Why is SMTP access slow?

[Quazzi]

If Telkom say that ADSL is suited for fast browsing and mail access then why is it that I'm having problems accessing my mail? I can surf no problem but smtp access is practically null and void! Ny1 else having the same problem?

 

[TheCynick]

I don't know if it's related to your problem, but has anyone else noticed that the peering between SAIX and the other local networks is *abominable* at the moment? A traceroute to www.sun.com is quicker than a traceroute to www.iol.co.za

*Shrug*

 

[dojob]

Yes, access to news24, itweb is horribly slow. This is unacceptable for the amount of money we are paying!

 

[microfast]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by dojob</i>
<i><font color="green"><font size="2">Yes, access to news24, itweb is horribly slow. This is unacceptable for the amount of money we are paying!</font id="size2"></font id="green"></i> <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
This is Telkom's "best effort" with no guarantee.

Our country cannot run on best effort with no guarantee -
imagine what would happen if water & lights, traffic, hospitals,
emergency services, etc. etc. operated on the best effort principle........

A scenario .....

<font color="blue">Dear Mrs. "wife of Telkom executive",</font id="blue">

<font color="blue">We operated on your husband but he died due to an outage,
we gave it our "best effort", here's your bill for R1M -
we won't release him until full payment has been received & verified.</font id="blue">

 

[VQuest]

That is a very valid point microfast. It's time that Telkom takes responsibility for their substandard service and does something about it.


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