Telkom Internet Uncapped User Feedback.

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Big Bean said:
SAIX does not have SSL for NNTP you can only use port 119 (2 connections)
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Explains me banging my head against the wall- thanks.

It was mentioned elsewhere that they do- perhaps some wires got crossed in the discussion.

Back on topic: my TiTracker shows usage as green- what does it take to get to orange/red? I'd like to know (even if roughly) what usage can be expected before these accounts are degraded (if at all?).

Feedback seems to suggest no throttling- is this the case? Sounds like a ploy to lure market share from the other ISPs...

I'm on a 1Mb uncapped account.
 
I think on 2Mb it starts being a possibility around 150GB but it varies with overall network load. If I end up hitting 200GB in a month then by then I'm always orange and noticeable throttling occurs at random times (seemingly more with amount of connections rather than overall speed though, for instance downloading the latest version of Linux Mint via torrent might end up practically dead (it will magically be fine again next month) even with a good amount of seeders, but normal http traffic will still be mostly ok (unless my dad and sister are on, then everything runs much slower even if we all are only doing light things and speedtest.net doesn't show a major overall speed reduction)).
The 1Mb limit will be lower though.
 
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Budza said:
It was mentioned elsewhere that they do- perhaps some wires got crossed in the discussion.
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I did mention that I could download using SSL. I used port 563. I tested in March and I tested it yesterday, before I posted. It did work for me. I only tested for a couple of seconds and it did transfer info and then stopped because I don't normally dl nbz's.

Testing it now it tells me it can't connect to Telkom using that SSl port, so not sure what happened, but I do apologize for giving you the wrong info.
:)
 
SCHUMI-4-EVA said:
I think on 2Mb it starts being a possibility around 150GB but it varies with overall network load. If I end up hitting 200GB in a month then by then I'm always orange and noticeable throttling occurs at random times (seemingly more with amount of connections rather than overall speed though, for instance downloading the latest version of Linux Mint via torrent might end up practically dead (it will magically be fine again next month) even with a good amount of seeders, but normal http traffic will still be mostly ok (unless my dad and sister are on, then everything runs much slower even if we all are only doing light things and speedtest.net doesn't show a major overall speed reduction)).
The 1Mb limit will be lower though.
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I used to get around 200GB (up and down I suppose) on IS. I'll check the tracker every few days. Numbers are in the Openweb thread for the same 1Mb line, silver uncapped account.

Does orange mean almost throttled or minor throttling? Then red means what? Account is barely usable?

RoMark said:
I did mention that I could download using SSL. I used port 563. I tested in March and I tested it yesterday, before I posted. It did work for me. I only tested for a couple of seconds and it did transfer info and then stopped because I don't normally dl nbz's.

Testing it now it tells me it can't connect to Telkom using that SSl port, so not sure what happened, but I do apologize for giving you the wrong info.
:)
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Just an hour or two of my time :twisted:

No worries- you were trying to help :)
 
Budza said:
Does orange mean almost throttled or minor throttling? Then red means what? Account is barely usable?
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Orange means they're watching you (has a message to that effect as well), with red they start throttling your speed and I believe you get an email to that effect as well.
 
MickZA said:
Orange means they're watching you (has a message to that effect as well), with red they start throttling your speed and I believe you get an email to that effect as well.
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No e-mails gets sent. No one has confirmed receiving an e-mail. You jus get throttled and think line is broken.
 
SCHUMI-4-EVA said:
I think on 2Mb it starts being a possibility around 150GB but it varies with overall network load. If I end up hitting 200GB in a month then by then I'm always orange and noticeable throttling occurs at random times (seemingly more with amount of connections rather than overall speed though, for instance downloading the latest version of Linux Mint via torrent might end up practically dead (it will magically be fine again next month) even with a good amount of seeders, but normal http traffic will still be mostly ok (unless my dad and sister are on, then everything runs much slower even if we all are only doing light things and speedtest.net doesn't show a major overall speed reduction)).
The 1Mb limit will be lower though.
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I didn't notice any throttling when my account was in the orange zone on TiTracker last month. I had downloaded +-180Gb(according to SAIX stats) when I had reached the orange zone. I never reached the red zone and my total bandwith usage foron the 29th of last month was +-236GB.

I'm going to see how far it takes to get into the Red this month just for interests sake.
 
Just signed up this morning and looks ok so far. busy downloading libreoffice from tenet and my line (1Mb/s) is running at max speed.
 
So if I have a 6MB line do I go for 4MB (R369) uncapped or 10MB (R699) uncapped? Why no intermediate offerings?
 
MightyMuffinMan said:
I have similar situation as you. Just try out the 4 meg uncapped. Does the job and sometimes goes above 4 meg when streaming.
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I guess it would be easy enough to upgrade if i really had to. For coverage for June onwards would I contact them on 31 May or 1 June?
 
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