Sentechs Wonderful Speeds

antowan

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SHeeeeeesh! Eina!

Would it be fair to say that it would be in Sentech’s best interest to freeze the taking on of new customers until it has sorted out the current service delivery issues with its current user base? Surely if this is the case throughout the Sentech wireless network it needs serious and immediate attention. One would expect at least some kind of expert to be paid a heck of a lot of money to configure their routing, bandwidth allocation and customer service monitoring systems in such a fashion as to alert Sentech of any restrictive problems on their network. Somehow I think a company like IS or (even Mweb) would have done a far better job at setting up wireless networks around South Africa than Sentech is doing at the moment. Naturally the last comment will fall within the assumption that the companies in question would be allowed to buy and source their own International bandwidth, be it via satellite or whatever means possible.

Imagine the South African Internet landscape if the government declared the market open for several new players and all you had to do to become a player was apply for a license that was guaranteed to be granted on the condition that you do not make yourself guilty of anti-competitive behavior.

Regards,
Antowan


### What we need in South Africa is cheap 24/7, always on Internet for under R300 a month. ###
 

groenie

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Mar 30, 2004
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But 13.59 Kbps is more than 4 Kbps, so you've got more than the guaranteed minimum. You have absolutely nothing to complain about!

/me ducks before LoneGunman draws the big gun [:)]
 

flyboy

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Jun 3, 2004
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Groenie,

You are getting yourself confused. 13.59kbps (kilo bits) is LESS than 4KBps (kilo bytes). 13.59 / 8 = 1.69K/s They guarantee a minimum of 4K/s (4*8 = 32kbps)
 

mrbob

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Jul 22, 2004
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I think you're wrong flyboy , the guaranteed minimum is 128k/30 or 16K/30 which is equal to well.. very little

Basically sentech could block all traffic going through to your , and just send you a tiny ping packet every 5 minutes and then preach on about their contention ratiO BULL**** !
Mother****ers
 

Luke7777

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Apr 22, 2004
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Sorry flyboy , groenie is correct. ST insisted (probably still do) that 4.26kbps as in 128/30 as in 0.53 KB is within the accepted bandwidth range

128K|21%|13SNL|36 Menlopark 2530
 

gripen

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mrbob, that is an excellent explanation of the situation. For all intents and purposes, the minimum is zero.
 
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