Chevron
Serial breaker of phones
And paying R39 for it.
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And paying R39 for it.
That's the amazing part !!! So glad I prepared my self for this round.
I missed the first round on my 2mb line only getting 50gb that month hahaha.
Compared to this month sitting in at a whooping close to the 2T mark.
I missed the first round on my 2mb line only getting 50gb that month hahaha.
Compared to this month sitting in at a whooping close to the 2T mark.
heartbroken
Expert Member
Not using the WA dns servers in any case.
wingnut771
Honorary Master
Thanks darkangel, that would explain why I never had any issues as I was using IS DNS, and now google
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
The WA/IS DNS servers are completely dead now.
Chevron
Serial breaker of phones
I wouldn't know. Why do people use their ISP dns servers?
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
I'm at the parental units. They are clueless about this stuff.
Because they are generally faster?
(and for non-tech-savvy people -- because that is the default)
wingnut771
Honorary Master
Why don't you?
Until I used this app that tests the speed, I always assumed the ISP DNS was the fastest, but after that test, google comes out tops!
Is that the reason?
If so, does anyone know how/why two local DNS servers (IS DNS & Google) can have such radical differences in performances?
recre8
Senior Member
Is anyone else getting INSANELY slow speed on WA home capped accounts? Ubuntu 14.10 torrent is downloading at an average of 100KB/s. Oddly, if I download another torrent, both drop to about 50KB/s.
This sucks.
This sucks.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
My steam was downloading like that last night. But my other downloads seemed to go OK last night.
Pho3nix
The Legend
Same issue.
Chevron
Serial breaker of phones
You took Home or Business capped?
recre8
Senior Member
Overall the service isn't too bad. Granted, torrent isn't exactly part of their core user's experience, but it still annoys me that I'm not getting the usual service, and definitely what I'm paying for. I can understand the need to throttle bandwidth heavy protocols during normal business hours, but it's a holiday period, and the problem has been there for more than 24 hours.
@Chevron.
Home, we don't use any heavy protocols. The only remotely heavy thing is Teamviewer so I thought business might be a little overkill.
Daily usage is around 11-12Gb per day.
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Hi Guys,
Remember that on home capped accounts P2P/NNTP traffic is still deprioritised during business hours (7am-5pm weekdays). Although it's the 'holidays' there are still businesses running as per normal so it's still regarded as business hours and those non-essential protocols will still get deprioritised.
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If you ordered the Business accounts you wont have this problem with P2P or NNTP traffic.
Can't justify the price just to use teamviewer
Pho3nix
The Legend
My downloads were http not P2P/NNTP.
Switched to CW and all was fine. Will switch back to WA sometime today and let you know if the issue persists.