Neotel bandwidth shaped or unshaped ?

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im really sick and tired of Telkom now, and would like to jump ship, im curios to know if their bandwidth i shaped/unshaped.
 
You know what I wouldn't mind, playing Battlefield 2: Special Forces (or the other expansion packs) on International servers and not get kicked because of my high ping!!!! :(
 
NEOTEL SHAPED!!

I had been planning on joining Neotel once it reached KZN but since I've learned that they've blocked all incoming ports so you can't use p2p, which it makes it more shaped than telkom is by a mile, even though they claim to be unshaped, I'm now having serious doubts about joining Neotel.
:mad:
Shoulda known uncapped, unshaped ADSL in SA is only possible in extremely farfetched sci-fi movies!!
:(
Well hopefully when the new adsl line to india is finished in June next year (if it is finished by then) adsl will become unshaped and the speed will increase. :sick:
 
As mentioned their bandwidth is unshaped but I'm also holding a grain of salt in one hand just for in case...

The biggest problem so far is the usb telephone that you receive. You cant configure it like a router so no port forwarding or any other type of configuring of any sort.

So even if the bandwidth is unshapped you cant use it properly.

Neotel better come up with a proper ethernet router soon!!!!
 
edge7_77 said:
I had been planning on joining Neotel once it reached KZN but since I've learned that they've blocked all incoming ports so you can't use p2p, which it makes it more shaped than telkom is by a mile, even though they claim to be unshaped, I'm now having serious doubts about joining Neotel.
:mad:
Shoulda known uncapped, unshaped ADSL in SA is only possible in extremely farfetched sci-fi movies!!
:(
Well hopefully when the new adsl line to india is finished in June next year (if it is finished by then) adsl will become unshaped and the speed will increase. :sick:
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Are you a Telkom emplyee?
 
edge7_77 said:
I had been planning on joining Neotel once it reached KZN but since I've learned that they've blocked all incoming ports so you can't use p2p, which it makes it more shaped than telkom is by a mile, even though they claim to be unshaped, I'm now having serious doubts about joining Neotel.
:mad:
Shoulda known uncapped, unshaped ADSL in SA is only possible in extremely farfetched sci-fi movies!!
:(
Well hopefully when the new adsl line to india is finished in June next year (if it is finished by then) adsl will become unshaped and the speed will increase. :sick:
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ye if it like that then it sucks
 
edge7_77 said:
I had been planning on joining Neotel once it reached KZN but since I've learned that they've blocked all incoming ports so you can't use p2p, which it makes it more shaped than telkom is by a mile, even though they claim to be unshaped, I'm now having serious doubts about joining Neotel.
:mad:
Shoulda known uncapped, unshaped ADSL in SA is only possible in extremely farfetched sci-fi movies!!
:(
Well hopefully when the new adsl line to india is finished in June next year (if it is finished by then) adsl will become unshaped and the speed will increase. :sick:
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All Incoming Ports are blocked by default, the device is a modem not a router, there is no default firewall protection on the device so naturally it makes sense. You can however just call in and request which ports you would like opened and they are opened just like>that< over the phone. If Opening various ports you just need to make sure you have the most upto-date and well tested firewall/adware/spyware and virus protection software.

I am on the uncapped Neo-Connect Lite package which advertises speeds of upto 157 kbps on their website, I get just that, I see all my downloads average at around 20KB/s so it is definately not shaped once you have your requested ports opened.

I'm not to worried though, as soon as my H1B (work) visa is approved I will be using this: http://www.speedtest.net/result/330135573.png (GF's home connection)
 
edge7_77 said:
I had been planning on joining Neotel once it reached KZN but since I've learned that they've blocked all incoming ports so you can't use p2p, which it makes it more shaped than telkom is by a mile, even though they claim to be unshaped, I'm now having serious doubts about joining Neotel.
:mad:
Shoulda known uncapped, unshaped ADSL in SA is only possible in extremely farfetched sci-fi movies!!
:(
Well hopefully when the new adsl line to india is finished in June next year (if it is finished by then) adsl will become unshaped and the speed will increase. :sick:
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Kasbah said:
All Incoming Ports are blocked by default, the device is a modem not a router, there is no default firewall protection on the device so naturally it makes sense. You can however just call in and request which ports you would like opened and they are opened just like>that< over the phone. If Opening various ports you just need to make sure you have the most upto-date and well tested firewall/adware/spyware and virus protection software.

I am on the uncapped Neo-Connect Lite package which advertises speeds of upto 157 kbps on their website, I get just that, I see all my downloads average at around 20KB/s so it is definately not shaped once you have your requested ports opened.

I'm not to worried though, as soon as my H1B (work) visa is approved I will be using this: http://www.speedtest.net/result/330135573.png (GF's home connection)
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There you go.
 
Kasbah said:
All Incoming Ports are blocked by default, the device is a modem not a router, there is no default firewall protection on the device so naturally it makes sense. You can however just call in and request which ports you would like opened and they are opened just like>that< over the phone. If Opening various ports you just need to make sure you have the most upto-date and well tested firewall/adware/spyware and virus protection software.

I am on the uncapped Neo-Connect Lite package which advertises speeds of upto 157 kbps on their website, I get just that, I see all my downloads average at around 20KB/s so it is definately not shaped once you have your requested ports opened.

I'm not to worried though, as soon as my H1B (work) visa is approved I will be using this: http://www.speedtest.net/result/330135573.png (GF's home connection)
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Please excuse my ignorance in ports.
I also have the uncapped Lite version and my torret downloads are ridiculous. If I ask them to unblock a port, how do I know which one to ask for?
 
You simply phone them up and request a port be opened, they will then open the port for you.

With regards to what port you should open it depends on the port you have set the app to use. If using utorrent then press cntrl + G and the port can be seen/set from there. Make sure you add the port to the exception list in your firewall too.
 
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