Telkom LTE Deal

[Icemanbrfc]

I know this is not really the place to post this, BUT, i would like to know more about this. I have now had enough of speeds of 0.5mbps on a 20mbps line. So im considering going for the Telkom LTE uncapped deal as the coverage map shows im covered for LTE.

We are a family of 4 who mainly do streaming only, and normal day to day browsing, emails and whatsapp. Would this be sufficient for this deal? Would i be throttled as that is my main concern, as at least i know that on the DSL capped side im not being throttled into the ground(My speeds do that on in any case)

 

[krustyrsa]

I know this is not really the place to post this, BUT, i would like to know more about this. I have now had enough of speeds of 0.5mbps on a 20mbps line. So im considering going for the Telkom LTE uncapped deal as the coverage map shows im covered for LTE.

We are a family of 4 who mainly do streaming only, and normal day to day browsing, emails and whatsapp. Would this be sufficient for this deal? Would i be throttled as that is my main concern, as at least i know that on the DSL capped side im not being throttled into the ground(My speeds do that on in any case)

I think maybe you ask whether people constantly get LTE speeds or suddenly get dropped to 3G/edge speeds because of capacity or peak time, If you are a heavy downloader, then I would recommend trying to fix your ADSL, maybe just drop down to 4mb instead dude. clearly your exchange is congested ,in sy moer in.

 

[Scary_Turtle]

It's only on p2p you get throttled 50gig(FUP) so torrents, I believe some apple updates and i heard some ps3/4 updates can count towards the 50 gigs.

I have a friend with LTE he stays with 5 other people in a house all heavy gamers and they pulled just under 1TB last month without being throttled.

They do use a VPN to hide what they are using but all are happy with ping and speed. They often get speeds up to 90mb/s but they are pretty stable at 60mb/s-70mb/s.

I have heard at peak times in certain areas speeds can fall as low as 1mb/s and then you stuck in 2 year contract with bad i-net. I read some where long ago that some guys got the LTE on a month to month and had to buy the equipment but not sure about this.

If I was in an LTE area I would use this over ADSL

 

[krustyrsa]

It's only on p2p you get throttled 50gig(FUP) so torrents, I believe some apple updates and i heard some ps3/4 updates can count towards the 50 gigs.

I have a friend with LTE he stays with 5 other people in a house all heavy gamers and they pulled just under 1TB last month without being throttled.

They do use a VPN to hide what they are using but all are happy with ping and speed. They often get speeds up to 90mb/s but they are pretty stable at 60mb/s-70mb/s.

I have heard at peak times in certain areas speeds can fall as low as 1mb/s and then you stuck in 2 year contract with bad i-net. I read some where long ago that some guys got the LTE on a month to month and had to buy the equipment but not sure about this.

If I was in an LTE area I would use this over ADSL

If it wasn't for this nasty fact, I would take it in a heart beat. But I'm still very happy with my 4mb line 18-20ms ping to JHB servers and 1080p on Youtube and 720p on Netflix.

 

[Icemanbrfc]

It's only on p2p you get throttled 50gig(FUP) so torrents, I believe some apple updates and i heard some ps3/4 updates can count towards the 50 gigs.

I have a friend with LTE he stays with 5 other people in a house all heavy gamers and they pulled just under 1TB last month without being throttled.

They do use a VPN to hide what they are using but all are happy with ping and speed. They often get speeds up to 90mb/s but they are pretty stable at 60mb/s-70mb/s.

I have heard at peak times in certain areas speeds can fall as low as 1mb/s and then you stuck in 2 year contract with bad i-net. I read some where long ago that some guys got the LTE on a month to month and had to buy the equipment but not sure about this.

If I was in an LTE area I would use this over ADSL

This is my big concern, especially with that 24 month contract bit. Might as well stick with the issues i have, knowing i can just drop my line to a smaller one until the issues can be sorted, and then move up again

 

[Foxhound5366]

For me the big issue with this deal is that I don't plan on staying in any place for 2 years. I'd take it if it weren't a two year contract in a single location, but as it is there's no point.

 

[Dan C]

This is my big concern, especially with that 24 month contract bit. Might as well stick with the issues i have, knowing i can just drop my line to a smaller one until the issues can be sorted, and then move up again

Why not try it first. Get the integrated sim (assuming you have a Telkom ISP account ?) Mine seems to be solid and I have ADSL as a fallback.

 

[Icemanbrfc]

Why not try it first. Get the integrated sim (assuming you have a Telkom ISP account ?) Mine seems to be solid and I have ADSL as a fallback.

I have the integrated Sim. Dont forget who helped you out in getting yours. Never forget. Lol its works great for me, just wish it had more data on it.