iBurst very slow

I hear you, my DL s-peed is jumping around (like mostly less than) 33kbits/s (according to DU Meter), UL:0.0 kbps constant - I have no idea how my PC manages to send any ACK packets at all.
 
Extremely slow since last night - is there some work being done on the towers or something? :(
 
--- www.iburst.co.za ping statistics ---
25 packets transmitted, 23 received, 8% packet loss, time 24699ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 155.853/1560.879/4747.058/1265.121 ms, pipe 5

DL is about 1.58 kbytes a sec
and the disconnection gremlin is back on Midrand tower
and the authentication failed too



Ubuntu/IPCOP:UDT:ethernet:mtu 1432
 
ghostim said:
--- www.iburst.co.za ping statistics ---
25 packets transmitted, 23 received, 8% packet loss, time 24699ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 155.853/1560.879/4747.058/1265.121 ms, pipe 5

DL is about 1.58 kbytes a sec
and the disconnection gremlin is back on Midrand tower
and the authentication failed too



Ubuntu/IPCOP:UDT:ethernet:mtu 1432
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Ghostim, just noticed your post mentions disconnection problems, please could you repost about that in the Problem Reports thread, also more info on the re-Authentication issue was it constant timeouts at the authentication stage or what actually happened?
 
The Return of the Background Ping

Mmm, I see I need a background ping again to get decent response times when accessing this site. Here are the results from my usual set of tests. Interesting dichotomy between the ping and speed test results.

Netcraft:
----195.92.95.5 PING Statistics----
66 packets transmitted, 64 packets received, 3% packet loss
round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 1030/1120/2100

IS:
----196.4.160.2 PING Statistics----
66 packets transmitted, 64 packets received, 3% packet loss
round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 60/302/1090

iBurst:
----196.30.31.120 PING Statistics----
66 packets transmitted, 66 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 50/305/1150

Telkom http speed test:
* Download time: 4.039 seconds
* Size of file: 500 KiloBytes
* Estimated line speed: 1010.2 (kilobits/second)
* Estimated line speed: 123.8 (kiloBytes/second
 
What i am getting

I have been disconnected 8 times since midnight.

My little 6 mb file came in at under a minute.

My speed problems are sorted. I am a little concerned about the amount of disconnections i am getting.

Almost there....

The force seems to be with me. :)
 
I must say that after some testing of myself, I can conclude that the iBurst flies! There is the occasional down time/disconnect, but in general my reception is +90 and download speeds are above 1Mbps. This I only get when using download accellerators or or run multiple downloads. Looks like the equipment and pipe behind iBurst is well capable, but no server local or abroad seems to allow this kind of traffic.

What concerns me still is a direct connection to a friend's PC sitting next to me. Copying files is like watching paint dry. Any idea why? Using UNC to copy.
 
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Bryanston Water Tower BS still seems problematic.

Ping statistics for 196.30.31.120:
Packets: Sent = 100, Received = 86, Lost = 14 (14% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 41ms, Maximum = 2751ms, Average = 180ms

Here is hoping that the morning of the 26th brings some improvement.

Streaming audio to Posix sucks, Skype sucks, local downloading from mirrors sucks, VPN to work sucks.

This is a new low for me.
 
Truly pathetic, and as usual not a peep out of WBS, no replies to my emails, nada...

Yep, Bryanston-bs is still running @ a "top speed" of 4.9kbits/s for me...
 
Speeds are up in Lonehill. D/L @ ± 74K. Pings ± 56ms. Local ADSL speed test 461K (been better). There might just be a light down there...

Update: Now going at ±107K with ADSL speed test 701K. Rocking! :D
Update: Now going at ±128K with ADSL speed test 1031.3K. :D :D :D

27/02 8:52am - still flying! I can get used to this!
 
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Well, this weekend was speed bliss. Back in Blairgowrie the speeds are also fast. I think WBS is slowly getting it all sorted out. These speeds are actually better than the speeds I was getting in December, before the speed drop. I just hope that it will stay like this. I still seem to be plagued by disconnects, but only in Randburg.
 
...and then, speed down to a grinding halt! Reconnecting works 1 out of every 10 tries. When it does connect, pings are 600ms+.... Helpdesk says they were not aware of any problem...
Ah well, was good while it lasted...

Reset modem: 60ms packets again..oh, and the helpdesk says MTU 1352...
 
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Jerry said:
...and then, speed down to a grinding halt! Reconnecting works 1 out of every 10 tries. When it does connect, pings are 600ms+..
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I was getting that when I left home. Was disconnected at about 1.45pm. When it logged back on, I noticed it was very slow. I was getting pings of +-500ms, from the usual 50-70ms.

Since we keep hearing about imminent shaping, its good to hear things are back!

I will be interested to see, when I get home again, whether I need to reset the modem, or just reconnect to get the *fast* pings again.
 
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