Mweb and VPN

cozinsky

cozinsky

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It is not a secret that Mweb bit off more than they can chew with their uncapped offerings. A few months down the line it is not getting better, it is actually worse. Of course, I am talking about their ridiculous shaping. I get 15-20kbps during the day and 100kbps during off hours on a 4mbps line. It is not only breach of contract but annoying because I am paying for a 4mbs line! My question is twofold: Is it a good idea to use a virtual private network (VPN) to get decent speeds (like Openweb does on their "gold" uncapped offering) or is there another ISP that can actually live up to its speeds? I heard IS also shapes terribly.
 
cozinsky said:
It is not a secret that Mweb bit off more than they can chew with their uncapped offerings. A few months down the line it is not getting better, it is actually worse. Of course, I am talking about their ridiculous shaping. I get 15-20kbps during the day and 100kbps during off hours on a 4mbps line. It is not only breach of contract but annoying because I am paying for a 4mbs line! My question is twofold: Is it a good idea to use a virtual private network (VPN) to get decent speeds (like Openweb does on their "gold" uncapped offering) or is there another ISP that can actually live up to its speeds? I heard IS also shapes terribly.
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I agree that it's annoying, especially for those of us who got used to the early days where 300kB/s for non-http downloads was normal after office hours, but unfortunately it's not a breach of contract. With regards to your question, you can use a VPN, but then you're probably breaking MWeb's FUP (not sure about that though). If you want good consistent speeds outside of office hours, the best you can do is Axxess Uncapped Express+. If you want decent internet 24/7, MWeb's still the best out there.
 
Thank you very much for such a clear and succinct answer. It deals with all my questions. I can just hope that the situation will improve with time.
 
orin76 said:
I agree that it's annoying, especially for those of us who got used to the early days where 300kB/s for non-http downloads was normal after office hours, but unfortunately it's not a breach of contract. With regards to your question, you can use a VPN, but then you're probably breaking MWeb's FUP (not sure about that though). If you want good consistent speeds outside of office hours, the best you can do is Axxess Uncapped Express+. If you want decent internet 24/7, MWeb's still the best out there.
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VPN software has legitimate use. It's not breaking their 'FUP'. It's like saying using a lesser known 1-Click Host is also breaking their FUP or perhaps updating you 10 computers AV definitions each day, service packs and so on. If you're not running a business with their DSL or reselling b/w or hosting a server you are not breaking their FUP.
 
I curious as to why all those who complain so loudly about mweb's offerings don't simply cancel and move elsewhere. Is there some kind of law, written or unwritten which says one has to use mweb?
 
SoftDux-Rudi said:
Does anyone know if Mweb block's VPN on normal ADSL?
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No they don't. They do monitor the amount of data you push through it, though. If they consider it abuse, then they will let you know. But it's not blocked.

I've used IPSec, OpenVPN, L2TP and PPTP tunnels before.
 
bekdik said:
I curious as to why all those who complain so loudly about mweb's offerings don't simply cancel and move elsewhere. Is there some kind of law, written or unwritten which says one has to use mweb?
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no law :)
i think it's because they aren't willing to pay double for a proper afterhours downloading account.
 
Just take note that Mweb is blocking certain incoming traffic (eg. HTTP port) to protect the user, but you can disable that protection/firewall in your Mweb user control panel thing on their web page.
 
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