Looking for new ISP

[nelis]

Hi there i'm looking for a new ISP. Mweb throttling is just Bull. I need the following or as close as it can get

1. Unthrottled
2. Must be EFT payment method
3. unshaped.
4. No static ip

 

[Keeper]

I'd say OpenWeb Gold.
You can pay EFT, you never get throttled, and I don't think you get a static IP.
Shaping is as close to unshaped you can get, but if you really need more, they do have Gold unshaped.

Seriously though, you don't really need the Unshaped account, the regular Gold is really close enough - trust me.

 

[Chevron]

Hi there i'm looking for a new ISP. Mweb throttling is just Bull. I need the following or as close as it can get

1. Unthrottled
2. Must be EFT payment method
3. unshaped.
4. No static ip

You only have 1 option that's reasonably priced.

Afrihost Business.

 

[nelis]

what is the difference between the following?

http://www.openweb.co.za/gold_uncapped.html

http://www.openweb.co.za/go_gold_uncapped.html

 

[nelis]

You only have 1 option that's reasonably priced.

Afrihost Business.

You can't do EFT. The big issue there.

 

[nelis]

Ok can admin remove this double post by accident

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

If you want unshaped rather get one of the OpenWeb Business Platinum packages. Gold is a shaped package.

http://openweb.co.za/business_adsl/platinum_uncapped_dynamic.html

We have had one of these Business accounts at our office for over a year now and seriously haven't had 1 days trouble with it.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

You only have 1 option that's reasonably priced.

Afrihost Business.

I was not impressed with their business account. Speed was highly erratic. I'm in Cape Town though, heard it's better up north.

 

[nelis]

If you want unshaped rather get one of the OpenWeb Business Platinum packages. Gold is a shaped package.

http://openweb.co.za/business_adsl/platinum_uncapped_dynamic.html

We have had one of these Business accounts at our office for over a year now and seriously haven't had 1 days trouble with it.

This is to expensive for me now. We already have unshaped at the office andpay less than that at MWEB but I want unshaped or closest to unshaped. I must say currently very happy with MWEB premium uncapped but it's just the throttling that's a bi of an issue.

 

[Keeper]

heard it's better up north.

They got a whole mess of internet up there, they say a man can practically "roll around in it"...

Personally, Me and my family are headin califoni-way, see what we can find..

 

[guest2013-1]

Good luck finding an ISP that won't throttle you

 

[Chevron]

This is to expensive for me now. We already have unshaped at the office andpay less than that at MWEB but I want unshaped or closest to unshaped. I must say currently very happy with MWEB premium uncapped but it's just the throttling that's a bi of an issue.

Openweb Gold then is probably your best bet.

 

[nelis]

Openweb Gold then is probably your best bet.

Still what's the difference between the two uncapped packages

http://www.openweb.co.za/gold_uncapped.html

http://www.openweb.co.za/go_gold_uncapped.html

 

[jellievis]

Seriously though, you don't really need the Unshaped account, the regular Gold is really close enough - trust me.

Keeper, can you elaborate a bit on the differences according to your own experience?

 

[Keeper]

Keeper, can you elaborate a bit on the differences according to your own experience?

Oh I haven't used Uncapped Unshaped Gold before, but I'm pretty sure Regular Gold is all you need. if not you can always upgrade to unshaped.
On regular Gold, they do not throttle at all - they only shape when the network is under stress, and only on the NNTP/Torrent protocols (So, youtube and HTTP downloads will still be 100%).

So basically, it's like unshaped for everything, except your NNTP/torrents might run at 30%-50% speed during heavy load, like business hours mon-fri.
They unshape it every day at 5/6PM and during weekends.

 

[nelis]

Still no one answered my question between the gold and gold(orange)

 

[InnerException]

Still no one answered my question between the gold and gold(orange)

As I understand it the only difference is the contention ratio. The 'Original Gold' package has the best contention ratio, and orange has a higher contention ratio.

 

[InnerException]

Still no one answered my question between the gold and gold(orange)

As I understand it the only difference is the contention ratio. The 'Original Gold' package has the best contention ratio, and orange has a higher contention ratio.

 

[Keeper]

Still no one answered my question between the gold and gold(orange)

Original Gold has better contention ratios afaik. (I don't think there is a massive difference though)

 

[Wackyza]

The difference is massive. There is a reason that they still sell the original gold, and for said price.