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Comrade Borris · Jul 18, 2004

hArTh · Jul 18, 2004

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 The fun is starting now, we currently testing Rosebank towers
Tower 12, Rosebank, Sig : +-27%
avg Ping: 110
AVG Bandwidth : 10KB

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louisp · Jul 18, 2004

Can't wait for all the results...

Don't drink 2 much ppl

We want some usefull info...

On the other hand, just drink!!!

rpm · Jul 18, 2004

Enjoy the day folks! Nice to see such initiatives.

RPM
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espeer · Jul 18, 2004

Somebody on the wardrive want to come to #wardrive on irc.zanet.net and keep us posted? Would be cool to have some real-time action regarding what you guys are doing...

anakin · Jul 18, 2004

RPM

Thanks for the beers you sponsored for the wardrive.

Comrade Borris · Jul 18, 2004

THanks for he Beers RPM, since discovering your "package", testing has ended

MyDraadloos · Jul 18, 2004

RoDent pass me one off RPM's beers ...........

256, 36 Bedfordview
Signal : 11 S-N-L : 4
BER : 28% Patch - Batenna

martin · Jul 18, 2004

Don't drink and download or something like that...

Comrade Borris · Jul 18, 2004

espeer · Jul 18, 2004

4.6kB/s from ftp.is at Kilner Park on 128K package.

regardtv · Jul 18, 2004

Guys - where are you at the moment ... want to see if I can join 4 a tower and a beer ;-)

buffalobill · Jul 18, 2004

Hope you brought a can opener. You could spend time on the road making a beertenna!

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I have an inferiority complex. But it's only a little one.

nonroker · Jul 18, 2004

ftp.is is capped at 8KB/s for non IS IPs.....

To use it for speed tests is stupid

regardtv · Jul 18, 2004

nonroker - Sentech users qualify as IS IP's. ... we're told this the moment we log into the ftp server ;-)

"220 Welcome to Internet Solutions FTP service. You are listed as an IS client."

regardtv · Jul 18, 2004

Also, the fact that it's downloading at 4.6K vs 8K indicates that while "stupid" it's certainly indicative of the performance users are getting.

espeer · Jul 18, 2004

The sad thing is that I'm not trying to use ftp.is for a speed test. I'm actually trying to download something I need from there. Even assuming that Sentech IPs don't classify as IS customers I would expect to get 8kB/s. The bottleneck appears to be Sentech in this case I'm afraid, particularly since as soon as I browse/download from other sites that 4.6kB/s drops proportionately.

Comrade Borris · Jul 18, 2004

We are currently having lunch at the Dros in randburg (next to virgin active) we still have much beer and will be here for another hour (expecting to leave here at 3:45)

Just ask for the geeks with laptops...

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ShadowSA · Jul 18, 2004

Come and join us ppl!!!!

TheRoDent · Jul 18, 2004

Chilling at the Dros, signal 22%, speed averaging 5KB/s, as has most of the towers we tested today, with the exception of Rosebank.

The bottom line speeds show that due to the packet loss, and (probablY MPLS) on Sentech's backbone our connections have valleys and peaks, as TCP detects the packet loss, backs off, and then slowly ramps up the speed again. We do see 10KB/s speeds as a peak, but with all the backing off, the average download speeds inevitably end up at 4-5KB/s.

This is ****, and we've gone a long way to proving that it's not just 2% of users having problems. All the towers we tested so far exhibit the same behaviour. We've eliminated the signalling as a problem, since at some towers we were no more than 50metres from the nodes. Signal never seems to go above 52%, no matter what, and the signal strength doesn't have any apparent influence on the speeds.

IPWireless' technology might be cool, but Sentech's backoffice, and bandwidth management is making it SUCK.

And they're quite obviously lying through their teeth.

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