Feedback for VISP

invalid-user-43 · 2008-09-23T12:31:06+00:00

Oi' I'm thinking of subscribing to a 256K account with VISP. Main appeals to me are : * The gaming zone (supposedly with <100ms latencies for private...

hussam

With the packet loss, you won't get more than 128kbit anyway with wireless unless between midnight and 11AM.
If I understand correctly, Wise customers are suffering as well on their Wise wireless boxes.

FakeDsl

Well I just been notified by a VISP operator that they don't provide wireless services to home users. That concludes it I guess.
Tutenkhamun, this 4G service you're talking about is the same one as 3G? The quota is so little on that one. I think it's like 6 gigs upload/download for every three months or so if I'm not mistaken.

Tutenkhamun

FakeDsl these are the Alfa 4G Bundles (check the alfa website for more information) :

500 MB $10 $0.1/ Extra MB
1.5 GB $19 $0.08/ Extra MB
5 GB $29 $0.07/ Extra MB
10 GB $49 $0.07/ Extra MB
20 GB $69 $0.06/ Extra MB
30 GB $99 $0.05/ Extra MB
40 GB $119 $0.05/ Extra MB
60 GB $149 $0.05/ Extra MB

These are monthly fees.. if you want to use it just for gaming the 10GB @ 50$ is acceptable for a gamer i would think.
Am not sure about MTC but it should be the same..

FakeDsl

Thanks, do you know about latency in these packages? At one time I converted my phone to a hotspot to test it's 3g connection in a game of FIFA online. It lagged just the same as my local cable provider. I'll give alfa a call, 50 $ per 10 gigs should do fine for me as long as it's monthly.

nuclearcat

Check if 4G available in your area, it should have much better latency.

FakeDsl

I called alfa on 111, typically enough the operators were clueless about the bundle offers, I had to direct them to their own website so they realize what I was taking about. But even then they couldn't answer me if 4g covers the area where I live which is awkar. They asked me to subscribe and then test it myself. I wish and even for a single time only in this country I get a service bitfish l khile2.
In all cases Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll try to find a way to test 4g coverage in my area before getting the offer.

dg-1618

Don't blame them. Blame the people who hire them without checking their competence.

hussam

Actually the last time I had an alfa 3g subscription, I did a few tests using adb and I had a stable 130 to 160ms icmp ping to google.com

Internet stopped for a few minutes at 11:25:48 (as scheduled) and 1000 to 12000ms ping now.

FakeDsl

Up to 12000 ms ping?!! When I tested 3g on my phone it went up to 1000ms but never 12000, I hope I get a better luck with 4g, if it covers my area that is

hussam

FakeDsl wroteUp to 12000 ms ping?!! When I tested 3g on my phone it went up to 1000ms but never 12000, I hope I get a better luck with 4g, if it covers my area that is

12000ms is not 3g. it's my wireless.

I noticed that when traceroute passes through 1.0.0.0 after *.globalproof.net, I have a good connection. Since the beginning of the month, it has been saying * * * instead of 1.0.0.0 so I guess I am being routed elsewhere and hence the slow speed....

hussam

If it stays like this till after the new year, I will go ask at VISP office. It is almost impossible to open facebook through https after 6PM right now.

ping -c 20 google.com
PING google.com (173.194.113.46) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from fra02s20-in-f14.1e100.net (173.194.113.46): icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=14015 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.113.46: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=14506 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.113.46: icmp_seq=13 ttl=55 time=7872 ms
64 bytes from fra02s20-in-f14.1e100.net (173.194.113.46): icmp_seq=14 ttl=55 time=13016 ms
64 bytes from fra02s20-in-f14.1e100.net (173.194.113.46): icmp_seq=15 ttl=55 time=12040 ms
64 bytes from fra02s20-in-f14.1e100.net (173.194.113.46): icmp_seq=16 ttl=55 time=1273 ms
64 bytes from fra02s20-in-f14.1e100.net (173.194.113.46): icmp_seq=17 ttl=55 time=2898 ms
64 bytes from fra02s20-in-f14.1e100.net (173.194.113.46): icmp_seq=18 ttl=55 time=18136 ms
64 bytes from fra02s20-in-f14.1e100.net (173.194.113.46): icmp_seq=19 ttl=55 time=17223 ms

