Slow internet speed South JHB

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At first I thought it was just me but my bud in Glen Vista/Mulbarton is also experiencing slow internet speeds for the last 2 or 3 days. We are both on MWEB(384 uncapped).

Anyone else here experiencing the same problem?
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I am.. I'm in Dunkheld west..(Sandton area) And its killing me....

Were on a uncapped 4MB line with Global micro that goes through IS...

I can't live with out my internet!!!
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Apparently there is a SEACOM outage, article on the myBB forums.... can't access the article myself though. ETA for repairs is 12:30.
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Also the new cable arrived in cape town yesterday I think. Related?
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oukie wrote:Apparently there is a SEACOM outage, article on the myBB forums.... can't access the article myself though. ETA for repairs is 12:30.
can be Oukie.. Local traffic seems Fine but international is slow here.. so you might be on to something!
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Internet reaches that far?

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Something is broken. Varsity is also down. needed to do research but anyway. :?
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just read from afrihost CEo that there they are working on the SeaCom Cable in Egypt.. Oukie your right ETA 12:30
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Survivors log #003: The time is 9:57am and it's been about 3 days since I've had proper internet speeds. Hope is starting to fade. The two other survivors that I've found couldn't take it anymore. God bless their souls.
I honestly don't know how much longer I can endure- WAIT! What is that, there in the Shadows!!!! Is that a ~~~~ <end of transmission>
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google is offline on our campus.... but we are far from joburg so probably not the same fault...
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KK Seacom is SA link to the out side world.. so might be same problem!
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Absolutely dreadful in Brackenhurst for the last two days. Using Webafrica at work and can barely do anything. Mweb was significantly better at home last night.
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Siemens wrote:Also the new cable arrived in cape town yesterday I think. Related?
Not related. It's not even hooked up to any domestic networks, and even if it were, the people wanting to use it would have to update their routes anyway.
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Siemens wrote:Survivors log #003: The time is 9:57am and it's been about 3 days since I've had proper internet speeds. Hope is starting to fade. The two other survivors that I've found couldn't take it anymore. God bless their souls.
I honestly don't know how much longer I can endure- WAIT! What is that, there in the Shadows!!!! Is that a ~~~~ <end of transmission>
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GreyWolf wrote:
Siemens wrote:Survivors log #003: The time is 9:57am and it's been about 3 days since I've had proper internet speeds. Hope is starting to fade. The two other survivors that I've found couldn't take it anymore. God bless their souls.
I honestly don't know how much longer I can endure- WAIT! What is that, there in the Shadows!!!! Is that a ~~~~ <end of transmission>
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Siemens its Iran they are targeting you! :shock:
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Survivors log #004: Time 12:01pm I was right about the thing in the shadows. It was a box.
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My internet seems to be back up 100%** touch wood**
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Kennyisalive wrote:My internet seems to be back up 100%** touch wood**
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Kennyisalive wrote:...** touch wood**
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Survivors log #005 it's now 2:31pm and internets has still not been restored... I can't handle it anymore. This will most probably be my last survivors log. Tell Rebecca Black I love her.
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Survivors log number... I seem to have lost track of the number. It's day 3 I think and I somehow managed to survive yesterday. The speed seems to be somewhat improved but still not near what it was. So there is still a glimmer of hope. Untill then I still have to rely on the primative communication medium of what was called an SMS.
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A buddy phoned mweb and apparantly the slow speed is not only because of the seacomm cable. South JHB is according to them worst affected and Telkom is working on a solution. :/ I hope it's fixed before the long weekend. I doubt Telkom staff will be willing to work on the long weekend. (Yes someone is bound to quote this and remove the last 4 words of that sentence and then title it as "fixed" can't wait)
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Might as well do it myself
Siemens wrote: I doubt Telkom staff will be willing to work on the long weekend.
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