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I can't seem to get any clarity on this issue. I am with Telkom internet and my normal cap is up. How much local bandwidth do I get on a 3 gig account? I've been utilising my local bandwidth alot in the last few days and I don't want to get charged for going over my local cap.

I apologise if there is already a thread on this (I couldn't find it).

Thanks
 
You get 30GB local on a 3GB account. From tomorrow it'll be 5GB but still with 30GB local
 
@Psycho, because Telkom ISP are raising their cap limits and eliminating the flexi-cap system, 3GB becomes 5GB.
EDIT: [-]1GB becomes 2GB.[/-]
EDIT AGAIN: Found the brochure:
:o
Do Broadband 1 = 1GB + 10GB Local
Do Broadband 2 = 3GB + 20GB Local
Do Broadband 3 = 5GB + 30GB Local
 
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davemc said:
@Psycho, because Telkom ISP are raising their cap limits and eliminating the flexi-cap system, 3GB becomes 5GB.
EDIT: 1GB becomes 2GB.
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There seems to be some confusion so here goes:

1GB -> 1GB (10GB local)
2GB -> 3GB (20GB local)
3GB -> 5GB (30GB local)

For the guys that have been paying attention then you would realise that nothing has changed. They have just eliminated soft capping and are now officially giving you what they were soft capping you at.
 
minyaloth said:
I can't seem to get any clarity on this issue. I am with Telkom internet and my normal cap is up. How much local bandwidth do I get on a 3 gig account? I've been utilising my local bandwidth alot in the last few days and I don't want to get charged for going over my local cap.

I apologise if there is already a thread on this (I couldn't find it).

Thanks
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If I am correct you get no local until you have used up the 3(5) Gig international. Even if you are on a local site it still goes through the 3(5) gig until it is capped. Thats how I understand it
 
chutzpah44 said:
If I am correct you get no local until you have used up the 3(5) Gig international. Even if you are on a local site it still goes through the 3(5) gig until it is capped. Thats how I understand it
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Yeah that's how blended cap works - unless you want to go through the whole mission of separating your international and local cap.
 
chutzpah44 said:
If I am correct you get no local until you have used up the 3(5) Gig international. Even if you are on a local site it still goes through the 3(5) gig until it is capped. Thats how I understand it
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You are correct. That first part is called blended.
@YourPsycho ... strictly speaking, to get around it you cannot use TelkomISP, and must instead use a different ISP that actually provides a local-only product and an international product. No matter how you try to slice it up, TelkomISP forces you to use the blended part first.
 
davemc said:
You are correct. That first part is called blended.
@YourPsycho ... strictly speaking, to get around it you cannot use TelkomISP, and must instead use a different ISP that actually provides a local-only product and an international product. No matter how you try to slice it up, TelkomISP forces you to use the blended part first.
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Aww dude, are you serious? I was going to try and get it right this weekend... there is no way for me to separate my cap? Not even with routesentry or the other methods provided in the forum due to my account with Telkom? :mad:
 
YourPsycho said:
Aww dude, are you serious? I was going to try and get it right this weekend... there is no way for me to separate my cap? Not even with routesentry or the other methods provided in the forum due to my account with Telkom? :mad:
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Correct.
When I still used Telkom as an ISP, I used to buy a 1GB account, and use it without using Routesentry.
Then, when it was capped, i'd run routesentry and use the 10GB local part of the above 1gb account as my local-only, and purchase a seperate 3GB international account from another ISP.
 
You need 2, two (that's TWO) separate accounts in order to use something like RouteSentry - you can't route between your 'blended' allocation and your 'local'. EVERYTHING uses blended until it's depleted.
 
AM upgrading tomorrow to Do2 from a Do1.

Just for R58 and I'll be getting 2gigs and 10gigs worth more bandwidth.
 
enigma243 said:
You need 2, two (that's TWO) separate accounts in order to use something like RouteSentry - you can't route between your 'blended' allocation and your 'local'. EVERYTHING uses blended until it's depleted.
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hey

Can a Mega 105WR support RouteSentry??? :D

I tried it but Failed. Maybe Am doing something wrong.

Can skip the ISP part. I Already got 2 ISP.(swopping via PPPOE connections) Getting ignored disconnect and reconnecting different accounts.

I have a 30gigs IS local and Going to get Do2 package(atm Do1)
 
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YourPsycho said:
Aww dude, are you serious? I was going to try and get it right this weekend... there is no way for me to separate my cap? Not even with routesentry or the other methods provided in the forum due to my account with Telkom? :mad:
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There is a way.

I wrote this awhile back on another site.

This method works for me and i'm sure it will work for everyone as well. I only have a telkom account so i can't confirm this will work with anything else. If it is after the 1st of the month then you can stop reading and come back when its the end of the month.

I set my Mega 105WR router to PPPoE (10.0.0.2 -> advanced -> WAN -> 'quickstart' -> Type). Then I enter the PPP Settings on the router to my telkom account. Now essentially this account is always connected. Anyone who connects to the router will have access to this account. If i wanted to use another account i would just 'dial-up' to the router with the other account information and it should override the router's account (i think - someone correct me if i'm wrong).

Now that you have the router set up simply, by the end of the month, be capped. Leave this account online when it goes from the end of the month to the beginning of the next month. Since you have not disconnected telkom still registers you as being on local cap. It will start using the next months local allowance. Now if you check https://secure.telkomsa.net/titracker it will show you that you have at least 1 active local only session.

If you want to access local off that connection simply create a 'dial-up' connection but with your telkom account information. Even though you already connected through your router to this account, when you dial up it creates a new connection and thus creates an international connect. Which you should be able to see on the titracker site.

Now as long as you aren't disconnected you should be able to do this for the month. I did it for about 6 days last month, but then my router disconnected.

Good luck for next month :D
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This method works for me and i'm sure it will work for everyone as well. I only have a telkom account so i can't confirm this will work with anything else. If it is after the 1st of the month then you can stop reading and come back when its the end of the month.

I set my Mega 105WR router to PPPoE (10.0.0.2 -> advanced -> WAN -> 'quickstart' -> Type). Then I enter the PPP Settings on the router to my telkom account. Now essentially this account is always connected. Anyone who connects to the router will have access to this account. If i wanted to use another account i would just 'dial-up' to the router with the other account information and it should override the router's account (i think - someone correct me if i'm wrong).

Now that you have the router set up simply, by the end of the month, be capped. Leave this account online when it goes from the end of the month to the beginning of the next month. Since you have not disconnected telkom still registers you as being on local cap. It will start using the next months local allowance. Now if you check https://secure.telkomsa.net/titracker it will show you that you have at least 1 active local only session.

If you want to access local off that connection simply create a 'dial-up' connection but with your telkom account information. Even though you already connected through your router to this account, when you dial up it creates a new connection and thus creates an international connect. Which you should be able to see on the titracker site.

Now as long as you aren't disconnected you should be able to do this for the month. I did it for about 6 days last month, but then my router disconnected.

Good luck for next month
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I would love to do this but it's a little technical for me. I have a Netgear DG834G v3 and a telkom single account. If you could explain this in newbie language it would be much appreciated.
 
d7e7r7 said:
I would love to do this but it's a little technical for me. I have a Netgear DG834G v3 and a telkom single account. If you could explain this in newbie language it would be much appreciated.
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Ok well first thing, you need to set your router in half-bridge mode. That allows you to have your adsl account info on your router as well as being able to create a 'dial up' connection to the router (this connection can be thought of as overriding the account info that is on the router).

Check online on info to set your specific router to half-bridge mode.

Then from there the guide should be fine to follow/explain things.
 
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