MWEB Uncapped ADSL - Official Q & A

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Hmmm someone has already mentioned somewhere on this forum about the shaping affecting the 384k users more harshly and has already suggested it is percentage based.

Eg: 4Meg line shaped in day giving about 100kbps, thats 1/4 the throughput so call it 25% line speed.

384k @ 1/4 linespeed is 10kbps or thereabout.

If it is percentage based then it's fair. 4Meg users pay more for their 4 meg connection vs 384k users and are provisioned as such. 384k are shaped using the same means.
 
Anyone having a problem with the mweb newshost?.
Since friday i could not download anything using Alt-binz. But noticed activity on my line when running Alt-binz.
I found that by disabling Avast A/V that i could download again. But very slow download 11kB/s on 4mb/s line.

Anyone else having same problem ?
 
Tanya35 said:
Yeah, I have to stoop to his level to 'win' an argument. The trouble is getting him to admit he's lost.
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No, no. Don't try drag me into this. Nobody has won anything and his level (and mine for that matter) is just as high as yours :D

I just loved the "Ha!" don't ruin it :D
 
@MWEB REP: i applied online for a new 4096 uncapped account, data only, on the 1st May but when i went to the billing section of MyAccount, it says there i owe R1078, not R539 ?!?!

i avoided applying on the last day of April to avoid being double billed..whats going on ?
 
Kosmik said:
Hmmm someone has already mentioned somewhere on this forum about the shaping affecting the 384k users more harshly and has already suggested it is percentage based.

Eg: 4Meg line shaped in day giving about 100kbps, thats 1/4 the throughput so call it 25% line speed.

384k @ 1/4 linespeed is 10kbps or thereabout.

If it is percentage based then it's fair. 4Meg users pay more for their 4 meg connection vs 384k users and are provisioned as such. 384k are shaped using the same means.
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+1
 
william riker said:
@MWEB REP: i applied online for a new 4096 uncapped account, data only, on the 1st May but when i went to the billing section of MyAccount, it says there i owe R1078, not R539 ?!?!

i avoided applying on the last day of April to avoid being double billed..whats going on ?
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With MWEB you pay in advance, their debit orders have already run for May so you are paying in advance for May and June. This will be payable on the 1 June. (Same thing happened to me so i gave them a call)
 
Mike43110 said:
seriously, you guys are like a bunch of 12 year olds moaning, one problem goes, next problem comes.

Anyway my only concern in that on the 384k, I don't ever reach my line speed over NNTP on the weekends.
Using: news.mweb.co.za and grabit with 2 threads.

Browsing is also slow.
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says he who is also complaining and whining? Did you not just contradict yourself?
 
bradz said:
With MWEB you pay in advance, their debit orders have already run for May so you are paying in advance for May and June. This will be payable on the 1 June. (Same thing happened to me so i gave them a call)
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thanks!

just called them but billings only available tomorow.

i thought i will be billed R1078 now and R539 on june 1!
 
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gees ...this thread has REALLY gotten a bit out of hand with the all the name calling, sarcasm and stuff...I had to look twice cos I thought I maybe joined a soapie thread?

I think we can all agree and I have said MANY times before that ADSL users with >1MB connections are feeling the pain but not as much as the guys on <1MB connections. We little people prolly get the same "actual" speed from ISP as you(about 25%) but at least your downloads run at between 25kb/s- 100kb/s whereas ours run between 3.6k-20kb/s if we lucky.

Could we try to stick to the topic, respect one another's opinions and if you don't have anything of value to add...THEN DON'T SAY ANYTHING!!!

If you so wish to humiliate and embarrass each other then get one another's addresses,phone numbers,etc ....get together and beat the crap out of each other?
 
Sigh, Steam download is going at 20KB/s on 4mb uncapped, even torrents are faster than this. Something has to be wrong with Mweb's shaping.
 
semaj said:
Sigh, Steam download is going at 20KB/s on 4mb uncapped, even torrents are faster than this. Something has to be wrong with Mweb's shaping.
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Same on Cybersmart dude. Capped and Unshaped yet I am d/loading at 10kbps Http on a 4Mbps line.
 
semaj said:
Sigh, Steam download is going at 20KB/s on 4mb uncapped, even torrents are faster than this. Something has to be wrong with Mweb's shaping.
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Schickelgruber said:
Same on Cybersmart dude. Capped and Unshaped yet I am d/loading at 10kbps Http on a 4Mbps line.
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Uncapped shaped account on one ISP and capped unshaped account on a different ISP are both downloading slowly. This disproves the "MWeb DoS Conspiracy", or are all ISPs involved? Or is it maybe something further upstream and not ISP related? :erm:
 
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SabreWolfy said:
Uncapped shaped account on one ISP and capped unshaped account on a different ISP are both downloading slowly. This disproves the "Mweb DoS Conspiracy", or are all ISPs involved? Or is it maybe something further upstream and not ISP related?
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Just because we are ALL having a bad internet weekend does not dismiss the previous MONTH of uncapped being worse than capped. Stop trying to be superior.
And besides, this is remarkably simmilar to the bread price fixing debacle a year or so ago. Just because ur happy does not mean nothing dishonest is going on, UR NOT THAT IMPORTANT
 
rambo919 said:
Just because we are ALL having a bad internet weekend does not dismiss the previous MONTH of uncapped being worse than capped. Stop trying to be superior.
And besides, this is remarkably simmilar to the bread price fixing debacle a year or so ago. Just because ur happy does not mean nothing dishonest is going on, UR NOT THAT IMPORTANT
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Try to be polite. Really try. Take up your complaints with the ISP directly. PM the MWeb reps. Nobody here can do anything to assist you. Check out some of the threads where people have posted how many GIGABYTES of data they have downloaded. That hardly sounds like a bandwidth-fixing scam. Anyhow, I'm no longer participating in these "conspiracy" discussions. You are welcome to believe what you want and you are welcome to post one more time to have the last word if you wish.
 
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SabreWolfy said:
Try to be polite. Really try.
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Is it just me or does he not see the irony

As for taking complaints to the ISP directly, last time I was put on hold long enough for my months airtime to run out....I know being stonewalled when it happens, or incompetance take ur pick
 
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LancelotSA said:
Yay, they are obviously throttling the 4Mb service to bits as my 384k downloads are cruising at 39KB/s all weekend! :D
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Then you should count your blessings while you have it, because tomorrow it might dissappear,snap...just like that
 
rambo919 said:
Is it just me or does he not see the irony

As for taking complaints to the ISP directly, last time I was put on hold long enough for my months airtime to run out....I know being stonewalled when it happens, or incompetance take ur pick
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Just leave him dude, he thinks we are all trolling here on MyBB.
 
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