Openweb Uncapped Feedback

[Elev8r]

On 4Mb Uncapped Gold :/

Was running WAY worse about an hour ago, couldn't get more than 30KB/s on HTTP.

 

[///MoH]

Ummm digichilli ?

On 4Mb Uncapped Gold :/

Was running WAY worse about an hour ago, couldn't get more than 30KB/s on HTTP.

 

[lws]

Ummm digichilli ?

Wow, guess OpenWEb wasn't kidding when they said GOLD works across a number of networks...

Is everyone's international fine? Downloads are fine on local but browsing on international is slooooow and images sometimes just don't want to load at times

 

[cyberarmy]

That's actually not Digichilli, but BCSNet backbone.

I have been through 4 different backbone providers via Openweb: Internet Solutions, Mweb, Vodacom Business and BCSNet. I have to say VB seems to be the best out of the 3 uncapped backbone they currently offering. I mainly do HTTP downloading and we all know what's the story with I/S. BCSNet is quite slow when I tested it just now. Let's hope the VB network will stay as good as now.

Thanks Keoma.

 

[Elev8r]

Well I already asked Koema to switch backbones, but nothing materialized. Maybe I'll ask again as I'd at least like to try something else that has a chance of being better.

 

[StoneCold]

Is it just me or is the IS backbone extremely slow at the moment ? I'm really getting poo speeds on speedtest.net, even for local:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/939452651.png

I'm not a happy camper. Its either account related or its definitely my exchange.
Anyone else care to do a test for me, I'm on IS 384k Gold Uncapped

 

[AnimateX]

Is it just me or is the IS backbone extremely slow at the moment ? I'm really getting poo speeds on speedtest.net, even for local:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/939452651.png

I'm not a happy camper. Its either account related or its definitely my exchange.
Anyone else care to do a test for me, I'm on IS 384k Gold Uncapped

 

[d7e7r7]

 

[AnimateX]

Hey Stonecold,

1) Are your router stats ok? Have you checked for any noise on the line?
2) Does a traceroute to a local site show any large delays during the trace?
3) Have you mailed Keoma and maybe tried having your port reset?

 

[ChrisJ]

I am also get very poor speeds on the IS backbone on gold. Keoma moved me onto the platinum but I am still only getting around 80kb/s on international http, local is running at around 5mb/s. I ran some tests on our uncapped accounts at work and they are also giving very poor speeds and latency to Europe of around 800ms.

 

[StoneCold]

Keoma, thanks for the account you provided me with, but I really think my problem is exchange oriented.

International- http://www.speedtest.net/result/939532418.png

Local- http://www.speedtest.net/result/939546782.png

Going to test now again with the IS account and post those results as well.

I'll test again now with my IS account.

 

[StoneCold]

Sorry for the double post. Here is my IS account results:

Local - http://www.speedtest.net/result/939554545.png
International - http://www.speedtest.net/result/939556690.png

WOAH, what an improvement since I posted that other one earlier !

Will monitor this again tomorrow.. I think its definitely my exchange borking me around like this.

 

[sand_man]

SMOKEN!!!!!

http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php?photo=18287&cat=500

Well seeded torrents running at between 700-850kBps...

Openweb Uncapped after hours account (on trial)...

This is [-]poor[/-] pure bliss!!!! 3gigs an hour is easily doable, that takes around 20 hours on a 384kbps line, just to put it into perspective...

 

[Lycanthrope]

This is poor bliss!!!!

 

[sand_man]

Oh damn it!!! pure... pure... pure... It's making me poor mind you...

 

[Lycanthrope]

Oh damn it!!! pure... pure... pure... It's making me poor mind you...

No doubt Worry not, it happens to the best of us

 

[d7e7r7]

Getting good speeds but average ping

 

[Phenomenon]

Packet loss on international

Ping statistics for 80.91.249.69:
Packets: Sent = 25, Received = 22, Lost = 3 (12% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 290ms, Maximum = 1188ms, Average = 373ms

 

[d7e7r7]

Packet loss on international

Ping statistics for 80.91.249.69:
Packets: Sent = 25, Received = 22, Lost = 3 (12% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 290ms, Maximum = 1188ms, Average = 373ms

Whats a good ping?
Says my line quality is D, not sure if thats general bad quality or normal for South African customers???

 

[Phenomenon]

Getting an amazing 8 kb/s all day, with packet loss :/

Edit: 300ms is "good" for servers in Europe, some can be as low as 250/260, though since being switched away from the Neology backend I haven't seen pings that low.

Right now I am more concerned with having any kind of decent ADSL for atleast a week at a time.