Openweb Uncapped Gold Backbones

Hey all.

I'm thinking about giving another backbone a spin, just to see how it fares in comparison to the BCS one I am currently assigned to. The BCS one is OK, a little sluggish at times, but no real huge major issues... guess I just need to see if the grass is actually greener on another side.

I do not use news servers at all... and TeamViewer needs to be functional... so I am thinking IS.. yes / no ?
How is the IS backbone during office hours ?

Ta and all input from the GOLD 'n oldies much appreciated.
 
kilobitsperyear said:
Hey all.

I'm thinking about giving another backbone a spin, just to see how it fares in comparison to the BCS one I am currently assigned to. The BCS one is OK, a little sluggish at times, but no real huge major issues... guess I just need to see if the grass is actually greener on another side.

I do not use news servers at all... and TeamViewer needs to be functional... so I am thinking IS.. yes / no ?
How is the IS backbone during office hours ?

Ta and all input from the GOLD 'n oldies much appreciated.
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Do you use torrents?

If not I'd suggest Altech rather.
 
Indeed... Altech no good for TeamViewer ?

sandmanm34 said:
I thought you said you use Teamviewer a lot?
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EDIT: Oh I just got it... TeamViewer=p2p=Torrent... doh. Thanx for the headsup sandmanm34.
BCS is also TeamViewer unfriendly. So it will need to be a torrent friendly backbone.

So... then what is IS like during office hours ? Is it usable or a frustrating throttle ?
 
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kilobitsperyear said:
Indeed... Altech no good for TeamViewer ?



EDIT: Oh I just got it... TeamViewer=p2p=Torrent... doh. Thanx for the headsup sandmanm34.
BCS is also TeamViewer unfriendly. So it will need to be a torrent friendly backbone.

So... then what is IS like during office hours ? Is it usable or a frustrating throttle ?
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On Gold I'm not sure. Only ever use IS after hours on uncapped after hours package and it fly's. I reckon you'll 40-50% during office hours which is adequate. Teamviewer really only utilizes the maximum upload speed of the remote machine in any event so 512kbps..
 
During office hours I have noticed that the IS backbone I am on is VERY throttled.
After hours is very close to full speed.

TeamViewer works even during office hours. YAY.

I think a couple more days on IS will tell if it is back to BCS or a stay.

This might be something I can live with... I just hope it does not dwindle to under 2Kbs on everything between 7AM and 6PM.

sandmanm34 said:
On Gold I'm not sure. Only ever use IS after hours on uncapped after hours package and it fly's. I reckon you'll 40-50% during office hours which is adequate. Teamviewer really only utilizes the maximum upload speed of the remote machine in any event so 512kbps..
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EDIT: Uurgh... maybe I cannot live with it... downloads max at 1.3kB/s. Shape me if you must, but this throttle is simply beyond the pale.

I think if these are the choices, I will need to look at a viable 20GB capped service that is usable 24hours a day.
 
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Yeah, uncapped is an absolute fruit salad at the mo!!! Thanks to MWEB's, they really turned the market on its head!!

They hammered all and sundry with their cheap "uncapped" packages, then all and sundry followed them into battle. Companies that had brilliant reputations like Cybersmart and Afrihost come out with their uncapped packages and soon realized that a truly uncapped package at under R600 on a 4mb line is impossible to sustain.

MWEB who's reputation has mostly been in the gutter for the last 10 years then, true to form, degraded their "uncapped" product to such an extent that it is virtually impossible to get more than 100gb's a month without contravening one or other of their archaic FUP T&C. In the meantime Cybersmart and Afrihost have all but flushed their good reps down the drain with their pitiful uncapped products.

Axxess IS have always offered an uncapped after hours package for around R800 and many users got in excess of 300gb's a month on a 4mb line without any repercussions. Axxess are really the only ISP to offer a truly uncapped at a reasonable price solution... Even if it is limited to after hours...

Openweb have benefited out of the mayhem. Unfortunately all that stands between them and liquidation is their CEO extraordinaire Keoma Wright. Can't be all that profitable for OW having all these MWEB heavy lifters subscribing to their network. I honestly believe that anything over 90gb's a month on the Gold packages and you start running at a loss. (4mb)

Anyway, there's still great value for money to be had. You can quite easily get away with paying under R10 a gig for unshaped bandwidth but on uncapped, bearing in mind the volumes users are pulling, and we paying under R5 a gig..
 
Sandman to my knowledge they do not pay per gb downloaded. It is all about capacity.
Perhaps someone with better understanding than me can explain the capacity issue :D
 
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Is this a decent enough approximation then?

IS:
HTTP: Average
P2P: Poor (Good after hours)
NNTP: Poor (Good after hours)
Gaming: Good
Wow: Average

VB:
HTTP: Good
P2P: Poor
NNTP: Average (Good after hours)
Gaming: Good
Wow: Good

BCS:
HTTP: Good
P2P: Poor
NNTP: Poor
Gaming: Average
Wow: Average

Altech:
HTTP: Good
P2P: Poor
NNTP: Poor
Gaming: Average
Wow: Average
 
@Joker. That looks about right. Especially since Altech looks like crap. Don't want any hoards flooding onto my backbone and messing things up.
 
Gatecrasher said:
@Joker. That looks about right. Especially since Altech looks like crap. Don't want any hoards flooding onto my backbone and messing things up.
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So you moved from IS to Altech.. interesting..

* informs the hoards *
 
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