Packet Loss ?

[bin3]

I am one of those poor fools that fell for MyWireless: I just had to have anything that was not Telkom. Sadly, after a year of struggling, as a power user there is just no way I can recommend MyWireless to anybody. It's fine for your granny or maybe your kid brother; but if you want to do anything except browsing, - learn morse code ...

This is just my own, personal, biased opinion, enforced by struggling through a year of MyHopeless ...

My question to the community is this :

Why do I get 0% packet loss to my tower, but consistently get > 20% packet loss to any international site as soon as SenTech is under load ?

As far as I can calculate SenTech can provide better bandwidth by buying an ADSL connection for each tower; I just don't understand why ...

Pinging www.sentech.co.za ...

Pinging www.sentech.co.za [66.18.65.124] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 66.18.65.124: bytes=32 time=78ms TTL=250
Reply from 66.18.65.124: bytes=32 time=375ms TTL=250
Reply from 66.18.65.124: bytes=32 time=187ms TTL=250
Reply from 66.18.65.124: bytes=32 time=187ms TTL=250
Reply from 66.18.65.124: bytes=32 time=203ms TTL=250
Reply from 66.18.65.124: bytes=32 time=203ms TTL=250

Ping statistics for 66.18.65.124:
Packets: Sent = 41, Received = 41, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 47ms, Maximum = 594ms, Average = 205ms
Control-C
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Pinging www.google.co.za in the same time interval ...

C:\>ping -t www.google.com

Pinging www.l.google.com [216.239.59.103] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=813ms TTL=241
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=438ms TTL=241
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=594ms TTL=241
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=719ms TTL=241
Request timed out.
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=500ms TTL=241
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=953ms TTL=241
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=578ms TTL=241
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=547ms TTL=241
Request timed out.
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=547ms TTL=241
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=609ms TTL=241
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=594ms TTL=241
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=594ms TTL=241
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=531ms TTL=241
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=594ms TTL=241
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=532ms TTL=241
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=563ms TTL=241

Ping statistics for 216.239.59.103:
Packets: Sent = 29, Received = 22, Lost = 7 (24% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 438ms, Maximum = 953ms, Average = 451ms
Control-C
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So - My end conclusion is this : I am paying SuckTech X amount of money each month but they are throwing away every 4th - 5th packet I send as soon as they get any type of load. This is after they succesfully accepted the packet, i.e. 0% packet loss to my tower, 25% packet loss AFTER IT ENTERS THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE.

If they can't even manage the transit in their own infrastructure, how on earth will they manage any other type of load ...

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Sadly still on Sentech until some techie toggles a switch and plugs a cable ...

 

[ProAsm]

Only 24% packetloss, you should be happy.
Try it with ADSL512

Pinging 216.239.59.103 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 216.239.59.103:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss)

 

[bin3]

Only 24% packetloss, you should be happy.
Try it with ADSL512

Pinging 216.239.59.103 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 216.239.59.103:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss)

Great;

So the cap and bandwidth issues has been discussed to death - Is this type of packet loss still common with SA ADSL ? I am 'upgrading' to ADSL as soon as it goes through, and the hope is that by paying about double my current bandwidth price, I will be able to at least work during the day without packet loss. I am not even going to the amount of data being downloaded yet - I need it for SSH, IPSEC, and World of Warcraft. Try SSH'ing to a remote client and doing a mandatory upgrade with 25% packet loss ? I have invented new dictionaries of colourful words ...

So Forumites - How's the packet loss on ADSL ?