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Upgrade to Gold Uncapped from only R39
- Thread starter ijack
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I emailed [email protected] to ask more or less the same question...
Thinking about switching over from Mweb but i would like to know what speeds do users get during the day?
With MWEB i get 1KB-2KB on Torrents all day which is really crappy and at night the speed only picks up after 12pm
What do you guys get on Gold?
With MWEB i get 1KB-2KB on Torrents all day which is really crappy and at night the speed only picks up after 12pm
What do you guys get on Gold?
Wasp_21
Expert Member
Torrents not so hot. But you can avoid all shaping without punishment (so far). Get it onto HTTP, and you can download full speeds all times of the day.
how do i go about that?
Chevron
Serial breaker of phones
A bit odd that they have different levels of Gold... but my account performs...so I'm happy (on vb)123Eish
Senior Member
I am on the gold IS backbone.
Torrents: Speeds sucks until 12:00 am at night on torrents. (200-300 kbps after 12)
HTTP: Full speed.
Downstorm:Speed starts at 5pm in the evening (100-200 kbps)
Weekends: from Friday evening to Monday mourning Full Speeds (all protocols) (300-400 kbps)
I think it is worth it if you download torrents use downstorm and request to be put on the Vodacom backbone.
I have done 100gigs for December with no problems (torrents)
Torrents: Speeds sucks until 12:00 am at night on torrents. (200-300 kbps after 12)
HTTP: Full speed.
Downstorm:Speed starts at 5pm in the evening (100-200 kbps)
Weekends: from Friday evening to Monday mourning Full Speeds (all protocols) (300-400 kbps)
I think it is worth it if you download torrents use downstorm and request to be put on the Vodacom backbone.
I have done 100gigs for December with no problems (torrents)
Upgraded to gold in October. Responded to this mail from Openweb:
Hey Friends,
I have managed to negotiate an excellent Gold Uncapped special offer for you!
Gold Uncapped has less people using one pipe, thus it is faster, less shaped and generally works better than Standard based account.
If you have a current OpenWeb ADSL subscription on:
Standard Uncapped
Lite Uncapped
or are a new user that has not signed up before, you qualify for the following Gold promotion:
384k Gold Uncapped - R248
512k Gold Uncapped - R338
4Mbps Gold Uncapped- R669
All you have to do to grab your account is activate a debit order with OpenWeb.
Provide us with the following banking details:
Bank Name:
A/C No:
A/C Type:
Branch Code:
ID Number:
We will then activate your account for 1 November.
The price will be locked in for life for folks who signup before 25 October 2010.
Sent admin@openweb my banking details requesting that it be a debit order transaction to take advantage of the special that locks you into the special price for as long as you are signed up.
October, I receive the login details to start November. End of November, I get an invoice for the standard uncapped account?!?.
Beginning of December, no connection. I mail Keoma. he replies with a message as follows:
Thank you so much for your email!
I upgraded your current account to Gold:
Same username/password. But I still have no clue as to how much I am being billed for or whether the special rate applies or not. special rate only applies to those who signed up in October he upgrades my account in December - What account? My account I supposedly signed up for on debit order was deactivated at the end of November and I was invoced for a standard acoount!??! Weird...
That is a small example of Openweb's support. At the moment, my gold account does not work anymore. e-mails to both ceo@openweb and admin@openweb are not responded to. The only response I got was from a 2nd pm attempt here on MYBB after complaining on the Openweb Unapped Feedback thread. I then get issued with a new account which is unusable - downloads going @ 5 -12kbps! - NNTP and any http file host.
I have pm'd, mailed and posted on the thread, but no response. That is the problem with Openweb. When things go wrong, you end up battling to get a response from them, seeing as they do not have an after hours support line. Most people, like myself, work during the day and do not have the opportunity of phoning their support during office hours - hell! We work!. Instead, you are left with support in the way of e-mails - which they deny receiving - and pm's which are a hit and a miss. Yes, Keoma - you denied receiving 3 e-mails which my mail client received confirmation that your server had received them - GASP!
A pity though, as the first month on Openweb gold was good. After that? Ask Keoma.... he reckons my Telkom line keeps losing sync and was stuck on the last session. The new accont he sent was supposed to overcome this Telkom 'fault' (Oh yes, I am on Telkom like everyone else!_. Funny that! I only rebooted my router once or twice this month. The last time was because of very slow dowload speeds. That was Saturday. Today, I still have no solution!
Hey Friends,
I have managed to negotiate an excellent Gold Uncapped special offer for you!
Gold Uncapped has less people using one pipe, thus it is faster, less shaped and generally works better than Standard based account.
If you have a current OpenWeb ADSL subscription on:
Standard Uncapped
Lite Uncapped
or are a new user that has not signed up before, you qualify for the following Gold promotion:
384k Gold Uncapped - R248
512k Gold Uncapped - R338
4Mbps Gold Uncapped- R669
All you have to do to grab your account is activate a debit order with OpenWeb.
Provide us with the following banking details:
Bank Name:
A/C No:
A/C Type:
Branch Code:
ID Number:
We will then activate your account for 1 November.
The price will be locked in for life for folks who signup before 25 October 2010.
Sent admin@openweb my banking details requesting that it be a debit order transaction to take advantage of the special that locks you into the special price for as long as you are signed up.
October, I receive the login details to start November. End of November, I get an invoice for the standard uncapped account?!?.
Beginning of December, no connection. I mail Keoma. he replies with a message as follows:
Thank you so much for your email!
I upgraded your current account to Gold:
Same username/password. But I still have no clue as to how much I am being billed for or whether the special rate applies or not. special rate only applies to those who signed up in October he upgrades my account in December - What account? My account I supposedly signed up for on debit order was deactivated at the end of November and I was invoced for a standard acoount!??! Weird...
That is a small example of Openweb's support. At the moment, my gold account does not work anymore. e-mails to both ceo@openweb and admin@openweb are not responded to. The only response I got was from a 2nd pm attempt here on MYBB after complaining on the Openweb Unapped Feedback thread. I then get issued with a new account which is unusable - downloads going @ 5 -12kbps! - NNTP and any http file host.
I have pm'd, mailed and posted on the thread, but no response. That is the problem with Openweb. When things go wrong, you end up battling to get a response from them, seeing as they do not have an after hours support line. Most people, like myself, work during the day and do not have the opportunity of phoning their support during office hours - hell! We work!. Instead, you are left with support in the way of e-mails - which they deny receiving - and pm's which are a hit and a miss. Yes, Keoma - you denied receiving 3 e-mails which my mail client received confirmation that your server had received them - GASP!
A pity though, as the first month on Openweb gold was good. After that? Ask Keoma.... he reckons my Telkom line keeps losing sync and was stuck on the last session. The new accont he sent was supposed to overcome this Telkom 'fault' (Oh yes, I am on Telkom like everyone else!_. Funny that! I only rebooted my router once or twice this month. The last time was because of very slow dowload speeds. That was Saturday. Today, I still have no solution!
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