Cool Ideas Fibre ISP - Feedback

[SpiderGear]

I run Opnsense, a fork of Pfsense. Their minimum requirements are as follows;

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

What kind of PC is needed for this? I don't have the cash for a Core i3 or something like that.

I run a dedicated appliance similar to this: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/HLY...-Mini-Computer-Celeron-J1800/32882298399.html

 

[wingnut771]

Because thats not the only limitation on an access network! From that specific device, the data still need to get to the various ISPs. Backhaul from your local area to the ISP handover can also get congested. I have no insight into Octotel's network, but I imagine there are more points where congestion can happen.

Cheers thanks.

 

[wingnut771]

At least with ADSL, and your line was with Telkom, you could log a dispute when your line wasn't working and would get a prorata credit for the days that you were down.

 

[wingnut771]

Maybe I should enable my 20mb adsl again.

I applied for 50/50 Vumatel line in October through Vuma's website, I'm still waiting for fibre to be brought in with CPE and LTE is getting expensive.

 

[xrapidx]

This will in all likely hood go nowhere - ISPs will blame Octotel - Octotel will blame ISPs - the people paying are ultimately the losers.

 

[ArtyLoop]

This will in all likely hood go nowhere - ISPs will blame Octotel - Octotel will blame ISPs - the people paying are ultimately the losers.
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Ah snap... the old typical South African Excuse (TM) was invoked, about shaping, and then the blame loop begins..

 

[requiem]

Getting really shitty latency spikes in Diablo - EUW.

Vumatel / CISP / 200 / 200.

 

[Sinbad]

Getting really shitty latency spikes in Diablo - EUW.

Vumatel / CISP / 200 / 200.

Woss your gamer tag?

 

[ArtyLoop]

I'm getting a lot of blank web pages (likely due to packet loss) on various websites since yesterday... was very bad today

 

[lord-of-war]

Our internet has been up and down today on Vuma.

 

[cavedog]

This will in all likely hood go nowhere - ISPs will blame Octotel - Octotel will blame ISPs - the people paying are ultimately the losers.
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I see you are going to work with another ISP(Which happen to have started responding to questions yesterday) to prove that the issue is not with Octotel. That should be interesting. If CISP has been caught lying then they need to be called out on it. If not then well Octotel has some explaining to do.

 

[xrapidx]

I see you are going to work with another ISP(Which happen to have started responding to questions yesterday) to prove that the issue is not with Octotel. That should be interesting. If CISP has been caught lying then they need to be called out on it. If not then well Octotel has some explaining to do.

Yes.

Can't switch between ISPs.. But currently getting much better performance on new ISP than I was yesterday this time on CISP.

I'll see how it goes in a couple of hours.

 

[cavedog]

Yes.

Can't switch between ISPs.. But currently getting much better performance on new ISP than I was yesterday this time on CISP.

I'll see how it goes in a couple of hours.

Awesome so I'm guessing you switched completely and done with CISP unless you switch back. Sadly the way most fibre operators work except Openserve. Well do your same tests and see how it compares and obviously it would be nice to see some feedback in that thread.

Interesting times

 

[sand_man]

Yes.

Can't switch between ISPs.. But currently getting much better performance on new ISP than I was yesterday this time on CISP.

I'll see how it goes in a couple of hours.

Who'd you switch to? You allowed to say?

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

It's almost that time of the evening. Batten down the hatches!

 

[Looney]

Finally got my Fibre back up and running and performance is shocking. Buffer galore. Sad.

 

[requiem]

Woss your gamer tag?

BT6LW#2897 - we are already friends

 

[xrapidx]

Awesome so I'm guessing you switched completely and done with CISP unless you switch back. Sadly the way most fibre operators work except Openserve. Well do your same tests and see how it compares and obviously it would be nice to see some feedback in that thread.

Interesting times

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Who'd you switch to? You allowed to say?

Unfortunately too soon to say - might even go back to ADSL - I got a constant 40Mbs without these issues.

Who'd you switch to? You allowed to say?

Not sure - at this stage I won't - pointless dragging them into it if it doesn't work out.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

And like clockwork (and yes, I will continue spamming this thread with these graphs until this stops happening):