Am I right in thinking that .......

Chubs

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I was wondering.

To get ADSL you need to pay R680 to telkom as a residential user per month, R800 for business.
<font color="red">You then need to subscribe either to Telkom or another ISP for the internet, another R200-around R300ish.</font id="red">Megalan offers PPTP service, R199 for 64k to 256k for R775/month which is supposedly unlimited via a vpn connection. Megalan say you need not be one of their subscribers to use their PPTP service.

So, am I right in thinking, why not skip the ISP stage in red above, and go straight for a guaranteed link with no limit via Megalan. How do Megalan check whether you have an ADSL account, there doesnt seem to be a mention of it in the application form?

Wouldnt it be almost like having a diginet(64k) line for like R879 for a residential user?

Somthing has to be wrong with the way I am thinking....any ideas?
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Chubs</i>
<br />I was wondering.

To get ADSL you need to pay R680 to telkom as a residential user per month, R800 for business.
<font color="red">You then need to subscribe either to Telkom or another ISP for the internet, another R200-around R300ish.</font id="red">Megalan offers PPTP service, R199 for 64k to 256k for R775/month which is supposedly unlimited via a vpn connection. Megalan say you need not be one of their subscribers to use their PPTP service.

So, am I right in thinking, why not skip the ISP stage in red above, and go straight for a guaranteed link with no limit via Megalan. How do Megalan check whether you have an ADSL account, there doesnt seem to be a mention of it in the application form?

Wouldnt it be almost like having a diginet(64k) line for like R879 for a residential user?

Somthing has to be wrong with the way I am thinking....any ideas?
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All great but a vpn connection needs a internet connection to work!!!
 
Ahh...ok..theres where I went wrong. I was under the impression, that you could dial up to Megalan direct.
 
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