The interweb has been slow and patchy today - which I put down to everyone and his furry friend downloading files in a mad attempt to use up their bandwidth allocations. I must report though that my NetConnect Connection (Thanks Adrian) connection is still up - unlike other connections where people are moaning that they are down, down, down. The reason for the poor connectivity is that part of the SAT3 international cable is currently down causing slow international connectivity. This will … [Read more...] about SAT3 Cable Down
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509 Bandwidth Exceeded
Sometimes being too damn clever for your own good results in misery and heartache. On the MyPE server, back in February 2011, I set a self imposed outgoing bandwidth usage limit of 200 gigabytes. Opening up MyPE this morning I got the dreaded '509 Bandwith limit exceeded' message - apparently this happened at around 9:00 pm last night. So for those who tried to access MyPE and were frustrated I apologise, the bandwidth usage limit has been set to 250 gigabytes now. Words to the … [Read more...] about 509 Bandwidth Exceeded
Netconnect to the Rescue
So this week was a nightmare in terms of connectivity with Seacom's cable playing hide and seek with all. On Friday morning I especially got to my desk at 5:00 am in order to catch up on all the backlog from my nightmare week - only to find that I couldn't connect at all to the interverse. A quick traceroute saw that the bit and bytes were falling off a precipice somewhere in the IS backbone and not making it offshore at all. Ho hum the air was blue and I fired up the laptop with my 3G … [Read more...] about Netconnect to the Rescue
Use the Extra Telkom Data on MyPE
Telecommunications parastatal Telkom has permanently increased the monthly allowance on data caps at no extra charge. "Effective 1 February, Telkom will permanently increase the monthly DSL blended data cap on the following products: 4GB Telkom Internet AllAccess will increase to 5GB; 8GB Telkom Internet AllAccess will increase to 10GB and the 16GB Telkom Internet AllAccess will increase to 20GB," Telkom said on Wednesday. The data caps increases are for both consumers and business. 1GB … [Read more...] about Use the Extra Telkom Data on MyPE
