IS/OpenWeb question

[HavocXphere]

Bit of a noob question but yeah:

I'm looking for a once-off IS 1gb intl + 10gb local account. (The kind that dies after 30days). Something I can pay via EFT.

WA and Axxess don't seem to have those and the OpenWeb site has "Monthly fee" written on it...I want a single prepaid.

Can someone point me in the right direction plz?

 

[Syndyre]

I got one from WA and then just emailed them before the next month to cancel it.

 

[HavocXphere]

I got one from WA and then just emailed them before the next month to cancel it.

Hmm. For some reason they don't have a 1/10 account only 2/28gb accounts...weird. Looks like the closest thing available I guess.

 

[HavocXphere]

OK. New question.

Is it normal that pings on IS are like ~800ms to local sites? SAIX is <50ms.

Not ideal for gaming.

 

[Necuno]

should be so high, but that 800 looks satelitish - sure they dont local over sat. HavocXphere, what do you want to do with the internet, gaming, downloading, surfing etc etc. you may leave out the nda bits

 

[HavocXphere]

should be so high, but that 800 looks satelitish - sure they dont local over sat.|

To Alaska and back no doubt. If high pings are normal for IS local then thats OK I guess.

HavocXphere, what do you want to do with the internet, gaming, downloading, surfing etc etc. you may leave out the nda bits

Mainly downloading from non-nda sources. ISOs, uunet, drivers etc.

I'm not really stress about the ping...I was just under the impression that IS local only is identical to SAIX local-only quality wise. Guess not...

Seems to have recovered to 600ms now....must have something to do with their shaping times.

 

[TheBandit]

I've normally the same local pings on IS than on SAIX, at around 50ms
somethings not right there...

are u sure the site you trying to ping is hosted locally? that might explain the difference between the ping times on the different networks

 

[HavocXphere]

I've normally the same local pings on IS than on SAIX, at around 50ms
somethings not right there...

are u sure the site you trying to ping is hosted locally? that might explain the difference between the ping times on the different networks

The ping is bouncing around all over the show. 1200ms - 50ms. All local.

C:\Users\HX>ping www.is.co.za

Pinging www.[B]is.co.za[/B] [196.34.149.154] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 196.34.149.154:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Users\HX>ping www.saix.co.za

Pinging www.[B]saix.co.za[/B] [196.25.1.200] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 196.25.1.200: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=242
Reply from 196.25.1.200: bytes=32 time=49ms TTL=242
Reply from 196.25.1.200: bytes=32 time=47ms TTL=242
Reply from 196.25.1.200: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=242

Ping statistics for 196.25.1.200:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 47ms, Maximum = 51ms, Average = 48ms

C:\Users\HX>tracert www.saix.co.za

Tracing route to www.saix.co.za [196.25.1.200]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 25 ms 25 ms 26 ms 196-209-14-1-ndn-esr-2.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.209.14.1]
2 31 ms 30 ms 27 ms cdsl1-rba-vl2253.ip.isnet.net [196.38.73.181]
3 33 ms 32 ms 31 ms curp1-rba-gi6.isdsl.net [196.38.72.238]
4 26 ms 24 ms 27 ms cdsl1-rba-gi4-0-4-43.ip.isnet.net [196.38.72.229]
5 27 ms 25 ms 26 ms core2a-rba-gi0-2.ip.isnet.net [168.209.1.142]
6 27 ms 117 ms 35 ms cp3-rba-gi0-1.ip.isnet.net [196.26.0.250]
7 28 ms 29 ms 26 ms cp1-rba-gi0-1.ip.isnet.net [168.209.86.166]
8 28 ms 29 ms 28 ms rrba-ip-spe-2-wan.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.25.127.181]
9 27 ms 26 ms 29 ms 196.43.25.137
10 50 ms 48 ms 49 ms wblv-ip-essr-1-atm-2-0-0-2.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.43.11.30]
11 50 ms 51 ms 51 ms wblv-ip-www-1.saix.net [196.25.1.200]

Trace complete.

C:\Users\HX>ping www.mybroadband.co.za

Pinging www.mybroadband.co.za [196.7.147.188] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 196.7.147.188: bytes=32 time=201ms TTL=51
Reply from 196.7.147.188: bytes=32 time=175ms TTL=51
Reply from 196.7.147.188: bytes=32 time=183ms TTL=51
Reply from 196.7.147.188: bytes=32 time=198ms TTL=51

Ping statistics for 196.7.147.188:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 175ms, Maximum = 201ms, Average = 189ms

C:\Users\HX>tracert www.mybroadband.co.za

Tracing route to www.mybroadband.co.za [196.7.147.188]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 386 ms 381 ms 519 ms 196-209-14-1-ndn-esr-2.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.209.14.1]
2 588 ms 623 ms 691 ms cdsl1-rba-vl2253.ip.isnet.net [196.38.73.181]
3 661 ms 762 ms 487 ms cdsl1-rba-vl85-cpe.ip.isnet.net [196.38.73.142]
4 523 ms 589 ms 656 ms cdsl1-rba-gi4-0-4-52.ip.isnet.net [196.38.73.137]
5 624 ms 690 ms 762 ms core1a-rba-gi0-2.ip.isnet.net [168.209.1.141]
6 799 ms 761 ms 863 ms cp1-jinx-gi0-1.ip.isnet.net [196.26.0.253]
7 900 ms 967 ms 1069 ms ge0-3.br1.jnb7.alter.net [196.30.228.241]
8 1050 ms 966 ms 429 ms ge0-1.cr1.jnb7.alter.net [196.30.228.122]
9 235 ms 281 ms 348 ms srp1-0-0.gw2.cpt1.alter.net [196.31.249.67]
10 487 ms 451 ms 586 ms vlan10.hr1.cpt1.alter.net [196.30.176.36]
11 622 ms 691 ms 725 ms 196.30.77.76
12 1000 ms 1105 ms 1070 ms 196.40.102.92
13 894 ms 933 ms 968 ms dedi88.cpt1.host-h.net [196.7.147.188]

Trace complete.

Now I'm really confused. The trace shows its routed over the IS network....but the SAIX server has a normal ping (50ms) while the IS server times out.

I guess this is designated for-downloading-only cap then.

 

[TheBandit]

Looks like IS are having some problems...
Its never been like this, IS local was always on par with SAIX

From my IS account:

Pinging www.myadsl.co.za [196.40.97.12] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 196.40.97.12: bytes=32 time=156ms TTL=243
Reply from 196.40.97.12: bytes=32 time=159ms TTL=243
Reply from 196.40.97.12: bytes=32 time=161ms TTL=243
Reply from 196.40.97.12: bytes=32 time=180ms TTL=243

Ping statistics for 196.40.97.12:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 156ms, Maximum = 180ms, Average = 164ms

From my SAIX account:

Pinging www.myadsl.co.za [196.40.97.12] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 196.40.97.12: bytes=32 time=59ms TTL=247
Reply from 196.40.97.12: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=247
Reply from 196.40.97.12: bytes=32 time=47ms TTL=247
Reply from 196.40.97.12: bytes=32 time=47ms TTL=247

Ping statistics for 196.40.97.12:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 47ms, Maximum = 59ms, Average = 50ms

 

[HavocXphere]

Looks like IS are having some problems...
Its never been like this, IS local was always on par with SAIX

Probably still a left-over from the peering issues. Thanks Bandit.