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Shayd

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While I have never used @lantic they seem to have created a very well priced option for those who want control of their ADSL spend and only want to pay for what they use.

Basically it chucks in 1 free gig per month and then you get billed R15 per gig for each gig you use there after. To control overspending they have a maximum threshold that you can select so it won't go over your budget, and of course if you use less you will pay less.

Seems like a good option if you use a relatively small to medium amount of data. Maybe a good mom and pop option.

Here is a link to it: http://www.lantic.net/products/adsl-dial-up/consumer-adsl/gig4gig-adsl/gig4gig-home.html

What do you guys think?

And no I am not a company shill, this just looks really good for the low end mid range guys. You only pay for what you use.

BTW I believe the backbone would be VOX/Datapro

Just checked Afrihost and they are only cheaper from 50+ GB
 
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Just take a look at the feedback on HelloPeter, as well as the attitude of @lantic employees in previous threads on this forum. I doubt anybody would use them after seeing it.
 
Graal said:
Just take a look at the feedback on HelloPeter, as well as the attitude of @lantic employees in previous threads on this forum. I doubt anybody would use them after seeing it.
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This. You'll be hard-pressed to find any reasonable individual on MyBB who would be daft enough to go anywhere near that company without a gun to their heads.
 
i recently used 2gb per month for free for 6 months i think.

they charged me as went over 2gb even though i limited the account to stop at 2gb and the connection log show that i never went over 2gb, but meh went and pay the R130, dont have time to sort out stuff like this.
 
xrapidx said:
Weren't they suing a MyBB member recently?
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Yeah, they were going to sue some mybb member, I think they were even considering suing mybb for allowing people to bash their company. Meh, honestly, I would never use @tlantic even if you held a gun to my head.

Dont trust them. Never will.

Oh noez! I'm gonna get sued now! :P
 
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/334782-lantic-Customer-Abuse?
I had a very abusive experience last year at @lantic. Before the first complaint is deleted from Hellopeter.com, I want to share my experience here so it can serve as a warning to potential and existing @lantic and Vox customers.

It all started when I complained about the bad service I received after trying in vain for several weeks to apply for an ADSL account on behalf of a customer. Here is my complaint:
http://www.hellopeter.com/lantic-complaint-[413142]

The following morning the customer relations manager, Marius Venter, telephoned me and verbally abused, threatened and shouted at me. I telephoned the managing director, Neil Meyer, about the abuse. He disregarded it. I then lodged a complaint at ISPA, but they could not intervene because @lantic is not a member. I e-mailed the managing director of Vox Telecom (@lantic's parent company), Douglas Reed. He disregarded it as well.

I then decided to complain again. Here is the complaint:
http://www.hellopeter.com/lantic-complaint-[456507]
Not only did he flatly deny the abuse, but he tried to intimidate me by stating that my complaint had been referred to their attorneys. Also, in a desperate attempt to discredit me, he had two of his colleagues post compliments:
http://www.hellopeter.com/lantic-compliment-[456510]
http://www.hellopeter.com/lantic-compliment-[456515]
The moderator, however, realized this and in the second compliment, admonished the customer.

He didn't stop there, though. Because Douglas Reed protected him by doing nothing about the abuse, he tattled to him about my complaint. I then received an e-mail from Douglas Reed, stating that he wanted my "contact details, physical address and ID number" so he could "resolve these issues once and for all." After his previous e-mails to me, which were arrogant and contemptuous, I did not reply.

The next day I received an e-mail from the manager of the Pietermaritzburg branch, Russell Briggs, stating that they would be closing my account because "the relationship between ourselves and [your company] has been seriously compromised." A copy of this e-mail was also sent to J.R. Visser, another managing director of @lantic.

As I stated in my second complaint, it was a humiliating experience. Stay well away from this ISP, as well as the rest of Vox Telecom's divisions. This company has absolutely no idea how to treat their customers with any decency whatsoever.
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Wow... Ok stay the hell away it seems.,a good product but crappy arrogant service.

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Shayd said:
Wow... Ok stay the hell away it seems.,a good product but crappy arrogant service.

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Careful what u say. How much you wanna bet that Douglas Reed will see this thread and start posting insane things..


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hhhhmmmm, was considering this, but those hellopeter threads are unbelievable. Why isn't this isp's attitude discussed more openly on this forum?
 
WatchMan said:
hhhhmmmm, was considering this, but those hellopeter threads are unbelievable. Why isn't this isp's attitude discussed more openly on this forum?
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probably because nobody on here seems to use them. They seem to be the Autopage of the isp world.

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