Robin Hood
Expert Member
Won't this be a problem when you download something??..I mean, lets say you download music etc from sites, and the line "times out".....obviously you are going to lose your download connection??
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Robin Hood
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aaa ****.....Is there any specific times involved??...ie lets say 12 o'clock at night or something like that..Dominic Rooney said:
bb_matt
Executive Member
No - unfortunately not.
It's not random - it depends when you last disconnected.
If you disconnect and reconnect now, it will only automatically disconnect again 24 hours later.
You can use this to your advantage to download as much as you can at the end of the month.
The trick that has been mentioned about disconnecting at midnight is only partially true.
You could disconnect at any time on the second last day and get 24 hours of continuous downloading done before the end of the month.
If your cap has been used up and your downloading local content, make sure you cover yourself in the event of a disconnect while you are out - there's various ways and means of doing this.
It's not random - it depends when you last disconnected.
If you disconnect and reconnect now, it will only automatically disconnect again 24 hours later.
You can use this to your advantage to download as much as you can at the end of the month.
The trick that has been mentioned about disconnecting at midnight is only partially true.
You could disconnect at any time on the second last day and get 24 hours of continuous downloading done before the end of the month.
If your cap has been used up and your downloading local content, make sure you cover yourself in the event of a disconnect while you are out - there's various ways and means of doing this.
Robin Hood
Expert Member
bb_matt, i like your idea....I believe that the guys who disconnects you don't work on Weekends....therefore, it would be sensable to wait for a weekend ( just before your 3gig cap expires ), and then download like **** on that weekend....don't you think??bb_matt said:
More clarity - the disconnect and volume usage meter is automated as far as I know, with no human intervention, so hoping that some sysnetadmin will give you a weekend's grace, is a false premise.
What you need to do, is to disconnect just before midnight on the second-last day of the month (for this month, that means Sunday night). Just after midnight, re-connect again, then do your downloads throughout Monday morning, during the day, and up to just before midnight on Monday night, at which time you should disconnect again. If you don't, your download volumes will be included in your March allocation.
This is the theory, and usually works. There have been occasions when the volume meter has not worked, when unscheduled disconnects on the last day have thwarted downloads, when site access has been so slow that downloads could never complete before the cut-off, and so on...
What you need to do, is to disconnect just before midnight on the second-last day of the month (for this month, that means Sunday night). Just after midnight, re-connect again, then do your downloads throughout Monday morning, during the day, and up to just before midnight on Monday night, at which time you should disconnect again. If you don't, your download volumes will be included in your March allocation.
This is the theory, and usually works. There have been occasions when the volume meter has not worked, when unscheduled disconnects on the last day have thwarted downloads, when site access has been so slow that downloads could never complete before the cut-off, and so on...
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bb_matt
Executive Member
Yep - doekvoet is spot on.
The midnight thing is just not neccessary. The fact is, for me anyway, the traffic usage for a day just gone by can take 48 hours to display. I managed to download past my CAP for 48 hours this month. Got a total of 5.9gig
I've also noticed, once you Capped, with Telkom, it stops monitoring usage.
The midnight thing is just not neccessary. The fact is, for me anyway, the traffic usage for a day just gone by can take 48 hours to display. I managed to download past my CAP for 48 hours this month. Got a total of 5.9gig
I've also noticed, once you Capped, with Telkom, it stops monitoring usage.