Horrible iBurst performance

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Whiptaka

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Websites taking ages to load, shocking latency issues (700ms to google.com with 40% packet loss). What's going on with iBurst? It's been like this for the last couple of days now. :sick:
 
They should've made plans a long time ago to increase their speeds.

Have you looked at your signal strength and your MTU setting?
 
Daniedj said:
They should've made plans a long time ago to increase their speeds.

Have you looked at your signal strength and your MTU setting?
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100% Signal strength and the MTU is as it should be. Large files download at maximum speed but browsing is a joke. Can't understand the logic behind that.
 
If downloading speeds are fine, but browsing is crap then maybe its a DNS issue?
 
Even with 100% signal strength, you'll suffer latency and browsing if the error rate is high. 40% packet loss? Means you have 40% error rate, which is BAD! Anything above 5% is terrible in my opinion. There might be walls, other devices or the position that is causing interference on your signal. Try moving the device, even a 80% signal strength with <5% error rate is better than get 100% signal with >5% error rate.

its called going under.
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Hopefully not, there are no other real wireless techs out there. 3G is a terrible because of the load on those networks and priority to phone calls. iBurst is cheaper and in most cases the latency and speed is better than 3G.
 
@eltherza

My modem is in the exact same spot that it's always been for the last year or so. I doubt that it's a signal or interference issue on my side. This is simply iBurst being the awesome company that they are. Rooigev@@r, are you aware of any issues on the PTA area?
 
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@eltherza

My modem is in the exact same spot that it's always been for the last year or so. I doubt that it's a signal or interference issue on my side. This is simply iBurst being the awesome company that they are. Rooigev@@r, are you aware of any issues on the PTA area?
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There was a comment that iBurst was having issues with the fibre provider (or something like that). It might be that, but I don't see why I'm not affected if that is the case (unless it's just the PTA area that is affected)
 
Well it seems you might have been right eltherza. My apologies. :o

Moved the modem to another room and voila, full speed once more. How does this work in a logical sense though? 100% signal strength should indicate a good connection to the base station, not so?
 
There is a pretty widely known SAIX problem at the moment that iBurst has no control over... Granted, iBurst should be a little more on the ball about explaining this, but then some of you whingers should at least try a little looking around before having your wet nappy vents...
 
Whiptaka said:
Well it seems you might have been right eltherza. My apologies. :o

Moved the modem to another room and voila, full speed once more. How does this work in a logical sense though? 100% signal strength should indicate a good connection to the base station, not so?
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Good to hear it's back to being fast again!

I think the device just measures how strong the electrical signal is, and not what is actually being read - nor the quality.
 
There was a program that one could use to measure quality of signal, etc. a while ago. I forgot the name though and not sure if it even still exists.
 
Whiptaka said:
There was a program that one could use to measure quality of signal, etc. a while ago. I forgot the name though and not sure if it even still exists.
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This program is called "iConnect". Measures cost and displays tower. Can record it all to graph and log.
Though it is not so stable...

There are 2 versions currently, beta 1 and beta 4. Beta 4 stopped working on my computer after changing a couple of settings.
Didn't tried beta 1 yet.
 
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Second version not working too.. :(

EDIT: Fixed that.
 
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