OK here are my findings so far:
P2P:
International torrents: Line saturates ... full speed.
Local torrents: Haven’t bothered too test.
Http downloads:
International:
Seems to be limited to about 4-6K
Tested on:
www.kernel.org,
www.winzip.com
I don’t understand this and I strongly suspect I have somehow cocked up my settings somehow. Still investigating ... so take my http download results with a shovel full of salt. Other UUNET uncapped users report full speeds! Edit: I get 25K on the Telkom speed test ... woah!
Edit2: Telkom speed test on capped Telkom ADSL account: 43.8K
Edit3: Ok it looks like uunet limits the maximum speed on any single HTTP download thread. Using a multi-segment downloader I can saturate the line i.e. 40K. Telkom doesnt limit the maximum speed of single HTTP download threads.
Local:
Tested on: tucows.saix.net (yes yes ... I know!) and ftp.uunet.co.za ... same story about 6 K.
Pings:
As I currently have a (capped) telkom ADSL account and the UUNET uncapped account I was able to do direct ping comparisons:
MWEB servers (fscking traitors to ZA gaming ... gah ... spit):
UUNET account:
karoo.mweb.co.za
Ping statistics for 196.2.128.100:
Packets: Sent = 33, Received = 33, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 64ms, Maximum = 146ms, Average = 72ms
SAIX account:
karoo.mweb.co.za
Ping statistics for 196.2.128.100:
Packets: Sent = 28, Received = 28, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 62ms, Maximum = 67ms, Average = 63ms
UUNET account:
kalahari.mweb.co.za
Ping statistics for 196.2.33.21:
Packets: Sent = 32, Received = 32, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 39ms, Maximum = 123ms, Average = 52ms
SAIX account:
kalahari.mweb.co.za
Ping statistics for 196.2.33.21:
Packets: Sent = 29, Received = 29, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 36ms, Maximum = 57ms, Average = 39ms
UUNET account:
cs.jolt.co.uk
Ping statistics for 195.149.21.9:
Packets: Sent = 44, Received = 43, Lost = 1 (2% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 287ms, Maximum = 364ms, Average = 293ms
WOW ... that looks like a damn good international ping to me
SAIX account:
cs.jolt.co.uk ... cant test .. capped
SAIX servers:
UUNET account:
sgs1.saix.net
Ping statistics for 196.43.3.36:
Packets: Sent = 41, Received = 40, Lost = 1 (2% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 59ms, Maximum = 88ms, Average = 61ms
SAIX account:
sgs1.saix.net
Ping statistics for 196.43.3.36:
Packets: Sent = 26, Received = 26, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 15ms, Maximum = 30ms, Average = 16ms
I couldn’t ping any of the PTA SAIX servers?
Note: I'm in Cape Town.
Other issues:
slimothy: Lets compare what iBurst and UUNET charges for uncapped access on 1 April. I doubt I will be the one who is embarrassed.
arf9999:
http://www.hobbyplace.com/woodmodels/shipinbotl.html
m0zy: As long as they feel like taking.
len: Ag shampies ...
