List of congested exchanges?

Tracing route to mybroadband.co.za [41.203.21.137]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms home.gateway [10.0.0.2]
2 646 ms 605 ms 580 ms 41-133-112-1.dsl.mweb.co.za [41.133.112.1]
3 587 ms 571 ms 633 ms 196-28-178-234.adsl.mweb.co.za [196.28.178.234]

4 690 ms 697 ms 675 ms 197-84-3-2.cpt.mweb.co.za [197.84.3.2]
5 636 ms 645 ms 691 ms TenGigE0-7-0-2.12.cpt-p-2.mweb.co.za [196.28.178
.114]
6 682 ms 609 ms 586 ms tengig0-0-0.cpt-pr-2.mweb.co.za [197.84.4.165]
7 545 ms 527 ms 559 ms mtn-pp.cpt-cinx-2.mweb.co.za [196.28.178.142]
8 676 ms 699 ms 699 ms 196.44.0.75
9 632 ms 680 ms 681 ms rb-cr-1.za--ct-cr-2.za-b.mtnns.net [196.44.31.25
0]
10 711 ms 719 ms 684 ms 196.44.31.97
11 663 ms 654 ms 650 ms ge11-0-0.gw2.jnb6.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.1.2
2]
12 639 ms 651 ms 651 ms vlan9.hr3.jnb6.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.156.13
6]
13 724 ms 730 ms 706 ms core-router1.jnb2.host-h.net [196.30.213.108]
14 618 ms 632 ms 621 ms core-access-switch1-vlan1001.jnb.host-h.net [41.
72.136.53]
15 595 ms 632 ms 691 ms mybroadband.co.za [41.203.21.137]

Trace complete.

In Rondebosch East
 
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Still bumping for anyone who knows wtf is wrong with durban north exchange. Wasted an hour with telkom who can't tell me.

C:\Users\>tracert mybroadband.com

Tracing route to mybroadband.com [208.109.181.188]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.0.0.2
2 902 ms 893 ms 847 ms dsl-241-72-01.telkomadsl.co.za [41.241.72.1]
3 756 ms 801 ms 842 ms ndnn-ip-cat-1-vlan-913.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.4
3.33.150]
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 717 ms 750 ms 814 ms 196.43.10.130
7 844 ms 774 ms 729 ms rrba-ip-lir-1-gig-2-0-0-201.telkom-ipnet.co.za [
196.43.33.5]
8 1125 ms 1137 ms 1116 ms ams-ip-dir-globalc-pos-4-0-1.telkom-ipnet.co.za
[196.43.18.38]
9 1208 ms 1213 ms 1222 ms gigabitethernet9-9.ar6.ams2.gblx.net [159.63.49.
65]
10 1103 ms 1095 ms 1205 ms 64.210.13.110
11 1336 ms 1359 ms 1166 ms po36.trma0202-01.bbn.mgmt.phx3.gdg [216.69.188.3
3]
12 888 ms 870 ms 1026 ms po36.trma0202-01.bbn.mgmt.phx3.gdg [216.69.188.3
3]
13 1029 ms 1090 ms 1139 ms p3slh131.shr.phx3.secureserver.net [208.109.181.
188]
14 1084 ms 1030 ms 965 ms p3slh131.shr.phx3.secureserver.net [208.109.181.
188]

Trace complete.
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After some digging I saw that my issues on the WSTB (Stellenbosch) exchange started on the 3rd of October, which was around the time Telkom did the 384kbps upgrades to 1Mbps.

See my post here in the MWEB Uncapped Feedback - P2 thread for more details.

My issue is that it is mostly during office hours, but it also extends a couple of hours later and sometimes over the weekends too! I think I should get all my friends, neighbours and family to report this fault.

I'm not sure what the upgrades entailed for Telkom, but it seems to me like they only decreased the price on the 1Mbps accounts. It's like now suddenly allowing 3x more people on our highways, and lifting the speed limit from 120km/h to 250km/h without adding more lanes OR getting the roads & cars in good conditions before doing the adjustments.
And to make matters worse, they're now trialing 40Mbps connections (luckily not in my area yet)...
 
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Hi guys,
I was wondering if it would make any difference if I was on a Telkom business line instead of a residential line? Do they perhaps reserve some bandwidth for business users?

I'm in Rooihuiskraal North/Wierdapark and after hours have majorly congested exchange with pings of close to 1000 and my 2mb line can only reach 0.3mb/s.
 
Knersus, I highly doubt that they'll have a different exchange or reserved bandwidth for business ADSL users.

The only way you can get past the congested exchange issue with Telkom is to get a leased line OR to move to another location...
 
Pada said:
My issue is that it is mostly during office hours, but it also extends a couple of hours later and sometimes over the weekends too!
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I have the exact same issue in Potchefstroom. Been fighting with telkom for the last week, as they keep saying there is nothing wrong.... Paying for 4Mbps, getting 1Mbps during office hours. Pings are still good, no issue there, Upload speeds are also good. Download speeds just take a beating in office hours. Seems they are too incompetent to realize there is actually an issue.

I live close to a few businesses, so I can imagine that this is why it is so slow during office hours. It just frustrates me when they tell me that 640kbps is an acceptable speed. So I'm paying for 4Mbps, but it is acceptable to keep charging me 4Mbps instead of the 1Mbps that I am actually receiving.
 
MWEB has now recreated my port and reauthed my account and I don't see any change after restarting my modem.

My download/upload speeds are still good, but my latency is terrible for gaming: 100ms vs the usual 10ms
 
Pada said:
Knersus, I highly doubt that they'll have a different exchange or reserved bandwidth for business ADSL users.

The only way you can get past the congested exchange issue with Telkom is to get a leased line OR to move to another location...
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Hmm bummer... I would be willing to pay more to get rid of the problem, but moving and leased lines is a whole nother ball game.
 
I stay in Wilgeheuwel JHB and since the 2mb upgrades my line has become useless. In the day I get ok speed and ping but from 7pm onwards I may as well use a 56k dial up modem. 1000+ ping. Must be a !@$!%^%~! congested exchange. Im seriously considering canceling my adsl as it is useless when i need it
 
rakabos3 said:
I stay in Wilgeheuwel JHB and since the 2mb upgrades my line has become useless. In the day I get ok speed and ping but from 7pm onwards I may as well use a 56k dial up modem. 1000+ ping. Must be a !@$!%^%~! congested exchange. Im seriously considering canceling my adsl as it is useless when i need it
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I can confirm I'm seeing the same: Wilge_last_864000.jpg
 
Since beginning October, the exchange in Hennopspark, in Centurion, Pretoria seems very congested also.
 
dews said:
Since beginning October, the exchange in Hennopspark, in Centurion, Pretoria seems very congested also.
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I can also confirm that TNHP(Hennopspark) is congested.

See trace to first hop for a day:

tracefirsthop.png
 
mo0069 said:
HI guys,

Seems like the crawford exchange 021-697/696 is also getting far more congested as of late, nearly every night around 1900
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Not all the DSLAMS in that Exchange though. I've been suffering with 500 - 900+ms every night from 18:00 onwards and every weekend, yet my dad who stays one road down is still getting 6ms! My neighbour is getting 100ms.
This started Oct 6th and has been fine during the day until today. Now I'm getting 100ms+ during the day as well.
 
My exchange TRHK02 (Rooihuiskraal) can be added to the list. Pings of about 600-800 after 18:00 in the evenings, for about the last 3 weeks.
 
For the last couple of months, 011-706-XXX Bryanston (RBRY) has been joining the congested club. Now that I've found this thread, I'll try to post some stats, but the subjective experience is all too familiar.
 
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