My NeoFlex Data Speedtest.net results :D

[CriticalConsumer]

Guys
Dont want to sound ungreatful or pessimistic, but why all the excitement over 2000/200 kbps? Sure, it's a breakthrough for Neotel - but it's still a crappy gsm-based WIRELESS service. Hows the latency? Are the speeds CONSISTENT and STABLE?
I'd also love to know what smart telecommunications company would put the word 'flex' in any wireless service anyway? When I first heard 'NeoFlex' I intuitively fell for an apparently unintentional trap, thinking it was a fibre-optic service or something similar.

I just got back from holiday in the USA, where I downloaded to my heart's content on a 8mbit/1mbit DSL connection - and that's still slow compared to what else you can get there, not to mention the speeds you can get elsewhere in the world.
Now of course comparing South Africa's internet infrastructure to the US's is a bit far fetched, but a 2mbit contended wireless service is nothing to get hyped up about in 2009, which happens to be one short year away from our world cup.

You cannot compare wired services with wireless services - it is an unfair comparison.

 

[RandomGRK]

Im holding out and not signing anything with Neotel now until I see how Seacom will affect pricing and speed. They are a hug rip off. R899 for 15gigs on Neoflex whereas its R999 for unlimited on Neoconnect prime. They can bite me for now.

 

[pope24]

Guys
Dont want to sound ungreatful or pessimistic, but why all the excitement over 2000/200 kbps? Sure, it's a breakthrough for Neotel - but it's still a crappy gsm-based WIRELESS service.

Well actually... it is a CDMA-based wirless service not GSM.

But anyway, if they can deliver halfway decent speeds and halfway decent reliability I don't see why anyone should be complaining.

 

[nukem]

I got my hands on the device and in an excellent coverage area not quite up to the average speeds according to FAQ oh dear.

 

[matrixweb]

I got my hands on the device and in an excellent coverage area not quite up to the average speeds according to FAQ oh dear.

with those speeds you should get a 384k adsl line

 

[orin76]

I got my hands on the device and in an excellent coverage area not quite up to the average speeds according to FAQ oh dear.

Yep. Tower saturation is a bitch. Try running the speedtest at after 23h00.

 

[minority]

Got my Neoflex data package just now, will do some speed tests and post tonight...