Moving from ADSL to LTE

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Hi Everyone

I'm considering moving from ADSL 10mbps to LTE. My ISP is currently Afrihost and i saw them offering LTE packages including a free router. I'm not a hardcore user and end up using less than 50GB per month most of the time. Currently i'm paying R425 to Afrihost and R216 to Telkom. I figured if i go the LTE route of R350 for 50GB per month i can save a almost half on my total current costs.

What is the Pros/Cons of making this move please? Looking forward to your feedback.
 
Totally depends on what you use the internet for.

It is hardly ever to your benefit to move from a cable to some wireless option {LTE in this case}.
If cost is your only concern, go for it.
Reliability over time is way more important in my view.

Most persons talk about speed {10 Mb/s vs say 40 Mb/s}, this is mostly misguided. One should rather talk about latency over time.
Few persons need a connection faster than +- 2-4 Mb/s.
If you use the internet for anything important latency is way more important than speed.

Do give feedback in some months so other can learn from your experience.
 
I recently moved from ADSL to LTE and the main reason was we only have a max of 4 Mbps ADSL here and even that has slowed down to around 3.2 Mbps over time.
I do a lot of you-tubing and streaming on my TV and 3 odd Mbps just doesn't cut it anymore as you end up watching most stuff in 480p or 576p.
Also when I do downloads it takes all night and we have terrible lightning here so to leave a PC on is dangerous.
I am very happy with my LTE and granted it is more expensive but hell the downloads are incredible, 10.8 MB/sec, files come in quick time.
The problem is you now want everything in full HD - 1080p so you use a lot more data.
So you have to keep a tight ship on the data usage :)
But good luck in your decision.
 
fundutzi said:
Totally depends on what you use the internet for.

It is hardly ever to your benefit to move from a cable to some wireless option {LTE in this case}.
If cost is your only concern, go for it.
Reliability over time is way more important in my view.

Most persons talk about speed {10 Mb/s vs say 40 Mb/s}, this is mostly misguided. One should rather talk about latency over time.
Few persons need a connection faster than +- 2-4 Mb/s.
If you use the internet for anything important latency is way more important than speed.

Do give feedback in some months so other can learn from your experience.
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Reliability is also my main concern. I use the internet mostly for browsing, you tubing, movies streaming and work. My considering for LTE has mainly to do with cost. Currently I'm paying Telkom for a phone line which I don't really use.
 
Done just that. Saving wads of cash.
No more Telkom line and Mweb ADSL.
Gone with MTN R299 for 50Gb.
Working well so far. 2nd month.
 
Yugster.

The hard logical test.
If it was true that wireless, in this case GSM LTE, is better, why is the rest of the word using cables?
If the cables get stolen, the test fail, use LTE.
If you move location often, get LTE.

Wireless is heavily dependant on location and ISP. What holds true in town X connected to GSM tower Y with ISP Z is very different for person different location.

You will only know if you test it for some months. If it works well, hope not too many others do the same.

If any person I support do swop cable {DSL / Fibre} for Wifi they find a new consultant.
If they have no choice but use Wifi I do support them.
 
ProAsm said:
I recently moved from ADSL to LTE and the main reason was we only have a max of 4 Mbps ADSL here and even that has slowed down to around 3.2 Mbps over time.
I do a lot of you-tubing and streaming on my TV and 3 odd Mbps just doesn't cut it anymore as you end up watching most stuff in 480p or 576p.
Also when I do downloads it takes all night and we have terrible lightning here so to leave a PC on is dangerous.
I am very happy with my LTE and granted it is more expensive but hell the downloads are incredible, 10.8 MB/sec, files come in quick time.
The problem is you now want everything in full HD - 1080p so you use a lot more data.
So you have to keep a tight ship on the data usage :)
But good luck in your decision.
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dunkyd said:
Done just that. Saving wads of cash.
No more Telkom line and Mweb ADSL.
Gone with MTN R299 for 50Gb.
Working well so far. 2nd month.
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Only downside of that MTN deal is that it's contract.
 
Yugster said:
Only downside of that MTN deal is that it's contract.
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Right, and at the way Network Technology is exploding atm and for the next coming years, anyone taking out a contract now has rocks in their heads.
 
Yugster said:
Reliability is also my main concern. I use the internet mostly for browsing, you tubing, movies streaming and work. My considering for LTE has mainly to do with cost. Currently I'm paying Telkom for a phone line which I don't really use.
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Fine for everything except dependable latency and large volumes of data (from a cost perspective).
 
I was on a 2MB ADSL line with 100GB cap ( Telkom Line + Afrihost 100GB data ) & I used it for a few years. Wasn't the fastest, but damn was that connection stable.

