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Hello guys

I know there are many feedback threads here, so before flaming me for another one, i just thought i would give my 2c for those wondering.

Here is my feedback, i must add here, that I'm a tv junkie and a sport freak, specifically rugby and cricket!!!!!

Previously, i used 2 x 30GB Local Only accounts and 2GB Afrihost account. Note : I had to restrict the amount of content i download because of 60GB monthly budget limit :cry:.

Total Data Cost p/m (R130 x 2) + R87 = R347

This is what i have and what I tested :

4MB ADSL line with Telkom
Got free 512k account with Mweb on the 22 March 2010
Upgraded to 4MB account 29 March 2010

512k Mweb Uncapped Free account :

Browsing : Excellent(Facebook, Newshost, Superbru,Banking etc)
Http download : avg 20-40KB/sec,after 10pm full speed
News Server Mweb : 20KB/sec during the day and 40KB/sec after 9pm
AstraWeb : 20KB/sec during the day and full speed after 8pm(55-60kb/s)
Youtube : Was ok, 50KB/sec, personally i think this i to slow to watch youtube videos without waiting
P2P : I dont use it
Supersport streaming : It will buffer every 30 seconds while browsing and streaming, but if your streaming only, PERFECT
http://www.livetv4ever.com streaming : Perfect, although their quality is crap

Overall Assessment : Perfect for browsing,emails and a bit of downloading, a 3 or 4 shows a week. I managed over 5GB over the weekend which isn't bad. So if you don't mind waiting for downloads, this is the option to get. But i HATE waiting so got the 4MB Uncapped Account

Mweb 4MB Uncapped(P.S. The account upgrade was quick and "painless" :D )
Since i have international now, i bought the 180GB special from astraweb, now i don't have to struggle with local news servers

Browsing : Excellent(Facebook, Newshost, Superbru,Banking etc)
Http download : avg 80-100KB/sec,after 10pm 150KB/sec - 200KB/sec(Haven't tried a download manager yet, this is with normal Google Chrome Download)
News Server Mweb : 50 - 100KB/sec avg day and night
AstraWeb : 200-220KB/sec day and night, but you can utilize your line completely if you know how
Youtube : Excellent, worked like a charm day or night, no buffering/waiting
P2P : I dont use it
Supersport streaming : PERFECT, plus you can download with news servers and browse
http://www.livetv4ever.com streaming : Perfect, although their quality is crap

Overall Assessment : Perfect for ME, i like doing more than one thing while on the net. Plus i can download to my harts desire at full speed after hours ;), so time to change all my tv shows over to HD :D:D:D Since yesterday Ive done about 15GB on news servers(mweb and astraweb). Best of all, i don't have to worry about a CAP anymore. So i will push the limit a bit, and see if i get a warning from MWEB and decide if R200p/m more(R539) will be worth it. All in all, im very happy since the upgrade.
 
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Nice post,

I would really like to see some P2P (torrent) figures on the 4096k accounts during and after hours...
 
Love the post....
1 Question: What is the Astraweb 180GB package? You can get their 'best package' for only $11! That has NO restrictions!!
 
Schwartz said:
Love the post....
1 Question: What is the Astraweb 180GB package? You can get their 'best package' for only $11! That has NO restrictions!!
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I cancelled my Giganews account so that I could go with Astraweb, I told Giganews and they couldn't care less.
 
Tjoker said:
Hello guys

I know there are many feedback threads here, so before flaming me for another one, i just thought i would give my 2c for those wondering.

Here is my feedback, i must add here, that I'm a tv junkie and a sport freak, specifically rugby and cricket!!!!!

Previously, i used 2 x 30GB Local Only accounts and 2GB Afrihost account. Note : I had to restrict the amount of content i download because of 60GB monthly budget limit :cry:.

Total Data Cost p/m (R130 x 2) + R87 = R347

This is what i have and what I tested :

4MB ADSL line with Telkom
Got free 512k account with Mweb on the 22 March 2010
Upgraded to 4MB account 29 March 2010

512k Mweb Uncapped Free account :

Browsing : Excellent(Facebook, Newshost, Superbru,Banking etc)
Http download : avg 20-40kb/s,after 10pm full speed
News Server Mweb : 20kb/s during the day and 40kb/s after 9pm
AstraWeb : 20kb/s during the day and full speed after 8pm(55-60kb/s)
Youtube : Was ok, 50kb/s, personally i think this i to slow to watch youtube videos without waiting
P2P : I dont use it
Supersport streaming : It will buffer every 30 seconds while browsing and streaming, but if your streaming only, PERFECT
http://www.livetv4ever.com streaming : Perfect, although their quality is crap

Overall Assessment : Perfect for browsing,emails and a bit of downloading, a 3 or 4 shows a week. I managed over 5GB over the weekend which isn't bad. So if you don't mind waiting for downloads, this is the option to get. But i HATE waiting so got the 4MB Uncapped Account

Mweb 4MB Uncapped(P.S. The account upgrade was quick and "painless" :D )
Since i have international now, i bought the 180GB special from astraweb, now i don't have to struggle with local news servers

