Help with choosing a new ADSL ISP

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Hi everyone,

Have a 4Mbps ADSL line at home, with an MWeb uncapped 4Mbps account. Throughput speeds on MWeb have progressively degraded to a point where I am now getting download speeds equivalent to 1Mbps. It's time to change.

Here's my anticipated usage:
I mostly download through HTTP from hotfile and rapidshare, generally after 20h00.
Some heavy browsing over weekends.
I doubt that I would exceed a total usage of 150Gb in any month.
Have given up (for now) on playing COD online, maybe I am getting too slow:D
Don't want something that throttles HTTP downloads after hours (like MWeb)

I know that the ISP's continually change their product offering and specials, but I would prefer having one recommended to me based on my anticipated usage than trying them all one at a time. Is there anyone that would like to recommend a new ISP to me please?
 
It could be a localised issue. Before jumping ship, why not buy some prepaid vouchers from different ISPs to test it out on your line first?

It might be a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire!!
 
rudirautenbach said:
Hi everyone,

Have a 4Mbps ADSL line at home, with an MWeb uncapped 4Mbps account. Throughput speeds on MWeb have progressively degraded to a point where I am now getting download speeds equivalent to 1Mbps. It's time to change.

Here's my anticipated usage:
I mostly download through HTTP from hotfile and rapidshare, generally after 20h00.
Some heavy browsing over weekends.
I doubt that I would exceed a total usage of 150Gb in any month.
Have given up (for now) on playing COD online, maybe I am getting too slow:D
Don't want something that throttles HTTP downloads after hours (like MWeb)

I know that the ISP's continually change their product offering and specials, but I would prefer having one recommended to me based on my anticipated usage than trying them all one at a time. Is there anyone that would like to recommend a new ISP to me please?
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www.leechpack.com + www.axxess.co.za Just uncapped 4meg.

Problems solved. I get a ping of 16ms on mweb, igame and IG servers.
 
Leechpack is the worst leeching service I have ever seen! I have tried them over the month of December, their multi-file leeching is appauling, their download leeches from rapidshare and fileserve often does not complete, and is the biggest waste of money. I belong to other forums (USA-based) where Leechpack has been slammed as a fake with no real support staff team and just there to steal people's money. So sorry, but no more Leechpack for me. I reported them to PayPal.

I looked at the "Just Uncapped" product of Axxess, it looks good, was wondering what is so different between the "Just Surf Uncapped" and the "Just Uncapped" that makes up the R503 difference. And both is "unshaped" according to the comparison sheet.

I would love to try them out on prepaid, it's just that I am not sure that their prepaid offering has the same protocols (shaping and other) as that of their post-paid uncapped. As MickeyD said, it may make more sense to try some of them out on prepaid first before leaping.
 
rudirautenbach said:
Leechpack is the worst leeching service I have ever seen! I have tried them over the month of December, their multi-file leeching is appauling, their download leeches from rapidshare and fileserve often does not complete, and is the biggest waste of money. I belong to other forums (USA-based) where Leechpack has been slammed as a fake with no real support staff team and just there to steal people's money. So sorry, but no more Leechpack for me. I reported them to PayPal.

I looked at the "Just Uncapped" product of Axxess, it looks good, was wondering what is so different between the "Just Surf Uncapped" and the "Just Uncapped" that makes up the R503 difference. And both is "unshaped" according to the comparison sheet.

I would love to try them out on prepaid, it's just that I am not sure that their prepaid offering has the same protocols (shaping and other) as that of their post-paid uncapped. As MickeyD said, it may make more sense to try some of them out on prepaid first before leaping.
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Just surf is crap. It's only for surfing. You will be disappointed and cry. Don't waste your money.

For your usage one of those IS based uncapped packages would probably be best for you.
 
Phoned Axxess today, saleslady not too well informed, but one of the techies managed to explain their system to me. I asked for a free trial account (need a few hunderd Mb to test download speeds) but was informed that it is in the pipeline but they cannot help me with one just yet. Would be nice just to test first, as I dont want to buy a full month's access and waste money if its crap.

Just had Telkom recreate my port, retested Mweb, it is now down to 50KB/s. The same (test) file downloaded at 120KB/s on Saturday night, and at 420-440KB/s on the 17th of December. Feels to me as if my account is the subject of Mweb's harshest shaping policies. I mean, what else could it be? The file sits on Rapidshare.org and I have a premium account, so no throttling on their side.
 
Afrihost ... no problems. Best i've had since ADSL started
 
Hey all,

Okay, been reading through a few forums now, trying to see who is in fact supplying the most affordable, but at the same time value for money internets. Basically want to use for seamless online gaming and pref. uncapped. Doesnt have to be lightning fast, just enough...

People speak highly about Afrihost, are they good? I work at a WISP myself so I know some of the "other" guys...

Thanks.
 
Wolfie-DMX said:
Hey all,

Okay, been reading through a few forums now, trying to see who is in fact supplying the most affordable, but at the same time value for money internets. Basically want to use for seamless online gaming and pref. uncapped. Doesnt have to be lightning fast, just enough...

People speak highly about Afrihost, are they good? I work at a WISP myself so I know some of the "other" guys...

Thanks.
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Have you considered openweb? also on hotfile and megau, and game on ps3. Brilliant speeds all day long. Done +/- 200 gig this month. Gaming has been great too, barring stupid Black Ops servers.
 
Wasp_21 said:
Have you considered openweb? also on hotfile and megau, and game on ps3. Brilliant speeds all day long. Done +/- 200 gig this month. Gaming has been great too, barring stupid Black Ops servers.
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Never heard of it, but will check it out thanks. I need to consider getting my 128k connection replaced o_O
 
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