Afrihost Uncapped VS Mweb Uncapped

kaisterkai

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Hey

I just want to know about afrihost's uncap, because I know about Mweb getting really slow a certain hours, but ok speed at some other time..

Just want to know if Afrihost is the same or is it better.

And if I want to get uncapped, which company is better to go for?

Thanks
 
Afrihost shapes the connection rather hectically during office hours, and when you get into the top 20%, you really start suffering even after hours. Don't know about MWEB though...

Note: I don't even do more that 10g per month.
 
wayfarer wrote
"and when you get into the top 20%, you really start suffering even after hours."

Yes, after midnight, things speed up with Afrihost if you are in the top 20, until 7am mon-fri. this morning (Sat) approx 9am my nntp newsgroups came down at approx 350KB's from Astraweb. Looks like they open up over the week-end. Mon-Fri evenings I get 50KB's then I stop and carry-on after 6am to 7am.
 
Go Mweb... As much as I still cringe when I suggest them to people, it is the best uncapped ISP, imo.
 
MWeb slowed down this weekend

Usually always got over 400kB/sec after hours on Astraweb with Mweb uncapped ADSL , now this whole weekend so far its between 150 - 175 kB/sec !
pete
 
analytical said:
Im getting 20kb/s on a 4mb uncaaped mweb downloading from hot file.This realy sucks
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That is mainly hotfile. Also seem to be getting slow speeds from them. A lot of people all over complain about hotfile. Rapidshare is fast but expensive right now.
 
Since Afirihost moved me onto the IS backbone for being a heavy user I’ve had no problem with the account. So I'm pretty happy with my 4meg uncapped at the moment. But I have to ad that I only use my account at night between 7pm and 6am during the week and on weekends, so I can't really comment on the performance of the account during working hours, which I assume will be slow.

Here are some daily usage stats for the month:

Afrihost [07/09/2010 --- 11/14/2010] - Usage : 164GB

11/14/2010 Sunday - 18.20 GB – Downloaded -1.76 GB -Uploaded 19.96 GB Both
11/13/2010 Saturday - 28.34 GB – Downloaded - 3.04 GB -Uploaded - 31.39 GB Both
11/12/2010 Friday - 8.61 GB – Downloaded - 1.54 GB – Uploaded - 10.15 GB Both
11/11/2010 Thursday - 11.17 GB – Downloaded -1.62 GB - Uploaded - 12.79 GB Both
11/10/2010 Wednesday - 11.94 GB – Downloaded - 1.74 GB - Uploaded - 13.68 GB Both
11/09/2010 Tuesday - 9.08 GB – Downloaded - 1.27 GB - Uploaded - 10.36 GB Both
11/08/2010 Monday - 10.48 GB – Downloaded - 1.50 GB - Uploaded - 11.98 GB Both
11/07/2010 Sunday - 8.41 GB – Downloaded -1.32 GB - Uploaded - 9.73 GB Both
11/06/2010 Saturday - 11.10 GB – Downloaded - 1.70 GB - Uploaded - 12.80 GB Both
11/05/2010 Friday - 2.61 GB – Downloaded - 633.21 MB - Uploaded - 3.23 GB Both
11/04/2010 Thursday - 5.64 GB – Downloaded - 1.21 GB - Uploaded - 6.84 GB Both
11/03/2010 Wednesday - 4.08 GB – Downloaded - 807.02 MB – Uploaded - 4.87 GB Both
11/02/2010 Tuesday - 9.37 GB – Downloaded - 1.42 GB - Uploaded - 10.79 GB Both
11/01/2010 Monday - 5.02 GB – Downloaded - 894.94 MB - Uploaded - 5.89 GB Both

Edit:
Regarding File hosting sites and Torrent downloads I get between 280kb's and 445kb's speeds and I can view HD/SD video's on Youtube without any slow buffering.
 
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wayfarer said:
Afrihost shapes the connection rather hectically during office hours, and when you get into the top 20%, you really start suffering even after hours. Don't know about MWEB though...

Note: I don't even do more that 10g per month.
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I see... mm.. maybe uncap is just always slow?
 
psheldon said:
wayfarer wrote
"and when you get into the top 20%, you really start suffering even after hours."

Yes, after midnight, things speed up with Afrihost if you are in the top 20, until 7am mon-fri. this morning (Sat) approx 9am my nntp newsgroups came down at approx 350KB's from Astraweb. Looks like they open up over the week-end. Mon-Fri evenings I get 50KB's then I stop and carry-on after 6am to 7am.
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What do you guys mean by the Top 20? Top 20 people?
 
burn said:
Go Mweb... As much as I still cringe when I suggest them to people, it is the best uncapped ISP, imo.
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I see..

