What do I do once my data cap is reached?
Good news for all MWEB ADSL customers. As of 1 February 2008, MWEB is launching a trial program offering local-only bandwidth to customers who reach their data cap limit - which means you can enjoy continued access to Internet services hosted in South Africa after you use up your monthly data.*
For the duration of the trial, you will be able to access local websites, services and content free of charge whenever you exceed your cap . Local-only bandwidth refers to websites and Internet services hosted in South Africa, i.e. data is transferred from South African-based sources.
This means that if you reach your ADSL cap, you will still be able to:
send and receive your MWEB e-mail as usual
surf any website hosted in South Africa
Continue to access your local Internet banking
... all at no additional cost to you!
Should you want to access to international websites, services and content (i.e. international bandwidth) after you have reached your cap, you have two options to choose from.
ADSL customers can choose between two Booster options once their data cap has run out.
Pay Per MB. Pay only 20c for each MB you use. New ADSL users are automatically set to use this option.
1 Gig Boosters. Buy in bulk, R99 per 1 Gig or R250 per 3 Gigs. Unused Boosters are carried over to the next month (the carry over is only valid for one month).
You can change your Booster option each month by going to My ADSL.
* This is to conform with recent regulations issued by ICASA regarding the provisioning of ADSL services.
