WebAfrica Trial Account: Incredible latency

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deweyzeph

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Anyone else getting these amazing ping responses on their WebAfrica trial accounts?

To www.iol.co.za:

Pinging www.iol.co.za [196.30.168.79] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 196.30.168.79: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=53
Reply from 196.30.168.79: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=53
Reply from 196.30.168.79: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=53
Reply from 196.30.168.79: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=53

To the bbc:

Pinging www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.253.68] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.58.253.68: bytes=32 time=176ms TTL=118
Reply from 212.58.253.68: bytes=32 time=176ms TTL=118
Reply from 212.58.253.68: bytes=32 time=178ms TTL=118
Reply from 212.58.253.68: bytes=32 time=177ms TTL=118

Iol ping responses using my Afrihost account are usually about 64ms and BBC is usually about 240ms
 
Pinging www.iol.co.za [196.30.168.79] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 196.30.168.79: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=57
Reply from 196.30.168.79: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=57
Reply from 196.30.168.79: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=57
Reply from 196.30.168.79: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=57


Pinging www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.251.197] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.58.251.197: bytes=32 time=338ms TTL=116
Reply from 212.58.251.197: bytes=32 time=335ms TTL=116
Reply from 212.58.251.197: bytes=32 time=335ms TTL=116
Reply from 212.58.251.197: bytes=32 time=334ms TTL=116


From Cape Town. Shaped WebAfrica trail.

Just remember this is not the final product.
 
I've got a shaped trial account. Interesting that your ping times to IOL are so low!
 
ping www.bbc.net.uk

Pinging www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.253.68] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 212.58.253.68: bytes=32 time=221ms TTL=118
Reply from 212.58.253.68: bytes=32 time=222ms TTL=118
Reply from 212.58.253.68: bytes=32 time=228ms TTL=118
Reply from 212.58.253.68: bytes=32 time=223ms TTL=118

Ping statistics for 212.58.253.68:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 221ms, Maximum = 228ms, Average = 223ms

Shaped trial package, 384 line - Ramsgate KZN.
 
Disabled my trial account on my router at home this morning and entered it on my work router but now it wont connect.

Code: 
08:28:23 pppoe,ppp,info WebAfrica Trial: initializing... 
08:28:23 pppoe,ppp,info WebAfrica Trial: dialing... 
08:28:26 pppoe,ppp,info WebAfrica Trial: terminating... - disconnected 
08:28:26 pppoe,ppp,info WebAfrica Trial: disconnected

Thats all I'm getting the whole time, I'm dialing from a Mikrotik Router in both cases.
 
Okay sorry my bad, I set it to dial on the wrong interface. Working now!
 
shaped account

HI I have a shaped account.

I play world of warcraft and its unplayable with the shaped account. :D

I know its not the final product but I think it would be a nice if we had some indication of the level of quality we can expect. :cool:

At night before I play I swtich to my expensive axxess unshaped account (R99\gig) and during the day for downloads i use the webafrica account. :rolleyes:

Would have been really nice if you could route IP address and ports through different accounts on my Nedgear router.

Cheers
 
@soltyrei, We would love to give you an indication of the quality level you can expect but even we can't tell for sure at this stage.

Towards the end of the trail the quality should stabilize and give you a rough indication of what our network performance will be like.
 
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