StormFiber (By Cybernet) FTTH Discussion Thread

shaheerk

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can someone suggest a good DNS for stormfiber ? for seamless internet browsing
I personally use Google DNS (I'm not on SF).

It's because they support EDNS (so you get more location-specific responses), and the average response time of their DNS is faster.

There are two things to this:

you <--> server ping <--> server response time.

Cloudflare has centers in Pakistan so the server ping will be <5ms (in normal situations) but their DNS server responds late, and doesn't give IPs of CDNs that are closer to us.

Google's DNS servers ping is higher (40ms or so, if you're in Pindi/Isb) but the response time - even for the most obscure DNS requests - is way faster.

Overall, when you add the two numbers together, Google's is still faster AND relevant.
 

SSyar

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I personally use Google DNS (I'm not on SF).

It's because they support EDNS (so you get more location-specific responses), and the average response time of their DNS is faster.

There are two things to this:

you <--> server ping <--> server response time.

Cloudflare has centers in Pakistan so the server ping will be <5ms (in normal situations) but their DNS server responds late, and doesn't give IPs of CDNs that are closer to us.

Google's DNS servers ping is higher (40ms or so, if you're in Pindi/Isb) but the response time - even for the most obscure DNS requests - is way faster.

Overall, when you add the two numbers together, Google's is still faster AND relevant.
actually i am experiencing idleness in my SF connection., so i though a good DNS might be useful
 
Feb 19, 2024
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Is there any specific portal/website especially for stormfiber users only to watch seasons or TV channels and download or stream movies? I knew about ebravo but both the app and the website isn't working since a few days, if anybody knows about what's going on with ebravo please let me know.
 

siddiec2013

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Is there any specific portal/website especially for stormfiber users only to watch seasons or TV channels and download or stream movies? I knew about ebravo but both the app and the website isn't working since a few days, if anybody knows about what's going on with ebravo please let me know.
nope. they have their tv cable on old coaxial cable
 
Feb 19, 2024
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Can anybody please let me know what has happened to ebravo site and app since it's not working for around 20 days now, is there a new site now like ebravo by cybernet or is there any other alternative to it?
 

Farrukhkazimi

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PEACE cable system is now fully operational, with the majority of Cybernet's (StormFiber) traffic flowing through it. Another submarine cable has been added to Pakistan's internet backhaul, reducing dependency on PTCL and Transworld.

Observing the lowest optimal latency to Singapore servers from Karachi, around 75 ms. In Europe, it's approximately 100 ms (via Marseille, France).
 

shaheerk

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FINALLY!
Can you share the routing as well, please?

Routing to Google DNS 8.8.8.8 (CDN)
Routing to en.wikipedia.org (CDN)
Routing to mail.yahoo.com (CDN)
Routing to o2.co.uk (UK) (may or may not time out - ping works)
Routing to bell.ca (Canada) (it will time out)
Routing to verizon.net

I know these are quite a bit to ask, but thank you in advance! I don't want to bug you with more, but do you see that all of the traffic seems to be routed through Peace exclusively, or are they using PIE or TW as well?

And I see you're in Karachi - I don't know about the other cities, so other SF users in other cities (it's not in my part of Rawalpindi), feel free to jump in/compare.
 

Farrukhkazimi

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Jul 3, 2012
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FINALLY!
Can you share the routing as well, please?

Routing to Google DNS 8.8.8.8 (CDN)
Routing to en.wikipedia.org (CDN)
Routing to mail.yahoo.com (CDN)
Routing to o2.co.uk (UK) (may or may not time out - ping works)
Routing to bell.ca (Canada) (it will time out)
Routing to verizon.net

I know these are quite a bit to ask, but thank you in advance! I don't want to bug you with more, but do you see that all of the traffic seems to be routed through Peace exclusively, or are they using PIE or TW as well?

And I see you're in Karachi - I don't know about the other cities, so other SF users in other cities (it's not in my part of Rawalpindi), feel free to jump in/compare.
All through PEACE cable now, no PIE or tw1 in between. Bandwidth allocation for major cities has been exclusively transitioned to PEACE. Cybernet now solely relies on PTCL for bandwidth as a backup in the event of sudden outages or disruptions. It's been a year since they stopped acquiring bandwidth from Transworld as well.
 

shaheerk

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I know the Imtiaz in Pindi uses Cybernet and they routed everything through PIE - I'll see if I can go there and test.

These pings look decent - I'm adding ~20ms extra for Pindi/Islamabad, which make it almost as good as TW (and in some cases, even better than TW), and definitely better than PTCL.

Now I hope it doesn't get bogged down with PTA's "cleansing" activities to keep the country paak and imaandaar...
 
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