Telkom "local internet hours"

[Azbubu]

HI. Not sure if this is in the right place but i have a question about the Telkom "local internet hours" that you get with the Closer calling plans.

What are those? Is it dial-up internet? what is the speed of that?

 

[MickZA]

It applies to dial-up and ISDN.

Dial-up speed is whatever your modem/line will connect at, theoretical max of 56Kb/s but I never achieved that.

ISDN has 64Kb/s & 128KKb/s options.

Check this link http://www.telkomsa.net/products/dialup.html

 

[Srack0verflow]

i think it's probably dial-up because i don't recall ISDN being billed in time segments, lets see, roughly 270kB per minuet -blazing...

 

[MickZA]

ISDN and modem are both billed at standard Telkom call rates with special after-hour deals.

ISDN beats analogue modem hands down in the data transferred per minute stakes but neither are cheap as you pay for the time you are connected (even if you're not using it ).
On the bright side both are "uncapped" products

I can't think of a good reason for using either in 2011 assuming your exchange is ADSL enabled.

 

[Srack0verflow]

ISDN and modem are both billed at standard Telkom call rates with special after-hour deals.

opps sorry, thanks for correcting me

On the bright side both are "uncapped" products

heh how long will a gig take, um 80+ hours?

I can't think of a good reason for using either in 2011 assuming your exchange is ADSL enabled.

i'd never want to go back, and i'm on 384!