Brieuse
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lol, 120Kbps downloads are very slow.
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Serial breaker of phones
You didn't read his post properly.
Normally when downloading torrents, even if you limit the speed, your browsing is always affected. This is due to the limiting of open connections which happens on home accounts, but not on business accounts.
Brieuse
Expert Member
ah, ok, I don't do torrents.
i.got~issues
Expert Member
Perhaps... but my other option is a speed-limited 55KBs downloads during office hours.
Downloading anything between 9AM-5PM resulted in severe shaping of everything, including basic browsing.
I am not even talking about torrents... I am talking about anything requiring "downloads", such as anti-virus updates, drop-box syncing and downloads of application updates, drivers etc. Also, it was becoming a matter of having to choose between browsing and email OR youtube OR TeamViewer OR Citrix VPN OR anything else really during business hours. Internet usefulness dwindled from 9 and died completely until after 5PM. After-hours it was full-throttle.
So, to be able to download at 120KBs AT THE SAME TIME as browse, check email, watch a youtube video and TeamViewer / Citrix ALL DAY without so much as a jitter is a whole new experience for me.
I keep thinking to myself, this is to good to be true... can it last... is it sustainable.
This is EXACTLY what the internet should be. Full Stop.
Brieuse
Expert Member
as far as I know Afrihost have a fair use policy which is quick to reach. I have never experienced downloads less than full speed on my Open Web Gold account.
DominionZA
Executive Member
It will last. I admit I did feel the same when I changed over. I got so used to OW fixing my account, getting used to fast speeds (for about a day), then bang - gone again. Seemed surreal for the first while on AH.
i.got~issues
Expert Member
My monthly usage has been moderate... I think nothing over 140GB ever in a month in 3 years. The shaping policy had been tolerable, but seemed to get more aggressive towards the latter part of last year and I could never get anywhere near full speed on these 9-5. After hours pure bliss.
The OW account became unusable before 5PM... backbones were switched and office hours became browesable again, however on this new backbone, speeds were never more than 55KBs, even at night and on unshaped weekends. When this was questioned, the only response was well, you can go back to IS... so I looked at other ISP options and went with the Afrihost Unshaped Uncapped 2Mbs for exactly the same price as the original Gold. There was not even a remark from support that 55KBs may be a problem somewhere... and no hint at even addressing this new wobble... just the take this or go back to IS.
And the OpenWeb Gold is the only account that is under performing.
I have briefly switched back to it during the day, only to still encounter slow downloads and, although improved, still no-where near the same office hour performance as the Afrihost account.
EDIT:
There is no way for me to pull my OpenWeb Gold stats, they do not keep any, but my here are my current usage stats for AH;
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DominionZA
Executive Member
Not on business. I average 800GB to 1.2TB per month without any issues.
You are of the lucky ones on OW. Or you don't work from home so won't notice the daytime degradation.
OW = internet roulette.
AH = pure internet
Afrihost Business is completely unshaped. It is by some distance the best bang for your buck uncapped package around and is quite possibly the only true uncapped product in the country.
I left Afrihost for Telkom because the latter offered better Netflix streaming... I'm just waiting for the new capacity to arrive and I will be back with the awesome folks at Afrihost.
Their support is also second to none.
DominionZA
Executive Member
What issues did you have with Afrihost?
Not uncommon for me to have 2 x Netflix streams running while downloading NZB 's and playing Xbox online.
Brieuse
Expert Member
I don't work from home, but I am often at home during the day.
I think the last time I experienced bad internet was with the Seacom breakages. I don't have computers permanently downloading like you though, and cannot image why I would. I tend to average 150 to 200GBs a month with my Apple TV and other random stuff.
I could just maintain a higher quality stream pretty much any time of day with Telkom.
I had no other issues with Afrihost to be quite honest.
DominionZA
Executive Member
What makes you think I download constantly? My line is almost idle all day.
Brieuse
Expert Member
perhaps you overstated your average usage then
DrJohnZoidberg
Honorary Master
AH 20Mbit business is out of my price range, my OW account feels like an unshaped account most of the time so I'm happy.
wingnut771
Honorary Master
I can download 1.5GB/hour on my 4mb line. I only download between 12-6am. 1.5x6=9GB x 30 days = 270GB.
That's not even trying, now think of a 10mb line.
DominionZA
Executive Member
Nope. No DSTV anymore. Majority of media consumed is Netflix and often 2 streams.
My son lives on YouTube. So here usage starts to pick up about mid afternoon.
My NZBS kick off at night mostly. Whenever Sickbeard finds new episodes.
Point is high usage does not necessarily mean download hog. Way more things to do with an Internet connection than download.
My firewall logs give me my usage.
I have dropped TV shows to SD and only kept movies as HD. So usage likely to drop a bit now, but the bulk of it is Netflix (and Hulu).
wingnut771
Honorary Master
10mb?
Brieuse
Expert Member
would need to be for two streams. I usually stream 720P, only one stream though, on my Apple Tv.
wingnut771
Honorary Master
3 people stream netflix here on the 4mb, although not at 720, SD only. I do get 720 when one only stream tho.