supersunbird
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Indeed. In the old 8ta 10+10gb days, it was always slow between 7pm to 9pm because all the working people at home then and using it for stuff.
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Indeed. In the old 8ta 10+10gb days, it was always slow between 7pm to 9pm because all the working people at home then and using it for stuff.
The novelty has worn off now, I can barely do 3 gigs per night from 40gigs per night. I've downloaded and streamed everything I've wanted to see (porn excluded).
Don't think I'll go above 20gb usage this month. Still a damn bargain.
Don't think I'll go above 20gb usage this month. Still a damn bargain.
Jet-Fighter7700
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definetly still a great deal, I though have the feeling something bigger is coming, they just testing the waters with this deal,
maybe uncapped LTE internet ?
semisane1987
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Still a great deal I downgrade my dstv package from compact to access. I'm paying R99 all my favourite soaps/drama/reality shows from Mzansi Magic I watch them on YouTube. Best part I can download them and watch them at my own time.
I'm still downloading movies so far I have downloaded about more than 200 movies. So I'm hoping this deal can go bit longer.
I have feeling December could be the last month.
Kosmik
Honorary Master
Uncapped been around for a while already.
Kosmik
Honorary Master
Why? It's during the quiet hours on their network, costs them minimal and created great positive publicity/feedback. To my knowledge ISP's pay in mbps/gbps so it's TIME based, not DATA based. It's only when they increase the bandwidth that additional costs come into account.
Marius Flash
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Surprised? All the tweens and teens are vampires playing their eyeballs out in the wee hours , it's tough on their pocket money they get - so R50 Justified !
Surprised? All the tweens and teens are vampires playing their eyeballs out in the wee hours , it's tough on their pocket money they get - so R50 Justified !
When I posted that, I was going to state a figure I would be willing to pay for the value offered, but I know these forums are watched so nein
I was also sceptical about how long this would run for but I'm convinced it's here to stay after browsing Twitter. People just don't know what to do with all that data.
https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=Telkom+500GB&s=typd&x=16&y=15
https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=Telkom+500GB&s=typd&x=16&y=15
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Kosmik
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Seems new.saix is down this morning.
Lol funny enough I thought the same thing...we don't want to go and spoil it now do we.
That's true, but then again this is Telkom we're talking about.
Fro
Senior Member
I finally decided to get the bundle after I got a new 4TB hard drive a month or two ago and I bought a few nice specials on Steam over the last two days. It literally put a smile on my face when my torrents and Steam downloads were flying! I have a sh*tty 2 Mb/s WiMax connection -- so yeah, night and day. I downloaded a game with the bundle in about the same time it normally takes me to download an Origin update.
I downloaded a torrent with low seeds and peers via uTorrent on the first night (Thursday night). The speed wasn't the best, only ~1 MB/s, but I was still pretty chuffed.
(I stopped the second torrent after 30 mintues)
I got this speedtest result to a Cape Town server on Thursday:
And this one to a London-based server last night:
So, on to last night downloads: I downloaded ~85 GB worth of games from about 00:30 to 06:30. The connection was a bit choppy at first, but it was plain sailing after about half an hour. It was hovering between 6.5 MB/s and 7 MB/s whenever I looked at it.
(When I first put the downloads on)
I've downloaded 110 GB in total over the last two days. I'm going to download another few torrents over the next couple of nights, then I should be done for the month. It's so great to download movies in high quality, especially now that I have enough storage for them! I mean, The Handmaiden's audio bit rate, ~2 000 Kb/s, was about the same as the video bit rates of the movies I normally download. Long live Telkom Mobile!
I downloaded a torrent with low seeds and peers via uTorrent on the first night (Thursday night). The speed wasn't the best, only ~1 MB/s, but I was still pretty chuffed.
(I stopped the second torrent after 30 mintues)
I got this speedtest result to a Cape Town server on Thursday:
And this one to a London-based server last night:
So, on to last night downloads: I downloaded ~85 GB worth of games from about 00:30 to 06:30. The connection was a bit choppy at first, but it was plain sailing after about half an hour. It was hovering between 6.5 MB/s and 7 MB/s whenever I looked at it.
(When I first put the downloads on)
I've downloaded 110 GB in total over the last two days. I'm going to download another few torrents over the next couple of nights, then I should be done for the month. It's so great to download movies in high quality, especially now that I have enough storage for them! I mean, The Handmaiden's audio bit rate, ~2 000 Kb/s, was about the same as the video bit rates of the movies I normally download. Long live Telkom Mobile!
Yuu
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Telkom Mobile - Making your dreams a reality - 500GB at a time .
Congrats Fro, welcome to the world of high speed internet even if it is during the night.
.Congrats Fro, welcome to the world of high speed internet even if it is during the night.
NeonNinja
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Go Telkom!
