OpenWeb ... not counting/summing bandwidth down?

georgelza

georgelza

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Hi guys

I seem to remember seeing a thread where Openweb commented that they don't cont your traffic down?

Can someone confirm this for me, who else offers a uncapped package like this (CrystalWeb) ?

With downloads I can still control things like do torrents between 0:00-06:00 but with Netflix as a total replacement for DSTV... if you watch on Auto quality setting or High... you use 3Gb/hour for HD and 7GB/hour for UHD... simple to do the math and realise none of the ISP's are going to love you and you will be squarely in their non fair use user box..

ISP's really need to Create a package of say 75+75 +Netflix/ShowMax where in the TV streaming is not counted.

G
 
Would not recommend openweb for streaming ... or anything really. Also lots of reports of people's cancellation requests being ignored and debit orders continuing to run so beware.

As for your streaming idea I would love it myself but don't think its practical. Streaming alone (Netflix,Youtube) accounts for about R250Gb a month of use in my family and its often during peak time.

I mean it can be done but prob wont be much cheaper than pure uncapped.
 
Little Nugget I found re Netflix.

So ye once the Heart attack subsided, wife watching 3-4 episodes of her programs on Netflix, poooffff, 15GB gone/day... found a little setting in Netflix under account profile ("Your Account" => "My Profile/Playback Settings" .

Basically it allows you to define the resolution that Netflix streams at, Auto, will basically try the highest quality always first, which is High, High (3GB/hour HD, 7GB/hour UHD), Normal (700MB/hour) and low (0,3GB/hour).

and CrystalWeb, they also count GB down, cap... ?

G

lestoran said:
Would not recommend openweb for streaming ... or anything really. Also lots of reports of people's cancellation requests being ignored and debit orders continuing to run so beware.

As for your streaming idea I would love it myself but don't think its practical. Streaming alone (Netflix,Youtube) accounts for about R250Gb a month of use in my family and its often during peak time.

I mean it can be done but prob wont be much cheaper than pure uncapped.
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Openweb don't count your traffic because there's no way of telling which of the 5 users with your account details are using it :D
 
lestoran said:
Would not recommend openweb for streaming ... or anything really. Also lots of reports of people's cancellation requests being ignored and debit orders continuing to run so beware.

As for your streaming idea I would love it myself but don't think its practical. Streaming alone (Netflix,Youtube) accounts for about R250Gb a month of use in my family and its often during peak time.

I mean it can be done but prob wont be much cheaper than pure uncapped.
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Thats because we became accustomed to ISP's treating us like crap. Good news is on Fibre, you get ISP's offering true uncapped accounts. They don't even track your data usage. The future is coming.
 
Sadly that future is still a fair distance away from the Meyersdal exchange/users.

G

DERoestorf said:
Thats because we became accustomed to ISP's treating us like crap. Good news is on Fibre, you get ISP's offering true uncapped accounts. They don't even track your data usage. The future is coming.
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georgelza said:
Little Nugget I found re Netflix.

So ye once the Heart attack subsided, wife watching 3-4 episodes of her programs on Netflix, poooffff, 15GB gone/day... found a little setting in Netflix under account profile ("Your Account" => "My Profile/Playback Settings" .

Basically it allows you to define the resolution that Netflix streams at, Auto, will basically try the highest quality always first, which is High, High (3GB/hour HD, 7GB/hour UHD), Normal (700MB/hour) and low (0,3GB/hour).

and CrystalWeb, they also count GB down, cap... ?

G
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Assuming you run at full 720p constantly?, I have never reached 15GB on netflix watching 3-4 episodes and I'm running 720p. You'd have to stream UHD on netflix to reach that usage...Clearly Openweb is screwing you over.
 
Netflix was set to Auto, TV is UHD capable and a 20Mbps VDSL line... it went highest quality it could.
Wife was watching 4 episodes of one of here programs and it added up to just below 15GB/day which matches what Netflix says, HD=3GB/hour.

G
 
krustyrsa said:
Assuming you run at full 720p constantly?, I have never reached 15GB on netflix watching 3-4 episodes and I'm running 720p. You'd have to stream UHD on netflix to reach that usage...Clearly Openweb is screwing you over.
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You do realize that 1080p is more than likely what he is getting. Unless he paid for UHD, then he can get up to 4k
 
georgelza said:
ok... so no OpenWeb

Will have to go read through that loooonggg Crystalweb thread and see what the up and up is on them.

G
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CrystalWeb standard capped is awesome for streaming. Get HD all the time.

I can confirm they count your bandwidth in both directions though. Except 12-6 which is uncapped.
 
georgelza said:
Netflix was set to Auto, TV is UHD capable and a 20Mbps VDSL line... it went highest quality it could.
Wife was watching 4 episodes of one of here programs and it added up to just below 15GB/day which matches what Netflix says, HD=3GB/hour.

G
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Netflix SD is actually quite good. At least as good as DSTV "HD"
 
Had no idea what the topic meant. Now I see you want an isp that 0 rates streaming traffic
 
+1 for getting away from Openweb as soon as you possibly can!
 
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