Telkom Internet Capped/Uncapped User Feedback (Pt2)

Was pretty decent till 18:30 ladt night - then the wheels fell off.

Managed to do Guild Bounty, but could not trigger event. Fortunately another guild member who was not lagging to hell and gone triggered event and it ended well ...
 
I don't download torrents straight from my PC anymore, I use a Seedbox, torrents download superfast with a seedbox (Also better your ratio). A 25Gig file downloaded about 60 minutes at full speed from my Seedbox supplier. Then I download this file full speed using FileZilla. I think TI will throttle torrents more & more since it put a heavy burden on the network, Seedbox is the way to go!!!
 
Will_717 said:
I don't download torrents straight from my PC anymore, I use a Seedbox, torrents download superfast with a seedbox (Also better your ratio). A 25Gig file downloaded about 60 minutes at full speed from my Seedbox supplier. Then I download this file full speed using FileZilla. I think TI will throttle torrents more & more since it put a heavy burden on the network, Seedbox is the way to go!!!
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Which service do you use for this? How much is it?

I like that solution but even FTP transfers between my home PC and work rig at varsity is really slow and it's def Telkom, Afrihost is fine.
 
I'm trying out Telkom Internet Uncapped (4mpbs) - where can I check how much data I'm using?
 
Back to decent this morning - managed to do my Daily in Guild Wars well enough 3 lag spikes in just over half an hour ...
 
I know that I shouldnt tempt fate but Telkom has been great all weekend down here. Running hot like the temperature which is scheduled to reach 38C today.
 
CrazYmonkeY159 said:
Which service do you use for this? How much is it?

I like that solution but even FTP transfers between my home PC and work rig at varsity is really slow and it's def Telkom, Afrihost is fine.
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PM me and I will give you the details!!! Just on FTP transfers, I always get full speed with Telkom!!!
 
Seeing 200ms+ in a local trace route in the first 3 hops. When I restart my router and run the trace route again I get 80ms or less. I have tested several times already. Is there some sort of explanation for this?
 
Dade Murphy said:
Seeing 200ms+ in a local trace route in the first 3 hops. When I restart my router and run the trace route again I get 80ms or less. I have tested several times already. Is there some sort of explanation for this?
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Takes a while for ADSL traffic (downloads & uploads) to get up to speed resulting in the somewhat better figures. BTW, 80ms on the third hop isn't particularly good in any event.

With torrents @ 250kB/s:
Code: 
[mick@mick1 ~]$ mtr -rc 5 bbc.co.uk
Start: Mon Feb 17 13:00:14 2014
HOST: mick1.mickza                Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  1.|-- newcop                     0.0%     5    0.2   0.3   0.2   0.7   0.0
  2.|-- ti-224-140-01.telkomadsl.  0.0%     5   48.6 122.2  20.2 205.6  85.4
  3.|-- ti-226-0-22.telkomadsl.co  0.0%     5   61.4 132.5  61.4 222.1  68.0
  4.|-- ti-226-0-57.telkomadsl.co  0.0%     5   33.7 134.8  33.7 241.7  80.8
  5.|-- 165.165.214.213            0.0%     5   74.0 143.8  63.7 245.4  75.6
  6.|-- fra-ip-hsll-1-gig-7-1-0.t  0.0%     5  193.2 283.4 193.2 404.3  84.9
  7.|-- 63-218-233-13.static.pccw  0.0%     5  191.8 284.7 191.8 414.4  98.3
  8.|-- bbc-linx.pr01.rbsov.bbc.c  0.0%     5  213.3 299.4 212.0 426.0  95.8
  9.|-- ???                       100.0     5    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
 10.|-- ae0.er01.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk   0.0%     5  254.2 328.5 254.2 456.4  96.6
 11.|-- 132.185.255.165            0.0%     5  262.5 326.5 262.5 433.4  78.3
 12.|-- fmt-vip132.cwwtf.bbc.co.u  0.0%     5  285.4 338.7 259.5 469.1  88.9

