Vodacom Problems: Slow Throughput, trying to Connect, DNS, High Latency

[Nuro]

Same here in Braamfontein

 

[Prof.Merlin]

And northcliff...connecting via phone to edge

 

[Sneeky]

Broadacres / Fourways the same.
Had nothing from 1130 ish, could connect but not data.

Have local now, but no international.

The support folks have phoned me and they say they are on it.

 

[CORY]

I can only connect to SA sites; Die Son, My ADSL, Nedbank, etc

 

[CellBel]

Have local now, but no international.

Same here.

 

[rabbiddog]

From the other threads it looks like we are not the only ones

 

[Nuro]

Have local now, but no international.

Luxury! I can't even resolve names

Although I can ping certain ip's.

 

[sand_man]

same here Norwood, down since about 8am...

 

[vodacom3g]

Yup SAIX problems. Telkom busy re-routing / resolving.

 

[LandyMan]

My local seems ok now, but International down

 

[SlowInternet]

My local seems ok now, but International down

My local also seems to be back but no international.

 

[vodacom3g]

My local also seems to be back but no international.

Ties in with what we know of the down links.

PS. Love the new sig

 

[SlowInternet]

Ties in with what we know of the down links.

PS. Love the new sig

Thanks for all your help.

 

[Steinie]

Damn! We had 4 hours of no data connection from 11:30 to 15:30.

Bummer!!

 

[Spamhater]

Download Speed: 1486 kbps (185.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 91 kbps (11.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

is it normal to have such a low upload speed for HSDPA internet

 

[battmann]

Vodacom 3g and gprs flat lining this morn.

eeish, e, Vodacom completely dead in Kempton Park this morning.

Thank goodness for good ol edge on Virgin!

 

[battmann]

flat as in totally no downloading. okb/s. only very slow upload 2-3kb/s,
dont have time now to check your url will try later.

 

[vodacom3g]

I saw an SMS alert earlier about a problem in Gauteng affecting internet access. No details yet, but probably what's hitting you.

 

[vodacom3g]

Should be sorted now.

 

[SlowInternet]

Should be sorted now.

Just getting about 3Kb/s at moment. The whole morning it was dead. Phone just showing gprs or edge no 3g.