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Gck2702

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Hi!
I finally got the 1GB-cap account at Telkom, and 10GB Local data...
now, my question is:
If my cap exceeds, and I have to go to local, what interesting sites can SA provide that I can use?

And if I have the definition of 'local' wrong, can you please correct me.:D

And, can you please notify me of a cheap, realiable ISP ('cuz I don't think the 1GB will bring me very far).
 
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i dont know how this local and international thing works but do i have to subscribe at telkom for the local thingy or how does it work.
 
waynegohl said:
i dont know how this local and international thing works but do i have to subscribe at telkom for the local thingy or how does it work.
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Local is all sites are physically located in South Africa. International are sites, they could be co.za which are located on international servers like America and so on.

If you buy an International account, you get local access with it automatically, if you buy a local account, you can't visit international sites ;)
 
ok thanks but how do i find local sites then, i wanna test it out. at the moment i have a 3gig cap but it should be reduced to 1 gig maybe next month.
 
waynegohl said:
ok thanks but how do i find local sites then, i wanna test it out. at the moment i have a 3gig cap but it should be reduced to 1 gig maybe next month.
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Why would you want it reduced? Myadsl is a local site, so you've already found one.

Dude, you won't manage on 1GB, not even my grandma (bless her, she's dead) could manage on 1GB :D
 
ha ha would contacting grandma qualify as a local site or international, yeah i know 1gig is too little but wifey says we paying hellkom too much money, but i do have prepaid adsl that i use so its cool for now. i dont argue with her when she holds my money.
 
hang on! if myadsl is a local site how come it does not show on the telkom usage indicator on my computer i been on the site since last year, would it show that i use local sites.
 
waynegohl said:
hang on! if myadsl is a local site how come it does not show on the telkom usage indicator on my computer i been on the site since last year, would it show that i use local sites.
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AFAIK that usage indicator has but only been up to sh*t since its inception ;)
 
Your local usage will only start showing up on the usage tracker once all your international is used up. Also note that, when you on local only, not all local websites will work perfectly even if they are on SA soil.

I would say that 2gigs a month would be reasonable for international traffic, without gaming. you will never be able to experience the wonder of the WWW with our speeds so don't worry about that.
 
haha well said. but I will frequently use facebook, my youger siblings will play games on Disney Channel's site, I will download music and sometimes videos...will I be able to do this with 2GB?
 
Sorry for late reply. the best thing to do would be to get the 2gig telkom so u get the 20gig local and then if u need more u just top up with Webafrica. What i noticed is that, u always tend to use alot for 1st few months of adsl but as time goes buy, it tails off.
 
Gck2702 said:
haha well said. but I will frequently use facebook, my youger siblings will play games on Disney Channel's site, I will download music and sometimes videos...will I be able to do this with 2GB?
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Don't think 2GB will be enough. MP3s and YouTube will eat your cap.
Try out the 2GB package, you can always upgrade later :)
 
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