MWEB Uncapped ADSL Feedback - Part 2

[ChocolateBadger]

So how's afrihost doing? They are looking like a good switch right about now.

 

[rapidblue]

you may want to give some thought to partnering with someone else alongside seacom for international bandwidth.

these outages are a little crazy

Ditto!!

 

[icyrus]

you may want to give some thought to partnering with someone else alongside seacom for international bandwidth.

Their bottom-line comes first for Mweb.

 

[ajan]

My internet speeds to international is really slow. Ever since last night, I've been struggling to connect/maintain a connection with steam. Today my connections are non-existant with most international sites.


Pinging reddit.com [65.172.31.50] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 65.172.31.50: bytes=32 time=457ms TTL=43
Reply from 65.172.31.50: bytes=32 time=427ms TTL=43
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 65.172.31.50:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 2, Lost = 2 (50% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 427ms, Maximum = 457ms, Average = 442ms

 

[CTBP]

You know whats great about all this......I don't have Mweb at home, unfortunately I don't have a say over which ISP to have at the office, but by the sounds of all the swearing in the background I think the boss will be taking my recommendation for a new ISP more seriously this time. Enjoy.

 

[greywolfe]

hilariously, because youtube is part of google and google is cached, you can get to youtube.

i'm currently listening to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZMqw6XP68s

 

[Drifter]

Sigh, you would have thought MWEB learned a lesson last time round, alas.

 

[KhoisanX]

So how's afrihost doing? They are looking like a good switch right about now.

Brilliantly, at least as a backup solution for times like these.

 

[greywolfe]

Sigh, you would have thought MWEB learned a lesson last time round, alas.

yup. and i told the mweb rep i was talking to last time that i totally understood.

but this is the third strike, i'm afraid. so...

...i guess i have to look into another isp.

 

[MWEBHelp]

Hi all

We can confirm that our Seacom International bandwidth is currently affected as a result of multiple local fibre breaks. Technicians are attending to this and we hope to have the matter resolved soon. Currently all International traffic is being diverted via WACs.

 

[Drifter]

ETA till back to normal? Another 3 weeks?

 

[Gordon_R]

MWeb international traffic seems back to normal around 2.15pm...

Edit: Was OK at the time of posting, but much worse since then. Still awful at 3pm. Sorry MWeb Guy, not fixed at all...

 

[greywolfe]

Hi all

We can confirm that our Seacom International bandwidth is currently affected as a result of multiple local fibre breaks. Technicians are attending to this and we hope to have the matter resolved soon. Currently all International traffic is being diverted via WACs.

ok, yeah. confirmed third breakage. sorry mweb. i've been fairly tolerant about this whole thing, but it's time to jump ship.

again.

 

[jondood]

Won.t seacom being down effect all isp?

Is wacs any good for online gaming?

 

[MWEBHelp]

Hi all

Glad to inform you that our Seacom links are all back up and running. Our engineers will continue to monitor.

 

[SabreWolfy]

Hi all

Glad to inform you that our Seacom links are all back up and running. Our engineers will continue to monitor.

 

[Future_Trader]

International still dead here (Centurion)

 

[Glipsie]

Hi all

Glad to inform you that our Seacom links are all back up and running. Our engineers will continue to monitor.

And its dead again.

Pinging 8.8.8.8 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=268ms TTL=42
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=253ms TTL=42
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=256ms TTL=42

Ping statistics for 8.8.8.8:
Packets: Sent = 7, Received = 3, Lost = 4 (57% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 253ms, Maximum = 268ms, Average = 259ms

 

[Eliphas]

Still dead/slow.

 

[SilentCynic]

It is most definitely not "up and running." While the community managing job you're doing is admirable, this situation is starting to get absurd. Concrete numbers, though likely difficult to acquire, would be appreciated.