Local v International Speed

[Billy]

I noticed this morning that local sites seemed to be loading faster than has been the norm since May. My ADSL seemed slower by comparison, so I started speed testing.
Locally I have got between 80 and 120kbs.(I have the 128 package on Mintek) However on international sites the speed drops to between 20 to 40kbs. Previously when I have tested like this there was no difference between local and international.
Is it possible that Sensucks is managing between local and international? Or have I just hit a good patch?

 

[Dean_Henstock]

I guess, we are just going to have to wait and see, at around 11:00 last night I noticed that local speeds improved ? not sure why as all traceroutes seem to be the same paths etc, maybe they have fixed there local caching server or increased there local bandwith.

Keep Surfing

 

[arf9999]

Local is definitely faster...local speed tests give over 100kbps, international is MUCH slower at around 30k

MW128, Tower <b>60</b>(Northpark Plaza), Signal:16%,S-N-L: 7, BER: 45%

 

[Jhbgirl]

I'm also noticing an improvement. My speed graph sat at 2kB/s for the last week. This morning it peaks at 8kB/s while browsing and much higher when downloading. I do mostly international.

: 256k : 110 Helderkruin JHB : 10% :

 

[Turtle]

Local also seems faster to me but I haven't really tested international. Getting reasonably good speeds (10+KB/s) on dc++ downloads the last day or two. SRT yesterday gave me about 10KB/s too. Hmm .. OK, downloading a file via http from a server in the US (that I'm sure should not be in the proxy) I am getting around 6.5 KB/s.

 

[loosecannon]

they are certainaly doing somthing not sure its for the better yet

things seem better this morning than yesterday afternoon ...

if only they would let us know ...

 

[Wireless2]

If you read my post on 256k Speed development sice late yesterday afternoon
i can get 16KB/s on Local but still only 2.5KB/s on International

It used to be 29KB/s on both till last week

 

[noswal]

Just tried these two -
Helkom (local) speed test:
Your line speed is approximately 91.3 Kbps or 11.2 kBytes/sec
( Where kb = kilobits and kB = kiloBytes )

Mcafee (Int):

File Size: 150.005 KB
Time Elapsed: 23.95 seconds

50.08 Kbps
(6.26 KBps)


A major improvement on previous weeks against myusual 1.28k


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[Inevitable]

oh lovely...so its now just for local internet stuff. R650 a month for local internet...what a lot of rubbish

Glory Glory Man United!

 

[arf9999]

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A major improvement on previous weeks against myusual 1.28k

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...but still not what you're paying for.

 

[mrbob]

Well we can at least be glad things are getting better, well not glad.. hopefull is more the word. If this is a sign of things to come then maybe it's good news, maybe international will go the same way as local speeds.

Passage 12, line 16 and Winston came forth from the darkness and released unto the peoplea beastly amount of bandwidth, and they were happy and drank wine and fornicated plenty , or for those who could fornicate they made happy with their hand and the porno which the lord had provided. AMEN!

 

[dbnnet]

I'm getting +23kb/s download speeds from Tucows(IS)- best i've seen since May.
I wonder if finally something positive is starting to happen..... or is it a
network malfunction??? Maybe someone in Sentech Marketing has finally realised that
if you want to increase speeds AS WELL as save Sentech from almost certain ruin....
YOU HAVE TO F^%$#*^ BUY MORE BANDWIDTH!


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[gripen]

Im going with "malfunction"...

**Patented <b>20kbps</b> carrier pigeon clipped wing technology**

 

[bHOLDher]

Yesterday Dorris posted that intl to US was fast, but to EU was slow.

So I did a PATHPING, and if i guess correctly, it seems to me as if there was/?is a problem with the line from IS to Paris. Hellkom problem again? Maybe ST is innocent this time. (Did I say that?)

 

[guest2013-1]

/me slaps bHOLDher


there you go, glad I could help you snap out of your brief period of madness

Hell, my gran on a scooter with a memory stick is faster than Sentech's MyWireless!

 

[bHOLDher]

Teehee, Im sorry for that shocking post. I was high on absadirect pages loading in less than 10 seconds... Information overload/overdose!