MTN Uncapped Lite for R299

Man that sucks having a new toy that doesn't work! Isn't there a MTN rep here?
 
Hi All,

I have put the MTN uncapped lite 3Gig deal to the test.
I have so far downloaded about 5Gigs without being capped.

However last night I did a FTP transfer from one of our servers in the USA.
After downloading about 1.5Gigs from the server, the FTP transfer got throttled from 400kbps to 10kbps.

I can still download from other domains without any throttling or caps.
So it seems MTN throttles a domain after x amount of gigs is downloaded from a single domain.

So much for no throttling or capping during the promotional period.


slowcheetah said:
Router and sim was delivered today, but there's some data related issue with the sim, and it's been escalated with the networks people because neither the 1555, nor the 808 help desks could sort it out. What a bummer!

Does someone maybe know someone who might be able to look into this without me having to wait until who knows when before I can use my product?
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I had the same issue, the problem is your sim card is not 100% active. Although you can connect, send sms and make calls you cannot receive data.
The support agents have no idea what the problem is, they will tell you that everything is 100% ok on your sim but its not.
Eventually after 24hours and a reboot the sim was working.
 
Buzybuy said:
I had the same issue, the problem is your sim card is not 100% active. Although you can connect, send sms and make calls you cannot receive data.
The support agents have no idea what the problem is, they will tell you that everything is 100% ok on your sim but its not.
Eventually after 24hours and a reboot the sim was working.
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Thanks, yeah mine also started working this morning. I've been monitoring the speed, but it's still not as fast as its supposed to be. Maybe it'll pick up soon, i dunno. Haven't had anything beyond 100kbps on a torrent.
 
slowcheetah said:
It shows HSPA at the network type. Could it just be a location thing?
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HSPA is what I am connected at, you should get speeds of above 200kbps.
Try downloading normal files from HTTP websites and see what speeds you achieve.

Perhaps download something from Microsoft's website.

We are based in Cape Town.
 
In what possible universe can a 3gb monthly cap be considered uncapped anything? 3gb is 3gb. Uncapped is uncapped.
 
Hi All,

Update on MTN uncapped 3Gig lite testing.

So far testing has been going on for 3 days.
Speeds on the network has seemed to drop.

Speeds tend to start out at 300kbps and after about 1 hour of downloading they drop to between 30kbps - 120kbps.
However with that being said after midnight the speeds seem to peak up again.

Test was conducted yesterday from 7pm - 7am and 20Gigs in total was achievable.
So even with speed fluctuations the product is performing very well.

So far in 3 days of testing a total of close to 40Gigs has been pushed through the line with no problems.

The throttling of a domain has also seemed to vanish.

Shall keep you guys updated as we test further.
 
Hi All,

Update on MTN uncapped 3Gig lite testing.

So far testing has been going on for 3 days.
Speeds on the network has seemed to drop.

Speeds tend to start out at 300kbps and after about 1 hour of downloading they drop to between 30kbps - 120kbps.
However with that being said after midnight the speeds seem to peak up again.

Test was conducted yesterday from 7pm - 7am and 20Gigs in total was achievable.
So even with speed fluctuations the product is performing very well.

So far in 3 days of testing a total of close to 40Gigs has been pushed through the line with no problems.

Shall keep you guys updated as we test further.
 
Buzybuy said:
Speeds tend to start out at 300kbps and after about 1 hour of downloading they drop to between 30kbps - 120kbps.
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If we read your post technically correct then you are saying 30 to 120 kilobits/sec? I assume/hope you mean kilobytes/sec? Please clarify.
 
ajax said:
If we read your post technically correct then you are saying 30 to 120 kilobits/sec? I assume/hope you mean kilobytes/sec? Please clarify.
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Hi Ajax,

Yes download speed is in kilobytes/sec.

So in other words 100kbps means + - 1meg file download in 10seconds.
 
Anyone cleared up the billing after the 3gb issue? I am also desperately looking for a package to replace my recently cancelled ADSL but not willing to pay past the 3gb if it states "uncapped".
 
Uncapped Lite 3Gb, What is the hell is that

can someone enlighten me...am lost... Can I use 100Gb on the Uncapped Lite 3Gb
:D
 
It gets throttled after 3GB. But to what speeds? 128Kbps? 20 months of pure internet hell if so.
 
Yes you can. But only from October to January 2012. Then you will have a 3GB cap, then throttled to 128Kbps after that. And YOU HAVE TO SIGN A 24 MONTH CONTRACT. Don't do it!
 
Uncapped Lite 3Gb, What is the hell is that

Rape is a terrible thing to witness, even if the victim is only a language.
 
Its that old example of where a guy spends R200 a month on airtime and after two years he has nothing. He could have spent that same money on a top-up contract and gotten a free phone from the deal while still having R200 a month airtime.

Contracts > prepaid
 
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