WTF is going on???

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OK, now this company is really getting on my nerves.

Whenever I start ANY type of download, whether it be a PDF file, an image, an mp3, etc etc, absolutely NOTHING happens, but my connection skyrockets to full speed, the light on the modem flashes rapidly and my browsing comes to a halt. Obviously the modem is transferring data at full capacity, but the question is, WHERE THE HELL IS MY DATA GOING TO?? :mad:

I've tested it now with an mp3 file of 4.5mb. I left it there to timeout in my download manager after 3 minutes of no response. Yet the modem was clearly still sending data at full speed, and after a few minutes 20MB had disappeared without me doing anything on the net. I have to disconnect from the Internet for the data usage to stop.

Well done. REALLY, this is such an excellent product. :mad:
 
Are you sure its not software related? Have you tried it on another PC?
 
Can't be software related. No data is being transferred until I initiate the download. Afterward, the file download supposedly times out, yet bandwidth consumption resumes at 900kb/s with no end to it but to terminate the connection.

I've tried it with several download managers, and also with no download manager at all.
 
Hi guys.


Please mail me exact locations for downloads so that I may start looking into the matter.


Thanks
 
happened to me twice.. i started downloading a cod 5 patch about 500 meg.. so it started 2 megs gone.. and i went to sleep leaving it over night.... woke up the next morning it was still on 2 megs.... while iburst used 900 megs of my cap

i complained.. but ended up being told by one of the managers. that its not his problem and he cant help me... ... pointless
 
Volt4ge said:
happened to me twice.. i started downloading a cod 5 patch about 500 meg.. so it started 2 megs gone.. and i went to sleep leaving it over night.... woke up the next morning it was still on 2 megs.... while iburst used 900 megs of my cap

i complained.. but ended up being told by one of the managers. that its not his problem and he cant help me... ... pointless
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I had that last month with a windows update , chowed 2,5gb of bandwidth overnight.
***** happens.
 
Dusk said:
I had that last month with a windows update , chowed 2,5gb of bandwidth overnight.
***** happens.
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I always make sure to set my Windows Updates to 'Inform me when new updates are available' and let me choose what to download.
No nasty surprises that way.
 
I did that and chose to let the download run overnight.
Unbeknown to me though the line reset constantly during the night so the update got stuck in a loop of downloading > interruption> restart download > rinse and repeat.
 
Dusk said:
I did that and chose to let the download run overnight.
Unbeknown to me though the line reset constantly during the night so the update got stuck in a loop of downloading > interruption> restart download > rinse and repeat.
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Eish!!
I would not have seen that one coming either.
 
It could also happen that virus software intercepts the file that is being downloaded (as it is supposed to do), but does not release portions of it to the browser until it is fully downloaded. I have experienced this few years ago, cant remember if it was Trendmicro or Mcafee.
 
Still the same
The red marked figures are a concern.

Test to Paris.

Download : 0.29 Mb/s
Upload : 0.27 Mb/s
ping 293

Johannesburg

Download : 0.86 Mb/s
Upload : 0.3 Mb/s
Ping 184


Looks like my international speed drops with 0.57 Mb/s. Thats is absolutely a problem.
Here is a recap of international vs local.
Local International
0.86 - 0.29 = 0.57 Mb/s loss in download
0.3 - 0.27 = 0.03 Mb/s loss in upload
184 Ping to JHB.
293 Ping to Paris (France). Acceptable.



C:\Documents and Settings\User>ping iburst.co.za

Pinging iburst.co.za [196.30.31.120] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=99ms TTL=121
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=104ms TTL=121
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=103ms TTL=121
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=102ms TTL=121

Ping statistics for 196.30.31.120:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 99ms, Maximum = 104ms, Average = 102ms

