Afrihost Uncapped ADSL Feedback

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Well my account seems to behave like a 2mb uncapped account.
It's suppose to be 10 mb uncapped.

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I'm gonna cancel I think.
But I moved my line to Afrihost, so I'm hoping it's not gonna get complicated now.
I regret moving it from Telkom.
But Afrihost really had a good deal for 10 mb uncapped. Been using 10 mb uncapped on Afrihost since September and
it really performed well.

But speed really sucks now
 
Did you try the fix my line thing and restarted you router..... Because you line is with Afrihost now. If that does not work PM Afriman.
and im sure he will fix it....
 
I have a 1 meg uncapped account but my line speed is 10 meg (I subscribe to a 1 meg line but ever since they installed an MSAN it hasn't sync'd below 8 meg).

Anyway, here is the reason for my post:

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Perfectly timed with my Ubuntu 12.10 upgrade night.

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burn said:
I have a 1 meg uncapped account but my line speed is 10 meg (I pay for 1 meg but ever since they put an MSAN in my hood it hasn't sync'd below 8 meg).

Anyway, here is the reason for my post:
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wtf :wtf:

My speeds tonight are hopeless.
 
blunt said:
I just tested a 45mb download from my server in germany via FTP. Sat an average of 80kB/sec - bursts up to 90 odd sometimes but averages out 70-80kB/sec

Tested another from a Hetzner CPT server - 10MB file went at a solid 300kB/sec (4MB line with torrents capped @100kB/sec running)
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I have the same issue. If I download from a local server, I need only one HTTP connection to max out my line. If I download from overseas (for example Hetzner in Germany), I need 3-5 HTTP connections to max out my 2Mbps line.
 
new_in_za2 said:
I have the same issue. If I download from a local server, I need only one HTTP connection to max out my line. If I download from overseas (for example Hetzner in Germany), I need 3-5 HTTP connections to max out my 2Mbps line.
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Thats normal, remember that is a problem with TCP connections, As it sends for example three packets and waits for the ack before it sends the next three packets. The distance is longer so the time that it takes for the ack to reach the server so that the server can know if it can send the next lot is longer thus reducing the speed. A download manager downloading at multiple threads will fix this.
 
So how does it look this morning?

Seems like after a few days of crazy support calls due to IP and DNS issues - we've managed to resolve and help most clients get sorted out. So now it's down to the even finer detail of getting each individual client to get the maximum experience from their bandwidth.

Please post what you're experiencing good or bad. But if it's bad, please also send me a PM with your username so I can get you some help ASAP.

Thanks guys :)
 
...as you have mentioned, it seems some IP's provide really slow throughput - last xxx.xxx.xxx.100 or <; while 105.236.215.200+ provide excellent throughput...
 
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Thanks blunt - info is appreciated.

blunt said:
I just tested a 45mb download from my server in germany via FTP. Sat an average of 80kB/sec - bursts up to 90 odd sometimes but averages out 70-80kB/sec

Tested another from a Hetzner CPT server - 10MB file went at a solid 300kB/sec (4MB line with torrents capped @100kB/sec running)
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downloading a torrent at 600KBps right now, during office hours on afrihost shaped uncapped. Awe !!! :)

Also forcing google and youtube to 66.8.14.14 make things much much better
Also found setting steam to South Africa JHB not the IS and MWEB one gives me linespeed downloads
MTN network is way better than IS crap :D
 
nerf said:
Thats normal, remember that is a problem with TCP connections, As it sends for example three packets and waits for the ack before it sends the next three packets. The distance is longer so the time that it takes for the ack to reach the server so that the server can know if it can send the next lot is longer thus reducing the speed. A download manager downloading at multiple threads will fix this.
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I don't know who explained TCP to you, but it seems you only got half of the idea of how it works.

You are correct that there speed limit of TCP is a product of the latency and the buffer size. However, even with the worst possible TCP implementation, I will be able to get much faster speeds than I am getting. Let's look at the numbers:

Latency to server: 220ms
Window scale negotiated upon connection: 2^6
Pre-scaled window size: 14600
Window size: 934400
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With the window size being 934400 bytes and my latency to the server 220ms, that means that I can transfer 934400 bytes per 220ms. To get it into my maximum bytes per second value for that connection, we simply divide the window size by the latency, thus 934000/0.220 = 4247272.72 bytes/s or 4147kB/s max speed for one connection. which is between 50 and 100 times more than what I actually get.

In summary: No, my poor speeds to international servers are not caused by limitations of TCP.
 
StNick said:
Not sure if its relevant, but my Afrihost 1GB capped account (also MTN) is just as bad in Diablo.

Good news in that its not some throttling mechanic on the uncapped accounts.
Bad news in that this could mean its only part of a far bigger problem.
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My Diablo 3 has also been terrible. Latency is up and down can go anywhere from about 220ms to 1600ms (slideshow). Having to switch isp accounts to play a game is a complete ballache. Please could you look into this, so we do not have to resort to this.
Thanks
 
PsYcRoW said:
My Diablo 3 has also been terrible. Latency is up and down can go anywhere from about 220ms to 1600ms (slideshow). Having to switch isp accounts to play a game is a complete ballache. Please could you look into this, so we do not have to resort to this.
Thanks
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It's because we are all being routed through Joburg - Afriman said that they would be adding cape town ipc capacity, but nothing has happened yet.
 
Cancelled my uncapped 10 mb bundle last night.
Seems during the night I get 2 - 3 mb line speed on speedtest.

But during the day I get 8 mb on speedtest.
Maybe i should change to downloading during the day LOL

Weird
 
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