New to iBurst, advice please

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As a backup to my adsl, I'm considering getting iBurst, since Telkom takes years to fix problems too complicated for the casual technician to understand...

Anyways...

I borrowed a friend's iBurst modem and tried it out at my place. It connects with a signal led sometimes green, sometimes orange, never red.

A www.speedtest.net result puts the throughput at 300kbps down and about 100kbps up.
Latency to my favourite gaming server is approx 70ms
Latency to the first hop is approx 50ms.

My questions are:
How much of a difference will an external antennae have on throughput and latency.
What should the TCP MTU setting be + how do I set it (Windows 7) ?
What external antennae do you recommend ?

Thanks guys/gals, your help is much appreciated.
 
My suggestion, Don't. Stay faar faar away, rather see if you can get a Wisp to help you.

(Wow, never thought I would suggest a Wisp)
 
Mr.Jax said:
As a backup to my adsl, I'm considering getting iBurst
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Oh dear.

I borrowed a friend's iBurst modem and tried it out at my place. It connects with a signal led sometimes green, sometimes orange, never red.
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Those colours still confuse me. In the old days there would just be a one colour signal indicator.

A www.speedtest.net result puts the throughput at 300kbps down and about 100kbps up.
Latency to my favourite gaming server is approx 70ms
Latency to the first hop is approx 50ms.
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iburst has become shockingly slow

How much of a difference will an external antennae have on throughput and latency.
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No effect on latency but perhaps for throughput if you have a better signal

What should the TCP MTU setting be + how do I set it (Windows 7) ?
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1352 for normal browsing and 1324 for VPNs. I think Windows 7 may try to automate this but I don't connect directly to my modem so I can't be sure.

What external antennae do you recommend ?
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Any one of these two;
Antennae
 
Thanks hilton! Yeah, as a backup to ADSL...you won't believe how much cr@p i have...after trying for 8 months to resolve a problem, I'm giving up on them....

LOL @ Pilgrim...don't worry...I have the modem+account on loan for a while so I can test this properly before committing.
 
I dunno. I used to get a 100% signal, but had to move house. Moved approx 2km away, but into a dip and my signal stuffed out. Speed was terrible, so i got an Omni and it made a huge difference. But as with any wireless setup, internet, WUG or otherwise, there are ZERO guarantees. Nobody can guarantee a wireless signal. But, theoretically, an external ant should help.
 
PS, WISPS are the spawn of the Devil!!!

Nothing to do about their service per se, just their disregard for other wireless netowrks. And not all Wisps, but many unfortunately.
 
Ive been using iburst for 3 years approx now due to my exchange being full. Moved house and can finally get DSL. As a backup it should be "ok" but as your main internet line...worst 3 internet years of my life
 
DO NOT GET IBURST, their billing is the issue, not performance as such and their customer service is shocking, it's fine if nothing ever goes wrong but things WILL go wrong, that's a gaurantee with I-Cr@p.
 
Dont do it man. Think about your wife and your children. Think about all of the sleepless night and the pure terror that you'll be subjecting them to. This is a dark and treacherous road and I would dare no man to walk it.
 
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LOL, OK.

Convinced....

Will stick to 3G then as a backup.
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Get iBurst via a reseller. You won't have to worry about billing issues.

I get 100% signal and consistent 100KB/sec download speeds. I think I had slow downs twice last month and only for a couple of hours at a time.

Your per GB charge is much better than 3G.
 
OK,

Using the loaner modem from a friend and a omni antenna...
Ping test:
(iBurst) http://www.pingtest.net/result/9645962.png
(4mbps DSL) http://www.pingtest.net/result/9646383.png <- on a good day

Speed Test:
2PM: http://www.speedtest.net/result/339844519.png
6PM: http://www.speedtest.net/result/705698630.png
7PM: http://www.speedtest.net/result/705728066.png

I'm very happy with the latency result, thats pretty good...on par with my dsl....
The throughput....yeah....slow....
UPDATE: did another test...hitting 80kB/s....acceptable. According to the coverage map, I'm in a 'fair' area.

Honestly, iBurst seems like a good alternative to me.
 
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Mr.Jax,
The iBurst latency consists of CPE<->radio interface<->tower<->back-haul<->access<->core<->distribution<->peering<->upstream transit<->destination
Of this the biggest influence on latency is the radio interface. With ADSL the radio interface is replaced with a DSLAM, but it is strange that the radio interface latencies and DSLAM latencies are so close!
 
Stay away. really ive been with iworst for 2 years.. and yet their service has degraded by 400%

their call centre is rude and all treat you like u a dumbass

STAY away... FAR AWAY

Added * i have a external antenna.. i get 400 kbps dl and 100 kb upload... and i live like 3 blocks from the tower... when the tower is under strain i get about 200kb dl and 80 kb upload

with my signal that drops from 99 -> 30 % when the tower is under strain

and ofc lag spikes are a killer

i recently ordered my adsl so GL HF
 
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