Best ISP for capped 4Mb/s Bandwidth?

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Hi all

I'm looking for a reasonably priced ISP for good daytime speed on a 4 Mb/s line. I've tried capped bandwidth from Axxess and Afrihost this month, but they both seem to have lower speed (average < 100 kB/s) in the daytime when I need it most. In the evenings or before 8am I'm getting 250-350kB/s.

On other threads people have suggested Cybersmart, TRL and SAOL for fast capped bandwidth. Is it worth trying on of these ISPs, or are they all slow in the day?

I work from home and do some downloads, but need speed more than bandwidth.

Thanks!
 
Would be helpful to know what you're actually going to use it for since it does affect the answer.
 
@Havoc - I browse the web, and download software. The downloads run really slowly sometimes which is a problem when I have to wait to work. I'm setting up virtual machines running Ubuntu with different configurations that need to be updated regularly. I also try out different application packages. I'm starting to skype quite a bit as well.

When I had a 384kb line it worked at near capacity. The 4Mb/s experience is nothing like that..
 
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Well if you go for WA then you can run those Ubuntu updates against the WA server...doesn't count against cap. Doesn't sound like you'd get much benefit from unshaped so stick to shaped WA. They're going through a bit of a rough patch atm though.
 
brendonwp said:
Hi all

I'm looking for a reasonably priced ISP for good daytime speed on a 4 Mb/s line. I've tried capped bandwidth from Axxess and Afrihost this month, but they both seem to have lower speed (average < 100 kB/s) in the daytime when I need it most. In the evenings or before 8am I'm getting 250-350kB/s.

On other threads people have suggested Cybersmart, TRL and SAOL for fast capped bandwidth. Is it worth trying on of these ISPs, or are they all slow in the day?

I work from home and do some downloads, but need speed more than bandwidth.

Thanks!
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Hi brendonwp,

PM me if you would be interested in a test account ;)
 
brendonwp said:
I've tried capped bandwidth from Axxess and Afrihost this month, but they both seem to have lower speed (average < 100 kB/s) in the daytime when I need it most.
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Can't tell about Axxess but I know my capped Afrihost gives me full speed all the time. If you experience slowness during the daytime it's more than likely due to a congested Telkom exchange. You have many businesses in your area?
 
HavocXphere said:
Well if you go for WA then you can run those Ubuntu updates against the WA server...doesn't count against cap. Doesn't sound like you'd get much benefit from unshaped so stick to shaped WA. They're going through a bit of a rough patch atm though.
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Hey guys,

Yes, we have been experiencing more outages than usual. I've addressed this in another post with solutions to the problems. We've been stable since.

Linux updates, WAGE and games will count towards FreeZone :)

If you are interested in giving us a shot, grab yourself a trial account. This gives you:

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@Reuben - a PM is waiting for you.

@Herman - I'm on the Randburg exchange, so maybe it is congestion - I hope not!

@Jeff - thanks, have signed up and the activation mail has just arrived :)
 
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Will give it a spin. Do you have other packages than the ones on the front of the web page? I need about 10GB peak and 5-10GB off-peak per month, but I don't want to have to go for a 50GB package just to meet my peak time bandwidth needs.
 
The Ubuntu servers are slow at the moment. I downloaded 11.10 beta yesterday and it really crawled :(
 
That sucks! Are these the Web Africa Ubuntu servers or the ZA servers from Ubuntu Software Sources?

Maybe these are the same?
 
Crawling along at about 35kB/s. My 384kb/s line in Centurion had the same average throughput! I've tried four service providers now. Telkom fault log here we come!
 
My modem stats look fine to me, checking the Understanding SNR and Attentuation sticky. Please comment if there is something funny I missed:

Mode: ADSL G.DMT
Upstream speed: 512 kbps
Downstream speed: 4096 kbps
SNR Upstream: 12.0 db
SNR Downstream: 19.0 db
Attenuation Upstream: 9.0 db
Attenuation Downstream: 19.5 db
 
The web site says 'The service does not support any peripherals' and won't let me log the fault, so I went through the menu on the call centre. Last time the Telkom techie was helpful, so I hope I get the same guy!
 
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