The_Unbeliever
Honorary Master
Hi All
Just thought I'd post this, as I find it quite interesting to see how data usage have changed (and will keep on changing).
Way back in 2006 we had an ISDN line installed at home (work was paying). So we had 64k ISDN to play with when accessing the Internet.
It was definitely faster (and so much better) than piddly dial-up on a modem. Now we know why some people was calling those slo-dems
Anyways, the line was later replaced with an 512k ADSL line. Now it was much better, as we were able to purchase prepaid Axxess vouchers, and use that to surf the 'Net.
For that privilege we paid R70 for 1Gb. We managed to make that 1Gb last for longer than a month. Don't ask me how we did it, it was probably due to not having facebook or the such. Email and a bit of web browsing only.
Then, in 2009 Afrihost unleashed the cat amongst the pigeons, with their R29 @ 1Gb offering. A comparison between the R70@1Gb and R87@3Gb was made, the decision was made, and I signed up for a 3Gb package.
At first it was bliss not to have to worry about data consumption and usage. Then Farmville entered the picture. :/
At the end of 2010 I was infrequently topping our account up with a Gig here and there. Afrihost's "Buy two for the price of one" special also helped a lot. Then I decided that I cannot be bothered anymore with doing topping up any longer, and changed the package to a 5GB cap.
Two or three months later, Afrihost changed their pricing again, enabling us to have 10Gb for the price of a (then) 5Gb. Lovely stuff. However, they also lowered the prices of their uncapped data prices, bringing a 1Mb uncapped offering down to R197 - which worked out cheaper if you compare it to a 10Gb @ R145... No more the need to top it up, especially around the end of a month...
The most I've used was 60Gb at a stage, when trying out the uncapped account.
This is the way things is meant to be - no more worries about getting capped while you do youtube searches, facebook posts and so on.
I'm sure that, at some stage, the 1Mb pipe we're using now, will prove to be too insufficient, and we'll have to upgrade. But that is another story for another time...
Just thought I'd post this, as I find it quite interesting to see how data usage have changed (and will keep on changing).
Way back in 2006 we had an ISDN line installed at home (work was paying). So we had 64k ISDN to play with when accessing the Internet.
It was definitely faster (and so much better) than piddly dial-up on a modem. Now we know why some people was calling those slo-dems
Anyways, the line was later replaced with an 512k ADSL line. Now it was much better, as we were able to purchase prepaid Axxess vouchers, and use that to surf the 'Net.
For that privilege we paid R70 for 1Gb. We managed to make that 1Gb last for longer than a month. Don't ask me how we did it, it was probably due to not having facebook or the such. Email and a bit of web browsing only.
Then, in 2009 Afrihost unleashed the cat amongst the pigeons, with their R29 @ 1Gb offering. A comparison between the R70@1Gb and R87@3Gb was made, the decision was made, and I signed up for a 3Gb package.
At first it was bliss not to have to worry about data consumption and usage. Then Farmville entered the picture. :/
At the end of 2010 I was infrequently topping our account up with a Gig here and there. Afrihost's "Buy two for the price of one" special also helped a lot. Then I decided that I cannot be bothered anymore with doing topping up any longer, and changed the package to a 5GB cap.
Two or three months later, Afrihost changed their pricing again, enabling us to have 10Gb for the price of a (then) 5Gb. Lovely stuff. However, they also lowered the prices of their uncapped data prices, bringing a 1Mb uncapped offering down to R197 - which worked out cheaper if you compare it to a 10Gb @ R145... No more the need to top it up, especially around the end of a month...
The most I've used was 60Gb at a stage, when trying out the uncapped account.
This is the way things is meant to be - no more worries about getting capped while you do youtube searches, facebook posts and so on.
I'm sure that, at some stage, the 1Mb pipe we're using now, will prove to be too insufficient, and we'll have to upgrade. But that is another story for another time...
