A reader contacted me asking more details about the IPv6 hit I received from Web Africa on World IPv6 Day, and that prompted me to take a closer look. Actually that request, as well as the one that I thought was from MWEB, were both from hosts on their networks connecting via tunnels (6to4 for [...]
Also tagged IPv6, Web AfricaA number of articles have appeared on Mybroadband about MWEB’s strategy to force MTN, Vodacom and Telkom to peer with them. Two comments: MWEB already peers with MTN. Here are the two hops between their networks1: 6 g-0-3-vic-jinx-2.mweb.co.za (196.22.163.1) 7 mtnns-2.jinx.net.za (198.32.142.31) I think what MWEB probably means by “transit” is that MTN charges them [...]
Also tagged Mybroadband, peeringData volume quotas or “bandwidth caps” are restrictions introduced by the South African ISP industry to cope with the introduction of ADSL. Prior to ADSL, the amount of upstream bandwidth required by an ISP to service N users was naturally limited by the fact that telephone calls are expensive: users dialed up, did what they [...]
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