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Yuu
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Hope everyone is maxing their internet pipe (be it for streaming or otherwise) 
. The FB team are just amazing. After receiving email from me as they need written request from the account holder, upgrade of account was done so quick.
0553am - Sent email.
0817am - Request received, processing and will provide feedback.
0857am - Still busy with request.
1017am - BAM - 10Meg
Maybe not the quickest upgrade but still good in my books without lifting a handset
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Thanks to those responsible for getting the Social team to listen. I only hope others will have a similar experience if not better. TY again to DrJohnZoidburg for mentioning them
aswell.
Another guinea pig to see usage pattern and when throttling kicks in. So far 325GB total (saix stats) when on 4Meg so lets see how far we can go.
. The FB team are just amazing. After receiving email from me as they need written request from the account holder, upgrade of account was done so quick.0553am - Sent email.
0817am - Request received, processing and will provide feedback.
0857am - Still busy with request.
1017am - BAM - 10Meg
Maybe not the quickest upgrade but still good in my books without lifting a handset
.Thanks to those responsible for getting the Social team to listen. I only hope others will have a similar experience if not better. TY again to DrJohnZoidburg for mentioning them
aswell.Another guinea pig to see usage pattern and when throttling kicks in. So far 325GB total (saix stats) when on 4Meg so lets see how far we can go.
Hectic
Executive Member
I have to agree. That FB Team is great.
I also have sung their praises for excellent service.
I also have sung their praises for excellent service.
Hectic
Executive Member
I would say, especially them.
Office hours only, though.
Or it used to be like that, not sure if it changed. It seems like they are adding new personnel every day. Not sure if that is good or bad.
I would assume bad in the long run.
Yuu
Executive Member
Are you in the CT area? Am interested to hear if those guys came right and if they finished implementing their changes as per ranger's post.
Hectic
Executive Member
Speedtests in general seem okay, but latency is bad.
About 20ms more on local(myBB and Speedtest.net) and about 50 - 80ms more than I'm used to.
Pingtest still defaults to Umhlanga and does not complete the test.
Most international sites open okay. Some pages take long to to load. Speedtest.net is one of the pages that is slow to load.
About 20ms more on local(myBB and Speedtest.net) and about 50 - 80ms more than I'm used to.
Pingtest still defaults to Umhlanga and does not complete the test.
Most international sites open okay. Some pages take long to to load. Speedtest.net is one of the pages that is slow to load.
digitalp
Senior Member
My 4Meg line is shocking this evening with local pings in the 100s and with serious packect loss. Thought i was the only one. I am in Joburg and about 700m from my exchange.
My 4mb line, Durban
Test conducted on 6/16/2013 8:47:06 PM
Download Speed: 122 kbps (15.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 364 kbps (45.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 433 ms
Pinging telkom.co.za [196.43.22.222] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 196.43.22.222: bytes=32 time=74ms TTL=246
Reply from 196.43.22.222: bytes=32 time=73ms TTL=246
Ping statistics for 196.43.22.222:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 2, Lost = 2 (50% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 73ms, Maximum = 74ms, Average = 73ms
Test conducted on 6/16/2013 8:47:06 PM
Download Speed: 122 kbps (15.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 364 kbps (45.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 433 ms
Pinging telkom.co.za [196.43.22.222] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 196.43.22.222: bytes=32 time=74ms TTL=246
Reply from 196.43.22.222: bytes=32 time=73ms TTL=246
Ping statistics for 196.43.22.222:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 2, Lost = 2 (50% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 73ms, Maximum = 74ms, Average = 73ms
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Had TI uncapped 2mbps for about a month now. When it's good, it's good, but I've found performance very unreliable.
Whenever I run a speedtest the speed jumps quickly to approx 1.2, drops to near 0, and then builds slowly to approx 1.5. This profile occurs every time and is destroying my streaming experiences. Anyone experience similar and/or know how to remedy it? When I use other ISP accounts speedtest profile builds up slowly and is solid. In general line stats and traceroutes are good.
Whenever I run a speedtest the speed jumps quickly to approx 1.2, drops to near 0, and then builds slowly to approx 1.5. This profile occurs every time and is destroying my streaming experiences. Anyone experience similar and/or know how to remedy it? When I use other ISP accounts speedtest profile builds up slowly and is solid. In general line stats and traceroutes are good.
diane7
Senior Member
I am thinking of upgrading my 1 meg line to 2 meg as it is School hols soon and Xbox will be used .
Not throttled yet but on orange, was wondering what is the best time to do it Or do I have to wait till the Begining of the Month .
How much more will I have to pay ?
Not throttled yet but on orange, was wondering what is the best time to do it Or do I have to wait till the Begining of the Month .
How much more will I have to pay ?
And dead again.
SCHUMI-4-EVA
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You really are getting quite the hot cold shower over there, xrapidx.
Tracing route to wbs-ip-dlr-1-1.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.25.37.14]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms home.gateway [10.0.0.2]
2 17 ms 19 ms 20 ms 224-80-1.dsl.subscriber.telkomsa.net [105.224.80
.1]
3 206 ms 193 ms 235 ms 226-0-6.dsl.subscriber.telkomsa.net [105.226.0.6
]
4 133 ms 134 ms 127 ms 226-0-13.dsl.subscriber.telkomsa.net [105.226.0.
13]
5 163 ms 168 ms 171 ms wblv-ip-hsll-1-wan.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.25.39
.45]
6 167 ms 147 ms 140 ms 196.43.39.78
7 163 ms 162 ms 165 ms wbs-ip-cat-1-fwsm-speedtest.telkom-ipnet.co.za [
196.25.37.2]
8 138 ms 131 ms 134 ms wbs-ip-dlr-1-1.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.25.37.14]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms home.gateway [10.0.0.2]
2 17 ms 19 ms 20 ms 224-80-1.dsl.subscriber.telkomsa.net [105.224.80
.1]
3 206 ms 193 ms 235 ms 226-0-6.dsl.subscriber.telkomsa.net [105.226.0.6
]
4 133 ms 134 ms 127 ms 226-0-13.dsl.subscriber.telkomsa.net [105.226.0.
13]
5 163 ms 168 ms 171 ms wblv-ip-hsll-1-wan.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.25.39
.45]
6 167 ms 147 ms 140 ms 196.43.39.78
7 163 ms 162 ms 165 ms wbs-ip-cat-1-fwsm-speedtest.telkom-ipnet.co.za [
196.25.37.2]
8 138 ms 131 ms 134 ms wbs-ip-dlr-1-1.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.25.37.14]
Hectic
Executive Member
Browsing and Http downloads have been horrible all day for me.
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