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IBurst speed updates!!!

Please can users post some latency tests(int and local) and download speeds so I/everyone can see what things are like these days, if they have increased/decreased or stayed the same. Many thanks,

James
 
Well when it is up, it seems fine. I got a download that started at 120Kbps and finished at 117Kbps. Granted it was only a 5.x mb file, but it was from McAfee.com at around 19:00 our time.

I've been down all this week, and bouncing around last week so proper (read consistant) tests are a bit difficult at the moment.
 
My connectivity and speed has been really bad the last few days - has anything changed on the Iburst network - are they starting to employ shaping to internet traffic...anybody?
 
speaking of shaping, i noticed that last night as well... p2p was running at 0.15kbps - no higher, it used to be MUCH better...

don't do this WBS, please...
 
Help yourself, help us all: agree to test iBurst by emailing [email protected]

A possible solution to our iButt problems- if you haven't already mailed [email protected] to opt-in for iButt testing:
(RPM's thread) Broadband QoS measurement: Testers needed, then I suggest you do so now, testing is due to start in January, and anything that WBS will be ashamed to admit will not escape the spotlight ;)

PS: You don't do any work, an application that you get from RPM, and install, will do all the work for you...
 
TheYak said:
speaking of shaping, i noticed that last night as well... p2p was running at 0.15kbps - no higher, it used to be MUCH better...

don't do this WBS, please...
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Of course they are going to do it. You are not thier intended customer base.
Joe and Jane Average with thier occassional email usage for business purposes are.

As IT geeks, the early adopters are just guinea pigs before the real service kicks in - a service that will offer great speeds on two protocols, http and email. The rest will be choked into the ground.

Mark my words on this, I have absolutely no dought in my mind that this will be the case.
 
TheYak said:
speaking of shaping, i noticed that last night as well... p2p was running at 0.15kbps - no higher, it used to be MUCH better...

don't do this WBS, please...
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My sig speaketh for me in this instance ... :rolleyes:
 
Thx ic - I think I will be part of the test. There is definately shaping happening http downloads fly at 105 KB/s and p2p barely makes it off the ground.
Is there any proper ISP out there in SA that caters for the internet junkie? I don't think so.
OT : Btw Vodacom your 3G offer sucks... :-(
 
aborg, I 2nd that.

I would love to post some controversial (alternate) marketing slogans, but I think I might get moderated.

PS: I got the deranged traffic light thing this afternoon- the 1st time in about 1.5..2 weeks.
 
P2P is not usable, As I remember we were meant to get 64k????? its worse than ADSL capped. atleast there I could get like 2kb. Now my P2P barely connects. I can live with 64k but not 0.... not very impressed right now. I thought they were going to offer better packages for P2P users. They should release those before killing it totaly.
 
I am paying for my freekin 3GB I demand it to be unshaped,unmonitored,free of interference - what I want to use MY 3GB for is my bussiness, ftp,http,VPN,telnet,p2p,hosting is that to much to ask - thereafter they can cap the bloody connection. I knew this was gonna happen, bloody a**holes. I see a WBS goin the sensuck route, they might be outta here before my 24 month contract runs out.
Jeesh I'm an a**hole too for thinking this was gonna be better. Harth you nail it right on the head with your comments.
 
It seems that they've only been shaping recently... I used to get good speeds via p2p - now it just plain sucks.

Well, another ISP bites the dust :(
 
I will not be recommending or re-selling Iburst based on current happenings...they better bring out other offerings on the 1st of April...I don't wanna use Iburst just because its "cool" and "mobile" - unshaped speed is the key here.
 
well, if they're going to be shaping it, then it's not cool, is it? It's stupid!

When are these guys going to learn!?
 
TheYak said:
When are these guys going to learn!?
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When are YOU guys going to learn ???.

Some of you jump headlong into the latest and greatest buzzwords and unproven broadband technology and sing it's praises until the reality (more users are added and bandwidth needs to be paid for) sets in a few weeks later and you start bad mouthing it ???.

ADSL
MyNoWireless
Wisp's
IBurst

So what next chaps ... Vodacom 3G perhaps or back to 56K dialup ??? :) :) :) :)
 
tibby.dude said:
When are YOU guys going to learn ???.

Some of you jump headlong into the latest and greatest buzzwords and unproven broadband technology and sing it's praises until the reality (more users are added and bandwidth needs to be paid for) sets in a few weeks later and you start bad mouthing it ???.

ADSL
MyNoWireless
Wisp's
IBurst

So what next chaps ... Vodacom 3G perhaps or back to 56K dialup ??? :) :) :) :)
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tibby.dude, it sounds like you are suggesting that we do not adopt any kind of broadband technology at all. If we have limited options, and we adopt 1 of them, and we are paying in blood for it, we have the right to complain, if you don't like us complaining then ignore what we say, just like we will ignore what you have said...
 
Agreed with IC here. If we didn't "jump headlong into the latest and greatest buzzwords and unproven broadband technology" these technogolies wouldn't never be tested and released and we'll be stuck in the stone-age with Neandertal internet connectivity. So much has happened in the past four or so years in this arena -and it's because people like us are willing to go out on a limb and test something new!

We're not complaining about the technology as much as what companies like WBS, Sentech, Telkom et al are doing to their offerings: caps, shaping etc.

All we want is high-speed, unlimited internet access... is that too much to ask for!?
 
TheYak said:
All we want is high-speed, unlimited internet access... is that too much to ask for!?
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Let me guess ... for less than R300 per month ??? :).
 
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