No torrents - normal traffic:
Code: 
[mick@mick1 ~]$ mtr -rc 5 bbc.co.uk
Start: Mon Feb 17 13:01:03 2014
HOST: mick1.mickza                Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  1.|-- newcop                     0.0%     5    0.3   0.2   0.2   0.3   0.0
  2.|-- ti-224-140-01.telkomadsl.  0.0%     5    7.3   7.2   7.0   7.6   0.0
  3.|-- ti-226-0-22.telkomadsl.co  0.0%     5   27.0  25.6  24.8  27.0   0.7
  4.|-- ti-226-0-57.telkomadsl.co  0.0%     5   31.4  31.8  31.4  32.0   0.0
  5.|-- 165.165.214.213            0.0%     5   31.8  31.8  31.5  32.3   0.0
  6.|-- fra-ip-hsll-1-gig-7-1-0.t  0.0%     5  191.3 191.1 190.9 191.3   0.0
  7.|-- 63-218-233-13.static.pccw  0.0%     5  353.6 242.4 191.7 353.6  73.4
  8.|-- bbc-linx.pr01.rbsov.bbc.c  0.0%     5  212.3 211.9 211.4 212.3   0.0
  9.|-- ???                       100.0     5    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
 10.|-- ???                       100.0     5    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
 11.|-- ae0.er01.telhc.bbc.co.uk   0.0%     5  206.0 206.2 206.0 206.4   0.0
 12.|-- 132.185.255.149            0.0%     5  210.1 209.8 209.5 210.3   0.0
 13.|-- fmt-vip71.telhc.bbc.co.uk  0.0%     5  208.8 212.7 208.8 215.2   2.5
[mick@mick1 ~]$
 
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Getting line speed on torrents now, thank you telkom you did something right. 357kb/s....seeds about 22900 peers 1100
 
Getting 1/4 line speeds on NNTP on a cached DL. I am at a loss.

Today has been hit and miss here and there, If i had to grade it I would give it a 5.5/10. It's better than last week's Monday, I could not load MyBB sometimes
 
Soooooo, daytime gaming.....

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Still utterly pointless. At least everything else seems to work okay. Its not spectacular, though.
 
IPC issues in CT again, increased latency. Effected areas are CT and PE.
 
NAG - Wesley said:
Soooooo, daytime gaming.....

dayzpingtime_zps31dbc7f7.png


Still utterly pointless. At least everything else seems to work okay. Its not spectacular, though.
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Have to ask, does your company force you to use Telkom? Is it not time to jump ship?
 
What is the quickest way to cancel Telkom uncapped account? Will I be charged for the entire month or only for the period used?
 
Dade Murphy said:
What is the quickest way to cancel Telkom uncapped account? Will I be charged for the entire month or only for the period used?
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You have to phone cancellations or go to a Telkom Shop and use their inhouse phone.
30 days notice, but some guys have reported immediate cancelation.
Should the cancelation fall between account dates, you will be billed prorata afik.
 
RoMark said:
You have to phone cancellations or go to a Telkom Shop and use their inhouse phone.
30 days notice, but some guys have reported immediate cancelation.
Should the cancelation fall between account dates, you will be billed prorata afik.
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Not with me. Cancelled on 25th Jan, my period is from 5th to 5th so with me I wished for it to be cancelled by 5th of Feb, but I have to wait till 5th of March. :(
 
CrazYmonkeY159 said:
Not with me. Cancelled on 25th Jan, my period is from 5th to 5th so with me I wished for it to be cancelled by 5th of Feb, but I have to wait till 5th of March. :(
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Can't be so, your cancelation is valid 30 days after you call and say you want to cancel. Come the 25th of Feb you can legally instruct your bank to block Telkom debits. If Telkom told you otherwise then they are lying!!
 
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