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Hi there Mr Beep

I have a very small suggestion:

Why don't u guys have a "local only" account with openbrowse?

I like your 2gig int + 28 gig local + openbrowse int 192... But i would preffere 30 gigs local + openbrowse 192 + NO INTERNATIONAL!

I dnt have any need for international bandwidth besides the odd google search and checking my email which i can use openbrowse for...

I dnt care about p2p as i can get all that from an OC lan....

Do u guys think u could consider a local only account with openbrowse 192?

This would be greatly appreciated

Thanks alot
 
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guang said:
this is a good suggestion.
But OpenBrowse doesn't work very well sometimes,atm I have no international access with openbrowse.
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Yep ... throws up a "proxies fail test - proxies not available".

I would rather have a 30GB international than just local, I spend a lot of time roaming on the internet, and sometimes the proxy gets in the way. The fact that someone is able to sell just local bandwidth for such, regardless of price is beyond terrible ... The simple fact people would actually buy local only is even worse, we all so starved for bandwidth it seems we will buy just about anything just to be able to surf a little more.

I do know what you saying, but 30 international would give you what you need and accomodate more people out there at the same time. We should be fighting for greater bandwidth not trying to pay more for less...
 
Hey headstrong,

THank you so much for your suggestion. We have been looking at such a package, and are hoping to have a launch date soon.

Re: OpenBrowse reliability. We have recently added Load Balancing, that will be perfected today. I apologise for any inconvenience caused.
 
DGremlin said:
I do know what you saying, but 30 international would give you what you need and accomodate more people out there at the same time. We should be fighting for greater bandwidth not trying to pay more for less...
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Agreed
 
Great Thanks MrBeep

Do u have any launch dates or proposed pricing ...

Thanks
 
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DGremlin,

I'm a gamer... I only play on South african servers...

I have no real need for international bandwidth, although i definetly do feel cheated having to opt for "local only access". I do however have to suppress these fealings of " cheap skate " beacause it's my wallet that makes the decisions not my head....!

Understand now DGremlin?
 
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This is certainly a good idea. I just hope MrBeep can find some kind of cost-effective way of offering it to us at a good price :)
 
A gamers package for steam would be nice
to get int acces on steam when capped
isnt that a good idea ?
 
What would people be willing to pay for local-only bandwidth? I mean seriously, be resonable now
 
Datapro is selling it @ 30 gig!!! I would be prepared to pay about R15
 
Thats 10 gigs for R150. You can get a 2gig/30 account for R165

edit: Which works out at only R5.15/gig. So it would have to be cheaper than that :p
 
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We launched a trial package yesterday to show our competitors just how expensive they really are.

The package expires at the end of the weekend, however, if you purchase an account, it will last until month end, or until your GB's are up. If successfull, and people take interest in it, we will make it a permanent package.

10GB's of FULL SPEED, Unrestricted local bandwidth for R119.

That works out to roughly R11.90c per GB, if I am not mistaken.
 
I take back what i said about R15 per gig coz i 4got that open web already sell it 1 gig + 10 gig for R121...:)

MrBeep, thanks so much

Does it however include openbrowse? If so, then it would be the best offer around without a doubt!

If not, what about adding an option to add openbrowse for an extra, minimal, fee?

Thanks alot for your great work
 
I thought it was already cheap compared to R30 per GB. Adding OpenBrowse at no extra charge will unfortunately not be financially viable.
 
Hey MrBeep,

I understand that it wouldnt be financially viable for you, hence "adding an option to PAY for openbrowse"
 
MrBEEP said:
I thought it was already cheap compared to R30 per GB. Adding OpenBrowse at no extra charge will unfortunately not be financially viable.
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But not compared to R5.15/gig which is what is on offer now....
 
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