Cool Ideas Fibre ISP – Feedback Thread 4

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Getting spotty internet in Cape Town Southern Suburbs this morning - anyone else?

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Request timeout for icmp_seq 54336
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=54337 ttl=116 time=108.519 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=54338 ttl=116 time=17.149 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=54339 ttl=116 time=17.152 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=54340 ttl=116 time=18.052 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 54341
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=54342 ttl=116 time=17.330 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=54343 ttl=116 time=17.079 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=54344 ttl=116 time=26.309 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 54345
Request timeout for icmp_seq 54346
Request timeout for icmp_seq 54347
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=54348 ttl=116 time=17.274 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=54349 ttl=116 time=17.788 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=54350 ttl=116 time=17.151 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=54351 ttl=116 time=21.101 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=54352 ttl=116 time=22.281 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=54353 ttl=116 time=24.628 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=54354 ttl=116 time=17.070 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=54355 ttl=116 time=17.607 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=54356 ttl=116 time=18.501 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 54357

Nevermind: Restarted router and looking fine now
 
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RedViking

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PBCool said:
Dropped connections as in packet loss or is your PPP dropping?
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I'm dom with these things. Dropping as in no Internet at al for couple of minutes a day. But lights on router stay on as normal. Its been going on for a while now. I should probably just log a ticket.
 
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RedViking said:
I'm dom with these things. Dropping as in no Internet at al for couple of minutes a day. But lights on router stay on as normal. Its been going on for a while now. I should probably just log a ticket.
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Best to have pingplotter running all the time so you can take a pic when it drops.
 
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RedViking said:
I'm dom with these things. Dropping as in no Internet at al for couple of minutes a day. But lights on router stay on as normal. Its been going on for a while now. I should probably just log a ticket.
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Area and FNO? Yes log it, that usually means packetloss.
 
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Dslartibarfast said:
Cool thanks this reply 4 hours later was super helpful Afrihost
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This isn't an official point of contact for support issues - your first best bet is always to log a ticket and if it's super urgent, to give them a call.

PBCool and TheRodent don't monitor this thread 24/7.
 
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Moving away to a location not covered by any of the main service providers... Gonna miss my Cool interwebs! :crying:
Thanks for the last 3 years Cool Ideas, hope we'll meet again!
 
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So at 00:03 on Tuesday my connection completely died, all the lights on the ONT were fine but there was no PPP connection. I assume this was Openserve doing some kind of ME maintenance since they seem to usually do it on a midnight every few months in my area.

By 01:15 it was still dead so I decided to go to bed and when I woke up in the morning all the latency issues I've been having were gone. This is the first time in 6 months where I can confidently say that all my traceroutes are clean and latency is back to what it used to be.

As of now it's still going fine, fingers crossed it stays this way.
 
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Just had my service activated by Cool Ideas. Unfortunately, will probably only be able to access it next week as my router is likely to only be delivered then. Waiting for the service to be active before even being able to dispatch the router has put a damper on it all, given the amount of time I will have to wait.

On top of that, it seems like my payment for the service has been deducted from my account, however the portal listed it as declined. Given it's a public holiday tomorrow and then the weekend, I doubt this, but any help can be provided in this regard?
 
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EpicPotato said:
Just had my service activated by Cool Ideas. Unfortunately, will probably only be able to access it next week as my router is likely to only be delivered then. Waiting for the service to be active before even being able to dispatch the router has put a damper on it all, given the amount of time I will have to wait.

On top of that, it seems like my payment for the service has been deducted from my account, however the portal listed it as declined. Given it's a public holiday tomorrow and then the weekend, I doubt this, but any help can be provided in this regard?
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Where are you located? If in PTA / Centurion i could hook u up a loaner router until next week
 
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EpicPotato said:
Just had my service activated by Cool Ideas. Unfortunately, will probably only be able to access it next week as my router is likely to only be delivered then. Waiting for the service to be active before even being able to dispatch the router has put a damper on it all, given the amount of time I will have to wait.

On top of that, it seems like my payment for the service has been deducted from my account, however the portal listed it as declined. Given it's a public holiday tomorrow and then the weekend, I doubt this, but any help can be provided in this regard?
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Which network, BTW. You can be given PPPoE details on our portal, and alternatively, just plug in if it's Vumatel trenched ?
 
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EpicPotato said:
Just had my service activated by Cool Ideas. Unfortunately, will probably only be able to access it next week as my router is likely to only be delivered then. Waiting for the service to be active before even being able to dispatch the router has put a damper on it all, given the amount of time I will have to wait.

On top of that, it seems like my payment for the service has been deducted from my account, however the portal listed it as declined. Given it's a public holiday tomorrow and then the weekend, I doubt this, but any help can be provided in this regard?
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Like the rodent mentioned. Connect your PC directly to the ont, grab your pppoe details and can still dial a session from your pc.
 
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TheRoDent said:
Which network, BTW. You can be given PPPoE details on our portal, and alternatively, just plug in if it's Vumatel trenched ?
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MDE said:
Like the rodent mentioned. Connect your PC directly to the ont, grab your pppoe details and can still dial a session from your pc.
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I'm in Umbilo, so had to go through Metrofibre. I did that now and its up and running in the meantime, so thanks!
 
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EpicPotato said:
On top of that, it seems like my payment for the service has been deducted from my account, however the portal listed it as declined. Given it's a public holiday tomorrow and then the weekend, I doubt this, but any help can be provided in this regard?
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I have requested your account details via the PM you sent me. I can then investigate what went wrong with the payment side of things. Glad you're up and running in the meantime.
 
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