Openweb uncapped ADSL feedback

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guys I am so lost here. I currently have 100GB of unshaped bandwidth from Afrihost and the speeds are great for downloading and for gaming, now should i get a uncapped Silver package from open web or not? or should i just stay with afrihosts package...
 
whippey said:
guys I am so lost here. I currently have 100GB of unshaped bandwidth from Afrihost and the speeds are great for downloading and for gaming, now should i get a uncapped Silver package from open web or not? or should i just stay with afrihosts package...
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Well if that 100GB is sufficient for you on a monthly basis and you don't require more than 100GB, then I don't see the need for you to get an uncapped silver account. :)
 
whippey said:
guys I am so lost here. I currently have 100GB of unshaped bandwidth from Afrihost and the speeds are great for downloading and for gaming, now should i get a uncapped Silver package from open web or not? or should i just stay with afrihosts package...
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What Stonecold said.

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You have a 1Mb/4Mb line, right?

Compare the prices you will pay for Silver in comparison to your current package and then weigh the effects of unshaped vs shaped-uncapped.
I've had great gaming experiences on all OW's packages, it's mainly the downloading that's different - it not being unshaped of course.
 
I'd personally give MWEB a try whippey - I've currently got 3 uncapped accounts (dont ask): Mweb 1mps, OW Silver 1mbps, OW Gold 1mbps and out of all 3, MWEB is the best for me - low latency, decent speeds on torrents and I haven't had as many network hiccups as I have had on OW (BCS/DSLH)
 
kat06sa said:
Go on...
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Well.. i signed up for OW silver, then there was an OW Gold special so I signed up for that but have to wait 30 days for Silver to be cancelled, which is why I have two OW accounts. Then my OW gold was giving me crap and OW responded by telling there are network problems, so I decided to give the MWEB Trial a go, and MWEB was far better than any of the OW's I'd tried so I decided to stick to them :) I do a lot of remote work via SSH and I need low latency.. mweb was by far the best.
 
blunt said:
Well.. i signed up for OW silver, then there was an OW Gold special so I signed up for that but have to wait 30 days for Silver to be cancelled, which is why I have two OW accounts. Then my OW gold was giving me crap and OW responded by telling there are network problems, so I decided to give the MWEB Trial a go, and MWEB was far better than any of the OW's I'd tried so I decided to stick to them :) I do a lot of remote work via SSH and I need low latency.. mweb was by far the best.
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Well, checking that Mweb feedback thread, it's not all sunshine and roses either. Trial account might be fine now, but let's see after a month or two if it's still the best ;)
 
StoneCold said:
Well, checking that Mweb feedback thread, it's not all sunshine and roses either. Trial account might be fine now, but let's see after a month or two if it's still the best ;)
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Indeed.. but as their radio ad says - if i don't like it, i'll just switch again :-) I'm 2 weeks out of Trial now.. and still all good
 
StoneCold said:
Well if that 100GB is sufficient for you on a monthly basis and you don't require more than 100GB, then I don't see the need for you to get an uncapped silver account. :)
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true that and will always get full speed

froot said:
What Stonecold said.

If I can add...
You have a 1Mb/4Mb line, right?

Compare the prices you will pay for Silver in comparison to your current package and then weigh the effects of unshaped vs shaped-uncapped.
I've had great gaming experiences on all OW's packages, it's mainly the downloading that's different - it not being unshaped of course.
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i have a 7mb line and i always want this speeds, so ill stay unshaped

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I'd personally give MWEB a try whippey - I've currently got 3 uncapped accounts (dont ask): Mweb 1mps, OW Silver 1mbps, OW Gold 1mbps and out of all 3, MWEB is the best for me - low latency, decent speeds on torrents and I haven't had as many network hiccups as I have had on OW (BCS/DSLH)
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i habe a 7mb line and mweb charges 2000 for a uncapped line..ill stick to capped.

thanks guys
 
Throttled to a standstill on Openweb Gold. There is no way I have done more than 10gigs....it takes me a full day to download 1gig at top speed on my line. So why bother. I live in Randburg, and thanks to Telkom I can only get a slow 364k line. The nearest exchange is across the road, my nearest exchange is 6km away.....so when my line gets throttled I would get faster speeds on dialup. It's unreasonable.
 
Just wanna say that MrBeep contacted me a few mins after my email to him. He has asked me to try a possible solution, which as of yet I have not done, I will try it at peak time tomorrow. But the point is, I dont think anywhere do you get the personal support and such quick support as Openweb. I mean for goodness sake, the CEO flipping helps us out, which other company do you know with that kind of personal service.

I will keep you informed as to my problems, but really again, the backup service is flipping amazing (excuse my use of the word flipping, trying not to swear lol )
 
whippey said:
i have a 7mb line and i always want this speeds, so ill stay unshaped

i habe a 7mb line and mweb charges 2000 for a uncapped line..ill stick to capped.
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why not go for 4mb uncapped, seriously, the speed for gaming is not an issue as much as ping is. And the 4mb is good for dling. I have 8.5mb line and really happy with 4mb
 
whippey said:
i habe a 7mb line and mweb charges 2000 for a uncapped line..ill stick to capped.
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If you don't mind poor performance during office hours you should take a look at the OpenWeb after hours uncapped account, R899 but runs at your full line speed 7pm-7am and all weekend...
 
I have a uncapped after hours 4 meg account and normally on holidays it goes at full speed througout the day but its only doing 20k or so.

Johnathan
 
My IS is still vrooooming...

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