24 Hour Reset gone

none of those things actually benefits me
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That might be true, but it does benefit other people. It might not be the changes that you wanted, but it is a change in the right direction. The 24hr disconnect has been complained about since the beginning as being unnecessary and inconvenient.

For the average user though I can see no advantage (and one obvious huge disadvantage).
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I cannot think how a less restricted adsl, can be anything but beneficial. Maybe, although I disagree, the advantage user will not have much use for it, but it is still a benefit even in if only in the narrow sense.

ISP to insure local access isnt subject to the cap? Now that would be a real benefit to me
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Does it need to mutual exclusive? We are not talking about benefits viewed from an individuals point of view. Removing the 24hr reset benefits all users, as would having local access not subject to cap. Although I can understand that it might not directly be of benefit to you, why does that not make it a benefit overall.
 
I tend to agree with Gatogo in the sense that I don't see how this change to Internet Solutions' data usage monitoring disadvantages IS' customers.

I can also think of 2 advantages for IS' customers:
  1. For those people that have not yet discovered [searchforum]download managers[/searchforum], not experiencing a forced disconnect in the middle of a large download, effectively means uninteruptted downloads - and for that matter uploads as well. Obviously if one experiences frequent disconnects due to poor copper quality or DSLAM port card problems etc, then one would not see this change as being particularly useful - but those examples are a result of Telkodemonopolies and not IS; and
  2. On the last day of each month, if one fails to disconnect close to midnight and the start of the next month, then data usage normally carries over to the new month. This change to IS' data usage monitoring, effectively means that no more than one hour's worth of data usage can be carried over to the new month.
 
There is also the 'Static' IP issue that comes into play. If you have a good quality line, you will more or less have a 'Static' IP allowing you to host your servers on your network without the need of regular Dynamic IP updates.
 
MrBEEP said:
There is also the 'Static' IP issue that comes into play. If you have a good quality line, you will more or less have a 'Static' IP allowing you to host your servers on your network without the need of regular Dynamic IP updates.
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Personally, I don't think it is feasible to host bandwidth intensive services on a Telkodemonopolies ADSL line - not yet anyways - mainly due to pathetic upload speeds on Telkodemonopolies' ADSL and the cost of ADSL ISP accounts also makes it extremely prohibitive, then there is the issue of using a dynamic IP address that is likely to be on many DNSBLs which are being used by [mainly] corporate web proxies before allowing access to the [dynamic] IP that a user behind such a proxy would be trying to access.

If one is running a VPN with at least one Telkodemonopolies ADSL line and an IS ADSL ISP account, then not experiencing a 24 hour disconnect might be an advantage and a good substitute for a static IP address.
 
ic said:
Personally, I don't think it is feasible to host bandwidth intensive services on a Telkodemonopolies ADSL line - not yet anyways - mainly due to pathetic upload speeds on Telkodemonopolies' ADSL and the cost of ADSL ISP accounts also makes it extremely prohibitive, then there is the issue of using a dynamic IP address that is likely to be on many DNSBLs which are being used by [mainly] corporate web proxies before allowing access to the [dynamic] IP that a user behind such a proxy would be trying to access.

If one is running a VPN with at least one Telkodemonopolies ADSL line and an IS ADSL ISP account, then not experiencing a 24 hour disconnect might be an advantage and a good substitute for a static IP address.
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I agree mostly, but not all servers are bandwidth intensive. I run a little family-type mailserver on my fixed-ip IS line and it works a treat.
 
This isn't anything huge, I don't see why it ever was going to be?

Really funny reading how people are mad that there is no huge benefit to them, did you expect uncapped internet access because it's no longer disconnected every 24 hours?

It also helps gamers btw, the 24 disconnect would kick you out of some games. Really irritating.
 
pip said:
I agree mostly, but not all servers are bandwidth intensive. I run a little family-type mailserver on my fixed-ip IS line and it works a treat.
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Yep, I agree 100% :), which is why I qualified my statement with "bandwidth intensive".

IOW hosting services that are not bandwidth intensive are well suited to Telkodemonopolies' crap ADSL upload speeds - provided that there are few concurrent users accessing such a hosted service, but the moment the number of users increases, available upload bandwidth obviously decreases - and considering that there is very little upload bandwidth to start with - well you get the idea.
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It also helps gamers btw, the 24 disconnect would kick you out of some games. Really irritating.
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I expect that gamers were the first to complain about the 24 hour interval resets disrupting their gaming, but that's before my time.
 
MrBEEP said:
There is also the 'Static' IP issue that comes into play. If you have a good quality line, you will more or less have a 'Static' IP allowing you to host your servers on your network without the need of regular Dynamic IP updates.
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You'll just need a UPS to maintain your connection thanks to our good friends Eskom...
 
NO 24 Hour Reset

My 4MB DSL hasnt been reset since the 2nd Nov, anyone else had something like this ?
 
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NameOfBeast said:
The 24hr reset though is the most minor of the issues facing us: give us cheaper bandwidth (unshaped if you please). That would make a difference. I can hardly wait for the smug, overfed, overpaid jerks at TELKOM to tell the world what good little boys and girls they've been in finally complying with a non-negotiable legal requirement. Ugh. I need a drink.
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If you want a 24 hour reset, you could always do it yourself. :D
 
I just saw this in users.isdsl.net :eek:

Dear User

Please note as a preparatory step towards doing away with the periodic 24 hour DSL disconnects, we will be implementing some changes to our DSL statistics system. ADSL usage will no longer be measured on a session basis, which is currently 24 hours. We are moving to a model based on split sessions. Instead of seeing one entry for each session, users will see one entry per interim update. Currently there will be approximately one update per hour. Each split session will indicate the Start and End time, as well as the period of time that is covers. This has the following advantages for users:

1) Users will not only be able to see how much bandwidth they have used, but also approximately when the bandwidth was used;
2) We will be in a position to extend user sessions beyond 24 hours, as soon as this option is available;
3) Bandwidth usage will be allocated more accurately to the day and month in which it was used.

The presentation of the statistics will remain largely the same. The month and day views will look identical. The detailed day view will, however, contain far more details.
You should see the statistics changes coming into effect from the 1st of November 2007.
Please do not hesitate to contact the IS Broadband Team should you require further information.

Regards
The IS Broadband Team
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