For some reason I was actually thinking of going to Mweb, because it's just more "known" if we can put it that way..

But just want to check before i make a choice :P
 
peter460332 said:
Usually always got over 400kB/sec after hours on Astraweb with Mweb uncapped ADSL , now this whole weekend so far its between 150 - 175 kB/sec !
pete
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Wow, mm.. Mweb going down?

Anyway, I was reading something of Afrihost, it says that if you use too much of their "uncap" then they will slow down your line..

Have anyone heard of such thing? Because if it's true, then it would really be a S%iT contract!
 
peter460332 said:
Usually always got over 400kB/sec after hours on Astraweb with Mweb uncapped ADSL , now this whole weekend so far its between 150 - 175 kB/sec !
pete
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Wow, mm.. Mweb going down?

Anyway, I was reading something of Afrihost, it says that if you use too much of their "uncap" then they will slow down your line..

Have anyone heard of such thing? Because if it's true, then it would really be a S%iT contract!
 
RPG_Fan said:
That is mainly hotfile. Also seem to be getting slow speeds from them. A lot of people all over complain about hotfile. Rapidshare is fast but expensive right now.
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I know what you mean, but Raipshare is fast even when it's free, I mean compare to the other downloading websites, like megaupload only goes to like 50, and hotfile as well.. Raipshare goes to 100 the once I was downloading..
 
BlackDragonSS said:
Since Afirihost moved me onto the IS backbone for being a heavy user I’ve had no problem with the account. So I'm pretty happy with my 4meg uncapped at the moment. But I have to ad that I only use my account at night between 7pm and 6am during the week and on weekends, so I can't really comment on the performance of the account during working hours, which I assume will be slow.

Here are some daily usage stats for the month:

Afrihost [07/09/2010 --- 11/14/2010] - Usage : 164GB

11/14/2010 Sunday - 18.20 GB – Downloaded -1.76 GB -Uploaded 19.96 GB Both
11/13/2010 Saturday - 28.34 GB – Downloaded - 3.04 GB -Uploaded - 31.39 GB Both
11/12/2010 Friday - 8.61 GB – Downloaded - 1.54 GB – Uploaded - 10.15 GB Both
11/11/2010 Thursday - 11.17 GB – Downloaded -1.62 GB - Uploaded - 12.79 GB Both
11/10/2010 Wednesday - 11.94 GB – Downloaded - 1.74 GB - Uploaded - 13.68 GB Both
11/09/2010 Tuesday - 9.08 GB – Downloaded - 1.27 GB - Uploaded - 10.36 GB Both
11/08/2010 Monday - 10.48 GB – Downloaded - 1.50 GB - Uploaded - 11.98 GB Both
11/07/2010 Sunday - 8.41 GB – Downloaded -1.32 GB - Uploaded - 9.73 GB Both
11/06/2010 Saturday - 11.10 GB – Downloaded - 1.70 GB - Uploaded - 12.80 GB Both
11/05/2010 Friday - 2.61 GB – Downloaded - 633.21 MB - Uploaded - 3.23 GB Both
11/04/2010 Thursday - 5.64 GB – Downloaded - 1.21 GB - Uploaded - 6.84 GB Both
11/03/2010 Wednesday - 4.08 GB – Downloaded - 807.02 MB – Uploaded - 4.87 GB Both
11/02/2010 Tuesday - 9.37 GB – Downloaded - 1.42 GB - Uploaded - 10.79 GB Both
11/01/2010 Monday - 5.02 GB – Downloaded - 894.94 MB - Uploaded - 5.89 GB Both

Edit:
Regarding File hosting sites and Torrent downloads I get between 280kb's and 445kb's speeds and I can view HD/SD video's on Youtube without any slow buffering.
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Hey..

thanks for the info, sigh, you have a 4meg line, fast lol.

I'm not going for something like that :( but thanks anyway I guess it kind of puts me into the picture..
 
kaisterkai said:
Hey

I just want to know about afrihost's uncap, because I know about Mweb getting really slow a certain hours, but ok speed at some other time..

Just want to know if Afrihost is the same or is it better.

And if I want to get uncapped, which company is better to go for?

Thanks
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Afrihost is best for capped. Not uncapped. Rather go MWEB or pay more for OpenWEB GOLD.
 
My experience with Afrihost was dreadful. I had much better luck with OpenWeb. Highly recommended.
 
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