Rarely had issues. Online gaming was near perfect with stability. I'll always have fond memories of that little 2MB connection I had. I was about 4-5KM from the DSLAM. 10MB wasn't available because I was too far. But that 2MB line... <3

Now I'm using my phone for connection and it friggen sucks ( Telkom Mobile ).

Definitely wanna go back to like a 4MB line with 100GB cap. I'm not worried about speed. I'm concerned about stability!
 
Iamnotageek said:
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Definitely wanna go back to like a 4MB line with 100GB cap. I'm not worried about speed. I'm concerned about stability!
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Yes I couldn't agree more.
If I could have upped my 4Mbps ADSL to 10Mbps I would have been a very happy chappie.
I've had ADSL since August 2003 and have only once had a problem.
I too had my line with Telkom and 100 GB form Afrihost which sat at 400 GB most the time.
When I cancelled they let me pass the extra data on to a friends account :)
 
ProAsm said:
Yes I couldn't agree more.
If I could have upped my 4Mbps ADSL to 10Mbps I would have been a very happy chappie.
I've had ADSL since August 2003 and have only once had a problem.
I too had my line with Telkom and 100 GB form Afrihost which sat at 400 GB most the time.
When I cancelled they let me pass the extra data on to a friends account :)
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I remember playing countless games of Dota 2 and never would I lag out or anything. ( You know when they pause for someone or you wait for that noob lagging out on the loading screen ).

Very, very rarely happened to me. Man I had good times with that line.

Now with this crap friggen Telkom mobile data I lag mid cum-shot on porn sites ( When you see the animated "loading" circle ) and sometimes lag-out completely playing my MMO.
 
Iamnotageek said:
I was on a 2MB ADSL line with 100GB cap ( Telkom Line + Afrihost 100GB data ) & I used it for a few years. Wasn't the fastest, but damn was that connection stable.

Rarely had issues. Online gaming was near perfect with stability. I'll always have fond memories of that little 2MB connection I had. I was about 4-5KM from the DSLAM. 10MB wasn't available because I was too far. But that 2MB line... <3

Now I'm using my phone for connection and it friggen sucks ( Telkom Mobile ).

Definitely wanna go back to like a 4MB line with 100GB cap. I'm not worried about speed. I'm concerned about stability!
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Iamnotageek said:
I was on a 2MB ADSL line with 100GB cap ( Telkom Line + Afrihost 100GB data ) & I used it for a few years. Wasn't the fastest, but damn was that connection stable.

Rarely had issues. Online gaming was near perfect with stability. I'll always have fond memories of that little 2MB connection I had. I was about 4-5KM from the DSLAM. 10MB wasn't available because I was too far. But that 2MB line... <3

Now I'm using my phone for connection and it friggen sucks ( Telkom Mobile ).

Definitely wanna go back to like a 4MB line with 100GB cap. I'm not worried about speed. I'm concerned about stability!
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I'm using the same package but with a 10mbps line. Even the 4mbps line was near pearfect in terms of stability. Only problem nowadays is that Video/Internet are growing rapidly in quality with a 10mbps line not being fast enough anymore.
 
Yugster said:
I'm using the same package but with a 10mbps line. Even the 4mbps line was near pearfect in terms of stability. Only problem nowadays is that Video/Internet are growing rapidly in quality with a 10mbps line not being fast enough anymore.
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I moved to 10MB fibre. Man what a breeze. So stable. So awesome. 17ms ping in Dota 2 ( ZA server )

Although some dude told me it should be lower. Bah, bugger it. It's better than 70ms odd I used to get.
 
Iamnotageek said:
I moved to 10MB fibre. Man what a breeze. So stable. So awesome. 17ms ping in Dota 2 ( ZA server )

Although some dude told me it should be lower. Bah, bugger it. It's better than 70ms odd I used to get.
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Ahhh thats cool man. Fibre to the home not available in my area yet so i feel like a plonker. Hopefully sooner rather than later.
 
Iamnotageek said:
I moved to 10MB fibre. Man what a breeze. So stable. So awesome. 17ms ping in Dota 2 ( ZA server )

Although some dude told me it should be lower. Bah, bugger it. It's better than 70ms odd I used to get.
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Yes, I get a about 14 to 16ms ping from Orkney to JHB servers on vdsl, you should be getting a tad better than that.
 
Rohan said:
Yes, I get a about 14 to 16ms ping from Orkney to JHB servers on vdsl, you should be getting a tad better than that.
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17ms solid in dota 2 ZA servers

bugger it, 17ms is good enough for me. and its stable as a rock
 
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