Yes, bandwidth as in the term I used means "bandwidth is the amount of information downloadable from the webserver over a prescribed period of time", however Telkom uses a per gig model in south africa to rent out the bandwidth they have available, as you are aware.
You are correct in Telkom having bandwidth available measured in the true sense in Mbit/Gigabit format rather than in a traffic basis.
I said they are basically the same company. However they wont admit they have the same VAT number. (SAIX, TelkomInternet, TelkomSA)
Oh, to clarify, I wasn't flaming...
Just bothers me be, cause alot of people think that bandwidth as Telkom sells it, is actually some kind of physical comodity, i.e. thier network contains X amount of GB's of data.
In the true sence of the words:
Bandwidth: The amount of (space) width on the band / pipe, I.E. the ammount of traffic that pipe can hold at one time.
Traffic: The data put over the said pipe, i.e. the number of bytes sent and received.
Most ISP's use the term bandwidth incorrectly (including us), and Telkom has used that fact to bewilder people into thinking it's a physical asset.
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