Best ISP for 2Mbps uncapped service

wingnut771 said:
No different than WA.

No 30 day crap either.
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One thing they don't have is download plus hours - this is something Web Africa control on their products shaping management. Remember that just because there are lots of accounts with star ratings at different providers, it doesn't mean that one's stars won't fall faster than another's stars. IS have set up the accounts as each service provider wants them set up.

Saying that I wouldn't be able to say which account is better in terms of keeping the stars high, that you would have to see for yourself.
 
fingerprintz.mgr said:
One thing they don't have is download plus hours - this is something Web Africa control on their products shaping management. Remember that just because there are lots of accounts with star ratings at different providers, it doesn't mean that one's stars won't fall faster than another's stars. IS have set up the accounts as each service provider wants them set up.

Saying that I wouldn't be able to say which account is better in terms of keeping the stars high, that you would have to see for yourself.
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If you download between 23:00-6:00, your star rating is unaffected.

So, yes they do.
 
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I think when people see an uncapped 2mb account for R99, they immediately think there is something wrong with it.

Bear in mind this is a launch price, normal price is R199, so whoever joins at that price gets to keep it at that price.
 
fingerprintz.mgr said:
Well I'll give it a try if the offer is still available by the time my current uncapped is cancelled :)
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Offer is for first 1000 customers.

If you're not a 24/7 downloader, and schedule your DL's for 23:00-6:00 (weekends included), I'm sure you will be happy. I've been happy with Plugg for over a year (4mb) but since IC came around, their pricing was too good to resist, so good in fact that I'm trying the 10mb account on my 4mb line just to see if stars drop any different, esp on unshaped weekends (which is unfair if you ask me), so far I still see stars dropping over the weekend if I netflix a lot for example, although at a slower pace.

What I might end up doing is, going back to 4mb account @ R260, and use the @lantic bolt on for weekends. More admin I know, but there really isn't anything better out there.

At least I will be saving on my line at the end of the month when hopefully all the line upgrades are done, and I call to downgrade my imaginary 10mb down to 4mb, then demand the 25% discount by committing for 12 months.
 
wingnut771 said:
Offer is for first 1000 customers.

If you're not a 24/7 downloader, and schedule your DL's for 23:00-6:00 (weekends included), I'm sure you will be happy. I've been happy with Plugg for over a year (4mb) but since IC came around, their pricing was too good to resist, so good in fact that I'm trying the 10mb account on my 4mb line just to see if stars drop any different, esp on unshaped weekends (which is unfair if you ask me), so far I still see stars dropping over the weekend if I netflix a lot for example, although at a slower pace.

What I might end up doing is, going back to 4mb account @ R260, and use the @lantic bolt on for weekends. More admin I know, but there really isn't anything better out there.

At least I will be saving on my line at the end of the month when hopefully all the line upgrades are done, and I call to downgrade my imaginary 10mb down to 4mb, then demand the 25% discount by committing for 12 months.
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I did that..... Best option ever. My area just won't get upgraded to 10Mbps. So I called and they downgraded me to the 4Mbps option for R299.

I had the discount on the 10Mbps price of R415 but now after the downgrade the discount is still the same of R127.

So I am paying R172 for a 4Mbps line and already served 6 months of my contract. Maybe you should get the discount before downgrading.... Maybe it will be more like mine?
 
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cavedog said:
I did that..... Best option ever. My area just won't get upgraded to 10Mbps. So I called and they downgraded me to the 4Mbps option for R299.

I had the discount on the 10Mbps price of R415 but now after the downgrade the discount is still the same of R127.

So I am paying R172 for a 4Mbps line and already served 6 months of my contract. Maybe you should get the discount before downgrading.... Maybe it will be more like mine?
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Shot bro! :D

I will apply for the discount first thing monday on my fake 10mb line, then downgrade to 4mb later when things calm down.

I will probably have to go into a telkom shop to do this as getting through to cancellations on 10210 is proving a bit impossible these days.
 
On Openweb Golf Power 2 MB and not getting any love from it.

Normal HTTP downloads for work related stuff is shaped like mad! Bother during and after hours.
Browsing is decent and highly unstable!

Anyone got any other options ??
 
moosag said:
On Openweb Golf Power 2 MB and not getting any love from it.

Normal HTTP downloads for work related stuff is shaped like mad! Bother during and after hours.
Browsing is decent and highly unstable!

Anyone got any other options ??
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Have you emailed [email protected]? I have a cheaper account and it performs perfectly during the day for everything except downloads which are shaped.
 
I went from MWEB 1Mbit to OpenWeb Gold 2Mbit to Afrihost Business 2Mbit and am back at MWEB 2Mbit Premium. Best internet out of them all in my case. What a pleasure to be back on quality bandwidth 24/7.
 
Yeah best option for full speed unshaped access would be high capped accounts. I got 3 very good options for you.

1. @lantic/Vox

50GB Fat Pipe unshaped with data rollover + uncapped afterhours bolt on.

R170 for the 50GB + R59 for the uncapped bolt on = R229 per month that will give you 50GB unshaped data for use on Monday to Friday 6am to 6pm and uncapped for the rest of the time including weekends all unshaped....

https://www.lantic.net/connectivity/adsl/fat-pipe
https://www.lantic.net/connectivity/adsl/uncapped-adsl/adsl-uncapped-bolt-on

2. Webafrica

Home Capped 60GB + 60GB for only R199 per month. It will give you 60GB data to use for Monday to Sunday 6am to 11:59pm and then 60GB for Monday to Sunday 00:00 to 6am which is great for downloads.

3. Axxess

Capped adsl 50GB for only R189 per month. It gives you 50GB unshaped adsl access for a month.

I use @lantic/vox fat pipe with the uncapped bolt on cause it gives you unshaped uncapped adsl over the whole weekend where the other accounts don't.

If you got for the R99 uncapped Connection account and maintain usage of 60GB a month you should have a really good experience with it since your usage is low. Take note though if you hammer the uncapped account in just 1 day or weekend it will be throttled...
 
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