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    Rain or Supersonic

    With Rain it all depends on the area. It’s great in some, it’s not good in others. After checking with my neighbours it seemed we were one of the Rain-friendly neighbours so we got that one and it’s been great so far. Never seen it below 32mbps. The 5G rain tower was just out of reach for us to...
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    How does the ISP set speed limits?

    unfortunately there's no fibre available in my area yet. Supersonic throttles down to 10mbps which is fine. Rain has no FUP throttling. but the reviews on both are beyond shocking and scary. I've seen Afrihost and MTN 1TB thresholds they are both out the price range if I want to pay those prices...
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    How does the ISP set speed limits?

    that's what I thought. They shouldn't be allowed to call it "uncapped home plan" if they throttle it to 1mbps or 2mbps after certain usage because it's basically unusable for the home at those speeds. I told my mom she must look at the FUP limit and that's what you paying for..not uncapped.
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    How does the ISP set speed limits?

    the FUP is the only thing I'm concerned with. The sales rep at MTN said she also has the plan and when she reaches her limit she just restarts the router and her speeds remain the same but I obviously don't trust her she's clearly trying to make a sale. Throttled down to 2mbps i'm assuming that...
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    How does the ISP set speed limits?

    I see. It’s not even speeds that are my issue. It’s the speeds after reaching FUP limits. It’s so difficult looking for non-fibre options without the ridiculous throttling. And I don’t know if the VPN “solution” is something that really works
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    How does the ISP set speed limits?

    oh. that's too bad. I didn't know how they did it and I was reading some reddit thread to find out and the guy there said he's a tech guy at an ISP and he just sets the max for his customers or doesn't set the throttle. Probably US though.
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    How does the ISP set speed limits?

    MTN's Uncapped Home Internet Plan comes with a 5G router and has different speeds at different prices. 35Mbps, 60Mbps and Unlimited. I'm guessing if I get the 60 and want to upgrade later they don't have to come change anything with the hardware its all on some software. My guess is the...
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    Rain or Supersonic

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    Rain or Supersonic

    I thought there was. I’m always on 5G on my phone. I use MTN. But apparently your iPhone can show 5G when you’re really not on 5G lol. Different coverage maps tell me different things. Coverage map on MTN website says there’s 5G in my area, I just went on Axxess and it said MTN fixed 5G is...
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    Rain or Supersonic

    Alright I’ll have a look at these. I was scared of the FUP for MTN. Insane throttling after 400GB. That Afrihost pure LTE looks great but 950pm may be a little too high. I wish I could get Fibre but it’s not in my area.
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    Rating = -5 stars: Worse network provider in the world with terrible employees, coverage, website and services. Even cellc was better when they starte

    If neither of those, then where to? For Uncapped WiFi non-fibre since I can’t get fibre
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    Rating = -5 stars: Worse network provider in the world with terrible employees, coverage, website and services. Even cellc was better when they starte

    Depends on the context lol. But on a serious note, since I can’t get Fibre, which LTE uncapped is the best route to go
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    Rating = -5 stars: Worse network provider in the world with terrible employees, coverage, website and services. Even cellc was better when they starte

    I’ll ask if I can test out a unit. If I could get fibre I wouldn’t consider any of this but there’s still no fibre in my area
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    Rain or Supersonic

    What is the Supersonic FLTE speed? I need to get home WiFi. I am scared of Rain because of the many connectivity complaints. It seems this 5G router is not great and most Rain customers request for it to be swapped for an outdoor waterproof router installed on the roof. I like the Supersonic...
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    Rating = -5 stars: Worse network provider in the world with terrible employees, coverage, website and services. Even cellc was better when they starte

    I’m on this thread because I’ve tasked with getting home Wifi for the house and I’ve filtered down to rain and Supersonic. I’m close to the cell tower and my iphone is on 5G most of the time (MTN) but i dont know if that is just false because there is no 5G coverage on the Rain coverage map i am...
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