MWEB Uncapped - something big might be happening tomorrow!

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Connection Speed 384 kbps 128 kbps
Line Attenuation 46 db 15.5 db
Noise Margin 13 db 22 db

Anything look nasty there anyone ??
 
SNR Margin: 22.8 17.8 db
Line Attenuation :26.0 18.3 db
Data Rate : 4096 507 kbps

Mine for comparison
 
Oi, this is the "something big happening" thread not the Q&A or general MWeb speed discussion thread! Keep popping in only to see the new posts are about slow speeds tonight!
 
My guess is that MWEB will be completely doing away with capped accounts. They will migrate all current capped accounts to uncapped, and hence free the web. They will also drop their uncapped pricing so that
- their pricing is more in line with that of other ISPs (who resell IS packages)
- they can better "sell the idea" of migrating its capped user base to uncapped at a slightly higher price

I think this is the most logical (and important) thing that ISPs need to start doing. It's no use selling uncapped accounts to high-end users, and capped accounts to low-end users. You're shooting yourself in the foot by doing this. You want to have everybody sharing the same pool of bandwidth, and paying the same price, even though usage patterns are different. Hence, low end users will subsidize high-end users, but low-end users will still feel that they are getting a great deal, going from a 3GB capped account to uncapped, at a slightly higher price.

This would be great news, and would force Telkom to re-launch all it's packages as uncapped (OK who am I kidding, everyone knows Telkom can't be forced to do anything, not even by the strong arm of the law). This would in turn force all other ISPs to drop capped accounts altogether, and revolutionise the entire industry.

In 6 months time, there will be no such thing as a cap, except
- for Wireless users (iBurst, Wimax, 3G/HSDPA, etc)
- for WebAfrica subscribers, since it is unsustainable
- the type you put on your head
 
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ToxicWazte said:
My guess is that MWEB will be completely doing away with capped accounts. They will migrate all current capped accounts to uncapped, and hence free the web. They will also drop their uncapped pricing so that
- their pricing is more in line with that of other ISPs (who resell IS packages)
- they can better "sell the idea" of migrating its capped user base to uncapped at a slightly higher price

I think this is the most logical (and important) thing that ISPs need to start doing. It's no use selling uncapped accounts to high-end users, and capped accounts to low-end users. You're shooting yourself in the foot by doing this. You want to have everybody sharing the same pool of bandwidth, and paying the same price, even though usage patterns are different. Hence, low end users will subsidize high-end users, but low-end users will still feel that they are getting a great deal, going from a 3GB capped account to uncapped, at a slightly higher price.

This would be great news, and would force Telkom to re-launch all it's packages as uncapped (OK who am I kidding, everyone knows Telkom can't be forced to do anything, not even by the strong arm of the law). This would in turn force all other ISPs to drop capped accounts altogether, and revolutionise the entire industry.

In 6 months time, there will be no such thing as a cap, except
- for Wireless users (iBurst, Wimax, 3G/HSDPA, etc)
- for WebAfrica subscribers, since it is unsustainable
- the type you put on your head
Click to expand...

Those last two points had me ROFL :) :D
 
the net is mighty slow--keep getting 'unable to load page..' error. Reseting the router and network connection in Windows does the trick. Speedtest also bombing out with "very high latency' error. What gives? Is there really something beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeg happening? So is MWEB freeing the web by making that circle bigger? Sorry, I just love this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM_Ew6zsnDY

I think 2010 should be identified by this song.
 
ToxicWazte said:
My guess is that MWEB will be completely doing away with capped accounts. They will migrate all current capped accounts to uncapped, and hence free the web. They will also drop their uncapped pricing so that
- their pricing is more in line with that of other ISPs (who resell IS packages)
- they can better "sell the idea" of migrating its capped user base to uncapped at a slightly higher price
Click to expand...

I don't think this will go down well with the low-end users. I know several people with ADSL (me included) who use of the order of 1 to 2 GBytes per month. This costs R38/month if you're on Axxess lite for example. Having to fork out in excess of R100 per month for something we don't need is not on.

What needs to happen is Teklom must stop ripping us off with their sky-high line rentals. Because on a 384k line I just don't have the patience for Youtube or Google Earth to load, so I just don't use it.

If a 4 Meg line cost what a 384k line cost, sure, then I would support your idea fully!
 
ToxicWazte said:
My guess is that MWEB will be completely doing away with capped accounts. They will migrate all current capped accounts to uncapped, and hence free the web. They will also drop their uncapped pricing so that
- their pricing is more in line with that of other ISPs (who resell IS packages)
- they can better "sell the idea" of migrating its capped user base to uncapped at a slightly higher price

I think this is the most logical (and important) thing that ISPs need to start doing. It's no use selling uncapped accounts to high-end users, and capped accounts to low-end users. You're shooting yourself in the foot by doing this. You want to have everybody sharing the same pool of bandwidth, and paying the same price, even though usage patterns are different. Hence, low end users will subsidize high-end users, but low-end users will still feel that they are getting a great deal, going from a 3GB capped account to uncapped, at a slightly higher price.

This would be great news, and would force Telkom to re-launch all it's packages as uncapped (OK who am I kidding, everyone knows Telkom can't be forced to do anything, not even by the strong arm of the law). This would in turn force all other ISPs to drop capped accounts altogether, and revolutionise the entire industry.

In 6 months time, there will be no such thing as a cap, except
- for Wireless users (iBurst, Wimax, 3G/HSDPA, etc)
- for WebAfrica subscribers, since it is unsustainable
- the type you put on your head
Click to expand...

+1 For your entire thread!
+2 For the last 2 lines esp!
 
my guess :)

Its gonna be either DSTV with uncapped bundled at a lower rate, or a IPTV/ uncapped offering with no shaping to the IPTV source.

Other than that they might have a content server up with the latest movies etc like Axxess.
 
I want to be able to download hardware at a discounted rate. One can wait for nano-tech.
 
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