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fluffy54

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Hi all,

Been a long time user of Openweb/IS local-only bandwidth. Now switched over to a screamer uncapped account and its fine for the moment.

What I would love to see would be an uncapped local-only account up to a 4mb speed. I'm happy to have a different account for international I just want a uncapped local-only connection. Even if it is just an account straight to their news server I be happy :)

Anyone else would prefer the above.
 
No thanks. Don't lower your expectations, that's what they want.

Don't settle for less then 8Mb/s uncapped at R1000.00

It may take some time but it will be worth the wait. :cool:
 
Why settle for 8mb when in japan 160mbs is $60?
 
All true but for the time being. If I can get a +-264kb uncapped international account for R300 now why can't I get a 4mb uncapped local for the same price.
 
fluffy54 said:
All true but for the time being. If I can get a +-264kb uncapped international account for R300 now why can't I get a 4mb uncapped local for the same price.
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That's a good question. I just don't want the ISPs to ever think we're satisfied. I reckon if we didn't complain etc, the new guys like Afrihost and DigiChilli never would have entered the market.
 
fluffy54 said:
All true but for the time being. If I can get a +-264kb uncapped international account for R300 now why can't I get a 4mb uncapped local for the same price.
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Because Telkom owns the local loop..... and we all know how badly Telkom wants to make money out of everything they own.
 
froot said:
Because Telkom owns the local loop..... and we all know how badly Telkom wants to make money out of everything they own.
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I don't think it's about the money. I reckon they just love shafting the public.
 
Ai, its so sad that there aren't even servers here in SA (that I know of) where you can download at speeds faster than 20mbps :( And overseas 100mbps is quite popular/usual for dedicated servers.
I also find it odd that uncapped local isn't cheap and freely available - especially for businesses that want PPTP connections between offices in different provinces.
 
I'd love to here from an ISP rep on this topic. I find it bizarre that they can now get international bandwidth on Seacom cheaper than through there ipconnect with telkom. Also surely they could save a fortune by creating their own news servers? Hopefully Screamer or Digichilli are reading this. :)
 
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