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LittleG

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Hi
There seems to be too much information about all the best broadband connections. I would like to know what my best option is.
Heres the situation:
Wife spends most nights on phone long distanmce so have R7 telkom thing. other end of line also has it so only one really needs that.

So at night and weekends i would also like to be online while she uses the landline.
I have a laptop with wireless built-in.
What is my CHEAPEST option?
telkomADSL (not worried about speed) cheapest isp?
iburst?
sentech?
wireless router?
vodacom 3g?
data bundles?
I dont do major downloads just maybe uploading and pics to a site.

dont think i want to get a 2 year contract as this industry is reforming daily and technology is screaming!

Anyone help me?
 
LittleG said:
Hi
There seems to be too much information about all the best broadband connections. I would like to know what my best option is.
Heres the situation:
Wife spends most nights on phone long distanmce so have R7 telkom thing. other end of line also has it so only one really needs that.

So at night and weekends i would also like to be online while she uses the landline.
I have a laptop with wireless built-in.
What is my CHEAPEST option?
telkomADSL (not worried about speed) cheapest isp?
iburst?
sentech?
wireless router?
vodacom 3g?
data bundles?
I dont do major downloads just maybe uploading and pics to a site.

dont think i want to get a 2 year contract as this industry is reforming daily and technology is screaming!

Anyone help me?
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Best option for you is to go to Hellkom and see the cheapest broadband prices.

My advice is ADSL 192 and Cybersmart 3GIG.
 
dsl 192k is R279 per month. to that you add your isp/cap - you can get 3gb (telkom/saix backbone) for 192k from imaginet (i think) for R100. otherwise 3gb accounts are normally around R199.

*edit* R100/3gb on 192k may be from cybersmart
 
PostmanPot said:
dsl 192k is R279 per month. to that you add your isp/cap - you can get 3gb (telkom/saix backbone) for 192k from imaginet (i think) for R100. otherwise 3gb accounts are normally around R199.

*edit* R100/3gb on 192k may be from cybersmart
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you know what I dont get about cybersmart - if you are downing 3 gig @ 40 kbs or if you are downing it @ 120 kbs you are still only downloading 3 gigs - SO WHY THE PRICE DIFF's
 
sunsoffun said:
you know what I dont get about cybersmart - if you are downing 3 gig @ 40 kbs or if you are downing it @ 120 kbs you are still only downloading 3 gigs - SO WHY THE PRICE DIFF's
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Dunno, they obviously have a system worked out. From what I hear they give good service and their accounts work, so more power to them.
 
maybe it's IPC bandwidth..? maybe.
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Oh noeeess:eek:

I doubt it though, i have seen and spoke to peeps about there service, they seem to supply good speed with what you get.
 
Well, ..I suppose on a 192, at any given time, you're only utilising about 15 - 18kb/s max bandwidth, instead od 35 - 50 etc.. Must factor into the prcing somewhere..!?
 
Personally I don't really care about the how's and why's only that I'm saving R100 a month and there is no long term contract...
 
LittleG said:
Hi
Heres the situation:
Wife spends most nights on phone long distanmce so have R7 telkom thing. other end of line also has it so only one really needs that.
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How exactly are you able to make long distance calls using R7 a call?
I was under the impression that it's only valid for local(1-50km) calls?
 
The R7 calls are telkom-to-telkom calls, whether local or longdistance, in call-more time ONLY.

So cellphones are not covered, as well as phonebooths (which normally disconnect after 10 or 15 mins?)...

Remember, if you chat for 30 mins, and line get's dropped, the next call starts at R0 again...
 
sunsoffun said:
you know what I dont get about cybersmart - if you are downing 3 gig @ 40 kbs or if you are downing it @ 120 kbs you are still only downloading 3 gigs - SO WHY THE PRICE DIFF's
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3GB cost them the same either way, my theory is that they think you are less likely to download 3GB over 192k than over 1Mbit... R100 for 3GB is selling at a loss!
 
Carlhead said:
3GB cost them the same either way, my theory is that they think you are less likely to download 3GB over 192k than over 1Mbit... R100 for 3GB is selling at a loss!
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I still don get it, I know of guys on 192's doing 20 gigs... :confused: .... and that is small fry.
 
I say your best bet is ADSL192 and Web Africa pay as you go to start. Establish how much bandwidth you actually use, and then decide if you need more.
 
doobiwan said:
I say your best bet is ADSL192 and Web Africa pay as you go to start. Establish how much bandwidth you actually use, and then decide if you need more.
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Nice thing about this option is you don't "loose" your gb's at the end of the month...
 
sunsoffun said:
I still don get it, I know of guys on 192's doing 20 gigs... :confused: .... and that is small fry.
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The problem is that they buy in MBit (Speed) and sell GB (Volume). You can sell a lot more 192K users on a 1MBit line then you can sell 512K users. The ISP has to provide all users with a decent service. If they have 10 x 512K users all going all out, it would hammer their network more then 10 x 192K users. If you were only getting 20K per second on your 512K line, you would be very upset.

Cheers

Dean
 
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