Afrihost Uncapped Subscribers Feedback

[BlackDragonSS]

Is speed affected on Afrihost 4mb/s uncapped if you have used less than the 30gb threshold amount?

I didn't have any problem with my 4meg account up until I reached 32gb, so I believe below 30gb is fine. But on the same note I'm now flying at 380kb's+ and have done 55gb on my account.

 

[The_Ace]

I signed up a week ago and I will not go back to Cybersmart. We are using avg 1Gb a day. I am quite happy. I will not complain about the people leaving Afrihost ... the faster they leave the faster my speed improves!

 

[william riker]

all the people leaving afrihost are good for me!

torrents are going at 450 kb/s!

new record for me!

doing over 1.2 GB an hour.

 

[ajules]

I have gone past 30GB's and definitely have not been shaped or throttled.Doing speeds consistent with my 4MB line.

So what the hell is going on?Not that I am complaining but can we please start getting some proper communication from Afrihost - their silence this past 2 to 3 weeks has been a real disgrace.

 

[Krypty]

Gian reported this morning just after 3am on his twitter account that they made some changes to the Uncapped services. The guys that was throttled on 30Gb is running now again at full speed.

 

[Gargmel]

My speeds look much better too, at 38gb at the moment.

 

[william riker]

i have done 12 GB since 9 pm last night but now speeds are back to low...

it was good while it lasted!

63 GB so far!

 

[human75]

hi guys.i was going to cancel my account with afrihost but look what i have just got
"

Hi There,
Trust you are well.

we have improved our network and Your speed should have improved. If not please let
us know.

Thanks for using us.
Have a great day & please feel free to let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Warm regards.
Have a great day & please feel free to let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Warm regards.

Mark"
they also said this is not temporary.line speed will stay as it isvery good news from afrihost.that is it.speed is perfect for me now.thx afrihost.

 

[Wasp_21]

Yay. Anything official from Afrihost? 384 line, running full again after 20 gigs? Need to know if i must recall my cancellation.

 

[froot]

Yay. Anything official from Afrihost? 384 line, running full again after 20 gigs? Need to know if i must recall my cancellation.

Apparently there was a tweet from Gian to explain what's happened....

 

[Wasp_21]

Apparently there was a tweet from Gian to explain what's happened....

I don't Tweet?

 

[hart]

http://www.afrihost.com/adsl-uncapped-faqs.php
updated faq's for 384k and 512k usage

 

[Rashid]

On a 384K I am past 15GB, I download at full speed but as soon as I browse while downloading, my download speed drops dramatically.

@ hart
Thanks for the updated FAQ's link, now we know what we are dealing with

 

[Dan C]

Yeah speed etc. has improved a lot.

 

[diabolus]

Apparently there was a tweet from Gian to explain what's happened....

Well not seeing anything with real info on Twitter....twitter not exactly the medium to "explain" anything [too short text].
I guess closest tweets to this:

gianvisser

We've made some changes to our Uncapped: If you were throttled pls let me know if your performance has improved? #Afrihost
about 19 hours ago via Twitterrific

gianvisser

Really tough week? CHECK. Mistakes made? CHECK. Far better days ahead? CHECK. #Afrihost
1:37 AM Apr 17th via Twitterrific

 

[Wasp_21]

Well, moved a total of 24 gigs so far this month on 384. Was at full speed this weekend. Slow this morning. Maybe they shaping business hours now. Which is super! (holding thumbs)

 

[william riker]

speed was KRAP!
floated around 17 kb/s...

i have done 65 GB on a 4mb line, so i must have been moved to another " special category ''.

 

[jay-co]

i have to say that my uncapped 384 has been running nicely the last while sitting on 20gb.
looks like things are getting better.................... lets hope it stays like this

i just wish we can get some feedback from AH

 

[Rodent-Boy]

speed was KRAP!
floated around 17 kb/s...

i have done 65 GB on a 4mb line, so i must have been moved to another " special category ''.

I have moved 64GB this month and, in accordance with their TC, it appears that my line has been throttled to 2mbps. Here is my Speedtest result:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/787679008.png

However, "certain shaping protocols are in place" too. Giganews downloads currently at 26 KB/s. General browsing is stable, however.

I still would hardly consider this a worthwhile uncapped option, but at least the just-as-good-as-capped throttling at 30GB seems to have given away to some sensibility.

 

[boramk]

Yeah, I'm in the 60GB band, yet I get 20KB/s on my news readers...

/cancel