Browsing : Excellent(Facebook, Newshost, Superbru,Banking etc)
Http download : avg 80-100kb/s,after 10pm 150kb/s - 200kb/s(Haven't tried a download manager yet, this is with normal Google Chrome Download)
News Server Mweb : 50 - 100kb/s avg day and night
AstraWeb : 200-220kb/s day and night, but you can utilize your line completely if you know how
Youtube : Excellent, worked like a charm day or night, no buffering/waiting
P2P : I dont use it
Supersport streaming : PERFECT, plus you can download with news servers and browse
http://www.livetv4ever.com streaming : Perfect, although their quality is crap

Overall Assessment : Perfect for ME, i like doing more than one thing while on the net. Plus i can download to my harts desire at full speed after hours ;), so time to change all my tv shows over to HD :D:D:D Since yesterday Ive done about 15GB on news servers(mweb and astraweb). Best of all, i don't have to worry about a CAP anymore. So i will push the limit a bit, and see if i get a warning from MWEB and decide if R200p/m more(R539) will be worth it. All in all, im very happy since the upgrade.
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Nice post but please qualify. 50kb/s is dial up speed, ie K56Flex. 20kb/sec is slower than 33.1Kbps dial up. If those are your true speeds than the service is worthless.

I think you meant b=BYTE not bit.

Note small (lower case) b = bit, capital (upper case) B = byte.
8 bits = 1 byte.

Dial up is about 5-6KB/sec.
 
PeterCH said:
Nice post but please qualify. 50kb/s is dial up speed, ie K56Flex. 20kb/sec is slower than 33.1Kbps dial up. If those are your true speeds than the service is worthless.

I think you meant b=BYTE not bit.

Note small (lower case) b = bit, capital (upper case) B = byte.
8 bits = 1 byte.

Dial up is about 5-6KB/sec.
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Fixed, hope you approve
 
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So spamming is used to fix reputations, is it? :)
 
PeterCH said:
Nice post but please qualify. 50kb/s is dial up speed, ie K56Flex. 20kb/sec is slower than 33.1Kbps dial up. If those are your true speeds than the service is worthless.

I think you meant b=BYTE not bit.

Note small (lower case) b = bit, capital (upper case) B = byte.
8 bits = 1 byte.

Dial up is about 5-6KB/sec.
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I believe the accepted forms are as follows:
kbps = bits
kb/s = bytes

That is how everyone else does it... dont be different!
 
Tjoker said:
Mweb 4MB Uncapped(P.S. The account upgrade was quick and "painless" :D )
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Care to share how you arranged the upgrade of your free account? Did they let you pay in the difference, or did you take the plunge and sign up for a full-priced 4Mb account?

I've been trying to do this, and been shunted around between tech support, accounts and sales.
 
Peter is just a bit technical

How are guys getting full 4 meg speed on astraweb, i bottom out at 380kb/s
 
Schwartz said:
I believe the accepted forms are as follows:
kbps = bits
kb/s = bytes

That is how everyone else does it... dont be different!
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not sure who everyone is, but as far as i am concerned kb/s = kbps <> kB/s.
 
How do you stream Supersport? What does it cost? What's the quality like? I'm still looking for a cheap/free-ish way to stream rugby matches in decent quality. I only know of JustinTV, but the quality is crappy and framerate is choppy if you try to make it full screen.
 
Hydrofire said:
Care to share how you arranged the upgrade of your free account? Did they let you pay in the difference, or did you take the plunge and sign up for a full-priced 4Mb account?

I've been trying to do this, and been shunted around between tech support, accounts and sales.
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It's quite easy actually, I would suggest using the Facebook group but otherwise drop Francisca an email, she was really helpful for my upgrade: [email protected]

She responded within 5 mins when i did my upgrade yesterday.

And yes, you have to pay a difference of R240 via Debit Order.
 
Hydrofire said:
Care to share how you arranged the upgrade of your free account? Did they let you pay in the difference, or did you take the plunge and sign up for a full-priced 4Mb account?

I've been trying to do this, and been shunted around between tech support, accounts and sales.
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Only paid the difference, R200 something

I already made post about the contact person, but here it is again

You can contact Francisca Hamilton on [email protected] or 021 596 8817 for upgrades. Very very nice lady
 
Penquin said:
How do you stream Supersport? What does it cost? What's the quality like? I'm still looking for a cheap/free-ish way to stream rugby matches in decent quality. I only know of JustinTV, but the quality is crappy and framerate is choppy if you try to make it full screen.
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you have to be a multichoice account holder and register on their website. quality is not bad.....but not that good either. their audio on the other hand is excellent. i can get a smooth stream on 384k line at work ;) , on fridays when im at work and the super 14 is on....or an ipl game or 2

EDIT : On now that im on uncapped, no bandwidth issues with the boss...
 
Thanks, but I was looking for a "cheaper than Multichoice" alternative to get my rugby fix. I can only afford one of the two, 4mb uncapped or Multichoice. I choose 4mb uncapped. :)
 
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