MWEB PREMIUM UNCAPPED Thresholds Increased, New Packages coming October (APPARENTLY)

[XenitXTD]

Hi All

So i am on an MWEB Premium Uncapped 4MB line and they would usually throttle you from the 400-440 gb range (Softcap as they term it)

I had noticed i breached this a tad once or twice and it didnt throttle me...

I was looking to cancel as at that price point i can get a 8mb capped solution that meets my needs or an uncapped solution at the same price but in the process of cancelling i learnt a few things

1) apparently the Cap limit has been increased to 600GB for the Premium Line before you get soft capped/ Throttled

so those of you on this package can be happy to know you can push the boundary a little more

2) MWEB Apparently intends to introduce new packages in october

as they were trying to convince me to stay but i insisted non of the packages they offer come close to competitors...

Damn these days 80 gig games, streaming legal content and all that adds up... seriously...

I would be happy with a 100 gig cap if they made Netflix etc type streaming / steam downloads/ ps or xbox downloads Apple/ windows updates free or not count to it... as thats the majority of my bandwidth...

i dont consider myself a high bandwidth user as most of my bandwidth is just from using todays tech... when i got my XBOX i was throttled for the first 3 months just trying to download all my games i purchased....

I mostly use 300-400 gb but you never know when there is that chaotic month... ah well

just thought you would wanna know about the two points listed above

 

[BluStorm]

If they don't come up with something to compete with the likes of Afrihost / CrystalWeb, I can see them losing a lot of home user business.

I don't download illegal content, but with a family of 5 (2x 20-something kids and 1 teenager), my 500/500 capped account is destroyed by about the 20th, and the 20Mb Premium Uncapped is rediculously priced.

With Afrihost, I can spend R250 for the month vs the R999 for MWeb, AND I don't run out of data...

 

[blowdart18]

If they don't come up with something to compete with the likes of Afrihost / CrystalWeb, I can see them losing a lot of home user business.

I wouldn't see that happening any time soon. Mweb is heavily focused on other advertising channels and until the consumer becomes tech savvy and learns of other ISPs, Mweb will still enjoy their market share.