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Speed a key to the future
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Gatecrasher
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What's the point of all that speed if you can't afford the data? Lets compare 3, 5 and 10Gig packages here and overseas.
eltherza
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100mbps line with a 3gig capwith these caps still in place the speed doesn't matter all that much
Agreed, whats the point of super fast internet if you are limited to about 100MB a day (3G a month)? I'm quite happy with my 384 line, loads pages fast enough for me. And seeing as I cant download anything big, I dont need that 4M speed.
SA needs such a wake up.
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ads
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"Wuestenenk says suppliers are divided into two camps as to whether LTE or WiMAX will become the future wireless standard."
Seems they can't count either. It's three camps:
- LTE (the former GSM guys)
- UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband - the roadmap for CDMA - see http://www.cdg.org/developments/9-24-2007413081.html)
- WiMAX
Seems they can't count either. It's three camps:
- LTE (the former GSM guys)
- UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband - the roadmap for CDMA - see http://www.cdg.org/developments/9-24-2007413081.html)
- WiMAX
As exciting as prospect of high speed broadband is ..... i'm down with most of the chaps here.
Point is defeated by the CAP.
On more imminent note is the Triple play offering by Helkom media, how will they provide access and acceptable pricing with all this 3GB CAP bull.
Besides who/what set the 3GB as acceptable usage limit ?????
Point is defeated by the CAP.
On more imminent note is the Triple play offering by Helkom media, how will they provide access and acceptable pricing with all this 3GB CAP bull.
Besides who/what set the 3GB as acceptable usage limit ?????
Easy - they just make the Triple play services not count towards your cap. The technology is available (IP accounting) and last I heard Telkom were busy installing it.
They just add an IP rule/policy that any traffic to and from the Telkom Media site doesn't get added to your usage stats.
Just to point out to the guys above. This article was about 3G ie cell broadband....3GIG caps are defacto with ADSL not 3G.
High speed over 3G is a bit pointless with the current prices. 1GIG of data from vodacom costs R350p/m! For a comparison a 10GIG adsl saix account from webafrica will cost you R490p/m. 10GIGs of 3G bandwdith will cost you an arm and a leg at R2050p/m.
3G may be able to be called broadband in terms of speed but not in terms of actual data usage in this country. Yes, every time an article like this comes out the writer will state how our local 3G offerings compare favourably with overseas offerings, but what is obviously forgotten is that no one uses 3G for regular internet access overseas. Users overseas will have high capped or uncapped ADSL for that!
PS: User above asked who came up with the 3GIG "standard" adsl accounts. Well I'm sure you won't be surprised when I say it was telkom. They deemed with all their wisdom that a "regular" user of the internet would not use more than 3Gigs of cap per month.
High speed over 3G is a bit pointless with the current prices. 1GIG of data from vodacom costs R350p/m! For a comparison a 10GIG adsl saix account from webafrica will cost you R490p/m. 10GIGs of 3G bandwdith will cost you an arm and a leg at R2050p/m.
3G may be able to be called broadband in terms of speed but not in terms of actual data usage in this country. Yes, every time an article like this comes out the writer will state how our local 3G offerings compare favourably with overseas offerings, but what is obviously forgotten is that no one uses 3G for regular internet access overseas. Users overseas will have high capped or uncapped ADSL for that!
PS: User above asked who came up with the 3GIG "standard" adsl accounts. Well I'm sure you won't be surprised when I say it was telkom. They deemed with all their wisdom that a "regular" user of the internet would not use more than 3Gigs of cap per month.
Incorrect abbreviation
The abbreviation for Mega is 'M'. 'm' is the abbreviation for milli. This is just flaccid and sloppy usage of language.
On the subject of abbreviations, I see a confusion between the abbreviations for bytes and bits. My Vodacom usage meter says that I have used 50Mb while I am downloading at a speed of 50kbps (typical of my so called broadband connection).
While they seem to have got the 'M' right for Mega, they cause confusion with their usage of 'b'.
www.acronymfinder.com states that 'bps' means bits per second and 'Bps' means bytes per second. Although there is probably no accepted international standard this makes eminent sense to me.
Call me petty, but it is unacceptable when the incorrect abbreviations are used in articles, technical material and advertising material.
The abbreviation for Mega is 'M'. 'm' is the abbreviation for milli. This is just flaccid and sloppy usage of language.
On the subject of abbreviations, I see a confusion between the abbreviations for bytes and bits. My Vodacom usage meter says that I have used 50Mb while I am downloading at a speed of 50kbps (typical of my so called broadband connection).
While they seem to have got the 'M' right for Mega, they cause confusion with their usage of 'b'.
www.acronymfinder.com states that 'bps' means bits per second and 'Bps' means bytes per second. Although there is probably no accepted international standard this makes eminent sense to me.
Call me petty, but it is unacceptable when the incorrect abbreviations are used in articles, technical material and advertising material.