Explain to me Why:

[Deleted member 78630]

Why am I experiencing high latencies on my 384kb ADSL line. On all my internet accounts I get +100ms if I'm lucky, yesterday I was able to get 60ms, but now... I'm on local only with my Telkom do account. But I get the same with my WebAfrica account.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Tracing route to www.mybroadband.co.za [41.203.21.136]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 20 ms 18 ms 20 ms dsl-146-16-01.telkomadsl.co.za [41.146.16.1]
2 258 ms 256 ms 253 ms wblv-ip-lir-1-gig-4-0-0.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.43.8.190]
3 245 ms 247 ms 255 ms 196.43.25.206
4 248 ms 260 ms 279 ms ge0-3.br2.cpt1.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.7.8.206]
5 236 ms 240 ms 246 ms ge11-0-0.gw2.jnb6.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.1.22]
6 269 ms 266 ms 252 ms vlan9.hr3.jnb6.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.156.136]
7 221 ms 217 ms 235 ms 196.30.213.108
8 247 ms 242 ms 250 ms 196.7.216.173
9 231 ms 219 ms 224 ms 41.203.21.136

Trace complete.


Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Tracing route to www.mybroadband.co.za [41.203.21.136]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 19 ms 19 ms 19 ms dsl-185-170-1.dynamic.wa.co.za [41.185.170.1]
2 129 ms 132 ms 131 ms vl108.cr.gw.cpt.za.wa.co.za [196.220.59.238]
3 135 ms 133 ms 130 ms vl34.er.gw.cpt.za.wa.co.za [41.185.0.34]
4 257 ms 267 ms 255 ms upstream.vl101.gw.cpt.za.wa.co.za [196.220.59.226]
5 190 ms 174 ms 177 ms wblv-ip-lir-1-gig-4-0-0.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.43.8.190]
6 218 ms 223 ms 219 ms 196.43.25.206
7 232 ms 236 ms 234 ms ge0-3.br2.cpt1.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.7.8.206]
8 248 ms 242 ms 244 ms 196.30.1.21
9 277 ms 285 ms 284 ms vlan9.hr3.jnb6.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.156.136]
10 276 ms 250 ms 249 ms 196.30.213.108
11 119 ms 127 ms 133 ms firewall1.jnb2.host-h.net [196.7.216.173]
12 145 ms 146 ms 148 ms mybroadband.co.za [41.203.21.136]

Trace complete.



What must I do, I tried restarting my router. I took it off of bridged mode and let the router dail the connection.

 

[davemc]

Telkom have scr e wed you over.

If you upgrade to a 4MB line, that extra 110ms will disappear.
That 100ms is the reason that I stopped playing FPS games on a 384 line.

For about 3 years I had sub 40ms latency on my 384 line then WHAM, middle of 2007, I got an extra 100ms for no good reason, and there was nothing I could do about it. Upgraded to a 4MB line and .. back to sub 40ms latency.

 

[Deleted member 78630]

I would really like to know what is telkoms marketing strategy and what they discuss amongst themselves.