@lantic R59 uncapped 'bolt-on' feedback

wingnut771 said:
It's one account AFAIK
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It is one account - only 1 username and password which the Bolt on is applied to.

I just moved to this product after suffering with uncapped shaping - so far so good
 
Nimz said:
lol no not yet:erm: weren't u also in the Plugg thread?
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Yeah, for over a year, now I'm over at the connection thread, trying them out, so far pretty much the same, managing ones star rating.

These guys would definitely be next on the to do list.
 
I started using Bolt-On about two years ago. If I remember correctly it was shortly after the inception of this product as I was one of the users that struggled with a few bugs in their system. In the early stages there were many problems with the switch over at 6 which caused a lot of billing errors. They fixed this easy very quickly and I have been a very happy user for almost two years. My ADSL line was upgraded to 4Mbps and Atlantic took in their stride. I get great speeds on Bolt-on and I never experienced any form of shaping (although I am not the heaviest downloader out there :) ) I use Telkom as my main ISP (I have 20Gb a month), but after 6pm and weekends I switch manually to Atlantic, and then back to Telkom as necessary.
 
akescpt said:
how is the capped during the day?
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Are you referring to Telkom? My Telkom is slow as hell during the day. But it is not Telkom only, I have some Free accounts at FNB and Afrihost with limited data that I use to test line speed... and they are all slow. In the evenings my internet is very good.
 
sjpslabbert said:
Are you referring to Telkom? My Telkom is slow as hell during the day. But it is not Telkom only, I have some Free accounts at FNB and Afrihost with limited data that I use to test line speed... and they are all slow. In the evenings my internet is very good.
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Nope was referring to Atlantic.
 
wingnut771 said:
Yeah, for over a year, now I'm over at the connection thread, trying them out, so far pretty much the same, managing ones star rating.

These guys would definitely be next on the to do list.
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Yeah I moved from ISP to ISP but none were any good compared to my 1st year at Plugg

Anyway hope this ISP will be the last time I move
 
akescpt said:
how is the capped during the day?
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I'm not at home during the day on weekdays so haven't been able to test thoroughly.
On Monday I put a few torrents to download while I got ready for work this was at about 6:30am - Full speed
 
There's been a few things that I've read over the last 2 pages that I thought I'd touch on:

1. Shaping happens, during times of congestion of our network.
2. We handle the switch between peak and off peak, you don't need to worry about disconnecting.
3. There's no catches, it's just a great product!


Regards,
Chris
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Chris Van Wie
Solution Architect
Vox Telecom Limited
Andes Building, Rutherford Estate
1 Scott Street
Waverley
Web: http://www.voxtelecom.co.za
 
I've also been jumping between all the uncapped options out there.

Now testing this product, and been impressed so far.
I use for streaming mostly, and been able to stream HD.

Going to get a 100gig fat pipe and bolt this on.

Problem is as soon as word is spreading and more peeps join, then the shaping starts...and we need to look elsewhere again...
 
Orbiter said:
I've also been jumping between all the uncapped options out there.

Now testing this product, and been impressed so far.
I use for streaming mostly, and been able to stream HD.

Going to get a 100gig fat pipe and bolt this on.

Problem is as soon as word is spreading and more peeps join, then the shaping starts...and we need to look elsewhere again...
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That's the nature of the beast
 
Orbiter said:
I've also been jumping between all the uncapped options out there.

Now testing this product, and been impressed so far.
I use for streaming mostly, and been able to stream HD.

Going to get a 100gig fat pipe and bolt this on.

Problem is as soon as word is spreading and more peeps join, then the shaping starts...and we need to look elsewhere again...
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Don't you think we want more people on the network, to then increase how much of a network we have?? :) It's a sliding scale upwards right... # of Subs to Amount of bandwidth.

We didn't release this product to get all the customers, just to give them a horrible service. We found a hole in the market, where such a product was desired and could be offered, and then engineered it appropriately.
 
cvanwie said:
There's been a few things that I've read over the last 2 pages that I thought I'd touch on:

1. Shaping happens, during times of congestion of our network.
2. We handle the switch between peak and off peak, you don't need to worry about disconnecting.
3. There's no catches, it's just a great product!


Regards,
Chris
_____________________________

Chris Van Wie
Solution Architect
Vox Telecom Limited
Andes Building, Rutherford Estate
1 Scott Street
Waverley
Web: http://www.voxtelecom.co.za
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Hi Chris,

Does the base product on which the bolt-on is added affect anything or is the service the same regardless?
For example if I upgrade to Platinum Gig4Gig is there any difference to Home Gig4Gig when it comes to the Bolt-On?

Thanks.
 
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