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Mine AFRIHOST ADSL is also better, but maybe it is because of the time "6:46am", let's see how long it remains this good.

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It seems MyBB speedtest is unshaped and yet http and torrents are shaped/throttled at 120kB
International:
Test conducted on 11 November 2012 07:10:54 AM
Download Speed: 3503 kbps (437.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 410 kbps (51.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 229 ms

EDIT: It seems okay now
 
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wingnut771 said:
It seems MyBB speedtest is unshaped and yet http and torrents are shaped/throttled at 120kB
International:
Test conducted on 11 November 2012 07:10:54 AM
Download Speed: 3503 kbps (437.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 410 kbps (51.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 229 ms
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if it can stay like this all day (maybe lower latency) i'll be happy

Test conducted on 11 November 2012 07:48
Download Speed: 3069 kbps (383.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 411 kbps (51.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 237 ms
 
new_in_za2 said:
Again, let me repeat: Where Speedtest.net claim you are has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of Afrihost's network or what speed, latency or quality you get out of your internet connection. It is merely where Speedtest.net claim you are. Nothing else.
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I sort of disagree. Whenever speedtest's location suddenly is reported as somewhere else, its a pretty good indication that Afrihost have just made some sort of adjustment or change. I'm in Durban, and since the move to MTN I've been reported as being in Jhb most of the time. Sometimes it has reported that my location is in London, which has generally coincided with bad performance.

The reason for this morning's post, however, is that right now for the FIRST TIME on the MTN network, speedtest reports me as being in Durban. Don't get me wrong, I'm getting the same performance as when I was reported as being in Jhb, but I'm just saying things are getting somewhere.

I'm pretty sure the location changes are due to Afrihost's tinkering. I do agree with you though that from speedtest's point of view, location doesnt = performance, but an incorrectly reported location can be a side effect of an underlying recent performance-related change on Afrihost's side.
 
Aren't the speedtest 'guesses' an indication of Afrihost's routing?

Are those complaining of not getting 10Mbps (1MBps) on 4Mbps uncapped accounts, or 10Mbps uncapped accounts?
 
ClintonExsteen said:
if it can stay like this all day (maybe lower latency) i'll be happy

Test conducted on 11 November 2012 07:48
Download Speed: 3069 kbps (383.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 411 kbps (51.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 237 ms
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I agree, it seems okay now
 
11 nov 2012 / sunday / product 10mbs uncapped afrihost / location pretoria

9:41am-9:58am
speedtest to JHB


speedtest to CT


speedtest to UK


speedtest to US


ping test to CT


ping test to UK


ping test to USA


path ping to The Escapist
Code: 
C:\Windows\system32>pathping www.escapistmagazine.com

Tracing route to www2.tmserv.net [209.34.224.72]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
  0  JadeX64 [10.10.10.10]
  1  . [10.10.10.1]
  2  105-236-3-129-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.3.129]
  3  ipc-recieve-jh-1a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.178.5]
  4  qux-jh-dca-2.za-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165.115]
  5  jh-dca-2.za--qux-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165.114]
  6  am-cr-2.nl--am-tpr-1.nl-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.218]
  7  xe-4-1-0.edge5.Amsterdam1.Level3.net [212.72.41.89]
  8  4.69.162.145
  9  ae-56-221.ebr2.Amsterdam1.Level3.net [4.69.153.201]
 10  ae-46-46.ebr2.London1.Level3.net [4.69.143.74]
 11  ae-41-41.ebr1.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.69.137.66]
 12  ae-10-10.ebr2.Washington12.Level3.net [4.69.148.50]
 13  ae-5-5.ebr2.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.143.221]
 14  ae-6-6.car2.Raleigh1.Level3.net [4.69.132.177]
 15  ae-11-11.car1.Raleigh1.Level3.net [4.69.132.173]
 16  PEAK-10.car1.Raleigh1.Level3.net [4.71.160.50]
 17  v13.rd1.ral.peak10.net [66.129.104.25]
 18  www2.tmserv.net [209.34.224.72]
 19     *        *        *
Computing statistics for 450 seconds...
            Source to Here   This Node/Link
Hop  RTT    Lost/Sent = Pct  Lost/Sent = Pct  Address
  0                                           JadeX64 [10.10.10.10]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  1    0ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  . [10.10.10.1]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  2    9ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  105-236-3-129-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.3.129]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  3   13ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  ipc-recieve-jh-1a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.178.5]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  4   13ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  qux-jh-dca-2.za-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165.115]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  5   12ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  jh-dca-2.za--qux-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165.114]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  6  192ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  am-cr-2.nl--am-tpr-1.nl-a.mtn.net[209.212.111.218]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  7  204ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  xe-4-1-0.edge5.Amsterdam1.Level3.net [212.72.41.89]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  8  188ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  4.69.162.145
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  9  184ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  ae-56-221.ebr2.Amsterdam1.Level3.net [4.69.153.201]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 10  201ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  ae-46-46.ebr2.London1.Level3.net [4.69.143.74]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 11  ---     100/ 100 =100%   100/ 100 =100%  ae-41-41.ebr1.NewYork1.Level3.net[4.69.137.66]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 12  279ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  ae-10-10.ebr2.Washington12.Level3.net [4.69.148.50]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 13  275ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  ae-5-5.ebr2.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.143.221]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 14  301ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  ae-6-6.car2.Raleigh1.Level3.net [4.69.132.177]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 15  303ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  ae-11-11.car1.Raleigh1.Level3.net[4.69.132.173]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 16  287ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  PEAK-10.car1.Raleigh1.Level3.net [4.71.160.50]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 17  274ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  v13.rd1.ral.peak10.net [66.129.104.25]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 18  281ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  www2.tmserv.net [209.34.224.72]

