Speeds ?

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aborg

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nonroker, dorris - my speeds are also way down. Sentech is definately shaping/limiting all traffic at 6KB/s - to me this is sorta in contravention of the contract. I have done several tests ftp,http,p2p using all types of programs - all with the result of 6KB/s. What are tese guys up to? They are definately refining the art of upsetting valuable customers!!! [:(!]

R849 p/m for 6KB/s - you can get that for R79 a month.
 
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arf9999

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Passif,

My bandwidth went sometime between 04h00 and 05h00 on the 16th. see below, from 45-50MB per hour to average 16MB per hour.
Period Download(B) Upload Sum
15.08.2004 23:00 - 15.08.2004 23:59 46,931,589 35125187 82056776
16.08.2004 00:00 - 16.08.2004 00:59 49,830,603 36799427 86630030
16.08.2004 01:00 - 16.08.2004 01:59 51,587,344 36789185 88376529
16.08.2004 02:00 - 16.08.2004 02:59 51,815,136 36109583 87924719
16.08.2004 03:00 - 16.08.2004 03:59 52,447,646 36655843 89103489
<b>16.08.2004 04:00 - 16.08.2004 04:59 39,447,008 34536848 73983856
16.08.2004 05:00 - 16.08.2004 05:59 12,831,637 29325244 42156881
16.08.2004 06:00 - 16.08.2004 06:59 14,056,227 26214845 40271072
16.08.2004 07:00 - 16.08.2004 07:59 13,651,596 26778516 40430112</b>
16.08.2004 08:00 - 16.08.2004 08:59 32,512,771 34776069 67288840
16.08.2004 09:00 - 16.08.2004 09:59 19,995,779 31052591 51048370
16.08.2004 10:00 - 16.08.2004 10:59 11,318,316 19234028 30552344
16.08.2004 11:00 - 16.08.2004 11:59 8,490,962 15188011 23678973
16.08.2004 12:00 - 16.08.2004 12:59 8,625,759 16684015 25309774
16.08.2004 13:00 - 16.08.2004 13:59 9,404,737 14417324 23822061
16.08.2004 14:00 - 16.08.2004 14:59 9,046,168 17778032 26824200
16.08.2004 15:00 - 16.08.2004 15:59 12,500,940 19478274 31979214
16.08.2004 16:00 - 16.08.2004 16:59 13,125,173 21169034 34294207
16.08.2004 17:00 - 16.08.2004 17:59 12,245,587 27760228 40005815
16.08.2004 18:00 - 16.08.2004 18:59 22,880,425 29504716 52385141
16.08.2004 19:00 - 16.08.2004 19:59 12,020,050 9483945 21503995
16.08.2004 20:00 - 16.08.2004 20:59 1,731,453 321317 2052770
16.08.2004 21:00 - 16.08.2004 21:59 3,832,807 1187048 5019855
16.08.2004 22:00 - 16.08.2004 22:59 22,875,763 9509341 32385104
16.08.2004 23:00 - 16.08.2004 23:59 14,959,752 21349239 36308991
17.08.2004 00:00 - 17.08.2004 00:59 33,533,234 32557718 66090952
17.08.2004 01:00 - 17.08.2004 01:59 8,770,472 20893571 29664043
17.08.2004 02:00 - 17.08.2004 02:59 12,604,468 20645540 33250008
17.08.2004 03:00 - 17.08.2004 03:59 12,662,754 22026818 34689572
17.08.2004 04:00 - 17.08.2004 04:59 8,240,514 18947956 27188470
17.08.2004 05:00 - 17.08.2004 05:59 13,734,233 22193518 35927751
17.08.2004 06:00 - 17.08.2004 06:59 15,352,804 22930025 38282829
17.08.2004 07:00 - 17.08.2004 07:59 28,754,440 30106418 58860858
17.08.2004 08:00 - 17.08.2004 08:59 21,138,498 29821412 50959910
17.08.2004 09:00 - 17.08.2004 09:59 11,464,961 20103829 31568790
17.08.2004 10:00 - 17.08.2004 10:59 21,727,706 23293328 45021034


MW128, Tower <b>60</b>(Northpark Plaza), Signal:16%,S-N-L: 7, BER: 45%
 
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Kai

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HAHAHAH! ooookay! Call Centre gave me a 128k account username/password to test with, and it's FASTER than my 256k one!! i'm getting 3.5kBps on their speedtest, where I was getting 1.35kBps with my account!

*rolls on the floor... histeric with laugther...*

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clivedoubell

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Well my speed has more than doubled from yesterday to today. Yesterday it was 1KB/s. Today it is 2.3KB/s. On tower 66 from 4ways on 128MW. My elderly mother has a Mweb dialup running an old 33.3 modem. She gets about 3kB/s. So if I want to do some real serious stuff on the net I have to amble over to her connection. Sheesh.
 
