Packet Loss since this Afternoon

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Azgard

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I've been experiencing some bad packet loss since this afternoon, around 4PM or so.

I can connect on all the different accounts I have, router seems to sync fine. But pages load extremely slowly or not at all.

I've tested using mtr and it tells me all the routers along the way to google.com are dropping packets, average loss is around 35%

Anyone else experiencing this? Any ideas?
 
Where do you stay? It could be your local exchange.

Is there packet loss for local as well?
 
I stay in Edenvale, am thinking it could be the exchange.

There does seem to be for local as well yea, not that much though.

I'm thinking it could be something with SAIX, my local only IS account works reasonably well, a bit slow, but local sites load and torrents work. But all my international accounts are SAIX and they seem to be affected the most.
 
I would say if it's still giving you problems then give Telkom a call (unfortunately) ;)
 
Still having trouble, but seems to be getting a bit
better, and mainly affects HTTP traffic.

IMs mostly work, FTP works.

I reported it online but haven't heard from them..

Anyone know which number to contact them on?
 
Having similar issues. Today my connection is running about as fast as Fred Flintstone's probably did.

4mb line on speedtest.net to JHB server I'm getting between 512-700kbit downstream with a ping of 113ms. Upstream is 200kbit average. Useless.

Normally I hit 3500+kbit downstream with a ping of 20-30ms.

Northern suburbs JHB.
 
I guess it's a bad time to contact them at this time of year :(

Their number is 0800 375 375, good luck!
 
Thanks :)

It seems to be back and up running for the most part, a little slow. But otherwise seems good.
 
Well as per the @#$^ing usual story, I now have to do my usual thing of sitting on the phone to Telkom to let them know that I'm paying 4 times the amount for what I'm getting.

One moment my connection is fine and now I'm down to sub 1/4 speed. How many people who are not in-the-know have their lines running at ridiculously slow speeds only because they know no better? I'll bet Telkom rides the arse out of so many of their customers this way.

It just really grates me that I need to be like a babysitter with these guys.
 
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