Sign up with GoogleI'm still on a capped account with MWeb. EDIT: I expect that I won't be able to access international sites when I reach my cap. That's the agreement and it's fully understandable. This thread is really just a laugh at MWeb and at their apparent incompetence/inconsistencies in service provision.
Last month, I reached my cap and bought a booster. When that ran out, I just used local sites, though I continued to access my Gmail and Google Drive accounts. But one day, when I tried to access Google.co.za, I was shot down in a ball of flames onto MWeb's "You've reached your monthly data cap" page. "You can continue to access local-only sites." Yes, but I'm trying to access Google.co.za, and I can't. But right after getting that capped page, I accessed my Gmail.com account. How can this be? I know Google hosts local servers. Is Gmail.com local but Google.co.za international?
For the hell of it, I then accessed YouTube and watched 20mins worth of video seamlessly. After that, I tried to load another video. No can do Bob, "You've reached your monthly data cap". But I've just been watching YouTube? Re-open the browsing session and YouTube works a treat.
I tried maps.google.com. No problems there, browse all you want, even Street View. Que?
I gave MWeb a call: "I've reached my cap. I landed up on the page which says I can continue to browse local-only sites. But I can't access Google.co.za."
"Yes, sir, that's because even though it's a .co.za address, it's hosted overseas." Local traffic that should head to a local server gets sent overseas? Alrighty then.
"OK, that's understandable, but then tell me why I can access Gmail.com quite easily? I've just watched a good few videos on YouTube to boot."
"Oh. That's funny"
"So what's the deal? You're saying that I can't access a simple search page with a .co.za address page but I can access an .com webmail account and even YouTube even though I'm now capped?"
"Yes, sir."
"Please give me details as to how I can cancel my MWeb account."
This is another one of the reasons why I'm moving away from MWeb. Unless there's something I'm missing?
PS. To top it off, that evening I watched 2 hours' worth of Clarkson's War Stories on YouTube without so much as a peep from MWeb.
Last month, I reached my cap and bought a booster. When that ran out, I just used local sites, though I continued to access my Gmail and Google Drive accounts. But one day, when I tried to access Google.co.za, I was shot down in a ball of flames onto MWeb's "You've reached your monthly data cap" page. "You can continue to access local-only sites." Yes, but I'm trying to access Google.co.za, and I can't. But right after getting that capped page, I accessed my Gmail.com account. How can this be? I know Google hosts local servers. Is Gmail.com local but Google.co.za international?
For the hell of it, I then accessed YouTube and watched 20mins worth of video seamlessly. After that, I tried to load another video. No can do Bob, "You've reached your monthly data cap". But I've just been watching YouTube? Re-open the browsing session and YouTube works a treat.
I tried maps.google.com. No problems there, browse all you want, even Street View. Que?
I gave MWeb a call: "I've reached my cap. I landed up on the page which says I can continue to browse local-only sites. But I can't access Google.co.za."
"Yes, sir, that's because even though it's a .co.za address, it's hosted overseas." Local traffic that should head to a local server gets sent overseas? Alrighty then.
"OK, that's understandable, but then tell me why I can access Gmail.com quite easily? I've just watched a good few videos on YouTube to boot."
"Oh. That's funny"
"So what's the deal? You're saying that I can't access a simple search page with a .co.za address page but I can access an .com webmail account and even YouTube even though I'm now capped?"
"Yes, sir."
"Please give me details as to how I can cancel my MWeb account."
This is another one of the reasons why I'm moving away from MWeb. Unless there's something I'm missing?
PS. To top it off, that evening I watched 2 hours' worth of Clarkson's War Stories on YouTube without so much as a peep from MWeb.
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