My MWEB 2Mb Uncapped trial expired today and I got a call from an MWEB staff member who, based on my usage over 7 days, assumed that I would sign up with them. While I can understand his way of thinking, I was a bit shocked that he judged my willingness to sign up based on the amount of data I consumed during the trial period.
Regardless of the above, I feel I owe MWEB and explanation as to why I chose not to sign up with them.
My first problem is the Outgoing Mail Server. It only failed once during my trial, which wouldn't have been a big deal were it not for the fact that there was no error. The only reason I know it was failing was because the companies I email send an autoreply immediately after receiving an email. This means that MWEB had many users sending emails who are completely unaware that their emails never reached their recipients.
Second was the shaping. It was never unacceptable, actually pretty reasonable, unless of course, you make use of peer to peer networking, which I do. Nevertheless, I can understand why they shape it so strictly, even though I disagree with it.
Third is the threshold. +-70GB's on 2Mb/s is a bit of a joke. What they have there is a soft cap, not an uncapped account, this one was the real deal-breaker for me. And goes hand-in-hand with my fourth and final issue with them.
Price: R199. This is pretty much the same standard price that most ISP's are asking. But what makes MWEB uncapped account better than all of the other ISP's with similarly priced offerings? The answer is nothing, at least for me.
EDIT: Apparently the trial was for 2Mb Premium, not the throttled version, but I assume that over a 7 day period, it shouldn't make a difference.