MWEB Uncapped ADSL - Official Q & A

[hambone]

Capacity Upgrade

**Notice from MWEB** Last night we switched part of our infrastructure over to a next generation fibre optic network. This will allow us to increase our capacities. We'll also see big improvements in speeds, especially for those who are on the shaped package. - FTW on FB

Seems to me like this product is going from strength to strength! No abuse emails yet, normal browsing fantastic, P2P acceptable (cause we knew upfront it would be shaped) and now hopefully latencies will improve?!

 

[Schwartz]

Guys I need to sign up for Uncapped tomorrow. I have narrowed it down to MWEB and Axxess. Which one should I go for?
Thanks
PS: I like to use News Servers a bit.

 

[Software Boys Pty LTD]

MWeb uncap SUCKs badly and i have waisted a good 500R. Its so unstable that al my connections (VPN, IM's, Outlook) lose connectivity 3-4 times a day. Even after i have connected MWeb they still didnt resolve this problem.

I get 20kb/s P2P download during the day and about 100kb/s spiking after office hours. USENET servers dont. They use the argument that they shape P2P download to prevent Ilegal downloads. OMW... WoW and LoL (games) uses it to update. Anime and Linux (ISO and Apps) are totaly legal and uses P2P downloads. And afrihost uses the same argument.

you cant play games without lag. during the day or after office hours. (warcarft 3 its local, and battelfield)

So if you enjoy a game during the day or just play WoW or LoL or uses P2P downloads for anime and Linux stuff. Or just want a stable connection that doest drops 3-4 times a day. THIS AINT FOR YOU

Strange, mine is fine, full package speed, play wow, cod 4, bf bc2 all online, p2p killing it at night, 60-100 daily

 

[Software Boys Pty LTD]

Guys I need to sign up for Uncapped tomorrow. I have narrowed it down to MWEB and Axxess. Which one should I go for?
Thanks
PS: I like to use News Servers a bit.

Dont touch axxess, http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...ed-Subscribers-Feedback&p=3756542#post3756542

 

[sand_man]

Mweb, awesome product at this point in time..

 

[Schwartz]

Thanks guys... gonna go with MWEB

 

[Fjorko]

Mweb, awesome product at this point in time..

I'm inclined to do the same now - but for how long will this be "awsome" before we hit another Afrihost scenario...

 

[davemc]

Can we please have the salient points edited into the first post.
Bloody hell - 26 pages is a bit much to go through.

 

[Natedogg]

My MWEB uncapped so far has been awesome, Perfectly acceptable speeds during the day, browsing is excellent, youtube is excellent . News servers go extremely well after hours (Albeit erratic times for after hours) and I'm sure everything will improve as time passes and people have less to download (proven).

 

[Tjoker]

My MWEB uncapped so far has been awesome, Perfectly acceptable speeds during the day, browsing is excellent, youtube is excellent . News servers go extremely well after hours (Albeit erratic times for after hours) and I'm sure everything will improve as time passes and people have less to download (proven).

+1

 

[Software Boys Pty LTD]

Agree, im very happy so far and have already run out of things to download,

 

[TonyA]

Still very slow for me and this forum is also slow and occassionaly times out

 

[MWEB]

Any capped MWEB accounts still running on SAIX backbone?

Hi TonyA,

Not many, we have already migrated 75% of our existing customers to the MWEB network and will eventually no longer have any packages on the SAIX network.

We are definately determined to ensure the MWEB network matches or exceeds the best performance experience avaliable, specifically for priority (popular/relevant) traffic, with non-priority traffic providing reasonable performance improving during off-peak periods (excess network capacity).

This mornings capacity upgrades should go a long to fullfilling this and should eliminate the sporadic bouts of high latency recently experienced.

MWB.

 

[Worf]

I got to admint I am also happy with my mweb uncapped account, but only time will tell if it remains this way.

 

[Auntpol]

specifically for priority (popular/relevant) traffic, with non-priority traffic providing reasonable performance improving during off-peak periods (excess network capacity).

Where can we see what traffic is seen as Relevant / Popular? or is this not availble to the public , because with no downloads running , only browsing takes ages and times out a lot.

 

[Rosaudio]

Why is the MWEB rep so awesome?

 

[Auntpol]

Why is the MWEB rep so awesome?

Because mweb is awesome

 

[TonyA]

MWEB, thanks for input, you are doing a great job of keping us informed. Is it possible MWEB could do the same for its subscriber base via email or something so we also know whats going on or a dailiy bulletin etc. Frustrating to have to dial help centre

 

[TonyA]

MWEB, Something along lines of SAIXNOC where one can subscribe to email notification.

 

[Gordon_R]

Where can we see what traffic is seen as Relevant / Popular? or is this not availble to the public , because with no downloads running , only browsing takes ages and times out a lot.

International traffic is still subject to capacity constraints, and will always be tightly shaped. This is the 'dirty secret' of the whole uncapped story IMO. There is no ISP than can provide unlimited international bandwidth at R219pm (384Kbps).

The scenario seems to be that the previous 10GB 'free' local bandwidth (after using up 'blended' bandwidth), is now being provided as an 'unlimited' service, while the existing international bandwidth is being 'spread' across the month by such tight shaping, that it will only add up to a few GB per month (limited by the contention ratio, etc).

Whether this 'package' works better for an individual user remains to be seen. It certainly depends on whether you sit at your computer for 24/7, or just occasional usage. As an existing MWeb 4Mbps capped user I am not getting any benefit right now (in fact the opposite).