IS it worth it anymore?

[milomak]

so telkom have managed to introduce inflation in an industry which is mostly delationary. nice one to them.

 

[Bobb]

Most worth it ever in terms of SA internet were the R200 30GB accounts of the past.

It's weird that we have to aspire to the past in an industry that naturally moves forward (well in other countries).

Lol. Ah yes, like the glorious days of uncapped local access.... the good old days :/

 

[ubberfunk]

OT

my friend from the UK came to SA for a visit!.... He has a 8 meg broadband line !! for a whooooping 22 pounds!! duno if he is capped though!

like sooooo jelous!

 

[RogueTr00per]

I'm not on a debit order with my IS 2/30gb account, so next month, if I decide to support the lesser of two evils, I will get a 1/10gb IS account. If it carries on being k@k, then maybe the 5gb SAIX local account for me from then on. IMO R19 per gig for local is a major rip off tho!

On IS, I dont seem to be getting cached speeds anymore for downloads that are supposedly cached. Such a waste of time... I have 17gb to use up in the next 4 days Not a chance I will get my money's worth..

 

[Zyzzyva]

It really comes down to, can you live with 10G. If the answer is yes, then saix is definitely the way to go. Full speed downloads will bring a smile to your face everytime.

Perhaps an option would be to go for two 10G saix accounts from axxess for R300.

Another thing to consider for others would be line speed. If the user has a 4meg line then saix is much faster. If its a 386 line, then saix isnt that much faster, and so not as worth it.

Hopefully november will bring some relief. I'm certainly hoping for it.

 

[Necuno]

saix is anyways more stable - less "bird turd on satellite"

 

[ic]

Since I recently received my monthly invoice for next months 2gb/28gb IS account and taking into account all the reports of a severely degraded service I find myself asking the above question.

Would the same money not be better spent on a 10gb SAIX local account?

EDIT - for the sake of argument lets say I'm wanting to use the bandwidth to supplement my television viewing experience

I'm using a 10GB Local-Only IS ADSL account and pre-paid SAIX, I was using the 2GB+28GB IS ADSL, but decided to scale down to 10GB to keep costs down and split local and international.

 

[Angelus]

I'm not on a debit order with my IS 2/30gb account, so next month, if I decide to support the lesser of two evils, I will get a 1/10gb IS account. If it carries on being k@k, then maybe the 5gb SAIX local account for me from then on. IMO R19 per gig for local is a major rip off tho!

On IS, I dont seem to be getting cached speeds anymore for downloads that are supposedly cached. Such a waste of time... I have 17gb to use up in the next 4 days Not a chance I will get my money's worth..

iam in the same boat buddy and i have no clue if i should or shouldnt pay for October or if i should just go with ODS ...
i dunnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[Necuno]

maybe IS is over crowed...

 

[RogueTr00per]

maybe IS is over crowed...

Well, if they keep forgetting to put the bird feed out, then this little crow is going to fly away