Screamer ADSL

ulif said:
in keeping with South African standards, this company/product is shocking!
as much as i hate T**kom's service it is far Far better than screamers. :mad:
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RAS........troll

My 2 Screamer connections are Screaming:D
 
Screamer 384 Unlimited ADSL Account Does not Like Rapid Share

Hi All

Been with Screamer since the beginning, I have tried to use this account again this week after numerous issues, Telkom Line Faults, Router Lightning etc etc then Telkom Line Faults...Blah Blah ..... But got new Netgear Router on Thur and testing the Screamer Account again.... Cant say I have had much use over the last +-2 months

Looks Like its Averageing 18-20kbps on a 384 Line....

Can anyone explain why this account wont work with Rapid Share Premium Downloads ? It starts then stops after 5 - 10% into the downloads....

Also HTTP goes up and down and so does Torrent stuff

It looks like it getting better but not sure if this is a good as it gets.... When do u bail ?

Initially Screamer Tech - Hard coded DNS but since replacing Router using Dynamic.. Is this correct?
 
vernonharvey said:
Hi All

Been with Screamer since the beginning, I have tried to use this account again this week after numerous issues, Telkom Line Faults, Router Lightning etc etc then Telkom Line Faults...Blah Blah ..... But got new Netgear Router on Thur and testing the Screamer Account again.... Cant say I have had much use over the last +-2 months

Looks Like its Averageing 18-20kbps on a 384 Line....

Can anyone explain why this account wont work with Rapid Share Premium Downloads ? It starts then stops after 5 - 10% into the downloads....

Also HTTP goes up and down and so does Torrent stuff

It looks like it getting better but not sure if this is a good as it gets.... When do u bail ?

Initially Screamer Tech - Hard coded DNS but since replacing Router using Dynamic.. Is this correct?
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Hi Vernon

We have had our fair share of challenges but we are constantly upgrading. PM me your account no and I will get one of our techies to check why you are not getting a faster connection.
 
G8crasha said:
I'm the complete opposite. My HTTP downloads are fast, but my torrents suck, even when I am connected to plenty of seeders.

BTW, theoretically, on a 384 line, you should be getting at least 3 gigs per day if you are downloading 24/7. Thus, a 384 line should be averaging about 38 - 45 kB/s so you should pull down closer to 100 gigs per month.
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I know. And I will keep hoping that it will happen. :-)
 
G8crasha said:
I'm the complete opposite. My HTTP downloads are fast, but my torrents suck, even when I am connected to plenty of seeders.

BTW, theoretically, on a 384 line, you should be getting at least 3 gigs per day if you are downloading 24/7. Thus, a 384 line should be averaging about 38 - 45 kB/s so you should pull down closer to 100 gigs per month.
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Realistically, you should be getting 39KB/s. 42KB/s is theoretical.
 
Screamer ADSL not what the claim it to be

JvanD said:
Here is my impression of Screamer ....

I asked a few simple questions to the call centre and they told me that they will get back to me. I recieved no call back as of yet.
I sent an e-mail only to get a reply to my question 4 days later.

This is not customer service. This is absolute bull. I have gotten better response from Telkom.

Has the speed issues now been resolved and can you provide a test account like DigiChilli? I would like to make an educated decision before trusting anyone with my internet.

Do you support news servers on port 119 also is the network shapped or unshapped, and do you allow for access to news servers.

Thanks
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I signed up from 1 December. The speed is very poor. Limited to running only one pc and then all other ISP's I worked with was much faster even with multi pc's and multi sessions. Logged two calls based on quite regulary not being able to connect. This service was from time to time so bad that I had to switch back to other prepaid accounts to be able to continue working, obviously costing me in addition to what I was paying for this so called unlimited account. Will phone their helpdesk tomorrow. Not getting any joy, will immediately cancel the service and move on. Based on my calcs and the bandwidth I'm using will join another ISP and pay the same amount per month and at least have good speed and reliable connectivity. Will give feedback after my interaction with their service desk.
 
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benvor said:
I signed up from 1 December. The speed is very poor. Limited to running only one pc and then all other ISP's I worked with was much faster even with multi pc's and multi sessions. Logged two calls based on quite regulary not being able to connect. This service was from time to time so bad that I had to switch back to other prepaid accounts to be able to continue working, obviously costing me in addition to what I was paying for this so called unlimited account. Will phone their helpdesk tomorrow. Not getting any joy, will immediately cancel the service and move on. Based on my calcs and the bandwidth I'm using will join another ISP and pay the same amount per month and at least have good speed and reliable connectivity. Will give feedback after my interaction with their service desk.
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Just be careful Digichilli is even worse, try SAOL or Cybersmart for uncapped.
 
