Telkom Internet Capped/Uncapped User Feedback (Pt2)

Just gotta say that Ti has been running stellar last week and the wkend.
But the last few pages seem to suggest its not fixed for everyone.

Could it be regional or exchange related?

On a side note, torrents have been running at line speed lately (420kB/s).Something I haven't seen for ages on Ti. I stopped using torrents completely becoz they were sooooo sloooowwwww.
 
TI seems good on my side too. Gaming on PS4/PS3 with no lag, good pings and download speeds to EU and US
 
Dade Murphy said:
Thanks for this.

Attenuation is at decent levels: 42dB downstream and 20dB upstream.

Poor SNR has only started recently after the Telkom speed upgrades.

Disconnected the phone and filter, connected the adsl from the router straight to the phone jack, restarted router. SNR is still really bad.

The problem here is that when the line synchronizes at 1mb the SNR is at 11dB whereas when it is at 2mb the SNR is at 6dB. Just spoke to Telkom support and we've decided to sync the line at 1mb until a technician is available (been waiting a week now)

I will borrow a friend's router later this week to see what happens, but taking the above into consideration I doubt that my equipment is the problem.

I hope this doesn't mean that I'll only be able to use 1mb :(
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1mb sync giving 6dB SNR now... Guess my line is in its glory.
 
Been getting really high latency at night for the past 2 weeks... Tried afrihost and Mweb and the same Problem persists. I've reported a fault online. Hope it gets sorted immediately:


Tracing route to google.com [74.125.233.37]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.0.0.2
2 106 ms 106 ms 105 ms 41-132-72-1.dsl.mweb.co.za [41.132.72.1]
3 112 ms 108 ms 108 ms 197-80-96-138.jhb.mweb.co.za [197.80.96.138]
4 135 ms 137 ms 137 ms vl-92.vic-hscore-1.mweb.co.za [197.80.2.1]
5 118 ms 123 ms 125 ms tengig0-0-0-2.11.vic-p-1.mweb.co.za [197.80.5.22
5]
6 109 ms 108 ms 108 ms 197-80-7-5.jhb.mweb.co.za [197.80.7.5]
7 127 ms 129 ms 126 ms 197-80-96-6.jhb.mweb.co.za [197.80.96.6]
8 119 ms 119 ms 117 ms 64.233.174.21
9 96 ms 95 ms 93 ms jnb01s01-in-f5.1e100.net [74.125.233.37]

On the second Hope my ping is almost 100ms which is ridiculous... I'm currently at 5mbps and im gonna try drop it to 4mbps to see if there is a difference. If not Telkom has got to help me. I play Do Gaming League Championships so this line is mainly used for Online gaming and I cannot allow this to happen.

Anyone else have any other ideas?
 
this is painful working from home :cry:
 

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Why are downloads being throttled after midnight? Other ISPs encourage you to download those hours but Telkom are the opposite.
 
nan0s0ldier said:
Been getting really high latency at night for the past 2 weeks... Tried afrihost and Mweb and the same Problem persists. I've reported a fault online. Hope it gets sorted immediately:


Tracing route to google.com [74.125.233.37]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.0.0.2
2 106 ms 106 ms 105 ms 41-132-72-1.dsl.mweb.co.za [41.132.72.1]
3 112 ms 108 ms 108 ms 197-80-96-138.jhb.mweb.co.za [197.80.96.138]
4 135 ms 137 ms 137 ms vl-92.vic-hscore-1.mweb.co.za [197.80.2.1]
5 118 ms 123 ms 125 ms tengig0-0-0-2.11.vic-p-1.mweb.co.za [197.80.5.22
5]
6 109 ms 108 ms 108 ms 197-80-7-5.jhb.mweb.co.za [197.80.7.5]
7 127 ms 129 ms 126 ms 197-80-96-6.jhb.mweb.co.za [197.80.96.6]
8 119 ms 119 ms 117 ms 64.233.174.21
9 96 ms 95 ms 93 ms jnb01s01-in-f5.1e100.net [74.125.233.37]

On the second Hope my ping is almost 100ms which is ridiculous... I'm currently at 5mbps and im gonna try drop it to 4mbps to see if there is a difference. If not Telkom has got to help me. I play Do Gaming League Championships so this line is mainly used for Online gaming and I cannot allow this to happen.

Anyone else have any other ideas?
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Sorry bud, thats some farked up congestion you got going on there.
Your only hope is to pray Telkom upgrades your exchange sooner than later.
Dont hold your breath though the wheels turn slowly in that neck of the woods.
 
Gboss said:
Just gotta say that Ti has been running stellar last week and the wkend.
But the last few pages seem to suggest its not fixed for everyone.
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There are probably some sadistic bastards there fscking with us, moving the load around :D
 
I'm free. Free at last. Thank f#*k, free at last.

Account was cancelled on Friday. Now to request credit rebate for March paid in advance. More fun and games.

Loving life on Afrihost.
 
I dont know what is going on, my line is flying today, no buffering problems, attachments download at at least 70% speed.

*touch wood*
 
My streaming has been awesome for the past week +.
Netflix and Hulu is HD quality and Vevo live stream plays instantly.

*Touch Wood*
 
SHVAK said:
Nope. there is a big difference between 600ping to EU servers or not being able to even load a web page one minute and the next things seem to work okay?
I did several free trials before I made my move. I suggest you try the same and then ask yourself if it is a "Placebo effect"

Now no one will always be 100% happy with any service, but I will rather be 95% happy where I am now than 95% unhappy with Telkom ISP. What have I lost by getting better service, nothing and if in 3 months time the feedback from Telkom is good I can easily return. It's not like they are offering anything that the others are not. The only thing they had going for themselves was being cheaper than some and being reliable. They lost the reliable card a while back and it takes along time to win that one back. And they are now matched in price by almost everyone.

So this is my Placebo effect:

I can download torrents at full speed (admittedly I only do the odd TV series or movie)
I can play games with no ping spikes and great pings to EU and goodish to the US
I can download at full speed as much as I want from Steam, Gamersgate and origin without worrying about being throttled.
Streaming seems okay, again I do not do much but my kids do.

Now if Telkom fixed all their issues I would return but only if my current service went pear-shaped. :D
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Sorry if I missed it but who is your ISP?
 
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