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On Business uncapped??
cryptic1
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Just messing around..
Can't stream YouTube, can't even imagine HD on Netflix, browsing is faster on my cellphone over 3G. Full speeds on an Openweb account.
If this is the new normal, I've had enough. Not paying a premium for my connection to become unusable every night.
If this is the new normal, I've had enough. Not paying a premium for my connection to become unusable every night.
Would appreciate input. I just signed up for the afrihost 10mb uncapped bundle for 897/month. Before Afrihost was with MWEB 2mb and averaged around 250gb a month. With 2 days on Afrihost 10mb I am currently being shaped 50% on downloads (it varies throughout the day from 12.5-50%) and streaming from my slingbox in the states, project free tv and others in the evening is terrible. Worse than my former 2mb connection. Would switching to the 4mb Business uncapped for the same price give me a better connection specifically for streaming video from the states? Should I switch to a different provider? I'm just looking for a connection that will give me a consisitent minimum 2Mb streaming capability for video. Any advice would be appreciated. Fast download speeds are nice, but I'm fine for that going a bit slower if I can get reliable streaming speeds. Thanks
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Lawrence777
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Download speeds are 500kbps to 600kbps for me on the 10MB Business Uncapped all day so far, but with my OpenWeb account it's 900+ kbps. I feel your pain
I'm afraid I'm opting for the money back guarantee. This looked like a good alternative during shaping periods on my OpenWeb account but it's not working for me as the service is advertised. Sad panda leaving the building 
This is very unusual, our testing is not showing generally degraded performance on Business. We'll need to run some tests to see what's happening here, especially if you get full performance with another network
Please drop me a PM so we can look into this
killerbyte
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killerbyte
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I told you guys in my PMs... I abuse my connection but I am happy to pay a little extra to get a better quality service and the extra R100 has been worth it.
That's all good, post here again at the end of the month with your total usage. Anything less than 900GB I'll be sad
PurSpyk!!
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That's all good, post here again at the end of the month with your total usage. Anything less than 900GB I'll be sad
I use about 250GB on average, would 900GB be an issue if this was done every month?
killerbyte
Expert Member
You pay for the service so you get to use and abuse the service.
@AfriGuy... I can't do 900GB every month, I would need to buy a new 3TB drive every month at that rate. But I do see 400GB in my future
Velenoso
Expert Member
I have this at our office in JHB, can only get up to 2mb line from Telkom in the area. The performance is shocking. Very poor speeds. (sometimes 0.25mbps).
Lawrence777
Well-Known Member
Who wants to bet that if AfriHost fixes my problem that I can break 2TB in a month
Pushing 1TB with an OpenWeb account that's shaped during the day
Pushing 1TB with an OpenWeb account that's shaped during the day
Sorry to hear this Velenoso
Please send me a PM with your account info and I'll check this out for you.
blaaislaai
Executive Member
Every second, every minute, every hour, everyday is just a breeze on these business accounts!
Velenoso
Expert Member
Sorry to hear this Velenoso
Please send me a PM with your account info and I'll check this out for you.
Thank you! Will do.
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