In the photo, this guy yesterday asked me to hop on Bandwagon Host’s three-network premium plan for $66 per quarter. I charged him a carpool fee at cost and delivered a vless+ws+tls subscription link. Delivering this protocol with Bandwagon Host’s optimized routing shouldn’t be a problem, right? I’ve never heard of this protocol failing for no reason or causing disconnections or speed issues.
Issue Timeline:
During the day today he contacted me to report disconnections. I asked him whether he wanted me to run a reality check, but he didn’t reply; he said there were disconnections. I then asked him what broadband he uses and in what use case. I thought he was tethering, because I had heard mobile data connections overseas could be blocked, so I asked him to try WiFi.
Then I tested with a 200 Mbps broadband from China Telecom in Nanjing, because at my place the router is usually in the room and speeds are typical; the rest of the measured latency and jitter were within the normal range. I told him that my test was normal and that the protocol I used was the same as his.
This guy did something utterly bizarre I didn’t expect: he sent a screenshot claiming my node IP was hopping around and told me to refund 20. I wondered whether Bandwagon Host is doing some kind of “charity” now—giving an extra Japanese IP? I replied that I hadn’t done any traffic splitting on the node, just a direct connection. He said it works fine with other providers, and that he wouldn’t know how to use it.
Finally I explained: 1) the node is Bandwagon Host’s; 2) I actually tested bandwidth/latency/jitter and they’re all normal. I asked him to record a screen, enable full global routing to access ping0 to see whether the IP would actually jump, whether the speed-test parameters were abnormal. If there’s a problem I’ll refund him in full. Is that over the top?
He then said a few times that he would report me, and asked me to publish whether he used it or not. I’m puzzled: whether you use it or not is your business. The service is active, I delivered my node and replied to you normally. You say other things I can barely believe. You also say you want to switch services and I can refund you. One moment it’s disconnections, one moment it’s that the IP will jump—doesn’t this sound ridiculous? In this whole exchange I think you’re the poster child for a total noob. If you can’t handle it, take a moment to learn more before playing around again, okay?
Final conclusion: perform a screen-recorded test, use a WiFi connection, test without a chained relay, run speed tests, and use ping0 to check the IP. If latency is clearly abnormal, the IP will indeed jump. The ride price is 30; I’ll refund 35. This post serves as proof; please, readers, weigh in. I can freely provide two 1-month 100 GB nodes for anyone to test.
Complete issue record