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JacoD

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Messages
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My pings seem a LOT faster with no packet loss locally...
This is only local though :-\

256K package, Helderkruin Tower

Pinging www.sentech.co.za [66.18.65.115] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=1331ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=78ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=77ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=107ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=113ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=325ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=170ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=111ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=142ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=68ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=106ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=136ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=65ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=104ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=243ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=103ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=72ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=189ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=58ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=131ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=66ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=74ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=132ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=171ms TTL=249
Reply from 66.18.65.115: bytes=32 time=120ms TTL=249

Ping statistics for 66.18.65.115:
Packets: Sent = 33, Received = 33, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 51ms, Maximum = 1331ms, Average = 147ms

And here is Intl...

Pinging www.avsim.com [205.252.249.32] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=2984ms TTL=234
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=1900ms TTL=234
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=2201ms TTL=234
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=617ms TTL=234
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=637ms TTL=234
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=615ms TTL=234
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=574ms TTL=234
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=532ms TTL=234
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=534ms TTL=234
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=552ms TTL=234
Request timed out.
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=559ms TTL=234
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=623ms TTL=234
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=565ms TTL=234
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=637ms TTL=234
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=596ms TTL=234
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=596ms TTL=234
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=575ms TTL=234
Reply from 205.252.249.32: bytes=32 time=577ms TTL=234

Ping statistics for 205.252.249.32:
Packets: Sent = 19, Received = 18, Lost = 1 (5% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 532ms, Maximum = 2984ms, Average = 881ms

So the problem is most definitely with Sentech :p (but we all knew that already)
 
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aborg

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Messages
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The problem is not with the pings people are getting - mine is great too. They just took all the bandwidth away from 256k users. It seems to me it doesn't matter what package you have we all have the same crappy speeds - its just that the 128k guys are paying much less...
 
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Razer0

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Messages
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Jaco i agree very much with you.. finally no packet loss (maybe can play games now??)

Ping statistics for 66.18.65.115:
Packets: Sent = 50, Received = 50, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 91ms, Maximum = 399ms, Average = 132ms



Ping statistics for 81.27.33.7:
Packets: Sent = 50, Received = 50, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 471ms, Maximum = 746ms, Average = 516ms

And indeed i cant get more than MAYBE 7kB/s d/l on my 256k package(equivalent of 56k?? no wait, i think i heard someone in the background yell 28.8k)

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nonroker

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Messages
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yep...and I can confirm that with an iperf test:

[ 5] 0.0-16.1 sec 96.0 KBytes 48.7 Kbits/sec

And the result is EXACTLY the same every single test.

Even uploading is ***

[ 5] 0.0-18.7 sec 152 KBytes 66.7 Kbits/sec


grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr [:(]
 
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guest2013-1

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cant seem to get higher than 14kb/s for the last 3 days... 512k seems f@cked...

Sentech, 99% downtime guarunteed!
 
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nonroker

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K..this is fsckin SAD.

I've started multiple torrents and downloads to see if I can max out the 256K.

Guess what?

It's stuck solidly on 60K (Less than 64K ISDN!!!!!)
 
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passif

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Messages
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Yip, same here - pings have dropped dramatically, but downloads speeds are crummy still (60kbps).

Ping statistics for 66.18.65.115:
Packets: Sent = 54, Received = 54, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 66ms, Maximum = 287ms, Average = 137ms



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aborg

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If this continues till the end of Aug I am going to cancel and sit out untill they get this right again. It was acceptable before this 16th-25th Aug 'fair distribution of bandwidth' crap maintenance started. I had constant +20KB/s dl's on any type of traffic.
I am willing to pay for 18-22KB/s service but not for a limited 6KB/s service.
 
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aborg

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I logged ticket for what its worth - did anybody else speak to an orc - I got the usual reply 'maybe there is a lot of people on the network at the moment'. I will log one on monday,tuesday,wednesday,thursday....etc until the end of aug. HEHE ticket flooding [:D]
 
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regardtv

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There are things in the works... I cannot say more but I am starting to believe that maybe - just maybe - things may be comming right.

5 days to go ...



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gripen

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I seriously doubt it. Unless you have some inside info about them buying bandwidth or losing 500 customers I wont really think things are actually gonna get better. There is just nothing substantial to give us hope judging from past experience.
 
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aborg

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I just like to know why they suddenly cut our bandwidth and then hold us on the line until the end of Aug when 'things might be much better'?
I tend to agree with greedy - get some magic bandwidth or losing some customers.

BTW what is TheRodent up to these days? Is he part of the solution?[;)]
 
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nonroker

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SRT Update:

Average: 6.48KB/s
Maximum: 8.69KB/s
Current: 3.49KB/s

*sigh*
 
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dbnnet

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rtv... your inside information is good. I'm impressed!
I'll say no more too! ;)


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