RAIN routing.

[MisDieRekt]

RAIN's routing is and I'm sure apart from being over-congested on the 4G spectrum is their biggest problem....

Take a look....

This is a tracert coming from Durban to Durban yet rain routes this though JHB then back down to Durban, instead of just handing off in Durban directly, this passes additional traffic (up and Down) through the network only adding to congestion issues.

It baffles my brain as to how they literally cannot see this or are they employing subgrade network engineers who simply cannout route properly.

Im no pro network engineer and I can tell you by adding proper routing they can ease a ton of that congestion...

Can somebody from cape town do a speed test to or tracert to http://capetown.spdtst.saix.net/ as I suspect they will pass traffic through JHB first then back to CPT.

 

[Evo1ve]

 

[MisDieRekt]

They are routing through JHB first .... F**k me..... that's a ton of bandwidth going through their routes unnecessarily.

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They can't even get their overland routes correct.... so the average lets use a Dota2 player here for example...... Dota 2 uses server locations in JHB and CPT so if a game instance connects to CPT and I happen to play from Durban, I will effectively get routed through JHB first then to CPT adding extra hops and milliseconds onto my ping for no good reason.

I suspect RAIN are trying to use their OWN over land backhaul routes and these simply cannot handle the amount of traffic being passed through them and with horrid routing at that which makes it a whole lot worse.

Instead of routing the greater Durban traffic through a partner like TERACO in Umhlanga or their most famous partner MTN who I am sure has better overland routes they go and do this.