Wireless is overpriced!
Find me a decent price for 10GB on wireless as well as coverage in my area (40km from nearest town) and I'll switch.
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Wireless is overpriced!
Find me a decent price for 10GB on wireless as well as coverage in my area (40km from nearest town) and I'll switch.
LoneGunman
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you guys would weep at the speeds and unlimited Net packages here in the US,
life suddenly becomes all about trying to watch movies n things fast enough to keep some spare hard drive space..
Death to Telkom
life suddenly becomes all about trying to watch movies n things fast enough to keep some spare hard drive space..
Death to Telkom
LoneGunman I know what you mean.
I just tried out Pandora (http://www.pandora.com) which came from the Music Genome Project and it's brilliant!
The only problem is that it chews about 18MB per hour ...
People I know who live overseas use it nearly 24/7.
Can't use YouTube, can't use Internet radio, can't download software updates ...
I just tried out Pandora (http://www.pandora.com) which came from the Music Genome Project and it's brilliant!
The only problem is that it chews about 18MB per hour ...
People I know who live overseas use it nearly 24/7.
Can't use YouTube, can't use Internet radio, can't download software updates ...
LoneGunman
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to give a glimpse of what unlimited highspeed net means, currently I see I've uploaded 120 gigs to Demonoid, and only downloaded 40 or so in the last couple of weeks (just from Demonoid). There's probably been - I dunno, another 40 or 50 gigs from other places as well. No big deal, torrents just run perm on the side, and doesn't affect my other downloads or stuff going on. And I have a backlog of stuff to watch, in order to make space.. eventually, SA folks will have the same thing.. its just the big bloated leech of Telkom, overcharging and making billions from being the only game in town..
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I don't know how to quote sorry
HaNsA: ""i cant believe that Telkom are planning to have 10mbps only in 2010 ......at the moment overseas speeds are much higher than that........DAmn telkom!""
Where did you hear this?!
HaNsA: ""i cant believe that Telkom are planning to have 10mbps only in 2010 ......at the moment overseas speeds are much higher than that........DAmn telkom!""
Where did you hear this?!
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As always no point in higher speeds unless we get bigger caps.
If not much in the way of international access untill the Eassy cable comes then atleast local should be free. They need to allow the local web/web2.0 to grow like it has internationally.
If not much in the way of international access untill the Eassy cable comes then atleast local should be free. They need to allow the local web/web2.0 to grow like it has internationally.
I was quite happy that I could advise someone to rather go for MTN or Vodacom broadband, than getting ADSL. It would work out cheaper for their intended usage (e-mail and some browsing), and they would get it much quicker than ADSL.
Telkom you are busy loosing this one, and it makes me happy...
Telkom you are busy loosing this one, and it makes me happy...