Decisions Decisions

[ice4444]

Hi All

My employer has decided to give me R500/pm to have ADSL installed at home. The last time I had internet installed at home was in 1999 and I was running at a blistering pace of 56kbps.

I know the difference between capped and uncapped; shaped and unshapped. What I need to know is which ISP will give me the most unshapped international Gigs and decent service?

I will use my internet for the following. Downloading, Gaming , , , , , oh yeah and working.

I had a look on another website and saw that I could get 5gb shaped for R239 p/m which comes to R515.20 on FastDSL (includes line rental etc).

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Morné (newbie)

 

[medicnick83]

Go for Telkom so you can get the local package only and then use it for alot of fun stuff

 

[wHiTe*LiGhTnInG]

i would say,,, use the whole 500 bucks....and just add in the extra to make up for a 4 meg dsl. you get 3 gigs international,, plus the local is a bonus. then just buy urself the unshaped pre-paid from axxess when you need it...that way you can have a 4 meg line still under 300 bucks..or you can just get a 512Kbps and not pay anything

oh yes and dont forget to apply rout sentry

 

[assasin20xe]

i want 4meg dsl!

 

[Veroland]

Maybe go for prepaid, that way you can spend money on unshaped for gaming and a another account with cheaper prices for shaped for downloads and work related activities.

 

[Veroland]

i want 4meg dsl!

That is a little bit more than R500 for the line rental from Telscum

 

[assasin20xe]

That is a little bit more than R500 for the line rental from Telscum

dont remind me please

 

[stoke]

I would get a 4MB ADSL line from Teklom.
Then phone Teklom ISP and add the 1GB teklom account, which gives you 10GB of local-only.

And then use seperate NON-EXPIRING AXXESS Unshaped / Semi-Shaped as required, and I would definitely use a router that can run in dual mode (Like the one teklom hands out), so that I could use routesentry as I please to switch accounts freely.

Teklom 4mb line : 413.00 ( http://www.telkom.co.za/common/pricelist/prices/local/adsl.html )
Teklom Line Rental : 120.00 or something .. too lazy to look it up, but .. i'm just going to assume that you already have a teklom phone (kekekeke).
Teklom Internet All Access : R 79.00 (1GB then 10GB Local Only)
Then ... R70 per GB as you need it from AXXESS prepaid (never expires) [ http://www.axxess.co.za/prepaid.php ]

WOOT!

 

[assasin20xe]

^^+1 on that theory.

 

[deanstein]

Go for Telkom so you can get the local package only and then use it for alot of fun stuff

Can someone pls tell me what you can use 10GB of local bandwidth for?!?!?!? I wish I could use it!

 

[assasin20xe]

use the search button

 

[ice4444]

Thanx for all the advise.....

 

[ColinR]

Webonline serves me well, bandwidth rollover at the cheapest price.

 

[Playoff]

I would get a 4MB ADSL line from Teklom.
Then phone Teklom ISP and add the 1GB teklom account, which gives you 10GB of local-only.

And then use seperate NON-EXPIRING AXXESS Unshaped / Semi-Shaped as required, and I would definitely use a router that can run in dual mode (Like the one teklom hands out), so that I could use routesentry as I please to switch accounts freely.

Teklom 4mb line : 413.00 ( http://www.telkom.co.za/common/pricelist/prices/local/adsl.html )
Teklom Line Rental : 120.00 or something .. too lazy to look it up, but .. i'm just going to assume that you already have a teklom phone (kekekeke).
Teklom Internet All Access : R 79.00 (1GB then 10GB Local Only)
Then ... R70 per GB as you need it from AXXESS prepaid (never expires) [ http://www.axxess.co.za/prepaid.php ]

WOOT!

if you are in the Gauteng area you could get an unshaped WiMAX connection from Screamer at R42? for 3 Gigs and they provision it at whatever speed you want.

 

[Blaze786]

If I was you I would go directly to Mweb, R499 you get a 4MB Line and a 1 gig cap, plus 10 gig local, and you can boost int at anytime R99 per gig. Best value for money as far as I am concerened Woot!

 

[stoke]

I went to MWeb's website to see if Blaze 786 was correct or just pushing for free advertising, and ... i freaking hate flash websites . Here is what I found out:

According to : http://www.mweb.co.za/productsservi...ernetAccessADSLPricing/tabid/142/Default.aspx

You still have to pay teklom for the telephone line rental (That R120 i mentioned above).
BUT - MWeb do throw in a FREE VoIP modem ... I tried to work out what on earth a VOIP modem is, but it seems that MWeb have decided not to tell me what that is. I suspect that they may be offering a free ADSL modem, you never know.

So, my route vs the MWeb route:
Teklom : R 413 ( 4MB/s ADSL Line ) + R 79.00 (1GB then 10GB Local Only) = R492 + Once off ADSL Modem cost (R360 -> R1200).
MWeb : R 499 ( 4MB/s ADSL Line + 1GB then 10GB Local Only) + A free VOIP Modem + Bizzare and tricky terms and conditions and only one connection allowed at a time = R499.

Choices choices ...