Sad

snobee said:
Ok, so just wondering, but what is the status in general of Screamer ADSL users? Happy? Sad?
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My HTTP is from non-existent to very slow. So much so that I regulary need to switch to other ISP prepaid account I lucky kept, but now it costs me R399 per month and in addition to that what I need to pay for prepaid due to often have to switch because I am not getting constant connectivity from Screamer. My experience so far - completly disappointed! Will try and call their service desk tomorrow to see if i can get any joy and problems sorted out. Ff not, will cancel with immediate effect.
 
Other options

bradz said:
Just be careful Digichilli is even worse, try SAOL or Cybersmart for uncapped.
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Hi, thanks for the advice. Yes, is looking at SAOL as another possible alternative, but possibly rather stay with AfriHost where I was signed up for 3GB per month, but lately increase my usage to around 10GB per month. If I just upgrade then it will be cheaper than uncapped and I at least is having good speed and constant connectivity.
 
snobee said:
Ok, so just wondering, but what is the status in general of Screamer ADSL users? Happy? Sad?
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I'm still happy as can be, only issue was that router lost connection but a restart resolved that. Since last month (30/11) and last restart (2 days ago) including all issues I managed to pull down about 40Gigs. Judging by this forum it has been fairly quite (compared to DC), which in my opinion is good news. I'm on a 384Kbps ADSL service
 
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Speed Still all over the place

Thus far since Thurs last week....

The speed been all over the place from stalling, Needing Reboot to 45kbps ? Still avergaing 15-20kbps....

When i left the house the morning it was completly down... Looks like it crashed at 3am...

Still cant get Rapid Share Premium to work, So wasting money there....

I will also make a decision in the New Year... Was hoping Screamer would work cause then i would upgrade my 384 account to 512 or even a 1mb line....

Will probably end up with a Axxess - Uncapped Express - 4Mbps After Hours
R1299
 
vernonh said:
Thus far since Thurs last week....

The speed been all over the place from stalling, Needing Reboot to 45kbps ? Still avergaing 15-20kbps....

When i left the house the morning it was completly down... Looks like it crashed at 3am...

Still cant get Rapid Share Premium to work, So wasting money there....

I will also make a decision in the New Year... Was hoping Screamer would work cause then i would upgrade my 384 account to 512 or even a 1mb line....

Will probably end up with a Axxess - Uncapped Express - 4Mbps After Hours
R1299
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3AM??? Thank goodness it wasn't just me!!! Called them this morning from work and was told that when they came in they saw ADSL was down and got a technician to sort it out.

Yesterday evening it was painfully slow, speedtest.net reported about 90kbps both locally and internationally on my 384kb line. Geez!
 
Can anyone confirm that they are able to connect to local news servers? I tried to use saix and IS but it would not connect. It could be coz I've never used usenet before, so I may have just not configured it properly, but maybe not.
 
Hi Howzit,

We've been subscribing to a 5Gb capped Screamer account since the beginning of the month based on the amazing prices offered, the promises of greater speed and the opportunity to get away from Telkom as an ISP. I've kept the normal Telkom account going as well just in case there were problems.

We use the internet for browsing and online gaming on the XBox and I've encountered two problems:

1) I can't seem to get an open NAT connection for the Xbox on the Screamer account although I am using the same settings as I had on the Telkom account where I can get an open NAT setting. The online gameplay still works ok but I would like to know why I cannot achieve the same connection using my Screamer account.

2) My wife does large amounts of picture sourcing as part of her business. She is using Safari ver3.1.2 as a browser on MacBook Pro using OS10. The problem is that when she uses the Screamer account to do image searches with Safari no pictures appear in the boxes on the results screen of Google. Image searches work perfectly with the Telkom account and on the Screamer account with IE on a PC laptop.

I have read on other forums that this may be a NAT problem, aproblem with the ISP as well as possibly a quirk with Safari but I have no idea how to fix any of these. Unfortunately if I cannot resolve this particular issue then we will no longer be able to use Screamer as an ISP as picture sourcing is a core function of my wife's business. I realise that the simple solution would be to try a different browser but my wife is not keen to change.

I read in a post at the beginning of this thread that there are some NAT issues with Screamer at the moment alhough I didn't really understand what these were. Are my problems as described above likely to be related to the problems that Screamer is experiencing at the moment or is there some other solution available.

Looking forward to your response,

Richard

PS, Browsing on the Screamer account has been shocking this afternoon. I've actually been unable to use it to make this post.
 
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All I want for Xmas is........

Hi All

I guess we are all getting a bit tired of hearing the same ol same ol story...

Another Screaming Day with downloads averaging 5kbps and uploads 15kbps...

With no Service = 0kbps from 5pm till 6pm roughly but 5kbps technically scrapes as service :{{

Even call to Tech Service that mentioned they have a upstream issue with Neotel ??? Down time a few hours.....

How now Brown Cow.......
 
I wonder if the speed increases that a number of people are experiencing is due to the exit of many of the clients? ;-)
 
snobee said:
I wonder if the speed increases that a number of people are experiencing is due to the exit of many of the clients? ;-)
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Hi

We have finally got the systems and bandwidth upgraded so everyone should be experiencing full speeds now.
 
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