Looking into getting an Uncapped Account (((Help Needed)))

Rendier

Rendier

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So after having a sponsored account with Axxess for 3 years they finally got taken over by Afrihost and now they are closing all sponsored accounts.

What I would like to know is what is the best uncapped account out there right now. I am also a bit confused with what the line speeds are... if I choose a Uncapped MWEB 384 account for R539 does that mean after hours I get my full 4MB line speed or do I only get 384?

Thanks for all the help!
 
384 account is not R539.00 unless you talking about including line rental???

As for speed, it is limited on the account you purchase. ie 384 uncapped account will not give you 4MB on your line unless explicitly stated (like after hours uncapped Openweb).

Best ones out in no order are

1. MWEB
2. OpenWeb 4MB Gold
3. Webafrica Home Uncapped.

Rather mention if you will do alot of downloading or gaming etc then we can help narrow it down for you as some uncapped cater for what you mostly do. :)
 
Weren't you that guy that said he had like 50TB of hard drive space or something?

Anyways if you will be getting 5GB to 10GB a day then a Home uncapped account is NOT for you. Look at the Business uncapped accounts from those ISP's stated above.
 
So. What could you possibly do with consitently downloading 5-10 Gb per day.
Are you sharing your bandwidth?
 
In the following order all the other packages isn't worth it.

1. Mweb
2. Openweb GOLD
 
Picking an Account is easy. You get shaped (where you get throttled when you use too much data) and unshaped (where you can use as much with out being throttled).

Generally, Unshapped Accounts are more expensive, but they really do the job.

You should try OpenWeb, they have Uncapped Lite account. This account is cheaper than shaped accounts, but it is uncapped and unshapped. They say the user base of this account is divided into 2 groups: 80% and 20%. 80 percent will get unshapped and 20 percent get shaped. I had this account on my 384kbps ADSL Line and I got amazing speeds (nothing less than 45kb/s download speed and the highest was 67kb/s download speed).

Try Openweb
 
Rendier said:
So after having a sponsored account with Axxess for 3 years they finally got taken over by Afrihost and now they are closing all sponsored accounts.

What I would like to know is what is the best uncapped account out there right now. I am also a bit confused with what the line speeds are... if I choose a Uncapped MWEB 384 account for R539 does that mean after hours I get my full 4MB line speed or do I only get 384?

Thanks for all the help!
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Good MOrning Rendier, the information provided to your by Yuu is correct; your speed will be limited to your account. Please inbox me your contact details and I will ensure you are contacted by a sales consultant who would be able to provide you all the information you require.

Kind regards, MWEB Guy
 
MWEB Guy said:
Good MOrning Rendier, the information provided to your by Yuu is correct; your speed will be limited to your account. Please inbox me your contact details and I will ensure you are contacted by a sales consultant who would be able to provide you all the information you require.

Kind regards, MWEB Guy
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Thanks for getting back to me. There is really only two options for me here. I see you have your shaped uncapped account for R539 and a 384 unshaped uncapped account for R499. If the 384 account goes 4mb after hours I will take that and if not then the shaped 4mb account will have to do. However I do have 2 questions.

1. Does the 4mb shaped uncapped account offer 4mb 24/7 or only at certain times?
2, How much MB or GB downloaded a day would see me shaped or limited?

Thanks for the answers.
 
NomNom said:
Weren't you that guy that said he had like 50TB of hard drive space or something?

Anyways if you will be getting 5GB to 10GB a day then a Home uncapped account is NOT for you. Look at the Business uncapped accounts from those ISP's stated above.
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I regularly use around 10GB per day just fine on my 1mbit MWEB uncapped. Maybe not these other heavily shaped things though.
 
Rendier said:
Thanks for getting back to me. There is really only two options for me here. I see you have your shaped uncapped account for R539 and a 384 unshaped uncapped account for R499. If the 384 account goes 4mb after hours I will take that and if not then the shaped 4mb account will have to do. However I do have 2 questions.
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No, a 384k account does 384k and a 4mbit account does 4mbit


1. Does the 4mb shaped uncapped account offer 4mb 24/7 or only at certain times?
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Always, depending on how busy the network is


2, How much MB or GB downloaded a day would see me shaped or limited?
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None. This is MWEB, not one of those Mickey Mouse ISP's that sell you an "uncapped" account with limits.
 
Rendier said:
So after having a sponsored account with Axxess for 3 years they finally got taken over by Afrihost and now they are closing all sponsored accounts.

What I would like to know is what is the best uncapped account out there right now. I am also a bit confused with what the line speeds are... if I choose a Uncapped MWEB 384 account for R539 does that mean after hours I get my full 4MB line speed or do I only get 384?

Thanks for all the help!
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If you want an account that just works, without worrying about silly FUPs then get Openweb GOLD.

End of story.
 
rendieer - given your previous large download needs, i would suggest you do not go with mweb.
 
Rendier said:
Thanks for getting back to me. There is really only two options for me here. I see you have your shaped uncapped account for R539 and a 384 unshaped uncapped account for R499. If the 384 account goes 4mb after hours I will take that and if not then the shaped 4mb account will have to do. However I do have 2 questions.

1. Does the 4mb shaped uncapped account offer 4mb 24/7 or only at certain times?
2, How much MB or GB downloaded a day would see me shaped or limited?

Thanks for the answers.
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Hi Rendier

What TJ99 said :)

We don't have any mechanisms in place which limit the user based on the amount they download, or have any hard and fast time of day restrictions. Our Shaped accounts are managed by traffic prioritization meaning that high priority traffic like voice, video and gaming is always pushed to the top and p2p traffic is always given a low priority.

This means that you will find that bitorrent and other such traffic will slow down during peak usage hours and will speed up when the network is quiet, but your experience will always remain the same, whether you've used 2GB, or 200GB.

Based on the needs you've stated I think you will find our 4mb product is perfectly suited to your needs, but if you have any doubts you can always sign up for a 7 day trial and give it a test drive.

Kind Regards
Will
 
Will@MWEB said:
Based on the needs you've stated I think you will find our 4mb product is perfectly suited to your needs, but if you have any doubts you can always sign up for a 7 day trial and give it a test drive.

Kind Regards
Will
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you've got no issue with someone downloading 24/7 on your home uncapped account?
 
milomak said:
you've got no issue with someone downloading 24/7 on your home uncapped account?
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Rendier said he averaged between 5-10GB a day - doesn't sound like the usage profile of a 24/7 downloader to me :)
 
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