Alternative to MWEB DSL?

[PeterCH]

Does anyone have any good prepaid alternatives to MWEB ADSL which will not use Seacom?
Please post here. Hopefully something which can be bought ad hoc with a CC
and used whenever MWEB (SeaCom) goes down. Thanks.

 

[semaphore]

webafrica

 

[PeterCH]

Ta, anything else?

 

[semaphore]

Not sure sorry, i got webafrica as backup

 

[Sting]

Ta, anything else?

The Dark Side :twisted:

 

[semaphore]

The Dark Side :twisted:

Afrihost is the worst ISP. I would rather use dialup, wait thats afrihost.

 

[Sting]

Afrihost is the worst ISP. I would rather use dialup, wait thats afrihost.

They are still enlightened in comparison to "The Dark Side"!!!

 

[PeterCH]

The Dark Side :twisted:

Telkom? Can you buy prepaid with CC? Is it cheaper than WA R69 per GB? That WA I assume is SAIX traffic?

 

[Gordon_R]

Note: MWeb have arranged for their ADSL users to switch to SAIX while SEACOM is down.

Reboot your modem, get a new IP, and your'e up and running!

tracert news.bbc.co.uk

Tracing route to newswww.bbc.net.uk [212.58.244.61]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms   <10 ms   <10 ms  home.gateway [192.168.1.254]
  2     8 ms     8 ms     8 ms  dsl-245-128-01.telkomadsl.co.za [41.245.128.1]
  3     8 ms     9 ms     8 ms  196.43.33.65
  4     8 ms    17 ms     9 ms  196.43.33.65
  5    30 ms    29 ms    29 ms  196.43.10.130
  6    29 ms    29 ms    30 ms  196.43.33.5
  7   426 ms   427 ms   426 ms  ams-ip-dir-globalc-pos-4-0-0.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.43.18.26]
  8   478 ms   475 ms   482 ms  93-126-245-83.packetexchange.net [83.245.126.93]
  9   482 ms   487 ms   496 ms  212.58.238.129
 10   474 ms   475 ms   480 ms  212.58.239.58
 11   477 ms   495 ms   480 ms  212.58.251.44
 12   476 ms   477 ms   479 ms  newswww.bbc.net.uk [212.58.244.61]

Trace complete.

 

[bleh69]

lol

so them telkom bundled gigs do come in handy sometimes. you know telkom internet users have priority on the SAIX link yea?

: )

 

[Sting]

Telkom? Can you buy prepaid with CC? Is it cheaper than WA R69 per GB? That WA I assume is SAIX traffic?

Not that I've done it yet (AH uncapped), but I understand it can be done by CC for around R64/gb. I'm not sure if it is only for existing Telkom ISP customers only...

 

[ChrisJ]

G-Connect is giving me full line speed on international

 

[PeterCH]

G-Connect is giving me full line speed on international

But G-Connect is time limited I presume - you buy their 30d passport, for example.

 

[LancelotSA]

Note: MWeb have arranged for their ADSL users to switch to SAIX while SEACOM is down.

Reboot your modem, get a new IP, and your'e up and running!

Yip, excellent service by Mweb. No need for a back up.

 

[ChrisJ]

But G-Connect is time limited I presume - you buy their 30d passport, for example.

They also have standard prepaid (no expiry) which is R37/gb, not cheap but at least it is working.

 

[PeterCH]

They also have standard prepaid (no expiry) which is R37/gb, not cheap but at least it is working.

They do? Sorry can't seem to find it. Just their prepaid R150 for 30 days and up broadband passes.