Extreme Latency every night from about 18h30

GoneWithTheWindows

GoneWithTheWindows

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Hi All

Recently signed up with Afrihost (Grateful for @Afrigirl assistance).

Also upgraded line to 500/200.

Every single night without fail I am seeing unplayable latency in Path of Exile. All day it sits around 1-5ms. After 18h30 looks as below -

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Did not have this issue on Websquad so curious if its some sort of shaping or?

Kind Regards
 
@Afrigirl
Surely congestion related ... trace route/speedtest during peak hours.
 
GoneWithTheWindows said:
Hi All

Recently signed up with Afrihost (Grateful for @Afrigirl assistance).

Also upgraded line to 500/200.

Every single night without fail I am seeing unplayable latency in Path of Exile. All day it sits around 1-5ms. After 18h30 looks as below -

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Did not have this issue on Websquad so curious if its some sort of shaping or?

Kind Regards
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What do you think tends to happen from 18:30 onwards..?

Most people are at home, busy catching up on Tiktok, WhatsApp, streaming this or streaming that, catching up with their favourite YouTubers etc..

Afrihost is running oversubscribed and the moment most people are at home, they hit capacity and can't deal with every one using their services..

It won't get better until a substantial amount of people cancel with them or they upgrade their capacity..

Signing up with them was a mistake, so I wish you good luck..
 
WAslayer said:
What do you think tends to happen from 18:30 onwards..?

Most people are at home, busy catching up on Tiktok, WhatsApp, streaming this or streaming that, catching up with their favourite YouTubers etc..

Afrihost is running oversubscribed and the moment most people are at home, they hit capacity and can't deal with every one using their services..

It won't get better until a substantial amount of people cancel with them or they upgrade their capacity..

Signing up with them was a mistake, so I wish you good luck..
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If this was the case everyone would be complaining about increased latency and bad performance and its mainly crickets so your hatred towards them is seen but your logic is flawed.

OP's fibre network is probably having issues .

Afrihost have shown they don't lack money since they just buying ISP's so if that were also the case they would just buy more capacity...
 
WAslayer said:
What do you think tends to happen from 18:30 onwards..?

Most people are at home, busy catching up on Tiktok, WhatsApp, streaming this or streaming that, catching up with their favourite YouTubers etc..

Afrihost is running oversubscribed and the moment most people are at home, they hit capacity and can't deal with every one using their services..

It won't get better until a substantial amount of people cancel with them or they upgrade their capacity..

Signing up with them was a mistake, so I wish you good luck..
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Was out of urgency unfortunately - Vuma fubar'd the line release when I purchased the place.

If this continues will head back to Websquad they were by far best ISP I have ever been with.

Would like to give AH a chance to resolve.
 
CrypticZA said:
If this was the case everyone would be complaining about increased latency and bad performance and its mainly crickets so your hatred towards them is seen but your logic is flawed.

OP's fibre network is probably having issues .

Afrihost have shown they don't lack money since they just buying ISP's so if that were also the case they would just buy more capacity...
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They don't lack money because they are not spending it on capacity...

Just cause people aren't moaning on this forum, does not mean they are not moaning to support directly..
 
So re-opening this definitely something not correct - also realized I use Afrihost mobile on my phone so not sure if my hotspot test is really relevant.

Anyone else struggling?

Also, how can I test properly - have done numerous speed tests and they seem fine also pinged the game servers and that also seems fine, but something is amiss.
 
GoneWithTheWindows said:
So re-opening this definitely something not correct - also realized I use Afrihost mobile on my phone so not sure if my hotspot test is really relevant.

Anyone else struggling?

Also, how can I test properly - have done numerous speed tests and they seem fine also pinged the game servers and that also seems fine, but something is amiss.
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xtm said:
You need to test this further.
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That's why @xtm said you needed to test it further. Bunch of us having issues between 6 and 10pm... You might be having the same issue as the rest of us. Read my previous post....
 
GoneWithTheWindows said:
So re-opening this definitely something not correct - also realized I use Afrihost mobile on my phone so not sure if my hotspot test is really relevant.

Anyone else struggling?

Also, how can I test properly - have done numerous speed tests and they seem fine also pinged the game servers and that also seems fine, but something is amiss.
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What is the IP Address of the server you're connecting to?
 
GoneWithTheWindows said:
So re-opening this definitely something not correct - also realized I use Afrihost mobile on my phone so not sure if my hotspot test is really relevant.

Anyone else struggling?

Also, how can I test properly - have done numerous speed tests and they seem fine also pinged the game servers and that also seems fine, but something is amiss.
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Is it only Path of Exile?

Because then surely the problem is there with more people coming online.

If it was your ISP or Fibre it would be affecting everything.
 
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