iburst makes the wake-up call for Sentech !

arf9999, they're doing this so Sentech's MyWireless looks good on Speed Tests. That way they can sucker ICASA/ASA etc etc into thinking they ARE providing the service they advertised, even faster than advertised. The thought of it makes my stomach turn :(
 
Ok, lemme explain pipelining quickly.
It's true, the browser makes multiple requests, but all in one connection instead of multiple connections (default)

So you will see an improvement in browsing speeds, unless the total content of the page is over 500KB (Sentech's "magical" number)

Normally the browser will open a connection for each item on the page, this is more taxing on the Web server, but you get sort of "multi-threaded" browsing, with pipelining it will be like it's a single download.

But give it a try, most sites are under 500KB anyways :)
 
Sentech seems to have done something to the 500kbps quick download limit. I was able to keep on restarting a download and getting full speed for the first 500k, now you still get full speed for the first 500k, but after stopping and restarting the thread, it no longer resumes at full speed again for the next 500k. It looks like they have closed this loophole (as predicted).

BDT - thanks for the firefox tip - I'll give it a try.

Also, as far as Sentech dropping the speeds from their package names, that's probably a good idea, BUT they must then be aware that that nullifies all the pre-existing contracts which are specifically for MyWi 128, 256 and 512 packages, and everyone must then have the oppurtunity to decide whether to go onto a new package contract, or cancel. This is probably exactly why they haven't changed their package structure.
 
Garp... I just tried starting a download and then resuming again and it still seems fine on my side. As in it still bursts. What I have found is you should pause your download for about 20 seconds. I am using getRight and am on MyWi 128.
 
garp said:
Also, as far as Sentech dropping the speeds from their package names, that's probably a good idea, BUT they must then be aware that that nullifies all the pre-existing contracts which are specifically for MyWi 128, 256 and 512 packages, and everyone must then have the oppurtunity to decide whether to go onto a new package contract, or cancel. This is probably exactly why they haven't changed their package structure.
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They can just introduce a new package for instance
"MywirelessMax" to rival I-go-everywhere and allow users the option to migrate to this package.(just dont charge any migration fee ! )
 
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