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incaseofire

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Hey Guys, I was wondering if theres a lot of difference between 384 and 512 lines...is it really worth pay R100 a month extra for line rental? According to my calculations, 512 will give you 15kbs more at full speed...sure it makes a difference, but how much really? What are your experiences on this subject??

I'm considering an upgrade in line speed, but I just don't know what to get...(willing to pay R200 more a month)...I have heard that a 1 meg line gets shaped really badly (I really don't know, I've just read/heard this)

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4meg lines aren't shaped. Anyway the main difference is that a 512k line has twice the upload speed of a 384k line, and that extra 15kB/s downstream speed really does make a difference :)
 
yeah I was thinking of getting the 15kB/s extra speed, but then I thought about getting 10x my normal speed for what I spend on booze in one night... it was no contest. (and I've subsequently quit drinking, so all round benefits :D )
 
1Mbit / 512Kbit / 384Kbit are all shaped the same, there's no difference in the service except for the speed.

Incidentally however, 1Mbit is anywhere from 1 - 4Mbits depending on where you live; so if you want to upgrade your line speed, that's the one to go with... there is a HUGE difference in speed then... often as much as 10 times as fast as 384k... I get 280KBps on average on my "1Mbit" line.
 
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So let me get this straight then....15kbs down makes a difference...1meg can be unstable (or varies from person to person)...and the 4meg line is the way to go and I should wait till August?? Or should I upgrade to 512 now and then again to 4meg in August ? I'm tempted to wait till August though..
 
silver6933 said:
Dude my dedicated 1 MBS gives a max of 60-90kbps
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Shame (that's only a little faster than a 512Kbit line), alot of people are getting up to 480KBps on 1Mbit lines (please get capitalization right, it makes a big difference).

That's why Telkom call it DSL up to 4Mbits.

incaseofire said:
So let me get this straight then....15kbs down makes a difference...1meg can be unstable (or varies from person to person)...and the 4meg line is the way to go and I should wait till August?? Or should I upgrade to 512 now and then again to 4meg in August ? I'm tempted to wait till August though..
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There is no 1Mbit line, there is only the "up to 4Mbit line" and it's no more unstable than any 384kbit line.
 
upgrade to 4 meg line

if you can afford the extra 200 odd bucks and in august you'll be paying less

to be honest when i went from 384 to 512 i didnt find my extra 100 bucks was well spent
 
I agree, i also went from the 384 to the 1Mb line but with a detour through the 512 for a day and then decided to move on rather
 
4mb isn't available to everyone, I'm stuck with 512k :( But it is better than 384k
 
just about everyone should be able to get 1meg and higher

you might be able to get 4 meg but you sure can get 1 meg which alot better than a tiny upgrade if you have the cash

exactly feo, you sit on the phone while they downgrade you from 4 3 2 and 1 meg
 
depends if you want the upload speed to double. you can upload at 10kb/s on a DSL384 and around 22 kb/s (I think - can't remember cos I am on 1024 now) stably on the DSL512.
 
depends what you use your connection from - if its only got general surfing then your not going to get too much extra by going up. I mean news24 can only load up so fast :) For me - I'm happy with 384k, if I need anything large downloaded I use my 5MB diginet at work :)
 
gregmcc said:
depends what you use your connection from - if its only got general surfing then your not going to get too much extra by going up. I mean news24 can only load up so fast :) For me - I'm happy with 384k, if I need anything large downloaded I use my 5MB diginet at work :)
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No it doesn't faster is ALWAYS better, I do really notice the difference when browsing from a 384k line... it's painful.
 
I guess once your used to it then going back is a pain. But as the original poster asked, is it really worth the extra R100. You might save yourself a second or two on each page loading.
 
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