ADSL speeds

[DrewChan]

Looking for some heavy downloading should I choose:

A. Openweb Gold 512kb
B. Mweb unshaped 384kb

Can't afford telkoms R419 for a #$%R# 4mb line.

 

[Chevron]

Looking for some heavy downloading should I choose:

A. Openweb Gold 512kb
B. Mweb unshaped 384kb

Can't afford telkoms R419 for a #$%R# 4mb line.

Openweb GOLD 512.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

unshaped would give 24/7 dl speed on anything though

 

[DrewChan]

Ok two conflicting view points, why would you say 512k over 384 unshaped? Surely if i have 24/7 torrents they will shape me horribly.

 

[TJ99]

Because apparently MWEB is the devil and everything they do is bad. Although I've never had any problem with my Mweb connection (standard 384k) and the shaping hasn't really been noticable. I think it's heavier on the bigger accounts. Although if you can afford 384 unshaped, why not get a 4Mb shaped one instead, aren't they around the same price? should get you much better speed.

 

[Pada]

Just get 384kbps shaped from Mweb and use news servers to download stuff.

512kbps is a waste of money, and so is unshaped 384kbps.