Yet another 3GB limit topic

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Hi guys.

Just thought I'd share my iBurst experience for the past week that I've used it.

I think everyone will agree that 3GB is not enough for R699 pm. Yesterday I connected at 10AM and diconnected at 8AM this morning. I downloaded 3.2GB in 10 hours which amazed me to say the least. There's no doubt that I'm a high bandwidth user. I use SoulSeek, MIRC & FTP to download stuff, mostly music videos and TV shows.

My average speed on IRC is 30kb/s and overall it's probably 90kb/s. I live in Bedfordview and have a 100% signal (92% when it rains).

I think iBurst management need to reconsider the 3GB cap. Please don't make any lame excuses about Telkom. Telkom management can DIE right now as far as I'm concerned. Someone needs to step up and take a lead!
 
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rebel said:
I downloaded 3.2GB in 10 hours .... music videos and TV shows.
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Stop moaning about the 3GB cap when you d/l such utter tripe like this.

Look at the atlas and take a good look on what continent you live and stop whinging.

Be thankfull that you have broadband Internet unlike the rest of the people in this country or continent.

If you have a further problem then feel free to relocate overseas where there is enough bandwidth at cheap prices for you to WASTE on downloading the latest Brittaney Spears video.

You 3GB CAP whingers are really beginning to piss me off.
 
And by the way stupid. I was testing iBurst reliability and speed. Why don't u ask me why I didn't download so much on Saturday & Sunday? I won't be using iBurst till Saturday anyway cause I have a life. Some people download 24/7 so don't bit*h.

I understand that leeching 24/7 would be serious abuse of the iBurst network and I therefore wouldn't do it. What's wrong with downloading 10GB every month. It's not much.

Die!
 
3 GB is a problem even for 'legal' users - if you know what I mean. I just purchased a game from direct2drive.com - its 2.7 GB and will take about 3 days to download and is much cheaper than buying it in stores, maybe R130. This is the concept that retailers must grasp as well as ISP's. With a 3GB limit not much commerce can be done, this is where I have a problem. There is business opportunities but we in SA are held back by monopolies and bureaucratic bungling,stupid senseless laws and chit-chat that just makes me wanna puke.
 
The iBurst guys told me they'll have more offerings when they launch. The offerings with higher caps will obviously be more expensive.

I think we South Africans just have to live with this kind of BS till at least 2007.
 
Good thing this thread is a bit cleaner & less confrontational than yesterday.

Personally, I disagree with tibby.dude, if we are paying for a service we have the right to moan when it doesn't work as advertised, and we also have the right to moan about the service itself even when it is working.

The oh well you cannot expect much bcos this is a 3rd world country sort of attitude is exactly what holds us back, set your goals higher so you can achieve more.
 
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Personally, I disagree with tibby.dude, if we are paying for a service we have the right to moan when it doesn't work as advertised, and we also have the right to moan about the service itself even when it is working.
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Sure by all means do that but be at least constructive about it.

Calling Telkom a bunch of shits or their management retarded or posting endless 3GB sucks or 3GB is XXXX or starting parody sites is not going to help much.

No wonder this site/movement totally failed by being confrontational from the start because some people had their own agenda i.r.o Telkom vs ICASA complaint and thus messed up any chance of Telkom management listening to any of you.

In fact me thinks ... myadsl/hellkom/poopband etc has achieved ******* so far.
 
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tibby.dude said:
...No wonder this site/movement totally failed by being confrontational from the start because some people had their own agenda i.r.o Telkom vs ICASA complaint and thus messed up any chance of Telkom management listening to any of you.

In fact me thinks ... myadsl/hellkom/poopband etc has achieved ******* so far.
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tibby.dude, I have to strongly disagree, but that is my opinion, and I believe that you would not be a MyADSL member if you didn't find it usefull in some way.

When faced with a monopoly that is maintaining its iron grip, and people are being ripped-off, and every other avenue has been exhausted, you tend to complain, even if just to vent. Do not deny people the right of free speech (i.e. continue to say what you want, as will we).

Added: tibby.dude, you are now the 3rd persona that I have added to my ignore list, feel free to add me to yours...
 
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aborg said:
Do you work for Telkom?
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I was wondering when somebody was going to pull this lame card :).

