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Nothing to download :)

And the stuff I have downloaded the girlfriend hasn't taken to kindly.
 
xrapidx said:
Nothing to download :)

And the stuff I have downloaded the girlfriend hasn't taken to kindly.
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Yeah. I am kinda in the same boat here. Except that I live alone, so no one can comment on my taste, at least ;)

The few things I had done this week all downloaded at 400 kB/s, so I can't complain at all.
 
I was paying Afrihost R290 - then a couple of R29's a month.. so paying an extra R150 a month for uncapped isn't a real train-smash for me, at least I know I can download when I want to.
 
Now I have no major reason to complain, but I'm not seeing anything higher than 280kB/s on my 4MB line, and am wondering whether this is because my line syncs at 3072, it used to sync at 4092, but something happened after a port recreate. Any ideas how I can max/optimize my speed?

Thanks,

M
 
marlinwebster said:
Now I have no major reason to complain, but I'm not seeing anything higher than 280kB/s on my 4MB line, and am wondering whether this is because my line syncs at 3072, it used to sync at 4092, but something happened after a port recreate. Any ideas how I can max/optimize my speed?

Thanks,

M
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This is not a MWEB problem but something between your router and the exchange. Tried rebooting yet? Funny enough, also remove the wire from the wall plug and replug it, just to get a good contact again.
 
What I find laughable is that even at off-peak times I rarely break the 10kbs barrier.
This is using Utorrent the only decent 64bit system that works with Windows 7.
During the day i am restricted to between 1 and 2kbs download while i merrily uploaded 19kbs.
This has always baffled me that only downloads are restricted in the Mweb proticol.
If there are faster ways of doing things that do not require me to buy space on an overseas server or fork out cash, can some in the name of all that is holy PM me
 
Are you sure your modem is connected ? I think those speeds are similar to being disconnected :p

Now you need to keep a few things in mind - firstly, torrents only come in as fast as the seeders allow them to. The stuff I download normally comes in at 80kb/s but last night I downloaded something very popular and it went up to 400kb/s. So seeders could be the problem. The second thing is your ADSL Modem - I had a TrentNET one and it would deteriorate the connection to about 30% of its full speed after 1 day of not being rebooted, it also killed off all other traffic when I opened uTorrent. I got a cheap D-Link modem and it has been pushing 8~20GB per day for the last week now without being rebooted or anything.

All this on M-Web uncapped - the same ISP you are using. So I guess what I am saying is that the problem could be on your side....
 
Maybe I should put in leave for a day and see what it does during the day time because I find all this negative feedback hard to believe.
Currently I am convinced that the sun is shining out of my routers [-]ass[/-] jacks because it is connected to M-Web uncapped :p
 
ZOMG! that is better than what I have and yet you still have a crappy connection?
If you want, I have an capped/unshaped WebAfrica account that you can try to see if that makes any difference. PM me if you want to test with it.
Else you'll have to whine at M-Web until they call the Whambulance or something.
 
Rouxenator said:
Are you sure your modem is connected ? I think those speeds are similar to being disconnected :p

Now you need to keep a few things in mind - firstly, torrents only come in as fast as the seeders allow them to. The stuff I download normally comes in at 80kb/s but last night I downloaded something very popular and it went up to 400kb/s. So seeders could be the problem. The second thing is your ADSL Modem - I had a TrentNET one and it would deteriorate the connection to about 30% of its full speed after 1 day of not being rebooted, it also killed off all other traffic when I opened uTorrent. I got a cheap D-Link modem and it has been pushing 8~20GB per day for the last week now without being rebooted or anything.

All this on M-Web uncapped - the same ISP you are using. So I guess what I am saying is that the problem could be on your side....
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Okay I may not have mention I have a 384 line but I still think my connection is slow. I reconnect the modem every few day so that is not it.
I am connected to 20 seeders and 60 peers. If I used my axxess unshapped account I am instantly at 34 to 41kbs so I do not think it is the modem or any configeration.
Last night I downloaded 200meg between 11am and 8pm this morning.
So no super speed build-up as the Mweb techie tells you will happen during non-peak times.
So like I say, maybe i am doing something wrong, using the wrong p2p but I would rather have a garanteed X amount - what do afrihost offer 20gig before they throttle than be unthrottle and be four days into a download with only 2.4 gig downloaded and a whooping 4gig uploaded.
I wonder how exactly Mweb saving money unless they do not pay Telkom or whoever their Teir one supplier is for anything uploaded?
 
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