Mant1s
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I work for an ISP so I have to be loyal (otherwise I don't get paid) 
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Just how loyal are you?
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not loyal at all.. don't think i've been with any ISP for longer than about 5 months. Seems like many of them work great for a while then go to hell, so I just cycle amongst what works for me at the time.
Got my 1TB free Vox data with my new Samsung TV so let's see how long that lasts
Got my 1TB free Vox data with my new Samsung TV so let's see how long that lasts
not loyal at all.. don't think i've been with any ISP for longer than about 5 months. Seems like many of them work great for a while then go to hell, so I just cycle amongst what works for me at the time.
Got my 1TB free Vox data with my new Samsung TV so let's see how long that lasts
Yup, the biggest problem is people follow the herd and don't actually look at what ISPs offer and picks that one that suits their needs.
For a long time I was a 20MB business AH subscriber, and with their issues I took a serious look at other offers. I am now on a capped package at another ISP, and it costs a grand a month less. I'm kicking myself for not doing this sooner.
And yes, I use around 600-800GB a month so not a "lite" user by any means. Absolutely nothing has changed in my download behavior either.
sybertiger
Expert Member
i get a new isp every year,well it seems like its only how long they last for me
10-12 months good then something goes wrong,so i just move after the 2nd month of being unusable :/
10-12 months good then something goes wrong,so i just move after the 2nd month of being unusable :/
Ho3n3r
Honorary Master
No loyalty whatsoever - because you can't expect any from them. It's pure business, the best performer within my budget gets my money.
Depends.. congestion with ADSL is a real posibility so usually check that 1st. Other than that i've yet to have an ISP specific issue since i dunno Mweb change their policies and large capped products became worthwhile? Generally though I only move when it's become bad all the time vs service because its I run one account for multiple sites so kinda tough to delegate a change in username in up to 4 sites* (family is not the most technically inclined haha).
* depends.. currently down to 2 but up to 3 next month again and 4 once vox/samsung deal runs out/jan2016.
Dipro
Well-Known Member
My loyalty remains with an ISP that provides me with a service that I personally appreciate. If you are a downloader, then one ISP would be more appropriate than another, and loyalty then moves with each ISP, depending on your needs.
I have personally nearly tried them all, and I have high expectations owing to being used to UK and USA ISPs. Leaving 100MB down and 20mb up over 4 years ago now, I have been trying to find an ISP in Cape Town that suited my needs ever since then. I am not going to name or shame, but I believe that some ISPs don't provide what I would call a "standard" service here by comparison to say in the UK. It's a hard one to explain, but for 4 years I have been under the impression that an ADSL service here is designed for say one device streaming at a time for example. I couldn't multi-task many devices at the same time, which I found frustrating. It was like you had the speed, but not the bandwidth, which is down to contention / shaping I would guess.
So loyalty, well, I have never moved my line over to an ISP before. I stuck with Telkom and the flexibility that it offered, and I honestly thought that this is how it would remain from now until forever....
However, I have found a loyalty and I truly hope that my trust is not misguided or falls short as time goes by, but I finally found a company that allowed me to multi-task, stream multiple HD streams, do random work, etc, etc, and even though it took 4 years, I am just glad that I found one, so I took the leap and moved my telephone line over to them too.
Loyalty, like others have mentioned here, is gained, but easily lost, so I will keep my fingers crossed that all remains as it should with my new ISP. Times are changing for the better here for Internet users and I see a future with price drops and higher speeds. Hopefully, I will remain smiling all the way with my new found loyalty.
My loyalty is and will now remain with Crystal Web.... they have earned my loyalty and respect in the last few months !
I have personally nearly tried them all, and I have high expectations owing to being used to UK and USA ISPs. Leaving 100MB down and 20mb up over 4 years ago now, I have been trying to find an ISP in Cape Town that suited my needs ever since then. I am not going to name or shame, but I believe that some ISPs don't provide what I would call a "standard" service here by comparison to say in the UK. It's a hard one to explain, but for 4 years I have been under the impression that an ADSL service here is designed for say one device streaming at a time for example. I couldn't multi-task many devices at the same time, which I found frustrating. It was like you had the speed, but not the bandwidth, which is down to contention / shaping I would guess.
So loyalty, well, I have never moved my line over to an ISP before. I stuck with Telkom and the flexibility that it offered, and I honestly thought that this is how it would remain from now until forever....
However, I have found a loyalty and I truly hope that my trust is not misguided or falls short as time goes by, but I finally found a company that allowed me to multi-task, stream multiple HD streams, do random work, etc, etc, and even though it took 4 years, I am just glad that I found one, so I took the leap and moved my telephone line over to them too.
Loyalty, like others have mentioned here, is gained, but easily lost, so I will keep my fingers crossed that all remains as it should with my new ISP. Times are changing for the better here for Internet users and I see a future with price drops and higher speeds. Hopefully, I will remain smiling all the way with my new found loyalty.
My loyalty is and will now remain with Crystal Web.... they have earned my loyalty and respect in the last few months !
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LMAO at some of the posters
"I am not loyal blah blah blah"
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"Here is free advertisement for the ISP I am not loyal to"
"I am not loyal blah blah blah"
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"Here is free advertisement for the ISP I am not loyal to"
Ho3n3r
Honorary Master
LMAO at some of the posters
"I am not loyal blah blah blah"
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"Here is free advertisement for the ISP I am not loyal to"
Relieved not to be one of those.
And you can't really call them loyalists, as their signature will change next month when their ISP changes.
Been having issues with Afrihost for Months now. Each time it started to look a little better I decided to give them another change.
I've gone through slow browsing, packet loss, slow downloads, down connections and now basically non existing torrent speeds, which they blame on the seeds, but for some reason torrents work fine on other ISP's.
So after all these months I've decided enough is enough. No more chances. Since they moved over to using MTN as their backbone, everything has gotten worse and worse.
Cancelling my account for the end of next month and getting a different ISP.
Staying loyal is getting me nowhere, so why should I stay.
I've gone through slow browsing, packet loss, slow downloads, down connections and now basically non existing torrent speeds, which they blame on the seeds, but for some reason torrents work fine on other ISP's.
So after all these months I've decided enough is enough. No more chances. Since they moved over to using MTN as their backbone, everything has gotten worse and worse.
Cancelling my account for the end of next month and getting a different ISP.
Staying loyal is getting me nowhere, so why should I stay.