Shaping / Hardcap

[Valerion]

I agree with your calculations, however thats not what I said. Throughput does not equal traffic .... rather it refers to line speed (e.g. 1 Mbps).

I fully understand what you said, but there's no way to compare the two in a real way, since I can't obtain a SAIX uncapped package's price to compare to a leased line, so I opted for a full-use scenario (which should work out to the same thing, I hope ...). I still believe that no matter how you look at it, SAIX ADSL is more expensive.

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Stupid me ... the answer just came to me ...

45 Mbps = R 1000,000.00.

1.25 Mbps is R42833.49609375 = R 42,833.50 (R95 + VAT * 395.5078125GB/30 days)

1.25 * 72 = 90 Mbps (45 Mbps * 2).

R 42,833.50 * 72 = R 3,084,011.72

So 72 1Mbps DSL lines should have the same throughput, at 3 times the price.

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The breakeven point is 3.08401172. If you use more than 128.24458802640347942646599280758 GB, the STM1 will be cheaper, if you use less, the DSL line will be cheaper.

Of course, if I had a truly uncapped account at a reasonable price that didn't shape everything into the ground, I would do a lot of video and audio streaming, remote desktops via a VPN, VoIP, being a Skype supernode, etc, and I would also hook up the other 3 units in the complex to said link and share the cost between us. It's gonna be hard to say how much I would use up.

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[aborg]

Does this hardcap mean local bandwidth also gets capped? If so, this means we are really getting f*/@#d over right before christmas. CEO and Directors filling their pockets with a nice holiday bonus..........<Edit> Got my question answered after reading the stickies...this wants to make me puke... sorry I am really dissapointed, how close before it becomes stealing money from the consumer? </Edit>

 

[Valerion]

Does this hardcap mean local bandwidth also gets capped? If so, this means we are really getting f*/@#d over right before christmas. CEO and Directors filling their pockets with a nice holiday bonus..........

Yep, this is exactly what it means ...

 

[aborg]

What's the use of a permanent connection if you can't even browse local Proudly SA sites using a proudly South African telecommunications company that caps you locally - this does not make sense...who's running this company...a bunch of idiot monkeys? and yes I am ticked off!!