Screamer ADSL



Still not getting full line speeds :( What's the latest on the increased capacity, is it on the way or already in place?
 
this is getting quite ridiculous...im on a 4mb line and the speeds are worser than dial-up! can't even get acess to my online banking!
 
I know that is my problem I cannot use it at all.....wait till tomorrow if no reply I am cancelling and insisting on refund.
 
@adrenalin.
I had that problem on friday.it seems like it came right on its own. as you know its almost impossible to get hold of the call center.
 
Well i just tried. Let's see if i have any joy if i hold on a bit longer. Pm'd howzit already.
 
Just wondering if they have 24 hour support? And on a sunday? Can't browse so nicely on my phone and keep switching sites
 
This mornings tests.... @07H05 on 512 line & package...

JHB
http://www.pingtest.net/result/7560609.png
http://www.speedtest.net/result/678591031.png

NY (WTF?!?)
Pingtest errors out....
http://www.speedtest.net/result/678592720.png
http://www.pingtest.net/result/7560958.png (Phili)

UK
http://www.pingtest.net/result/7561026.png (Milton Keynes)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/678597270.png (London)

Overall pretty horrible for a 512kbs line.

Inernational getting 25% of line speed down and 38% of line speed up.
Local getting 62% of line speed down and 53% of line speed up.

Jeesh... averaging 11kB/s for an IE8 update from Microsoft... Come on ...

http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/data/913/Screamer_Dec-Jan.JPG (14 days in the last 42 have been ok)
 
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Data Stats

Hi IRG

What software are you using to give you those stats?

I use Bandwidth Monitor but I prefer your GUI's

P.S. Also getting "Zero" +- 10kb downloads at the moment.... Ironically seems uploads are "flying" at 25kb????

I have pretty much made up my mind to ditch Screamer, Must just go through the motions and cancel account etc.... I dont see them sorting out there stuff any time soon, As soon as they "stabilise" the sign more account etc etc , vicious cycle....

Running out of energy to keep complaining.... Phoning/ Messaging Howzit .etc etc.....

Enough.....
 
vernonh said:
Hi IRG

What software are you using to give you those stats?

I use Bandwidth Monitor but I prefer your GUI's
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Netlimiter 2 Pro (works a charm on Vista and XP, There is a Win7 Beta 3 out, but no stats on it yet).

Its pretty awsome, you can see each app that uses bandtwidth per day per hour.... Plus you can use it to limit speeds on incoming or outgoing traffic. It also has a built in Firewall if you want. I use it all the time!
 
ok i pm'ed Howzit my problems im having with my adsl on saturday evening. im hoping he can help having it resolved. holding thumb's.
 
IRG said:
Netlimiter 2 Pro (works a charm on Vista and XP, There is a Win7 Beta 3 out, but no stats on it yet).

Its pretty awsome, you can see each app that uses bandtwidth per day per hour.... Plus you can use it to limit speeds on incoming or outgoing traffic. It also has a built in Firewall if you want. I use it all the time!
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Yea, it's great..too bad they're taking so long with the Win7 stats module, because that is the main reason i'm using netlimiter. If anyone are looking for something similar that actually works on Win7 , try CFosspeed . http://www.cfos.de/speed/cfosspeed_e.htm (There is a 30 day trial, so nothing to lose)

It works slightly differently, but still capture stats per application and such.

I still prefer Netlimiter for stats, but Cfos imho is a better approach to shaping/managing traffic on your PC. One thing Cfosspeed has over Netlimiter is the customizable realtime display/graphs. i.e. you can put a little display/gadget up that shows you your pings+speeds of up to 10 different applications or protocols [you can set what exactly you want to monitor]. Also its approach is slightly different in the form of "shaping" your traffic vs. "limiting" traffic. With Cfos you prioritise the apps/protocols and can't tell it to go slower/faster but rather that if multiple apps are going which one must go fastest. So in a way it makes more sense, because i rarely go into netlimiter and say "ok make steam go at 10kBps now because i want to browse", with Cfos you rather go "ok if i use firefox, it should be main priority, slow down steam so i can browse properly"...

Nice explanation comparing issues of "Limiting" vs. "Shaping" [Netlimiter do the artificial capping thing]
http://www.cfos.de/speed/documentation/p2p_e.htm
Running filesharing programs (like eMule, Kazaa or Bittorrent) will usually take up most if not all upstream channel bandwidth, which leaves the connection prone to high ping times. Not only does this mean filesharing communication itself will run slowly (source requests may take a full 1 or 2 seconds rather than just a few milliseconds), but it will also choke other Internet applications to a crawl. By the same token, download rates may plummet, since TCP ACKs are not being sent out in time. The browser will also become noticeably less responsive while surfing the Net.

A popular workaround offered by many filesharing programs is to put an artificial cap on the upload rate.

However, if your are simultaneously running a mail upload in addition to a filesharing upload, both will compete for available upstream bandwidth. How much bandwidth each of these uploads will eventually receive is basically left to happenstance. In some cases, this may even lead to termination of all TCP connections (TCP connection starving).

For instance, if you have a filesharing program running in the background when surfing the Net, there will only be a brief, minimal slowdown in P2P traffic while a new page is being loaded. Likewise, when sending out longer e-mails, P2P upload rates may briefly drop somewhat while the mail is being transmitted. Once the mail is sent, all uploads will continue at full speed again. The only alternatives would be to postpone transmission of the mail "forever" or artificially limit transfer bandwidth for filesharing somehow. But this would also mean a loss of bandwidth even when no other application is using the same connection.
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