Twitch and Afrihost again!

[Aquiva]

Hey Afriman

Twitch is sucking again today. My trace shows the following, bombing out at MTN still. What going on??

C:\>tracert twitch.tv

Tracing route to twitch.tv [192.16.71.171]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms router [192.168.1.254]
2 12 ms 12 ms 12 ms 105-236-0-1-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.0.1]
3 22 ms 23 ms 30 ms 41.181.51.182
4 23 ms 22 ms 22 ms tb-dca-2.za--qux-a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.184.28]
5 31 ms 30 ms 29 ms compj-cpt-1.mtnns.net [196.44.18.2]
6 166 ms 167 ms 166 ms ls-cr-2.uk--tb-cr-1.za.mtnns.net [196.44.31.113]
7 177 ms 177 ms 176 ms am-cr-1.nl--ls-cr-2.uk-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.183]
8 214 ms 213 ms 213 ms am-tpr-1.nl--am-cr-1.nl-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.141]
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * ^C
C:\>

 

[envo]

They shaped you bru. Too many pronz

 

[Chevron]

That won't help much if you don't show it working on another ISP.

Grab the free Web Africa GB to test.

 

[Aquiva]

OK so the Trace on Webafrica does the same, but the performance is good. No pausing at all!
P.S my Afrihost account is capped so no shaping should be happening!

 

[Aquiva]

30min on Webafrica and still perfect! Googling their deals now!

 

[envo]

30min on Webafrica and still perfect! Googling their deals now!

You don't have to Google, just click on the link in my signature They're quite solid with streaming and stuff

 

[sybertiger]

just ran one from work

also get timeout (telkom 50gb cap)

 

[Aquiva]

Update:

Still on on WebAfrica watched another 30minutes of Twitch without one hiccup. Changed back to Afrihost, the feed paused 20 (quick) times in 5 minutes!! Does this mean that IS is better than MTN?

 

[Bona Botse]

Update:

Still on on WebAfrica watched another 30minutes of Twitch without one hiccup. Changed back to Afrihost, the feed paused 20 (quick) times in 5 minutes!! Does this mean that IS is better than MTN?

Yes, yes it does. I've been bringing this to Afrihost's attention for a while now and Afripeeps have basically stated that they can't do anything about the crappy Twitch streaming. I've cancelled my account and moved to WebAfrica where the streaming hasn't skipped a beat since I signed up 7 days ago. If you hurry and cancel right now you MIGHT not be charged for June .

 

[luckystrike]

I also cancelled my 20 mg uncapped account with afrihost. Cant even stream twitch on medium on an 20 mg account and line. Thats useless....

 

[Aquiva]

Yes, yes it does. I've been bringing this to Afrihost's attention for a while now and Afripeeps have basically stated that they can't do anything about the crappy Twitch streaming. I've cancelled my account and moved to WebAfrica where the streaming hasn't skipped a beat since I signed up 7 days ago. If you hurry and cancel right now you MIGHT not be charged for June .

I just don't like WebAfrica's package structure! I don't schedule things to download in the background after midnight. I wish they had the +xxGB free to be used anytime.

 

[Bona Botse]

I just don't like WebAfrica's package structure! I don't schedule things to download in the background after midnight. I wish they had the +xxGB free to be used anytime.

What's your line speed? And typical monthly usage? I've used 75GB in 7 days with my 4Mb business uncapped account just scheduling my downloads between 00h00 and 06h00.

 

[Chevron]

I don't schedule things to download in the background after midnight.

Well that's not their fault is it?

 

[Aquiva]

Well that's not their fault is it?

No it isn't but they are telling me when I'm allowed to use my data!

 

[MGRobinson]

No it isn't but they are telling me when I'm allowed to use my data!

They are telling you that they give you free data to use at night...

 

[Chevron]

Update:

Still on on WebAfrica watched another 30minutes of Twitch without one hiccup. Changed back to Afrihost, the feed paused 20 (quick) times in 5 minutes!! Does this mean that IS is better than MTN?

Yes. Whenever someone mentions it to them they blame Twitch.

BTW if you want anytime data that rolls over check out VOX. They were the other ISP that I tested that gave great Netflix and Twitch performance.

 

[Aquiva]

I don't generally have issues with Afrihost and their pricing is good. I just got another account with WebAfrica to use for watching Twitch.