Pretoria: iBurst not capped, but max 6.7 kilobits / sec, since 6th July

[LandyMan]

LandyMan, what is your IP range in (196.2.106.*)? Me and a friend had the same **** in that range.

196.2.104.*

 

[Alter]

What email prog u using?

 

[Gimli_]

Thing is about www.linux.org, I got reply back from helpdesk stating 'We tested it and it works perfectly well, please restart your computer and try again'. What bull?

 

[LandyMan]

Guys, my speed just improved! I got 6.9 kb/s ... hehehe. GOTCHA!

 

[Alter]

ARGGG, looks like the even numbers are getting it. Thanks

 

[Gimli_]

196.2.104.*

Landyman, we connect to the same tower, you get crap, mine isn't to bad at the moment. Our IP's are in the same range, don't know what it is hey

 

[MrH]

LOL, looks like I have your IP from lastweek Slim, only thing is it seems to be fast this week.

196.46.68.xxx

Just did this test after I posted:

Below is the data used to calculate your download speed:

* Download time: 3.829 seconds
* Size of file: 500 KiloBytes
* Estimated line speed: 1065.6 (kilobits/second)
* Estimated line speed: 130.6 (kiloBytes/second)

 

[nocilah]

yaya i get to answer 2 in one, no its not my job, i have sex with men for money
and my speeds raaaaaaawk but alas my IP changes, general range is 196.2

want an interesting fact, last week when i had 196.46.* it sucked, maybe thats got something to do with this

ha ha ha... i am on 196.2 and am quick tonight... erhm... iburst that is and when i had 196.46 it WAS ****... i think slim is onto somehting here...

hrmm or maybe iburst is just sh1tty at the moment... and maybe they will improve...?

 

[P0tenc]

It's like I have a static ip.....I can't get it to change!
Will try again in the morning. Just reconnected like 10 times including utd reset and pc restarts.

 

[Clipse]

P0tenc if the ip is really the reason for slow speeds, hopefully there is no "force ip" method implimented on iburst side preventing you from forcing an specific ip.

Guess an ip in the "better" ip range and force it, try over and over different ips. But Id suggest to first try your assigned ip, force that and see if your allowed to force it.

Also make sure to force the primary/secondary dns from iburst.

Worth a try.

 

[LandyMan]

I'm still on the same IP, and still get exactly 6.8kbits/s :-(

 

[jmn]

I had bad speeds with 196.2.105.0 & 196.2.105.8 and battled to get rid of them, they seemed to stick to my UTID. Others had IP's in the 196.2.106.x range and slow. Eventually I got a new IP in the 196.2.107.x range and it gives me at least 100x (YES that's right) faster speed.

Even better this morning (still same IP) as on http://www.telkomsa.net/adsl/downloadTest.jsp:
* Download time: 4.226 seconds
* Size of file: 500 KiloBytes
* Estimated line speed: 965.5 (kilobits/second)
* Estimated line speed: 118.3 (kiloBytes/second)
or worse
* Download time: 8.462 seconds
* Size of file: 500 KiloBytes
* Estimated line speed: 482.2 (kilobits/second)
* Estimated line speed: 59.1 (kiloBytes/second)

 

[ic]

You guys appear to have had a Bumuda Triangle dropped on you, I've just checked my local iBurst IP going back 2 days, and it has been changing, some weird stuff you've got going there...

 

[noemfie]

Oh, and I phoned the helpdesk, told them to stop f#cking around and sort it it. Guess what? Sir, please check your MTU ... bloody idiots!
He told me he will escalate to technicians (which never would have happened) as when I asked for a reference number, only THEN did he start logging it in his system

/me wanders over to the 3G forum again

This getting f$%$#cng ridiculus ... centurion tower here ...same crap !!! ... I can understand if there is a problem for 2 hours or so..but this crap started on wednesday evenening and it still not sorted !! , why do I have to pay the full amount every month if I get half of the service !!

 

[rustic]

Wonderboom Tower

I've got such bad speeds (0.4KB/s) that my mail is coming in faster than i can download it. Been this bad for days.

 

[jmn]

Disconnect whenever you can and leave it off for as long as possible, when you reconnect and the speed is better / normal, try to remain on for as long as possible. I've notified helpdesk, Sassan, Luis and accounts (if we have to cancel due to incompetencies) with details about this problem and also refered to this thread for reference purposes.
I've battled with 196.2.105.0 & 196.2.105.8 for the past 2 days, others with 196.2.106.x
Couldn't get rid of the IP's by just disconnecting and reconnecting, had to leave the UTD off for extended periods.
This sticky IP business seems to be recent, still get it but at least with reasonable speed on 196.2.107.x

 

[ic]

Just another possibility, could any of you be on a WBS blacklist for exceeding their bandwidth abuser threshold...?

Here's what I'm thinking - they might've added some static IP assignment's for your UTIDs and shaped your connections to death - assuming that it's just a coincidence that you're mostly using the same base-station(s)...?

 

[w1z4rd]

major issues this morning with IBURST its crappy slow, im loosing data, and i cant even stream 702. WAKE UP IBURST!!! And I am no where near the end of my cap? Except for some strange reason, I am not recievin bandwidth reports.

I am going to recommned to everyone now STAY AWAY FROM WBS AND IBURST. DO NOT waste your money on them. Until such time as they start responsing, or actually putting out a decent usable service STAY AWAY!!!

 

[jmn]

Just another possibility, could any of you be on a WBS blacklist for exceeding their bandwidth abuser threshold...?

Here's what I'm thinking - they might've added some static IP assignment's for your UTIDs and shaped your connections to death - assuming that it's just a coincidence that you're mostly using the same base-station(s)...?

I raised that possibility with Sassan as well, since I have only once exceeded the cap for a couple of MB at the end of May for a few days. That's not abuse in my opinion, I tend to have a couple of MB left at the end of the month on the 3 GB package. Oh, and I managed to get an IP change after disconnecting for 8 hours, from 196.2.105.0 to 196.2.105.8

And I raised the issue of either no BW reports or duplicates / triplicates and repeating invoices for the same month.

Guess what, silence since I mentioned that the whole throttle experience is fully documented in this thread. Even send him / them a mail to say that speed is back after an IP change.

 

[LandyMan]

Just another possibility, could any of you be on a WBS blacklist for exceeding their bandwidth abuser threshold...?

Here's what I'm thinking - they might've added some static IP assignment's for your UTIDs and shaped your connections to death - assuming that it's just a coincidence that you're mostly using the same base-station(s)...?

IC, I've never even been capped!