Afrihost -"You have exceeded your cap"

In:DSanity said:
Guys a bit off topic but how does afrihost offer its bandwidth for so cheap i mean whats the catch ?
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Dunno - but when it works it works well :) My 10GB account is still going strong.

Might be my imagination, but it seems way faster than my Telscum account.

bullfrog said:
Does it say capped in your usage in the client area?
Or are you only getting the capped page but it says you're not capped in client area?
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Nope - says unlocked.... got an email saying there was an error on my account, and its been resolved - I'll check tonight.

BTW- also tried flushing my DNS.
 
xrapidx said:
Nope - says unlocked.... got an email saying there was an error on my account, and its been resolved - I'll check tonight.

BTW- also tried flushing my DNS.
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If it says unlocked, I was going to suggest flushing the DNS.
 
Got home and its finally working :) Thanks Gian & Co.

Now its time to bring us cheap uncapped ADSL :D
 
In:DSanity said:
Guys a bit off topic but how does afrihost offer its bandwidth for so cheap i mean whats the catch ?
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Check their website they explain it in detail on there. New in the Market/ Using marketing budget are two of the reasons I remember.

I Ordered a 5GB account and if anything, its faster than my Telkom account!! :)
Defo not an inferior product.

I say sign up while you still can!

Edit: I've had no problems whatsoever since switching to them. In fact it feels much better/faster
 
Fern9do said:
I Ordered a 5GB account and if anything, its faster than my Telkom account!! :)
Defo not an inferior product.
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So I'm not the only one that thinks that.

I logged into my telkom account last night - 0GB used, scheduled three torrents, this morning my cap was up... checked the torrents, 1GB downloaded, 200mb uploaded... don't ask me where Telkom got the other 1.8GB.
 
xrapidx said:
So I'm not the only one that thinks that.

I logged into my telkom account last night - 0GB used, scheduled three torrents, this morning my cap was up... checked the torrents, 1GB downloaded, 200mb uploaded... don't ask me where Telkom got the other 1.8GB.
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I thaught I was going crazy! My cap is definitely taking longer to run out on the Afrihost account.
Telkom must have been ripping us off.
 
I got an Afrihost account on the 23rd of last month. I was billed X amount for the remaining days. I didnt want the account for that month but rather for the next month.

Support there does not understand! Leave them alone. It might be cheap but they are idiots. Leave hosting to them but not ADSL accounts.
 
Hey Cider

Sorry you feel that way. Unfortunately we did not allow for billing from the beginning of the next month due to the nature of the product as we did not know how long we could offer it for. We also charged the prorata amount as we thought it was a small amount and thought it was a small price in order to secure the ADSL offer.

In future maybe just register on the first of the month.

I am sorry to hear about your experience. But unfortunately I can not do anything as every other client also had to pay the prorata amount.

Moshe

Cider said:
I got an Afrihost account on the 23rd of last month. I was billed X amount for the remaining days. I didnt want the account for that month but rather for the next month.

Support there does not understand! Leave them alone. It might be cheap but they are idiots. Leave hosting to them but not ADSL accounts.
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I fully agree with Moshe there they had to do something to secure it for the client and think it is worth it at least you got cheap internet there
 
i managed to use my entire gig for this month.. LAST MONTH... :(, this odd capping policy should be in the sign up somewhere
 
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