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Thanks for the feedback. And this is no matter how much you download in that time (00:00-07:00) right?
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Thanks for the feedback. And this is no matter how much you download in that time (00:00-07:00) right?
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Yep. And at pretty much any other time as well.
Thankfully I don't use or need my internet connection in the evenings. Too busy watching the previous nights' downloads, interfacing with my significant other and eating dinner.
I could get +-9gigs down between 00:00 and 06:00 on my 4Mb line. This usage doesn't count towards your usage bar so it doesn't matter how much you pull in that time.
I think MickeyD has done well over 400 gigs without even hitting the orange zone on 10Mb line tho (MickeyD feel free to correct me if I'm wrong)
Yep. And at pretty much any other time as well.
Thankfully I don't use or need my internet connection in the evenings. Too busy watching the previous nights' downloads, interfacing with my significant other and eating dinner.
Is that what they calling it these days
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Is that what they calling it these days
hehe. I wish.
Yes, even with the current KZN IPC issues.
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LOL, so it seems I have to eat humble pie and revert back to Telkom Internet.
Yep. For me, after 10pm is back to full line speed. It's just that 5 hour gap between 5pm and 10pm that's still an issue. In all fairness, it's been hard trying to find another ISP that can beat the deal I currently get for my 4mb Uncapped from TI, so I'm now seriously considering if it's even worth moving for the sake of being inconvenienced for those 5 hours. Pass the humble pie.
Luck of the draw. I monitored torrents last night and things were slowed. They took a long time to peak using Telkom and max speeds only appeared around 1:30 - 2AM. Prior to this I was getting less than 120Kb/s on well-seeded files. Speeds appear to have dropped later because my line-up never completed fully.
MickeyD
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And you have read ranger's posts about CDN issues now impacting the Cape?
Yes, of course. How do you know I'm in the Cape?
We can retest once it has been fixed. When will that be?
IMHO, no other ISP offers the same value for money as what Ti offers. My total bill on 4Mb uncapped (ADSL and voice included) was R635 with discounts applied. For an account, that for me at least, was pretty much unshaped except for torrents is a stellar deal. I could get my nzb's at line speed 24/7 and my streaming was just amaze-balls. Then the IPC issues reared their
Currently paying more for my line and data with my current ISP than what my entire Telkom bill was. If it wasn't for these issues I doubt I would have left Ti but I gave them long enough to come right. I don't regret switching ISP's as things are great with CW.
But who knows I might just come join you Ambrose for a slice of that humble pie
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So can I just dial 10210 and ask them to put me on 10GB softcap and get an sms with login details??
MickeyD
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'twas elementary, my dear Watson! You're not from KZN else you'd be agreeing with ponder, Shane and the crew. The only other area with major issues is the Cape...Yes, of course. How do you know I'm in the Cape?
We can retest once it has been fixed. When will that be?
'twas elementary, my dear Watson! You're not from KZN else you'd be agreeing with ponder, Shane and the crew. The only other area with major issues is the Cape...
Well done, Sherlock
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'twas elementary, my dear Watson! You're not from KZN else you'd be agreeing with ponder, Shane and the crew. The only other area with major issues is the Cape...
lol, not this little corner of the cape! Keep your broken internets to yourselves, we don't want them!
MickeyD
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You be a Garden Router, not a Capie!
PS. From a Telkom perspective you are part of the Eastern Cape (Southern Region).
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Humble pie doesn't taste to bad. Signed up for 10GB softcap. Will "test drive" at midnight and see whats what.
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You be a Garden Router, not a Capie!
PS. From a Telkom perspective you are part of the Eastern Cape (Southern Region).
Still figuring out what What part does East london play in this My Speed test always do better from Cape Town .
Top Marks for getting a Member to say How did you Know ,,,,
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It has to do with the routing of your data traffic and the congestion on the different links and at the testing points as well.
East London has several routes: primary route would be back to PE to get to Cape Town but it can also route via Queenstown to Bloemfontein/Joburg or it can go via Mthatha to Durban.