--- google.com ping statistics ---
20 packets transmitted, 9 received, 55% packet loss, time 99778ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1273.782/11220.469/18136.082/5635.024 ms, pipe 15

nuclearcat

I already started working on it, it was supposed to be ok today.
Seems, not, i will keep keep monitoring tomorrow around 7-8pm.

hussam

some packet loss started at 8PM
ping to google.com

20 packets transmitted, 17 received, 15% packet loss, time 19015ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 150.209/178.308/318.650/38.767 ms

Edit:
It was good yesterday till around 8PM then it went bad. uploading attachments is near impossible too. If I try to send a file, the connection stops for a few seconds.

hussam

ballad

ping here very bad too
50% packet loss

hussam

yesterday it went bad at exactly 7:55PM. It was like someone pressed a switch.
Anything that required more than 1 kilobyte upload/download kept making me disconnect.

FakeDsl

Hussam, just a question my friend. Why are you sticking with such bad connection, don't you have alternative solutions in your area? It pisses me off in lebanon how those ISPs don't do any efforts if they face one single case having a problem as opposed to multiple cases together. I stayed at my cousin's house at one time in sweden for 20 days, internet went off from his house for like 10 mins due to a snow blizzard, he called and reported it.. 20 mins later it was back on at full speed.

hussam

There was a cable guy but he was getting his bandwidth from a company that was shut down (com..something).
There is DSL but it's not an optimal solution when you rent an apartment and may need to move sometimes.
wireless access point boxes are easily moved.

Edit: There is another another cable guy but he has 1 Mbit connection from somewhere and over 30 subscribers so it is pretty congested.
Wise's building is very close to my house but I heard their Wise box service is nasty.
The only good option for internet in Lebanon right now is getting a phone line and a Ogero DSL connection but that one is not entirely up to me.

hussam

ping -c 20 8.8.4.4
PING 8.8.4.4 (8.8.4.4) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 8.8.4.4: icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=174 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.4.4: icmp_seq=3 ttl=53 time=149 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.4.4: icmp_seq=4 ttl=53 time=240 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.4.4: icmp_seq=5 ttl=53 time=137 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.4.4: icmp_seq=6 ttl=53 time=194 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.4.4: icmp_seq=8 ttl=53 time=177 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.4.4: icmp_seq=10 ttl=53 time=191 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.4.4: icmp_seq=12 ttl=53 time=248 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.4.4: icmp_seq=14 ttl=53 time=183 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.4.4: icmp_seq=16 ttl=53 time=135 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.4.4: icmp_seq=17 ttl=53 time=167 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.4.4: icmp_seq=19 ttl=53 time=176 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.4.4: icmp_seq=20 ttl=53 time=138 ms

--- 8.8.4.4 ping statistics ---
20 packets transmitted, 13 received, 35% packet loss, time 19032ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 135.205/178.197/248.348/34.255 ms

By the way, if I ping google.com (instead of some ip address), I get a delay before first ping which I am assuming is a delay while resolving the address.

Edit: The only two times in the last decade when internet was this was were: 1) The big wireless raid in april 2009.
2) two years ago when IMEWE cable was cut for over a week.
It's never been this bad. It took 13 minutes to open https://lebgeeks.com/forums/
This is the 18th day now of almost no connection apart from 2AM to 9AM.
It is almost impossible to open facebook by noon. Upload is almost 0. trying to upload the smallest file makes the pppoe link drop. Yet ping to 172.16.41.1 (the gateway) is under 20ms so no link issue between my house and VISP.
Should I drop the real IP at the end of the month? What's going on here?

Anyone else having severe problems?

I am going to VISP office on Monday and ask what is wrong.

ballad

pings are so bad since a week

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