July up to & incl October 2005: WBS has canned the 64kbit policy [for some customers]

If you have reached your iBurst cap in July 2005, select more than one option...

  • I use iBurst mostly in the Cape Town area [to connect to the Internet]

    Votes: 6 13.0%

  • I use iBurst mostly in the Durban area [to connect to the Internet]

    Votes: 2 4.3%

  • I use iBurst mostly in the Johannesburg area [to connect to the Internet]

    Votes: 32 69.6%

  • I use iBurst mostly in the Pretoria area [to connect to the Internet]

    Votes: 5 10.9%

  • I use iBurst mostly somewhere else in SA [to connect to the Internet]

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • In July 2005 I reached my iBurst cap [i.e. used up packaged/bought bandwidth]

    Votes: 22 47.8%

  • In July 2005, when capped I can ONLY ACCESS WBS/reseller website(s) e.g. iBurst.co.za, wbs.co.za,...

    Votes: 8 17.4%

  • In July 2005, when capped, speed to non-WBS/reseller sites is EFFECTIVELY 0.0kbits/s

    Votes: 10 21.7%

  • WBS have previously accused me of being an abuser of the iBurst network

    Votes: 13 28.3%

  • WBS previously suspended my account for alleged abuse of the iBurst network

    Votes: 13 28.3%
  • Total voters
    46
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Bjorn

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Apr 9, 2005
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Ok well i have been capped now and nothing but http and smtp works NO msn, irc, ftp etc :( called the helpdesk and get the same ****... there's nothing wrong here... yes MSN and the others should all work when capped... we'll look into it and get back to you ASAP... Im not going to hold my breath, (W)hat (B)ull(S)h!t
 
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KrazyKid

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Jan 23, 2005
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New Bandwidth restrictions

Does this not mean that all the iBurst contracts that were intially entered into are now null en void, since this change puts a whole new meaning to Broadband. I thought that the whole policy and meaning of brandband was a bandwidth "pipe" that one paid for, regards on time and data capcity sent.

When are the network providers going to catch a wakeup and provider consumers in SA a decent way of connecting to the NET?

Makes me shulder thinking of 2MB pipes in other countries @ rates of 20 pounds?
 
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Simple Twist Of Fate

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Dec 3, 2003
Messages
705
HMM
definately the worst listed company in the country at the moment.

WBS check your rating, you guys have achieved what you planned.
nice, that means that I now a customer of the most complained about company in South Africa.........
 
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swordfish1

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RichardG said:
They are Number 1 VIVA WBS you've mad it to Number 1. I'm happy
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yupeee !!! I will make a party tonight because of that !!! I am soooo happy !!!
 
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JasonH

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Mar 27, 2005
Messages
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capped and cant browse

hey guys.

i am capped and i cant browse..first 1minute is ok then all the sites say documents contains no data..

wtf.!!

i reconnected router (rebooted) modem and router wtf..

anyone else experiencing this?
 
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CyberMatix

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Dec 12, 2004
Messages
405
Mmmm, OK, I'm in the same boat now. I got capped about 5 minutes ago. I was busy downloading a few international. threads. They all stopped dead. Zero bytes transmitted/received. I tried the ADSL site and it took forever to load. A few bytes per second.

All that worked was iBurst helpdesk site. I bought 3Gig. After I clicked on the final OK button, the international DL started again. So I'll vote in your poll now.

I was never an abuser or cut off.

F@cking bastards.

PS: BW reports? What is a BW report? Ooooh yes, I nooow remember. No, no BW reports.
 
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Crash

Senior Member
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Nov 15, 2004
Messages
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JasonH, seems that the 64Kbit throttled connection is pathetic at the moment.
I have forced my self to keep bandwidth until end of the month, so I can still use my iBurst.
 
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Simple Twist Of Fate

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Dec 3, 2003
Messages
705
JasonH said:
hey guys.

i am capped and i cant browse..first 1minute is ok then all the sites say documents contains no data..

wtf.!!

i reconnected router (rebooted) modem and router wtf..

anyone else experiencing this?
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thats xactly what happened to me last week:(
until i was forced to buy a 1Gb
 
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Simple Twist Of Fate

Senior Member
Joined
Dec 3, 2003
Messages
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CyberMatix said:
Mmmm, OK, I'm in the same boat now. I got capped about 5 minutes ago. I was busy downloading a few international. threads. They all stopped dead. Zero bytes transmitted/received. I tried the ADSL site and it took forever to load. A few bytes per second.

All that worked was iBurst helpdesk site. I bought 3Gig. After I clicked on the final OK button, the international DL started again. So I'll vote in your poll now.

I was never an abuser or cut off.

F@cking bastards.

PS: BW reports? What is a BW report? Ooooh yes, I nooow remember. No, no BW reports.
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hehe so you have become a bit paranoid as well now?
Be careful the Iburst Conspiicies seem to take hold after being capped.............................."I thought it would never happen to me "

welcome to the twight zone red pill - blue pill?
 
Roman4604

Roman4604

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Jun 27, 2005
Messages
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I'm capped ... and browsing is OK, sometimes large pages need re-load to complete ... as per my post ... http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=23789

Using UTD to Kyalami tower with connection permanently logged in by D-link router.

Suppose everyones milage varies ... wish we could figure out why some people have such a bad experience while others (like me) are having a reasonable time?
 
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