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At 6:25 this morning I got 4.56 KBps from download.com. All on a 256k package! My speed ticket has been open for so long "they" don't call anymore - I have to call them.
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<font size="1"><b>Tower:</b> Mintek (82) - <b>Signal:</b> 25% (Poynting Grid Antenna) - <b>Firmware:</b> 5.0.1.62/A2 - <b>256k</b> package
<b>SNL:</b> 9dBm <b>BER:</b> 71% <b>RSCP:</b> -77dBm <b>ISCP:</b> -88dBm - Smoothwall and PPPoE</font id="size1">
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<font size="1"><b>Tower:</b> Mintek (82) - <b>Signal:</b> 25% (Poynting Grid Antenna) - <b>Firmware:</b> 5.0.1.62/A2 - <b>256k</b> package
<b>SNL:</b> 9dBm <b>BER:</b> 71% <b>RSCP:</b> -77dBm <b>ISCP:</b> -88dBm - Smoothwall and PPPoE</font id="size1">
At 6:40 this morning:
Local: ftp & downloader 12.5kB/s
International: downloader 10.2kB/s, "Windows save as" 12.5kB/s
Doesn't make sense to me why the "save as" is faster than a downloader on International unles there is some serious shaping going on.
Local: ftp & downloader 12.5kB/s
International: downloader 10.2kB/s, "Windows save as" 12.5kB/s
Doesn't make sense to me why the "save as" is faster than a downloader on International unles there is some serious shaping going on.
I did the test and the result was:
"It fcking sucks!"
I phoned the call centre TWO DAYS ago and left a message. Phoned again last night - still haven't heard back from them.
Keith, you make a point there that I have been pondering for some time now. One "Save As" I get, let's say, 4KB/s. BUT... if I download ANOTHER file in the same manner, I also get 4KB/s on that one. And if I manage to do the same on a third one, it also runs at 4KB/s. BUT, a multithread download through getright seldom goes over 6KB/s - very odd.
But, we're right back where we started - slow speeds and k@k service from the "Call Centre"
<hr noshade size="1"><font size="1"><i><div align="right"><font color="red">one day we will all look back at this... laugh nervously... and change the subject...</font id="red">
MyWireless256 on tower82(mintek).randparkridge.jhb|sig:9%|node:3|snl:0%|ber:28%</div id="right"></i></font id="size1">
"It fcking sucks!"
I phoned the call centre TWO DAYS ago and left a message. Phoned again last night - still haven't heard back from them.
Keith, you make a point there that I have been pondering for some time now. One "Save As" I get, let's say, 4KB/s. BUT... if I download ANOTHER file in the same manner, I also get 4KB/s on that one. And if I manage to do the same on a third one, it also runs at 4KB/s. BUT, a multithread download through getright seldom goes over 6KB/s - very odd.
But, we're right back where we started - slow speeds and k@k service from the "Call Centre"
<hr noshade size="1"><font size="1"><i><div align="right"><font color="red">one day we will all look back at this... laugh nervously... and change the subject...</font id="red">
MyWireless256 on tower82(mintek).randparkridge.jhb|sig:9%|node:3|snl:0%|ber:28%</div id="right"></i></font id="size1">
I'm downloading a disc image of ubuntu linux (it's made by a co owned by mark shuttleworth - still in preview release). It looked good so I am going to give it a try on one of the spyware infested windows PCs here.
The file is 520MB big, I started downloading at 22:00 last night and it's still got 4 hours to go. My current speed, and remember that this is during the day, is around 9.5KB/s... I think that is a perfectly acceptable speed for during the day on a 128Kbps package. Oh and this is from an overseas server.
So maybe things have only improved on the honeydew tower?
EDIT: The wind blew. My connection died. YAY! I go back to zero. *sigh*
The file is 520MB big, I started downloading at 22:00 last night and it's still got 4 hours to go. My current speed, and remember that this is during the day, is around 9.5KB/s... I think that is a perfectly acceptable speed for during the day on a 128Kbps package. Oh and this is from an overseas server.
So maybe things have only improved on the honeydew tower?
EDIT: The wind blew. My connection died. YAY! I go back to zero. *sigh*
My international download averages out at 8KBps - on the odd occasion it may go up to 12.5KBps. Interestingly enough my international upload averages at 11KBps.
Great for 128 - unfortunately I am on a 256k package which means the speeds suck.
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Sentech and Telkom: The pupil surpassing the master
Great for 128 - unfortunately I am on a 256k package which means the speeds suck.
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Sentech and Telkom: The pupil surpassing the master
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Yeah, something is definitely off at the moment. The whole day (Saturday) been running tests every hour again. Best speed was 57k download, with 76k upload international. Real pain. BTW, I am using TCPIQ for the speed tests. Building up my history - already have graphs for the past 14 days and it ain't pretty. One really interesting one was a spike of upload speeds of about 230k one day. BTW, I am on a 128k package.
I tried to upgrade to 256 and asked what I could expect as a reasonable service as well as what measure would be in place if it was consistently not reaching that performance. The reply: sorry, but we can't agree to your terms! I cracked laughing ...
Cheers
Menlo Park Tower / 128k / NoWire.co.za
I tried to upgrade to 256 and asked what I could expect as a reasonable service as well as what measure would be in place if it was consistently not reaching that performance. The reply: sorry, but we can't agree to your terms! I cracked laughing ...
Cheers
Menlo Park Tower / 128k / NoWire.co.za