Comments on: Cell C following in the footsteps of Vodacom? http://jkroon.blogs.uls.co.za/it/security/cell-c-following-in-the-footsteps-of-vodacom Ultimate Linux Solutions Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:57:16 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jacques theron http://jkroon.blogs.uls.co.za/it/security/cell-c-following-in-the-footsteps-of-vodacom/comment-page-1#comment-15946 jacques theron Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:33:07 +0000 http://jkroon.blogs.uls.co.za/?p=296#comment-15946 Thank you for the reply. I did find Internet browsing very satisfactory, with data consumption far less than on a Vodacom connection, (though I think that relates to the handset/modem). I have not diagnosed the origin of the interruptions I have to the same extend you mention - but seems worse when using ssh connections to my house (where my router updates dyndns) than when I connect to the webhost in USA. Even so, the connections to USA are not really satifactory - they drop quite often. Thank you for the reply. I did find Internet browsing very satisfactory, with data consumption far less than on a Vodacom connection, (though I think that relates to the handset/modem). I have not diagnosed the origin of the interruptions I have to the same extend you mention – but seems worse when using ssh connections to my house (where my router updates dyndns) than when I connect to the webhost in USA.
Even so, the connections to USA are not really satifactory – they drop quite often.

]]> By: Jaco Kroon http://jkroon.blogs.uls.co.za/it/security/cell-c-following-in-the-footsteps-of-vodacom/comment-page-1#comment-15936 Jaco Kroon Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:50:03 +0000 http://jkroon.blogs.uls.co.za/?p=296#comment-15936 Haven't seen it in a while myself. If it is still the exact issue as per above you're pretty stuffed. There really isn't anything you can do from your side to fix it. Cell C, however, beyond initial contact has been a major let-down in all aspects. They looked for user feedback, and then when it was provided rejected it out of hand, when asked about the NAT issue disclosed that they don't have sufficient IP space, and generally admitting that their network is not really up to the task. From the sounds of it and the type of responses I've received on some of my queries it also doesn't look like they themselves knows what's really going on. My recommendation: Unless you're a user that don't care about anything but browsing, or don't mind dealing with sporadic problems like described here: Get a different ISP. Haven’t seen it in a while myself. If it is still the exact issue as per above you’re pretty stuffed. There really isn’t anything you can do from your side to fix it. Cell C, however, beyond initial contact has been a major let-down in all aspects. They looked for user feedback, and then when it was provided rejected it out of hand, when asked about the NAT issue disclosed that they don’t have sufficient IP space, and generally admitting that their network is not really up to the task.

From the sounds of it and the type of responses I’ve received on some of my queries it also doesn’t look like they themselves knows what’s really going on.

My recommendation: Unless you’re a user that don’t care about anything but browsing, or don’t mind dealing with sporadic problems like described here: Get a different ISP.

]]> By: jacques theron http://jkroon.blogs.uls.co.za/it/security/cell-c-following-in-the-footsteps-of-vodacom/comment-page-1#comment-15934 jacques theron Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:03:39 +0000 http://jkroon.blogs.uls.co.za/?p=296#comment-15934 Did you manage to sort out this issue? I have same problem and since I need to look after 4 headless boxes which is doing processing for my site from my home, (thus allowing me to run my site on shared server), I need my ssh connections to work right... Any advice on this from your side? Do you maybe have reference numbers for the log to CellC we can use to press the matter? Thanks for a useful post Did you manage to sort out this issue? I have same problem and since I need to look after 4 headless boxes which is doing processing for my site from my home, (thus allowing me to run my site on shared server), I need my ssh connections to work right…
Any advice on this from your side? Do you maybe have reference numbers for the log to CellC we can use to press the matter?
Thanks for a useful post

]]> By: Jaco Kroon http://jkroon.blogs.uls.co.za/it/security/cell-c-following-in-the-footsteps-of-vodacom/comment-page-1#comment-11844 Jaco Kroon Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:27:08 +0000 http://jkroon.blogs.uls.co.za/?p=296#comment-11844 Hi, No, I'm afraid not. I noticed again the other day that the problem persists. At least for Vodacom I could disable selective acks, but alas, that does not solve it for Cell C. Hi,

No, I’m afraid not. I noticed again the other day that the problem persists. At least for Vodacom I could disable selective acks, but alas, that does not solve it for Cell C.

]]> By: Strauss http://jkroon.blogs.uls.co.za/it/security/cell-c-following-in-the-footsteps-of-vodacom/comment-page-1#comment-11780 Strauss Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:31:41 +0000 http://jkroon.blogs.uls.co.za/?p=296#comment-11780 So did you ever get a workaround for this? I've recently moved and am Waiting For Telkom™; Using my 4Gs stick as a temporary stopgap, my SSH connections keep dropping off, much to my annoyance. :\ Regards, Strauss So did you ever get a workaround for this?

I’ve recently moved and am Waiting For Telkom™; Using my 4Gs stick as a temporary stopgap, my SSH connections keep dropping off, much to my annoyance. :\

Regards,
Strauss

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