Rip-Off - Capped Accounts never "Roll Over"

[Robin Hood]

What do you guys think...Would it not be NICE...if you could buy, lets say...a 30Gig CAPPED account, but can roll-over to the next +- 3 months? Some of us buy capped accounts and don't use everything ( although you have ALREADY payed for your 30 Gig ). Total RIP-OFF don't you think?...or is this where the "uncapped" guys get THEIR data from

 

[w1z4rd]

Some ISPs can supply those accounts. Theyre just more expensive per GB.

 

[iJasper]

http://www.afrihost.com/site/product/adsl_prepaid?src=website_nav

 

[Fudzy]

Get uncapped!

 

[Keeper]

join the uncapped crowd, much better value & freedom, and much less worry.

 

[MickeyD]

For how long do you want it to roll over?

Why only ADSL and not Mobile data as well?

 

[hawker]

Uncapped is just so much less hassle. If you don't use much data in a month it doesn't really matter either. It's not like you've "lost" bandwidth that you paid for.

 

[mercurial]

Yeah but then you gotta worry about shaping/throttling etc. Ain't nobody got time fo dat.

 

[Necuno]

What do you guys think...Would it not be NICE...if you could buy, lets say...a 30Gig CAPPED account, but can roll-over to the next +- 3 months? Some of us buy capped accounts and don't use everything ( although you have ALREADY payed for your 30 Gig ). Total RIP-OFF don't you think?...or is this where the "uncapped" guys get THEIR data from

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/86354-Pre-paid-ADSL-How-exactly

Usage on the non prepaid - most ISP's only form of profit.

You will notice that prepaid is normally a certain percentage more expensive. This usually corresponds with the percentage of unused usage. The ISP makes the same amount of profit then.

ISP's only pay Telkom for what actually gets used.

 

[Necuno]

For how long do you want it to roll over?

Why only ADSL and not Mobile data as well?

That would be out-box thinking :erm:

 

[Syphonx]

Yeah but then you gotta worry about shaping/throttling etc. Ain't nobody got time fo dat.

If you're ending the month with data leftover on a 30GB account then I don't think you're gonna get near the throttling/shaping threshold on uncapped

 

[Mant1s]

what you are looking for is prepaid accounts...

 

[cpu.]

For how long do you want it to roll over?

Why only ADSL and not Mobile data as well?

Mobile data already roll over.

 

[MickeyD]

Mobile data already roll over.

For ever or for 1 month?

 

[Dan C]

Uncapped is just so much less hassle. If you don't use much data in a month it doesn't really matter either. It's not like you've "lost" bandwidth that you paid for.

Well it depends. If you want 10mbps uncapped, it will cost you way more than buying say 35gig capped at Afrihost.. R797 vs R299

So it depends on your speed and usage.

 

[Rocket-Boy]

Someone needs to subsidize the uncapped accounts...

 

[F1 Fan]

Well it depends. If you want 10mbps uncapped, it will cost you way more than buying say 35gig capped at Afrihost.. R797 vs R299

So it depends on your speed and usage.

Still have to add R425 for the line..

 

[Dan C]

Still have to add R425 for the line..

Yip unfortunately, but the bundles at Afrihost offers good value. The uncapped 10mbps is only R100 more with the line.

 

[Robin Hood]

Yeah but then you gotta worry about shaping/throttling etc. Ain't nobody got time fo dat.

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