlix up and running using UnoTelly. Awesome little service btw!

http://www.unotelly.com

All this aside, @Afriman - The video quality on Netflix is pretty appalling on my 4Mb Uncapped currently. Any idea why this might be? Youtube, etc all stream without issue.
 
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Anyone else struggling to connect at the moment? I'm getting packet loss, high local latency and a jump in a trace route from 26ms to 233ms between two Cape Town MTN hops.
 
SirSlothXCI said:
After a fair bit of research, I finally got my NetFlix up and running using UnoTelly. Awesome little service btw!

http://www.unotelly.com

All this aside, @Afriman - The video quality on Netflix is pretty appalling on my 4Mb Uncapped currently. Any idea why this might be? Youtube, etc all stream without issue.
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What are you streaming Netflix through, and have you watched more than 30 seconds of anything? Netflix adjusts video quality dynamically, and it always starts out looking crap.
 
HapticSimian said:
What are you streaming Netflix through, and have you watched more than 30 seconds of anything? Netflix adjusts video quality dynamically, and it always starts out looking crap.
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Yeh, you need to give it time to adjust. I have only had issues with Hulu, when the HD ads come on, the show plays fine, but the add lags like a mother...

Havent tried it since I switched to 10 Mbps though...which, was actually initially for streaming.
 
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