OpenWeb ADSL Feedback Thread (Pt2)

wheunis · Mar 19, 2014

mikeygza said:
Well, if I traceroute using my account, sure not OW, but still IS reseller.

But as you pointed out, could be line. Best to confirm with a non IS account.

Michael

Dude... 180ms to UK is pretty damn decent...

mikeygza · Mar 19, 2014

wheunis said:
Dude... 180ms to UK is pretty damn decent...

Well, keeping in mind I am not running any torrents currently and I am not a gamer

The downside is that the account is quite expensive, but at this stage, since I do work from home from time to time, I rather pay more for a service that works than pondering why there are other sessions on my account or why it's unusable during the day. Do not see this as me bashing OpenWeb, I have never used them. I can merely give my feedback on using the IS network rather than MWEB or MTN.

I am sure there will be a logical explanation as to why others are having issues using their accounts.

Michael

diephoenix08 · Mar 19, 2014

Here is pingplotter on Afrihost capped

diephoenix08 · Mar 19, 2014

PostmanPot said:
I take it no one else is able to log in to http://users.isdsl.net/ for e.g. with their @openweb.co.za account?

All i get is :

Invalid User Name or Password

DJ... · Mar 19, 2014

PostmanPot said:
I take it no one else is able to log in to http://users.isdsl.net/ for e.g. with their @openweb.co.za account?

Working for me on capped at least. I feel like there's some sort of DNS issue at the moment though. I keep getting "resolving host" and multiple timeouts all over the show, but tracerts show a perfect connection - no hassles...

Basjohn · Mar 20, 2014

DJ... said:
Working for me on capped at least. I feel like there's some sort of DNS issue at the moment though. I keep getting "resolving host" and multiple timeouts all over the show, but tracerts show a perfect connection - no hassles...

DNS issues wouldn't explain torrents being 10-20kBs though, as with DHT you don't even need tracker name resolution.

From the traces on my side and others it seems like the problem is at the hop from local to level 3 in London, ah how I wish OW didn't run through IS more and more.

Basjohn · Mar 20, 2014

Ha, my torrents are actually running better NOW than all night, though obviously not even 1/4 full speed (which I totally understand during business hours)

Sonic2k · Mar 20, 2014

Basjohn said:
DNS issues wouldn't explain torrents being 10-20kBs though, as with DHT you don't even need tracker name resolution.

From the traces on my side and others it seems like the problem is at the hop from local to level 3 in London, ah how I wish OW didn't run through IS more and more.

Internet Solutions, as I have been saying, is the entire problem. They are worse than MWEB, trust me.

Robocop · Mar 20, 2014

Basjohn said:
Ha, my torrents are actually running better NOW than all night, though obviously not even 1/4 full speed (which I totally understand during business hours)

Same here... at least getting 50 KB/s
This is totally screwed up....

Robocop · Mar 20, 2014

Koosi said:
Internet Solutions, as I have been saying, is the entire problem. They are worse than MWEB, trust me.

So can we request ro be moved to the MTN backbone ?

PostmanPot · Mar 20, 2014

PostmanPot said:
I take it no one else is able to log in to http://users.isdsl.net/ for e.g. with their @openweb.co.za account?

I see it's still not working.

cableguy · Mar 20, 2014

I have responded to your PM.

Please get back to us so that we can test the account for you

Robocop said:
So can we request ro be moved to the MTN backbone ?

cableguy · Mar 20, 2014

Judging by what is happening on the other threads, we are happy happy that IS is our chosen provider.

Basjohn said:
DNS issues wouldn't explain torrents being 10-20kBs though, as with DHT you don't even need tracker name resolution.

From the traces on my side and others it seems like the problem is at the hop from local to level 3 in London, ah how I wish OW didn't run through IS more and more.

KALSTER · Mar 20, 2014

Koosi said:
Internet Solutions, as I have been saying, is the entire problem. They are worse than MWEB, trust me.

But I am on IS and I don't have problems usually. Downloads usually run full speed after hours and weekends, which is over 400kBps on my account. Browsing works and even Youtube usually works during the day. Gaming works 24/7.

DrJohnZoidberg · Mar 20, 2014

KALSTER said:
But I am on IS and I don't have problems usually. Downloads usually run full speed after hours and weekends, which is over 400kBps on my account. Browsing works and even Youtube usually works during the day. Gaming works 24/7.

Same. In my experience IS has been the most consistent backbone I've used.

Arksun · Mar 20, 2014

Robocop said:
So can we request ro be moved to the MTN backbone ?

Speaking blasphemies like that here could get you crucified.

mikeygza · Mar 20, 2014

Koosi said:
Internet Solutions, as I have been saying, is the entire problem. They are worse than MWEB, trust me.

I am also on IS and I have no issues whatsoever.

Happy as a pig in mud

Michael

waynemodz · Mar 20, 2014

open web is down from the morning. is any1 experiencing this issue???
i called their support line, they said they will phone me back.
when i was with mweb i used to get instant support....

howardb · Mar 20, 2014

Yep, OW speeds bottomed out early this morning...

Ikoon · Mar 20, 2014

Same here. Not even normal browsing via OpenWeb this morning.

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