Ibust DC++ hub updated

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Howdy all, ibust za dc++ hubs software has been upgraded in an attempt to improve stability and connectivity. I have been researching the ip address compatability issue and have discovered that after several disconnects and reconnects users can sometimes obtain an ip address that connects at decent speeds - though big NB research is not conclusive and it is going to be interesting to see which ranges are compatible.

For everyone who has no idea what I am talking about, dc++ is a p2p/irc platform that works above 64k, after capping, between iburst users. You need to obtain a dc++ client (http://dcpp.net/download/) and connect to the hub @ ibust.kicks-ass.net - more information such as going active will be available in the hub. If anyone is having/still having problems connecting send me a pm or just post here.

Shot boyz
 
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hmm, its already the 21'st, I be trying to come on as usual.

I either dont connect, or when I do I cant get to any users or speeds suck. If the upgrades work for me, Ill be on all the time man, thanks for your work.
 
R u still having problems connecting even after changing ip address a few times?
 
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Hmmm, a new connection problem "your nickname is too short". Get the same error for a different length nicks.

Any ideas?
 
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no idea the min nick length is 3 chars, I disabled it now just in case
 
Hmm. I'll have to download the software again.

Damned Windows reinstalls... :)

See ya all inside.
 
How would one go about using this on Linux (FC5)?
 
I was thinking. People in JHB get good speeds, and not really anyone else because there arent enought CPT users for this to work..

So if I had to use the JHB DNS server, will it maby give me a JHB IP and make it possible to get full speeds like you guys?
Just a thought.. anyway, does the DNS server even affect the IP adress?
 
To Jongi, I think DC++ is completely platform independant, you just need a client. Ekhaat, DNS will just point to ur ip address, and I don't think area matters as much as IP range. Try a good few disconnects and reconnects as some Durban peeps have connected before at decent speeds as has pretoria and centurion. The most important issue is to gain a critical mass so please help me punt it.
 
For those who might be amused....

From: Michael
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 1:44 AM
To: 'Eugenia Williams'
Subject: RE: [email protected] - What's happened to my access speed?
Importance: High

Hi Eugenia

Tradepage doesn’t want to listen to me anymore, according to them my equipment and signal is perfect – they very quietly and politely suggest I should speak to iBurst to make more bandwidth available during the day or add more towers as this is the only solution to my appalling daytime speed. Oh yes, just a caution – should anyone suggest I should get an external antenna again, I will stick the damn thing where they want it least!

As I translate this polite suggestion - “live with it” – iBurst makes claims they don’t intend to keep, (at least in the daytime only) in my opinion another small Helkom in the making.

I find it unacceptable that iBurst blatantly lures consumers to make use of their services with half truths, like the text reflected on their homepage. “As a result the iBurst network is able to provide data rates of up to 1 Mbps to each user” (note the bold text) When in fact these speeds are only available at three in the morning, that’s brilliant - but I’m sleeping at that time! (see attachments - I have many more of these should you feel these two attachments are not an accurate reflection).

What iBurst doesn’t tell you on their webpage is, that the best access speed you can hope for, is comparative to double that of a dial-up modem and should you as a customer like me dare complain - the technical staff are quite surprised and offended that you are not happy with an access speeds of 85 % less than what it is advertised to be. Believe me, I didn’t sign-up because you advertised access speeds of 126kbps, who will?

The technical staff, are also quite adamant that nobody else complains as, most customers are just thrilled in having this “high-speed broadband” that delivers worse speed and worse client service than Telkom, however that’s only in the day, let’s not forget. Come on, you surely must surf the Net or listen to your customers or are you living in your own dream world? Go to any blog where iBurst SA is mentioned and see for yourself, excluding the sites that are commercially marketing iBurst, of course.

Right, I said what I needed to say, so as to resolve this matter… From next month I will pay Tradepage their full fee whatever their portion is of the fee, since they have done their best e.g. call backed promptly when they said they would etc. (take note – customers like this for some reason) I will therefore pay iBurst 15% of the fee I should be paying, however should you disconnect my service, I will have no option but to draft a detailed letter to Damaria Senne of ITWeb, to prevent other consumers from being hoodwinked.

Feel free to suggest any other resolution or better yet, give me my speed! (In the day, when I need it) South African broadband consumers have had enough of being ripped off.

Patiently awaiting your positive reply.

Michael
iBurst user Cape Town
 
Well, um even I dont get 126kb uring the day, and I consider my day time speeds bad. Alot of people get aot higher than that. Thats the problem with wirless, you dont have a good connection/experience, but it doesnt make the entire technology or company terrible ad liars, some peopel like Mr.H even get around 700-800kb during the day.

Oh, but your post is irelevant in this thread...
Even though I do actualy agree about the daytime speeds, but it seems to be more of a problem for me than most, and mine isnt even as bad as yours.
And from around 8pm my conection flysa and I can get almost 1mbit.
 
