i am currently on an openweb 2/30 account together with openbrowse 192k. I love the ability to use the news server but am stuffed cos I can't use skypeas my international bandwidth is used in like 2 days.Are there any other options i have that will be affordable?
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Have you considered getting a separate machine for skype 
Thats what I do. It's got its own payg 1gb account so I needn't worry about it getting inadvertently capped.
I would have suggested route sentry but I dont know how openbrowse would interact with it.
Thats what I do. It's got its own payg 1gb account so I needn't worry about it getting inadvertently capped. I would have suggested route sentry but I dont know how openbrowse would interact with it.
ernstn
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You can also use Route Sentry to route local and international traffic. I have purchased an IS account for local only and routes my local traffic over this. Thus, when I use the IS nesserver, I do not consume international band width
thanks for the help guys...have found the following link to help anyone else that wants to try route sentry:
http://www.mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=39234
http://www.mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=39234
Probably, should be better and quicker than RouteSentry anyway.
Turbo_Aspiration
Expert Member
OpenBrowse works in the usual way with RouteSentry. All OB traffic is routed through the local connection.
Just using a direct connection and routing international sites via the international account usually goes much faster.
Yeah there's not much point in using OB if you're using RouteSentry.
ernstn
Expert Member
Dumb Question?
Am I correct to assume that RouteSentry could in fact route "transparent proxy server" traffic locally if it is cached?
Am I correct to assume that RouteSentry could in fact route "transparent proxy server" traffic locally if it is cached?
So the connection doesn't differentiate between local and international bandwidth? I assumed since the news server is a local IP downloads from it would only be deducted off the local cap?
Planning to purchase an Openweb 2/30 account next month.. this could influence my decision in a pretty big way.
Turbo_Aspiration
Expert Member
I guess it depends on how heavy your browsing is and if you're willing to live with OB's drawbacks.
If your purchase a 2/30 account both international and local traffic count towards the first 2GB after which you will have 28GB local only left. So even if download only local stuff in your first 2GB and you will still be capped.
There is (are?
) currently no accounts which differentiate between local and international. The only way to do is is to install RouteSentry and buy two accounts, one local only (usually IS based) and one for international (usually SAIX based)No it couldn't because that would be a SAIX proxy so you'd have to use the SAIX international connection to access it.
Check Antobody's webste:
http://antibody.za.net/new/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=32
http://antibody.za.net/new/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=32