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18-05-2013, 03:48 PM

MickZA replied to a thread What's your favorite Led Zeppelin track in Music

My sentiments as well ... still gives me goosebumps.

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18-05-2013, 12:11 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Large breed puppy food. in Health, Wealth, Leisure and Relationships

Just checking David Thornes site for new stuff and I came across this undated essay about a new puppy which I hadn't seen before: ...

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17-05-2013, 06:33 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Telkom Internet Uncapped User Feedback. in ADSL ISP Discussions

Agree, I'm outta this one.

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17-05-2013, 05:29 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Telkom Internet Uncapped User Feedback. in ADSL ISP Discussions

Have you tested with another ISPs account? (you can get 1GB free here - http://www.afrihost.com/site/product/adsl_capped?src=nav)

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17-05-2013, 03:42 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Telkom Internet Uncapped User Feedback. in ADSL ISP Discussions

All seems fine here in PE as well even during the Windows updates.

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17-05-2013, 02:13 PM

MickZA replied to a thread How Coke is getting up Zim government's nose in News and Current Affairs

I couldn't believe that ZANUs Deputy Director for Information name was for real - Psychology Maziwisa. Googled it and s'true as Bob it is :wtf:

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16-05-2013, 09:11 AM

MickZA replied to a thread D-Link DSL-2750U Router - Internet disconnects router needs to be turned off and on in ADSL Discussions

Not recommended, rather take it in to a Telkom Direct shop and see if they will swap it out for you - usually not a problem if they have stock.

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15-05-2013, 12:21 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Best ADSL router for my needs in ADSL Discussions

I see ClearOS has a QoS module in Beta: http://www.clearfoundation.com/docs/developer/apps/qos/taking_qos_for_a_spin ... however BitTorrent is...

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15-05-2013, 11:34 AM

MickZA replied to a thread Best ADSL router for my needs in ADSL Discussions

Torrent blocking is a real can of worms I'll be interested to see the responses meanwhile check this out: ...

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15-05-2013, 11:20 AM

MickZA replied to a thread Best ADSL router for my needs in ADSL Discussions

In that case go with the DSL-2500U or a Tenda, see the comments in this thread - http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/522047-ADSL-modem

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15-05-2013, 09:46 AM

MickZA replied to a thread myBroadband push notification or email when following a thread in Off Topic

Thread tools:

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14-05-2013, 03:49 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Crack roadhouse in Pretoria in Do you remember?

Gawd I feel old, used to eat there back in the day :cry:

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14-05-2013, 02:42 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Tax on SA lotto in Business and Finance

How about 95% ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxman

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14-05-2013, 01:44 PM

MickZA replied to a thread How much do you spend on alcohol per month? in Off Topic

R0.00 - the dreaded gout struck around 2003 and put a halt to my beer intake :(

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14-05-2013, 08:40 AM

MickZA replied to a thread When you shake black man's hand ... in Health, Wealth, Leisure and Relationships

It confuses the hell the out of me as I don't know how it's supposed to be done and leaves me feeling embarrassed - didn't even know it was a "3...

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13-05-2013, 03:24 PM

MickZA replied to a thread PC Format discontinues “sexist and offensive” advert in Gaming

... explains the look of surprise/horror :)

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13-05-2013, 03:03 PM

MickZA replied to a thread PC Format discontinues “sexist and offensive” advert in Gaming

Have to say she beats Frank Zappa into a cocked hat :D http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/wiki/The_Toilet_Poster

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13-05-2013, 02:14 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Telkom Simple 3. Is there a catch? in ADSL ISP Discussions

A couple of MyBB members moving from mobile to ADSL have mentioned that a contract is no longer required for a free modem on a new installation, they...

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10-05-2013, 05:19 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Telkom Internet Uncapped User Feedback. in ADSL ISP Discussions

They are special interest trackers; TheBox.bz does UK TV (Soaps, Morse, Lewis, Endeavour etc) and TheEmpire.bz does Commonwealth TV in the same vein....

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10-05-2013, 03:38 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Telkom Internet Uncapped User Feedback. in ADSL ISP Discussions

I've got torrents running in the background @ 225kB/s ATM (my limit), admittedly they’re on private trackers.

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10-05-2013, 03:35 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Telkom Internet Uncapped User Feedback. in ADSL ISP Discussions

You’d need to ask ranger that question as I've never gone into the "red".

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10-05-2013, 01:32 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Does shaping affect your speedtest results??? in ADSL ISP Discussions

TI 4Mbps Uncapped on a 6Mbps line and I can pretty much max out on all protocols anytime (even last month when I went "orange" on the TI Tracker). ...

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10-05-2013, 12:52 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Does shaping affect your speedtest results??? in ADSL ISP Discussions

Could be exchange congestion which diminishes outside of business hours.

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09-05-2013, 05:29 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Telkom Internet Uncapped User Feedback. in ADSL ISP Discussions

Orange means they're watching you (has a message to that effect as well), with red they start throttling your speed and I believe you get an email to...

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09-05-2013, 12:31 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Is it possible to pay Telkom? in ADSL Discussions

Sign up for online billing here ...

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09-05-2013, 09:05 AM

MickZA replied to a thread Broadband Speed Testing by Flash versus HTML5 sites? in Software

I'm getting very strange results with considerable variance between systems, wireless connection results are really bad although speedtest.net & MyBB...

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08-05-2013, 05:28 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Please run a speedtest.net for me (speedtest.net, Boston, Comcast) in ADSL ISP Discussions

$ traceroute sto-bstn-01.sys.comcast.net traceroute to sto-bstn-01.sys.comcast.net (69.241.108.46), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 newcop...

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08-05-2013, 05:14 PM

MickZA replied to a thread Please run a speedtest.net for me (speedtest.net, Boston, Comcast) in ADSL ISP Discussions

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2695392248.png TI 4Mbps uncapped on a 6Mbps line - Port Elizabeth

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