Vox and their cheating ways

[Mr Scratch]

Setup a job to download a file with the name speedtest in it from a subdomain speedtest.thing.tld


magic

 

[ponder]

Most isps probably unshape/prioritise speedtest traffic.

 

[techead]

Most isps probably unshape/prioritise speedtest traffic.

of course they do

 

[Rickster]

/inb4 Torrents are better.




Torrents are better.

 

[ProfA]

That pretty shady as **** from VOX. That's Afrihost shady.

 

[roligov]

I had similar issues with Vox with my 100MB Fibre last year: https://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/816988-Using-Vox-account-with-100-Mbps-Fibre. They refused to accept there was any shaping going on. I'm in Durban as well.