C:\Documents and Settings\User>tracert 80.91.251.248

Tracing route to ffm-b10-link.telia.net [80.91.251.248]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 71 ms 43 ms 49 ms wbs-41-208-224-1.wbs.co.za [41.208.224.1]
2 69 ms 49 ms 49 ms 192.168.2.1
3 64 ms 49 ms 132 ms 192.168.4.37
4 61 ms 130 ms 53 ms 66.8.22.205
5 * 62 ms 49 ms srp5-0-0.cr1.cpt1.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.31.249
.68]
6 228 ms 220 ms 213 ms t30-0-3.cr1.lnd19.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.229
.221]
7 245 ms 213 ms 216 ms ge7-0-1.ir1.lnd19.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.229
.201]
8 240 ms 349 ms 223 ms 202.GE1-3.gw10.lnd10.alter.net [158.43.23.53]
9 251 ms 224 ms 231 ms so-1-1-3.CR2.LND9.ALTER.NET [158.43.150.125]
10 243 ms 205 ms 205 ms ge-1-0-0.CR2.LND2.ALTER.NET [158.43.252.45]
11 265 ms 262 ms 225 ms GigabitEthernet1-0-0.BR1.LND18.ALTER.NET [146.18
8.4.42]
12 267 ms 225 ms 237 ms ldn-b4-link.telia.net [213.248.104.45]
13 282 ms 233 ms 272 ms ldn-bb1-link.telia.net [80.91.249.77]
14 302 ms 323 ms 238 ms prs-bb1-link.telia.net [213.248.64.9]
15 250 ms 230 ms 225 ms ffm-bb1-pos6-0-0.telia.net [213.248.64.109]
16 244 ms 225 ms 240 ms ffm-b10-link.telia.net [80.91.251.248]

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\User>
 
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Hi Dusk


Your detail is through to networks for a look at.

Thanks for the results.
 
Just fixed my previous post to correct typo and mark(red highlight) the "download International speed" instead of upload.
 
Early morning test
03/09/2009
06:15


JHB
Dload: 0.06 Mb/s
Uload: 0.30 Mb/s
Ping 186

Paris
Download : 0.06 Mb/s
ULoad : 0.28 Mb/s
Ping 290


C:\Documents and Settings\User>tracert iburst.co.za

Tracing route to iburst.co.za [196.30.31.120]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 60 ms 39 ms 39 ms wbs-41-208-224-1.wbs.co.za [41.208.224.1]
2 57 ms 39 ms 44 ms 172.17.0.1
3 54 ms 39 ms 39 ms 192.168.4.37
4 57 ms 39 ms 39 ms 66.8.22.205
5 108 ms 79 ms 91 ms ge0-1.gw10.jnb6.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.1.30]
6 106 ms 89 ms 79 ms ge3-4.gw14.jnb6.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.1.34]
7 100 ms 79 ms 73 ms 66.8.42.22
8 99 ms 90 ms 91 ms iburst-41-213-126-17.iburst.co.za [41.213.126.17]
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 113 ms 79 ms 75 ms 196.30.31.120

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\User>tracert 80.91.251.248

Tracing route to ffm-b10-link.telia.net [80.91.251.248]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 60 ms 43 ms 43 ms wbs-41-208-224-1.wbs.co.za [41.208.224.1]
2 63 ms 43 ms 49 ms 192.168.2.1
3 62 ms 49 ms 43 ms 192.168.4.37
4 62 ms 85 ms 53 ms 66.8.22.205
5 62 ms 45 ms * srp5-0-0.cr2.cpt1.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.31.249.69]
6 212 ms 205 ms 251 ms t31-2-1.cr1.lnd19.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.229.238]
7 230 ms 219 ms 209 ms ge7-0-1.ir1.lnd19.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.229.201]
8 255 ms 209 ms 219 ms 202.GE1-3.gw10.lnd10.alter.net [158.43.23.53]
9 246 ms 219 ms 219 ms so-1-1-3.CR2.LND9.ALTER.NET [158.43.150.125]
10 241 ms 219 ms 220 ms so-0-3-0.XT2.LND9.ALTER.NET [146.188.15.237]
11 246 ms 220 ms 235 ms so-1-0-0.BR2.LND9.ALTER.NET [146.188.5.202]
12 271 ms 241 ms 238 ms LND-xe.telia.net [146.188.112.102]
13 244 ms 233 ms 219 ms ldn-bb1-link.telia.net [80.91.249.171]
14 233 ms 219 ms 224 ms prs-bb1-link.telia.net [80.91.254.209]
15 246 ms 234 ms 219 ms ffm-bb1-link.telia.net [80.91.251.211]
16 243 ms 233 ms 236 ms ffm-b10-link.telia.net [80.91.251.248]

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\User>
 
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