Poll Idea: 24/7 Service, or speed?

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Nocturne

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Hi, all

In the 2 year old Telkom Meeting thread, ;) one or two people suggested that perhaps people are more interested in a reliable 24/7 connection, than a faster one.

I think that would make a good poll question:

Would you be happy with a 24/7 connection that was slower (even drastically slower) than the one you're currently getting, provided there was no cap?

* Yes - provided it was cheaper than my current connection
* Yes - at the same price that I am currently paying
* No - Speed is paramount! I can live with the cap, but don't slow my connection down!
* Absolutely not! Current speed or greater, and remove (or increase) the cap! There is no possibility of compromise!

What do the admins think? Fair question?
 
For ADSL, it's a moot point.

ADSL is already incredibly reliable - about as reliable as any broadband service is ever going to get. All that is actually left, aside from affordability, is speed.

This is a poll for Wireless offerings.
 
Maybe change the question:

Would you be happy with a 24/7 connection that was slower but had a fixed IP address, than the one you're currently getting, provided there was no cap?

That's one of the things I need urgently, to be able to set up dual-access VPN connections with a friend in Europe. We tried DynDNS, but it's not stable enough! Therefore, fixed IP would be perfect, but Telkom only offers it on Diginet lines, which will cost me at least R6000 per month, which I can not afford at this point in time. (Who can? :()
 
I don't think there's much chance of Telkom offering static IP addresses on ADSL at anywhere near the price they charge now for an ADSL service. The reason why only IS and DataPro do it, and it costs around R2500 per month, is because it's impractical to just expect to get assigned a dedicated IP address cheaply. There are only so many IP addresses to go around... ;-)
 
Nocturne, then please answer the following question for me: why is it possible in European countries? I know that all my friends and family in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany have static IP's on their (A)DSL lines. Why would it then be impossible here?
 
I honestly don't know. I too had heard that this is done in European countries. *shrug* Maybe it's just because I "grew up" on the Internet thinking that a static IP address was the ultimate mommy of goals to attain to, and only huge companies had access to them. This is a false impression, I knew, but it's what that I had until very recently.
Perhaps there are fewer IP addresses available in the South African range (The 196.* and 165.* ranges), or perhaps they are more in demand here?

I honestly don't know. Can someone shed some light on this? I would still seem logical to me that there are only a finite number of IP addresses to go around. Exactly how many are available to South Africa, I don't know - I'm sure one of you must, though. ;-)
 
A poll could work, but first decide on the full question and the options.

Something like : Which do you prefer?

1. An always on connection with no cap even if it is slower than normal?
2. Screw option 1! I want what people overseas have! Give me a fat pipe with a huge cap at a dirt cheap price! We deserve better! Our tax money built Telkom after all! Heck screw the cap, Telkom profits is all that needs a cap!

:D
 
LOL Nocturne

They were, I was making a joke... look at the options...

;)
 
It's called 'interleaved' (the slower more reliable protocol that also allows clients to connect further from the exchange) as opposed to 'fast'. Telkom has already tried this method but it proved to be a total failure because the impact on pings was drastic - affecting most obviously gamers (pings to the exchange, or should i rather say my first hop on a traceroute, went from about 15-17ms, to about 35ms... that's not what we're paying for!)
So yes, things are fine as they are lets not change it again please?

Telkom, it's simple - drop prices, and introduce faster packages.
 
But this is why I'm asking... People who definitely need speed, such as gamers, or downloaders of huge files, as opposed to people who don't do online gaming (I don't), and who don't care if a file takes a week to download, as long as it does. (Also like myself).
 
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