IS speed to the dogs

[Swazi]

Hi

Has IS download speeds gone to the dogs since 1st August, i get around 24KB/s max when i download anything ?

I was getting 80 to 100 KB/s from the same update server last month.

 

[bam1]

IS speed have always been pathetic, their best effort is way below most others.

 

[kilos]

Lets rather define which IS package is so crap
Business DSL over Satellite
Running on the 512k Business package
Always the same router giving hassles and I agree with you
I do not get full speed only 24K/s where fiber gets full
bandwidth

traceroute to 66.249.85.104 (66.249.85.104), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 196.211.2.161 1.290 ms 1.050 ms 2.527 ms
2 196.211.129.13 62.714 ms 67.814 ms 71.990 ms
3 196.36.80.209 73.932 ms 84.009 ms 85.965 ms
4 196.26.96.198 91.075 ms 92.278 ms 96.197 ms
5 168.210.250.81 653.624 ms 655.748 ms 658.684 ms
6 168.210.250.80 1206.058 ms 1205.495 ms 1205.543 ms
7 168.209.244.7 1204.907 ms 1204.407 ms 1204.122 ms
8 core1-0-2-0.lga.net.google.com (198.32.160.130) 1155.161 ms 1162.532 ms 1162.020 ms
9 72.14.236.215 1163.358 ms 1165.293 ms 1165.981 ms
10 72.14.236.221 1076.826 ms 1079.002 ms 1079.676 ms
11 72.14.233.105 1214.039 ms 1213.678 ms 1213.179 ms
12 66.249.85.104 1120.012 ms 1119.995 ms 1120.268 ms

Business 512 DSL over Fibre [EXCELLENT]
traceroute to www.google.com (66.249.85.104), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
3 196.33.245.xxx 2.402 ms 2.178 ms 1.782 ms
4 196.34.50.33 61.964 ms 64.151 ms 65.382 ms
5 196.36.80.217 68.287 ms 70.181 ms 70.841 ms
6 196.26.96.195 73.347 ms 74.082 ms 75.863 ms
7 core1b-rba-gi0-1.rtr.isnet.net (196.26.0.10) 77.292 ms 79.089 ms 80.269 ms
8 168.209.160.89 251.022 ms 253.681 ms 259.472 ms
9 168.209.224.65 262.272 ms 265.080 ms 268.104 ms
10 195.66.226.125 234.591 ms 235.349 ms 235.847 ms
11 72.14.238.242 231.014 ms 231.985 ms 232.302 ms
12 216.239.43.91 238.794 ms 241.507 ms 244.902 ms
13 72.14.232.209 241.031 ms 242.414 ms 243.288 ms
14 66.249.85.104 239.619 ms 244.982 ms 246.239 ms

 

[m0zy]

Get a SAIX account. Or watch the weather reports each day

 

[savage]

aah, another month, another IS problem... dum die dum die... it's all a conspriacy, every month telkom breaks something at IS!

 

[CunderT]

the question beckons

So people, do we prefer SAIX or IS? which one is it?

 

[m0zy]

Saix

 

[linkinpark]

saix is way faster

 

[evilsee]

yes,IT use IS at work and its dog slow at the moment, good thing I have me own SAIX account waiting for when I get home.

 

[Peppercorns]

Well, IS is only good for local. The only thing is, SAIX can be more expensive and you get hardcapped. Where as with IS, you get Softcapped to local only for 30gigs (my account). So it depends what you use it for.

But SAIX is faster in any case.....unless they solve the IS problems

 

[Peppercorns]

Oh ya, one more thing just to add to the thread. Is there actually any way to speed up your IS connection, without relying on the weather?

 

[Cage Rattler]

SAIX appears superior.

 

[ForSure]

i think i might move to saix if these i.s stories keep happening every month
never use local because the i.s news server never works properly lol

 

[mac_mac74]

IS sux bigtime, had 512k business line , was cruzin, decided to 'upgrade' to 1024 business line - loada crap, may just as well use friggin dial up - i called IS helpdesk,I get the following response:

"Your line is overutilised"

My response : "Show me a F$$#@ line in SA that is underutilised."

 

[Robin Hood]

SAIX!!!...combined with my FAV isp.......W.E.B.A.F.R.I.C.A!!!!

 

[KillerX]

Love SAIX. Really miss the 30 gig webafrica specials. Full speed 24hrs a day from any site u want. IS, is like the economy of zimbabwe - ie: F*cking unstable!

 

[jontyB]

IS oversold in a big way. Today I switched my office lines to a web africa account - IS was unusable most of the day - even for SSH, but wa was stable all the time

 

[Robin Hood]

mmm.....I "boosting" WebAfrica such a lot, i think i must start "billing" them as a freelance )

 

[stix]

Yup 512k Business line over Sat is appalling - always has been and i suspect always will be.

You would think with the amount of threads this topic generates - and yes i start a few - IS would wake the **** up - guess they are from the same school as Telkom when it comes to offering a good service.

 

[Gothan]

IS sux bigtime, had 512k business line , was cruzin, decided to 'upgrade' to 1024 business line - loada crap, may just as well use friggin dial up - i called IS helpdesk,I get the following response:

"Your line is overutilised"

My response : "Show me a F$$#@ line in SA that is underutilised."

Well atleast you can call a helpdesk. I wish I could find someone that works with the IS newsserver. Just once, I would like to find one. Hide out in the parking lot with a lead pipe, waiting for him to go to he's car. Then I'll show him what being throttled to 3-5kb on a news server for no reason feels like with a lead pipe