Survey: April 2005 iBurst problems...

[jamieb]

Location: Hyde Park
Tower: Rosebank
Modem: UTD on LAN
OS: XP Pro SP2
Problem: Cannot send emails longer than two lines, speed very irratic, modem disconnects frequently, most of the time cannot access Internet during business hours

 

[fairlady]

Location: Linden Ext
Tower: Northcliff
Modem UTC (is that the laptop one?), 70 - 100% signal strength,
OS: Windows XP Pro, SP 2

Problems: Slow speeds, and I mean very very slow! Sometimes the connection just dies.

 

[SarelvdWalt]

I went (on suggesten by Shaun) to their offices and replaced my modem. Even though it's better, I get this from Telkom Speed Test:
Your line speed is approximately 196.2 Kbps or 24 kBytes/sec

 

[imterro]

cool. so is anyone getting crap speeds after 6pm?

Location : LittleFalls
Tower : Roodepoort maybe northcliff (signal: 100%)
Modem type : UTD
OS : XP SP2
Brief desc of problem : speeds are usually just above that of a 56k

 

[GuRu]

196.2.100.***
Roodepoort / Northcliff towers
Date : 19/04/2005
Time: 21H23
XP pro Sp2 DU / Tweakmaster / DrTCPiP

HTTP download
Download time: 70.08 seconds
Size of file: 500 KiloBytes
Estimated line speed: 58.2 (kilobits/second)
Estimated line speed: 7.1 (kiloBytes/second)

Speed terrible .

 

[nocilah]

151.5 Kbps or 18.6 kBytes/sec (i think sentech 128 outperforms these speeds)

Location .:. kylami
Tower .:. kylami (castle)
Modem .:. UTD with LAN
OS .:. Xp sp2
Brief desc of problem .:. iburst is the problem. unreliable. slow.

 

[nocilah]

From the 18th
Soweto 196.2.101.*

that's the date my speed issues started. interesting. maybe this ip switchoroo has caused the havoc.

 

[GuRu]

i am also of the opinion that this new IP range change is causing this slowing down before my ip range was 196.46.**.** and i still had decent speeds compared to what i get now ..

 

[Raithlin]

Download time: 105.375 seconds
Size of file: 500 KiloBytes
Estimated line speed: 38.7 (kilobits/second)
Estimated line speed: 4.7 (kiloBytes/second)

Location: Midrand, Noordwyk
Tower: Midrand JW Tower
Modem?: UTD Ethernet
OS: XP SP2 (Optimised with SGOptimizer)
Brief desc. of problem: You still want one?!? This test makes the connection look faster than it is. Sloooow. I max out at capped speeds. With 800MB still available to me.

 

[Saint_DC]

hey stuff speeds. i just dont want to get disconnected every 2 minutes!
I also want to be able to finish downloading my mail. Speeds are alright (not better than ADSL but its the disconnects and the non consistency of their service that is eating me up. stop supporting them.

Their service is not good!
Its not worth the money!
And, they are not helping the needy clients!

Stuff them!

 

[Bulldog]

speed is not everything

I just checked my speed with adsl speed test:

"Your line speed is approximately 945.3 Kbps or 115.8 kBytes/sec"

I just wish i could reliably connect with https and pop3 secure.....

check my post on https.

 

[slimothy]

still have IRC/MSN/SSL/HTTPS/ VoIP/Skype/Upload/Disconnect problems?

Dylan (sihen) from WBS said I could post this:

if you still have IRC/MSN/SSL/HTTPS problems please email me at [email protected] with the answer and the following info:
How Many Ping outs on IRC per day? + - :
MSN Time Outs:
How Often:
Area you are in:
Anything else that could be helpfull

 

[nickv]

Nice one slim.Thanx

 

[RichardG]

Hehehe, I give up on this time out story!!!
Should of been fixed ages ago, I don't want to e-mail Dylan, Since I know I wont get any Glory out of e-mail someone. I actually don't know!

 

[sihen]

Hello Guys,

I have only received 2 emails concering the IRC/MSN/SSL/HTTPS problems.
Please could you guys who are having the problems email me ASAP, This will help us resolve the problem ASAP.

Dylan

 

[BicPen]

Sihen: Do you know the reason why we are recieving IRC/MSN timeouts?

 

[slimothy]

Hehehe, I give up on this time out story!!!
Should of been fixed ages ago, I don't want to e-mail Dylan, Since I know I wont get any Glory out of e-mail someone. I actually don't know!

richard its simple, you email Dylan with the data and he can help fix the problem. He's only doing this because he too uses iBurst and just wants a reliable stable internet service just like you, if you don't email him with the details then how is anybody supposed to help, they can't read your mind

 

[BicPen]

I agree, If ur not willing to take action /cooperate, u don't qualify to complain either

 

[RichardG]

Well I've my DOWNLOADS open. I must choose between MSN/IRC I've reached my CAP, I could e-mail you up.

Hello Guys,

I have only received 2 emails concering the IRC/MSN/SSL/HTTPS problems.
Please could you guys who are having the problems email me ASAP, This will help us resolve the problem ASAP.

Dylan

 

[BicPen]

RichardG :
I sent an email to Dylan, and he replied within the hour.

THANX DYLAN!!