I don't work for them but have been around since the days of 2400 bps modems and Fidonet and then using Mosiac along with Trumpet winsock on Windows 3.1.

One sugguestion I would have made if I was involved in the discussion was to count d/l's during the 7pm to 6am "callmore" period at half i.e 1MB count's for 500K on their usage tracker during this time period.

I do find myadsl usefull but then some folks think that this site represents the interest/opinions of the majority of broadband users in S.A ... well they do not.
 
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tibby.dudeAdded: tibby.dude, you are now the 3rd persona that I have added to my ignore list, feel free to add me to yours...
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Self censorship ... how cute.

So instead of debating my views , you would rather shut your ears and close your eyes like a lame ostrich.

How juvenile.
 
MansoN said:
Swearing gives little or no credibility to your statements.
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I simply used it for effect ... it is not like every second word is swear word ???.


So I apologize to all those who are offended by me
 
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tibby, that statement was deleted because it wasn't conducive to the Forum, as all your posts are becoming. If you are only here to troll, I suggest you find another forum to keep yourself busy with. I'm sure noone is in the mood for your nonsense.

If the only thing you want to do is scream abuse at users for venting about the unfair situation we as South African internet users are in, don't read the threads - move along to somewhere where you can be of some use to a topic, instead of swearing at people and calling them names.

Just my 10c.
 
rebel said:
How can I add tibby.dude to my ignore list? Me thinks he's a Melkhom employee.
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View tibby.dude's profile (just click on the link tibby.dude in any of his replies), then click add to ignore list, then confirm that you want to do that by clicking ok or submit or whatever.

The effect is quite nice, when tibby.dude posts anything, anywhere on the forum, you can still see that he has replied, except that it replaces his reply text with This message is hidden because tibby.dude is on your ignore list., there is still a link that says View Post if you really need to know what he said.

Added: If you were wondering what the ! is (Report Bad Post) in the warning triangle graphic to the right of the post number within a thread, it can be used to alert moderators to a post that does not fit with the forum's principles.

I should also say that it is not so much tibby.dude's language that offends me, rather that he says we are all wasting our time here, and yet he still hangs about like a gatvlieg, which is why he is on my ignore list.

tibby.dude, consider yourself shunned
 
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tibby.dude I've been around since those times as well so I've seen most of the offerings for internet since the internet has been around and they have all been out of reach of the average person. I heard our current president state that we should cross the digital divide as a nation - at the moment that is not happening. Most people on this forum are striving for a simple,affordable broadband solution.
 
Hi Tibby

I am not certain why you are so negative towards initiatives trying to improve the current Internet offerings in South Africa, but I think you might be well advised to study the history behind these initiatives and sites. We have tried various approaches (including official meetings with Telkom management!) and will continue to seek for methods that might have an impact. A fair amount has been achieved during this time (if you were one of the initial ADSL subscribers I am certain you will agree with this), but much more can and will be done.

The current initiative of rating our local broadband services and comparing them with international services should open many eyes. It will also provide broadband providers with a framework to improve their services. Most of these initiatives should actually be government projects, but I do not expect them to be pro-active in this regard soon. In the absence of an efficient broadband regulator I think sites like MyADSL, Hellkom and Poopband is providing a valuable service to the Internet community. Companies like Telkom and Sentech are well aware of our existence, constantly monitor these forums and even asks for our advice from time to time…

Considering that we get no funding, are completely run by volunteers and are completely non-profit I am even more amazed by your negativity. Having said this we always welcome all views on this forum and the only reason why your posts were edited is because of the inappropriate language. I have seen many times that something good can come from an alternative view…

Regards,

RPM
 
aborg said:
tibby.dude I've been around since those times as well so I've seen most of the offerings for internet since the internet has been around and they have all been out of reach of the average person. I heard our current president state that we should cross the digital divide as a nation - at the moment that is not happening. Most people on this forum are striving for a simple,affordable broadband solution.
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It might be yours and mine but most folks around here is only concerned with having as much and uncapped as possible.

But the internet is not the magic silver bullet considering the even more pressing challanges that exist before we can even talk about "crossing the digital divide" i.e poverty, education, jobs etc ... .

The best bet in the interim is to wire up all our schools for free by the govt with help from the private sector (i.e Shuttleworth Foundation does good work in this regard) to the internet and expose kids to the net and computers to give em the edge in the job market.
 
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