*READ FIRST* iBurst Network Status & Issues (DNS, Throughput and Latency)

Eyenstyn said:
There hasn't been a green light on the iburst modem to indicate there is reception around the Joburg area. Anyone else experiencing this?
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Can you please update your location with suburb or are you in the CBD?

When the light goes orange then the BTS has gone off air and a second BTS is not visible to your modem. This ususally means you are at about >8km on the edge of coverage.
 
Centurion Technopark

Test conducted on 08 January 2012 11:33:11 AM

Download Speed: 970 kbps (121.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 302 kbps (37.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 155 ms

Centurion Lake

Test conducted on 08 January 2012 12:19:18 PM

Download Speed: 893 kbps (111.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 299 kbps (37.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 133 ms
 
It was working fine yesterday afternoon. It went back down to 56k speeds earlier today.

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I had a very interesting call with my ISP today stating that there are known issues with the new 2MB modem being very unstable and slow even going as far as to say it doesn't work as advertised. I do not believe this for one second as iBurst has been pretty much flawless the last 6 months for me even using the new 2MB.

I have not had any issues since I got the new modem last year its only been the past week. Again speeds are back to 30kb/s download and 20kb/s upload I also noticed "connection was reset errors" whilst browsing last night.

Is there anything else i could possibly try? I have an external antennae as well but my signal is 100% with or without it. I have tried lowering MTU etc pingtest.net shows 0% packet loss 250/250...

Please help really want to get this back to the way it has been for the last 6 months I am willing to do anything ....
 
mikeza7 said:
I had a very interesting call with my ISP today stating that there are known issues with the new 2MB modem being very unstable and slow even going as far as to say it doesn't work as advertised. I do not believe this for one second as iBurst has been pretty much flawless the last 6 months for me even using the new 2MB.

I have not had any issues since I got the new modem last year its only been the past week. Again speeds are back to 30kb/s download and 20kb/s upload I also noticed "connection was reset errors" whilst browsing last night.

Is there anything else i could possibly try? I have an external antennae as well but my signal is 100% with or without it. I have tried lowering MTU etc pingtest.net shows 0% packet loss 250/250...

Please help really want to get this back to the way it has been for the last 6 months I am willing to do anything ....
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Please PM me your UTID and check the version of the modem via the web interface or putty. The version should be at least v1.03.
 
r00igev@@r said:
Please PM me your UTID and update your location in your profile. At those speeds the speedtest.net url shouldn't even be loading!
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It took a while to load. PM'ed you the UTID. It seems to be picking up speed now.

Ps. If you dial into my modem, could you unlock some of the premium pr0n channels please. Thanks.
 
Hey there

I got my hands on ver 1.04 and upgraded the firmware. results below

Download Speed: 1501 kbps (187.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 328 kbps (41 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 127 ms
Mon Jan 09 2012 16:15:24 GMT+0200 (South Africa Standard Time)

I am not touching anything its back to awesome again!
 
Latest tests
Douglasdale
Test conducted on 09 January 2012 03:55:55 PM

Download Speed: 686 kbps (85.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 220 kbps (27.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 151 ms
Olivedale
Test conducted on 09 January 2012 04:03:51 PM

Download Speed: 977 kbps (122.1 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 276 kbps (34.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 152 ms
Ferreiras
Test conducted on 09 January 2012 04:12:17 PM

Download Speed: 948 kbps (118.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 300 kbps (37.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 159 ms
Little Falls
Test conducted on 09 January 2012 04:32:10 PM

Download Speed: 967 kbps (120.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 280 kbps (35 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 133 ms
Honey Hills
Test conducted on 09 January 2012 04:50:58 PM

Download Speed: 1002 kbps (125.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 270 kbps (33.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 156 ms
DQ
Test conducted on 09 January 2012 05:20:42 PM

Download Speed: 1096 kbps (137 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 294 kbps (36.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 139 ms
 
here is my latest

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u can latterly do **** all on this internet now it takes ages for mybb just to load up
 
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Thanks r00i. My burst is rocking again :) However i was already on ver 1.03 firmware I thought that was still ok not that I am complaining about current speeds

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1696815732.png

Gam.co.za
Last Result:
Download Speed: 1205 kbps (150.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 466 kbps (58.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 112 ms

mybroadband.co.za
Test conducted on Mon Jan 09 2012 22:47:45 GMT+0200 (South Africa Standard Time)

Download Speed: 1460 kbps (182.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 436 kbps (54.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 160 ms
 
Thanks Ronald.

I know there can be network congestion and signal issues but it is starting to get really bad (I am posting this from my phone as the connection died......).

Over the space of about 2 months the speed has dropped from 2+Mbps during the day and during storms (I have posted Speedtest results to prove this in other threads) to wildly fluctuating from less than dialup speeds to 1.5Mbps in the space of an hour.

I used to rave about the 2Mb modem as it rocked day in and day out with no issues at all, but now with firmware stories regarding the 2Mb modem and such it tells me something needs to checked out thoroughly with regards to what the deep routed issue is.

I think Ronald and Melanie must be put in charge of iBurst so that these issues can be resolved as they seems to be the only ones that actually care about iBurst customers.
 
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