The Silver Surfer Thread (iBurst 2Mbps Modem)

SharkBait said:
Wait what...? How and are you able to use an old modem with a new one and will latencies increase as well? Can always pick up one that is
being sold second hand and do this.
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I've got 2 modems. The one goes at 100KB/s and the other at about 50KB/s but they are on opposite sides of the house [I should try putting them together]. One I use for managing my downloads and updates ect, other for browsing etc.

Posted on the forum some benchmarks.
 
Thanks for your reply, eltherza, but I want to connect both to, let say my switch and connect with one connection so that I get 2mbps on my pc.

BTW, did you contact Iburst to enable connection from 2 different modems, as I've tried my account on another modem and it doesn't work and when I phoned them, they said it is locked to the modem.
 
SharkBait said:
Thanks for your reply, eltherza, but I want to connect both to, let say my switch and connect with one connection so that I get 2mbps on my pc.

BTW, did you contact Iburst to enable connection from 2 different modems, as I've tried my account on another modem and it doesn't work and when I phoned them, they said it is locked to the modem.
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I have 2 pcs for the 2 modems, so yeah, 2Mbps on a single download won't work, but I've learnt to just download 2 things at once [usually steam on the one, and youtube video downloads on the other]

Modems are linked to accounts, but you can ask to have the new and old both linked to your account [I told the person to enable on the new modem and keep the old one active].
 
I have 2 modems on a Gentoo box and make use of load balancing. When doing multi-part downloads, I regulary get speeds of 200kb/s upwards (even torrents).

There are some issues with sites using your IP to tracks the session, but you can just add them to an exception list and route them through 1 modem.
 
So, for example, your download is broken in 8 "threads", of which 4 are from modem1 and 4 are from modem2?

Do you have a link to a how to guide?
 
OoMk0o5i3 said:
I have 2 modems on a Gentoo box and make use of load balancing. When doing multi-part downloads, I regulary get speeds of 200kb/s upwards (even torrents).

There are some issues with sites using your IP to tracks the session, but you can just add them to an exception list and route them through 1 modem.
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Do you have 2 contracts i.e. pay double the price?
 
And between 12:00 and 08:00 you get double uncapped?
 
RVQ said:
And between 12:00 and 08:00 you get double uncapped?
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Well, that can never be guaranteed, as that depends on the network status. But if you set them up as explained elsewhere, then in theory you'd get good download/upload speeds. Eltherza seems to have the know-how.
 
LoL dude, read again. ;)

If you have 2nics and do teaming, that should work as well. Not to get my hands on another modem. :evil laugh:
 
eltherza said:
So, for example, your download is broken in 8 "threads", of which 4 are from modem1 and 4 are from modem2?

Do you have a link to a how to guide?
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That is the general idea, however it could be that 6 threads are from modem1 and 2 from modem2, it depends on the method that you choose to do the load balancing.

There isn't a well documented howto on the net, but I run a Gentoo server and use iptables to do the balancing and manage exceptions. If you are really interested I can try to help you.

RVQ said:
Do you have 2 contracts i.e. pay double the price?
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Yup, I went that way in order to avoid being cut off, but you can use 2 modems on 1 account.

RVQ said:
And between 12:00 and 08:00 you get double uncapped?
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I have done about 34Gb thusfar with mainly torrents.
 
Sweet, although I have done over 60gigs so far using single link :).... Guess I'll find out soon if there is a fair use policy...
 
2mbit Iburst & Better

Hi All

Like many of you, i'm quite interrested in the 2mbit or Higher speeds service.

My contract is renewable at Iburst from March/April next year.


Will these 2mbit Modems or better be available by Jan/Feb next year (you can upgrade 22months into your contract right).

But Iburst (must pull finger) if they want to keep their clients & will have to step-up. 1mbit is simply not enaugh and the prices of these packages are really not on. (64K uncapped/128K Uncapped must be a given, otherwise 3G/HSDPA is a better option to be honnest)

The 64K uncapped is what lead people to choose Iburst above Vodacom/MTN and CellC (and Virgin) - Lets be real and not beat around the bush.


Please give me your opinions :-)


Napalm :whistle:
 
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Napalm said:
1mbit is simply not enaugh
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I'm finding 1M fine actually, only really starts to lag behind with streaming HD youtube... but I'm patient, I can browse other stuff for 10mins while it caches. But going forward I see that 1Mbps won't be very good in 2 years time - considering the speed of internet goes up by about 50% year on year, we'll be seeing 20Mb land lines and 50Mb 3G [4G or what ever it's called] in 2 years times. Sadly, I'd say that iBurst wireless tech has about 5 years left in it before it becomes obsolete. Hopefully this is realized and that a plan to put better, faster, and more reliable tech on those towers are already in the plans.

and the prices of these packages are really not on.
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iBurst is much cheaper than 3G since the previous price cuts, add the bonus "give away" for the morning and 3G is definitely far to expensive

otherwise 3G/HSDPA is a better option to be honnest
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Yes, but congestion AND that phone calls get preference means that during call more time, you might expect to be dropped.

But if the rumours of CellC 5GB @ 21Mb max for R167pm are true, then I'd agree that iBurst will have to up it's game to compete... Price cuts? :D
 
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I rate all iburst subscribers who have been with iburst for 2+ years should be given 2mbps modems :rolleyes:
 
Agree, 1 Mbps is obsolete, especially YouTube, when EVEN 360p videos buffer!
 
Valis said:
Never mind that, they should be given a medal!
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Lol, agree...Time to reward old customers instead of newbies, just because they need the business. In all honesty, I have NO idea what I am going to do next year when my current MWEB contract expires....Too much bad press on iBurst and its billing dept. I might well be forced to go 3G, because I sure as hell am not paying Hellkom money for sh.1.t I'm not using. So I want to stay 'wireless' if possible.
 
Durandal said:
Lol, agree...Time to reward old customers instead of newbies, just because they need the business. In all honesty, I have NO idea what I am going to do next year when my current MWEB contract expires....Too much bad press on iBurst and its billing dept. I might well be forced to go 3G, because I sure as hell am not paying Hellkom money for sh.1.t I'm not using. So I want to stay 'wireless' if possible.
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Yeah, that's my hassle too. I want to stay wireless, but I'm willing to consider WIMAX if the promise holds true (and iBurst fails to improve on speeds). I'm also up for contract renewal in a few months.

I've been in since Beta. Does that count for anything? :p
 
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