The ADSL networks of Afrihost and Axxess saw degraded performance on 16 October thanks to\u00a0a distributed denial of\u00a0service (DDoS) attack on\u00a0MTN.<\/p>\n
“The DDoS\u00a0attack on our carrier provider is occurring between their UK and AMS peers which is causing congestion on\u00a0the upstream [network],” said Axxess.<\/p>\n
MTN has mitigated the attack and the two ADSL providers said that service should return to normal.<\/p>\n
Details of the cause of the ADSL network problems come after subscribers complained about slow or non-existent Internet connectivity and high latency on their Afrihost and Axxess digital subscriber line accounts.<\/p>\n
Both Internet service providers acknowledged the issue, and indicated that their upstream provider, MTN, was\u00a0working on a fix.<\/p>\n
Afrihost said it saw\u00a0degraded network performance on both its wholesale ADSL (IPC) and mobile links countrywide.<\/p>\n
The service provider said its proof-of-concept Afrigreen network, which uses a different upstream provider, was\u00a0stable and working well.<\/p>\n
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