This is because your ISP is using a bunch of ADSL Lines on Dynamic IPs as their "upstream". Typical WISP move..
Telkom wouldn't be to happy about it either, as they're "reselling" their product without authorisation.
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This is because your ISP is using a bunch of ADSL Lines on Dynamic IPs as their "upstream". Typical WISP move..
Telkom wouldn't be to happy about it either, as they're "reselling" their product without authorisation.
murray654
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Well they have to resell telkom, because there is no choice.
We are 60km from the ADSL footprint. Telkom have no plans to roll out ADSL to every inch of the country, so it is left to WISPs to fill the gap.
We are 60km from the ADSL footprint. Telkom have no plans to roll out ADSL to every inch of the country, so it is left to WISPs to fill the gap.
They don't have to resell Telkom ADSL.
They can get a Diginet line in, and resell that, and it would be a lot more reliable.
But no, they'd rather do it the cheap way, and the customers suffer for it.
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murray654
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That is another discussion: I have searched these forums, and there are many reasons to avoid diginet.
and regarding costs:
I think that you are right in a sense. It is because of the cost of diginet that the GWI use ADSL. But if they did use diginet they would have to pass on that cost to the customer.
I am happy with the service I get at the cost we are paying.
Back to the discussion: I am just having trouble with webmail and some forums. If you have any solutions then please share them.
diebaas
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My connection has been very slow since Saturday - my max download speed is 3kb\s - have I been a victim of the dreaded CAPPING
Is any-one else have these slow speeds - I have a 128 connection
If you're on a 128k connection and have used anything over 3Gb of bandwidth, you've more than likely been thrown onto their congested IS ADSL line (I was transferred yesterday as well - 192k after using ~6-7Gb)
What makes it worse (and this is my gripe with them) is that my signal coincidentally gets ALOT worse as well. I sometimes can't even open google. I've phoned them many times and they insist that... there's something wrong with the equipment/alignment/distance, it's the weather, my router settings... but come the next month when they put me back on the primary line, everything's ok
What makes it worse (and this is my gripe with them) is that my signal coincidentally gets ALOT worse as well. I sometimes can't even open google. I've phoned them many times and they insist that... there's something wrong with the equipment/alignment/distance, it's the weather, my router settings... but come the next month when they put me back on the primary line, everything's ok
Thannks for the info JohanG - My signal is also ALOT worse - Like you I also struggle to get basic pages open like Google and even this site - I timed it last night and it took 3 min just to open mybroadband's index page.
Do they put us back on the primary line at the beginning of each month?
Just another 15 days and I have my superfast 128 back again
Do they put us back on the primary line at the beginning of each month?
Just another 15 days and I have my superfast 128 back againWeb Intact
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Just need to correct you there Daffy - its not ADSL on dynamic IP's, but it is a multi-path gateway.
AND - Since when do even dynamic ADSL IP's change in such a short space of time? Think before you blurt... you really should try not to be so broad and sweeping with your statements. Not everybody does things the way you would, or the way you might have seen it being done.
The problem there is a faulty multi path route that does not keep persistent sessions for a given period.
And seeing as you have all the costs and economics of running a WISP down to an art - could you please enlighten us as to how a Diginet line can be run cost-effectively without passing that cost onto the customers?
We'd be VERY happy to learn this, and I'm sure you'd be the hero of the entire WISP client community at the same time...
Oh - and it must be stable too... assuming you also have a clever idea on how to get that right in 'rural' areas (sorry Harrismith)...
fyi:
I have phoned GWI and they say once you have reached your CAP you can get 1 gig for R120,00
Seems like I am going to say good-bye to my rapidshare account
No thx - too expensive. I'd prefer them to sort out my signal that they stuff up. I don't mind being on the IS line for half a month as long as I can still do basic browsing/banking etc. At the moment I can't even do that. Funny though, last month I didn't have a signal problem when I was moved over (but that was only last month)
Note how I said, "a bunch of ADSL lines". Implying a load-balancer of some sort.
And according to every DUL I've checked, those IP's he's pasted are dynamic. And whois information for the ranges don't say otherwise. (Lets call it an informed guess)
I didn't say anything about not passing the costs onto the customer.
It seems that people are willing to pay a higher price for a reliable service, if there is no alternative.
Well, hows this for a start. Run your WISP like you would a proper ISP.
Even in Europe, I've seen many WISPs start out on the cheap, only to realise its more profitable and more sensible to spend the big $$$ on a reliable network.
Web Intact
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Very very strange this... you don't dabble in the occult at your place maybe?
It is an odd coincidence - nothing changes as far as wireless access is concerned whne you get capped.
Very very strange this... you don't dabble in the occult at your place maybe?
It is an odd coincidence - nothing changes as far as wireless access is concerned whne you get capped.
That is what your support guys are telling me as well. They keep telling me there is nothing wrong/different on their side and that it's probably something that's interfering with my signal or my equipment that's not aligned properly. It may be, but every single time I get transferred to the IS line
and then miraculously starts working properly when a new month starts .Is there still a problem with SAIX/Verizon backbone? My internet speed was very slow yesterday and no internet access last night, before I left to work this morning, around 7kb/s and now still the same speed. I have never been capped before and on a 256kbps line.