Trace complete.

C:\Windows\system32>
 
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Test conducted on 11 November 2012 10:29:19 SAST

Download Speed: 6761 kbps (845.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 533 kbps (66.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 35 ms
 
Just DCed from D3, this is making it impossible to play D3 with expected DCs.
 
prodigyX said:
I sort of disagree. Whenever speedtest's location suddenly is reported as somewhere else, its a pretty good indication that Afrihost have just made some sort of adjustment or change.
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No, it is not. Speedtest.net guess solely based on the IP address. Sorry to burst your bubble.

prodigyX said:
I'm in Durban, and since the move to MTN I've been reported as being in Jhb most of the time. Sometimes it has reported that my location is in London, which has generally coincided with bad performance.
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Three things for you to read about.

Confirmation bias (also called confirmatory bias or myside bias) is a tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses.[Note 1][1] People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way.

"Correlation does not imply causation" is a phrase used in science and statistics to emphasize that a correlation between two variables does not necessarily imply that one causes the other.

Sample size determination is the act of choosing the number of observations or replicates to include in a statistical sample. The sample size is an important feature of any empirical study in which the goal is to make inferences about a population from a sample.

You can of course also refuse to read any of those things and go on with your religious belief that Speedtest.net's guesses based on your IP address has anything at all to do with Afrihost's service.

prodigyX said:
Don't get me wrong, I'm getting the same performance as when I was reported as being in Jhb, but I'm just saying things are getting somewhere.
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Yes. Speedtest.net's guesses got better for you. That still has absolutely nothing to do with the performance of Afrihost. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Nil.

prodigyX said:
I'm pretty sure the location changes are due to Afrihost's tinkering.
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And you base this irrational belief on exactly what?
 
IPX-SPX said:
Aren't the speedtest 'guesses' an indication of Afrihost's routing?
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No. They have nothing at all to do with networking, your network performance or routing. They are 100% based on the IP address alone. They are a product of your IP address and Speedtest.net's database for guessing geographical locations based on IP addresses.
 
new_in_za2 said:
No, it is not. Speedtest.net guess solely based on the IP address. Sorry to burst your bubble.



Three things for you to read about.

Confirmation bias (also called confirmatory bias or myside bias) is a tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses.[Note 1][1] People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way.

"Correlation does not imply causation" is a phrase used in science and statistics to emphasize that a correlation between two variables does not necessarily imply that one causes the other.

Sample size determination is the act of choosing the number of observations or replicates to include in a statistical sample. The sample size is an important feature of any empirical study in which the goal is to make inferences about a population from a sample.

You can of course also refuse to read any of those things and go on with your religious belief that Speedtest.net's guesses based on your IP address has anything at all to do with Afrihost's service.



Yes. Speedtest.net's guesses got better for you. That still has absolutely nothing to do with the performance of Afrihost. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Nil.



And you base this irrational belief on exactly what?
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You do realise that at this point the only person spamming up the thread is you, right? If you hadn't commented when someone said something about speedtest.net locations being wrong, it would have died with their posts, but now you're turning this entire thread into a petty fight.

If you really need to get people to understand your point, PM them with the specifics regarding speedtest.net locations, stop spamming this thread with your unrelated posts.
 
new_in_za2 said:
No. They have nothing at all to do with networking, your network performance or routing. They are 100% based on the IP address alone. They are a product of your IP address and Speedtest.net's database for guessing geographical locations based on IP addresses.
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So therefore:

if speedtest reports different location -> ip must have changed -> afrihost has reconfigured something -> it is reasonable to expect a possible difference in performance, whether good or bad

yes? :D
 
Yet again its ****ed again, disconnects every 5mins ****ing pathetic excuse for an ISP.
 
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