Some questions about iBurst

[jaqrab]

1 - Does traffic recieved and sent count towards the cap?
2 - Is the cap for local and international traffic?
3 - Are all ports other than web, email, ftp, streaming and vpn going to be limted to 64kbps? By the way, streaming and vpn, depending on the technology, use a variety of ports, how easy will it be to get your particular ports 'opened' to full speed?
4 - What are the contention ratios going to be?
5 - Dynamic or static IP Address?
6 - How much faith are you willing to put into a company, that sells one of the more advanced broadband networking solutions, but cannot answer email?

Sorry last question is a bit flippant, but still valid, as I see others are experiencing the same problem. Sure we can call them, no hang on, we can't, there are no telephone numbers on their website. Before I get flamed for not reading the forums, I know the numbers have been posted, but that's not the way a supposedly progressive, customer orientated company conducts business. I find that highly suspicious.

 

[Decotey]

1-Yes, cap not yet implemented but it will eventually if they implement the cap(which they will im sure)
2-Cap is for local and international.
3-Yes thats what I understand
4-I think once your down to 64k it's 20:1, thats what I heard somewhere (please note im not sure on this)
5--
6-Hehe had that same problem, then posted on forums, but somehow lots of people new the numbers. Call me confused.

*Im not 100% sure on all of this dont think anyone is, because they are still in test-phase and are still deciding wot to do.

 

[hArTh]

Nobody can answer your questions until the service officially launches next year ...

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[ic]

jagrab, I suggest that you change the title of your topic, address it to Sihen
e.g. "Sihen: Some questions about iBurst"

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[guest2013-1]

1. When a cap is implemented I am sure they won't count international AND local traffic towards your cap, because unlike telkom, they can differentiate between the two.
2. I would doubt that, but earlier reports suggest that, for the prelaunch phase, it will
3. From what I've experienced, is that they haven't implemented a "hand on the throttle" re: different ports etc. I am sure they will be smart enough to have stateful packet inspection, instead of throttling x y and z (stateful packet inspection means they will throttle only p2p programs, and the legit programs out there that uses the odd port, won't be)
4. According to WBS, this will still be decided. (Thats why I am keen on getting more people to test WBS before their launch, to give them a better indication on what they need to do to not go Sentech at the end of the day)
5. As far as I know, Dynamic. Unlike other companies, I'm sure they'll be willing to implement a static one to cater for other people's needs, yet, I'm not fully clued up on the type of technology they use (can actually switch between towers without dropping your connection or download) so I'm not sure on that.
6. Pretty much 95%. I would like to stres to your and others (who obviously have no clue on how a business works) that PHONING a person is much better than email. Especially in South Africa. I do understand your point though, and I have raised this with the call centre manager. Just understand that pre-launch phase is there for a reason.

As for your last question : 1023 b1tch...

 

[Silencer]

hi.

Is Iburst planning to offer VOIP services during the year seeing as legalisation and the launch of the iburst product will be duing the 1st quater?
Thx
Silencer

 

[aborg]

They did tell me that they were going to offer a range of value added services - VOIP might be one of these services. I think the most important issue at the moment is for them to establish themselves as a capable wireless ISP.

"Broadband in SA is like the holy grail - everybody knows what it is but nobody has ever found it"