New to ADSL

[Informed]

I thought that this question might suit into this sub-fourm but I couldn't a thread yet to answer this question.

I am a complete newbie to this device from some articles and thread that I have read, I some how I am getting an impression that telkom in Beloni has lied to me about ADSL connection and cap issue.

I was told that the cap only applied to downloading but now somehow I am getting an impression that it would also apply to normal internet usage such as interneting gaming and web surfing. If that is so, does that mean, I would use up my small 3gb cap much faster with 1024kps line rather than 512kps.

I am really in confusion about this.

And this thing about ISP with 30gb as being a hoax, what is actually going on. If the first question answer is true then it means that I would really need a 30gb account and Imaginet seems to be quite good ISP with that but now, with this hoax issue. Are these companies really supplying 30gb cap account?

I think I will be in the shock of my life if I didn't come to MyADSL and finding out until then that Telkom have lied in about a week's time when my line would be fully up.

 

[gkm]

All usage count towards the cap, both sending and receiving data. All forms of usage counts, including the ones you listed. And yes, one can burn through a 3GB account in a couple of hours on a 1024 line.

The 30GB accounts are not a hoax. They are now just very expensive after Telkom changed how they charged for ADSL bandwidth. Note, 3GB can actually go pretty far, depending on what you do with it. I have a 4GB account on a 1024 line and I seldom use more than 3GB of that in a month.