Who.is.michael notice they cleverly use the term "up to 1Mbps" therefore not guaranteeing that it will be that all the time. I guess I am a lot more sanguine about my speed as I mostly access after work at which times around 500kbps seems to be the slowest i get on speedtests though download speeds are typically in the 70s+.
 
Hi there EHV

I don’t consider the technology bad at all, however I do consider the company’s client service and communication to their client(s) i.e. me, inadequate as indicated in my email to them.

What is annoying is the fact that when you do explain to the client service agents and technical staff that you receive 916 kbps download and 237 upload speed in the early hours of the morning and that your distance to the tower is 1,93 Km in direct line of sight, all they can suggest is that you purchase an external antenna.

Further to this they will do their utmost to pass your query off to the company responsible for the installation, i.e. the guy that plonked the UTD close to the nearest window and asked for your signature.

Surely this is an indication that they have no understanding or an unwillingness to openly communicate with their clients. I would have appreciated it more, if they informed me that currently they have too may subscribers on the said tower or that they don’t have enough available bandwidth and that they are looking at correcting this and gave me an approximate date when this will be resolved.

As for when marketing can be considered advertising and when it’s plain dishonesty. There is a huge disparity in the following two facts: 126 kbps with the purchase of an additional external antenna within close range of the tower and as advertised on their website “As a result the iBurst network is able to provide data rates of up to 1 Mbps to each user”.

Surely if you pay a handsome fee and the installation company does the signal check and informs all is ok, you would expect to benefit from it and not have to wait for hours to download a single file, which make me feel I’m back in the dark days of dial-up connections. That’s just not on!

Oh yes, you indicated that this post is irrelevant for this thread, before I neglect to ask, could you suggest a more appropriate thread and how to locate it.

Regards

Michael
 
who.is.michael said:
Hi there EHV

Oh yes, you indicated that this post is irrelevant for this thread, before I neglect to ask, could you suggest a more appropriate thread and how to locate it.

Regards

Michael
Click to expand...

Uhm, if no appropriate thread exists, hmm, let's see...

Oh, you could create a new thread :eek:
 
Well like Pilgrim says, a new thread might have been a good idea. But im shure there are a few threads about bad service and slow daytime speeds etc. You can use the search function to locate them.

But its just that the DC++ hub thread was completley unrelated.

I get your point about the communication. Unfortuanatley I think they simply cant solve your problem, thats why they BS you about a antenna etc.
I think you are particulary badly affected because you live in the CBD, where I would assume the tower is use mostly during the day fpor busoness and much less at night. For most of us in residential areas, or bigger CBD's with more than one tower for the load, the day time speed isnt as bad.
That is just unfortuane for your tower.

Maby you should try connect to Table Veiw, or the other closest tower with a diurectional antrenna for day time? Its a bad solution which shouldnt be neccesary, but it's all I can think of. If you really need day time access, then maby you should look into it.
 
Michael, I'm not going to disagree with any of your complaints over Iburst. Your experience is not my experience, although there have been times in the past when I had similar frustrations. But I've always found solutions. None of those solution have ever involved the help desk or Iburst as a company.

Personally, I think you'll achieve more if you optimize what you have, rather than beating your head against a brick wall.

Anything you do on single threads suffers during business hours. Same on our company's Diginet line. Also on 3g cellular. There is a SA-wide bandwidth bottleneck during business hours. On wireless the problem is compounded by the fact that the signal also has to travel through the air and there are many things out there that can interfere with signal quality, and particularly during business hours.

However, even in the day it is possible to achieve close to 1Mbps speeds on Iburst. Either browsing with a multithreaded browser (such as Firefox) or downloading files with a multithreaded download manager (Flashget, Net Transport etc). There may only be a trickle through a single pipe, but if you have plenty of pipes, problem solved.

Iburst is wireless. You are going to get variability in speed. But if you use efficient software, capable of maxing out your connection in any conditions, the agony is much reduced.

And an antenna will help even if you are close to your Base Station. When a basestation is overloaded, it is survival of the fittest. A directional antenna can also help focus your signal on the strongest basestation, and avoid basestation "hopping" which can cause disconnects and signal disruptions.

Or, you could just hold out for Iburst to deliver the perfect wireless broadband service. I just think you'll be waiting for a very long time.
 
Listen to Gatecrasher.

But here is no base station hopping in Cape Town yet, we have to few towers, only onw to service a area usualyl, or the other one will be a much much poorer signal, Table View is this closest one to the CBD, but doesnt cover most of it because of its geographical position.

And ofcourse im hoping those speeds you quote are multi-threaded, im shure Id get somethign similar if I had to use single threaded downloads. Yet at night i get single threads up to 100kb sometimes..
There definatley is a bandwidth problem during the day in SA, people always comlpain, even at big businness with 1meg ADSL or diginet or Verizon etc.
 
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