Openweb Accounts.

shadow_man

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Hi, I have some questions about the openweb and IS accounts so please bear with me. I'm looking to have adsl installed in dec (yeah i know good luck with christmas and telkom celebrating 7.7 billion).

Anyhow im looking to get an openweb account, 2GB int + 30GB local. Now from what i've read it seems that IS account view both local and international traffic as the same thing, hence the first 2gigs i do are subtracted from my international limit, whether or not they were international - do i have this right?

Would I be able to surf the net after i've exceeded my int cap? is it a soft cap? or am i barred from any international activity? How does openbrowse work and can a program like route sentry send my international traffic through that 2gb cap allocation or do i need 2 different account?

Thanks
J
 
It does not matter if it is local or international b/w, it will get subtracted from the international first.

You "shouldn't" be able to use international after you used the 2gb, you never know with IS.
Anyway, it isn't a soft cap, it's technically a hardcap.

Openbrowse connects you to OpenWeb's local proxy servers, which in turn enables you to browse internationally with local b/w. Note though, only browsing, strictly no downloading.

No matter what you do, the first 2gb that you use on that account will be subtracted from your international cap. What i recommend, use the 2/30gb account until your international is cut off, then buy a WebAfrica 1gb prepaid account for R70.

Using RouteSentry, you can use the WA account for international access and the remaining 28gb of your IS account for local use.

Does this answer your questions? =)

edit : Why the hell doesn't the quote function work for me? =\
 
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