Mweb throttling becoming unbearable?

[hellomweb]

On 4mb uncapped mweb.

For close to 2 weeks p2p for me has been throttled down to a mere 20kb bouncing between 12-22kb... im not a heavy user but this is starting to bug me now. Even http downloads are nowhere near what they used to be.

I completely understand that p2p will be throttled, in fact i agree with it, but the whole night and weekend? it pains me to read people complaining that they are only getting around 150kb on the weekend.

I was hoping it would correct itself with the start of the new month but it hasnt at all.

I tried changing the username to @mweb.co.za instead of @dslmweb.co.za ... but i couldn't get any connections in.

 

[hellomweb]

haha, So obviously immediately after i post this the speeds improved and im getting 150kb now ...

 

[D3x]

The power of the Interwebz!!!

 

[MWEBHelp]

haha, So obviously immediately after i post this the speeds improved and im getting 150kb now ...

Hi hellomweb

Pm me your details if you need assistance


Kind Regards
MWEB Operations

 

[Chevron]

Hi hellomweb

Pm me your details if you need assistance


Kind Regards
MWEB Operations

Any further news on the IPC upgrades?

 

[spiderz]

On 4mb uncapped mweb.

For close to 2 weeks p2p for me has been throttled down to a mere 20kb bouncing between 12-22kb... im not a heavy user but this is starting to bug me now. Even http downloads are nowhere near what they used to be.

lol, then i'm getting faster speeds on my 384 line! (38-41Kb/s) all day long.

 

[Smiley_lauf]

I get that feeling as well--the 384K line gives better performance than the 4meg line--is this deliberate?

 

[Rands]

what 384 line are u on! cos my downloads can go into BYTES, not even KB!
it all obviously depends on what u downloading

 

[schumi]

Had good 384k line speeds all weekend on my side. Mweb News Server

 

[blaaislaai]

uhm...mweb dont throttle.. they shape..

 

[MWEBHelp]

uhm...mweb dont throttle.. they shape..

Hi blaaislaai


That is 100% correct. We do not throttle we shape our shaped products.


Kind Regards
MWEB Operations

 

[who.is.michael]

"We do not throttle we shape our shaped products" - either should not be happening - upgrade your network - It is simple, build the road and the traffic will come - what could be simpler?

 

[Fudzy]

"We do not throttle we shape our shaped products" - either should not be happening - upgrade your network - It is simple, build the road and the traffic will come - what could be simpler?

That message is for all ISPs right?

 

[ToxicBunny]

Ummm... do you have the blank cheque to provide MWEB with the capital to provide a 1:1 contention ratio on their network?

 

[supersunbird]

"We do not throttle we shape our shaped products" - either should not be happening - upgrade your network - It is simple, build the road and the traffic will come - what could be simpler?

Buy a unshaped product... you get what you pay for...

 

[Shayd]

Lol 1:1 contention 4Mb ADSL... now on special only R32000 pm.

 

[Will@MWEB]

@michael: Unfortunately it really isn't that simple. IPC links connect us to the ADSL last mile to gain access to our customers. Upgrades to this portion of the network are dependent on the availability of the bandwidth. It's not a question of cost it's one of available capacity and it's a constraint that is faced by all South African ISPS currently.

 

[whatwhat]

The IPC upgrade was suppose to happen this month though, is that still on plan?

 

[MWEBHelp]

The IPC upgrade was suppose to happen this month though, is that still on plan?

Hi whatwhat

Yes there are upgrades that will happen this month.
I unfortunately cant provide an exact date but it will happen this month and we will keep you informed

Kind Regards
MWEB Operations

 

[grok]

And here we all thought EASSy was gonna help with additional bandwidth ...