TelkomInternet "Uncapped" Glitch?

Havn't checked my downloads yet, left home yesterday, hopefully will have lots of goodies waiting for me.. Loving uncapped..

Thing is though, if we havn't had caps, we wouldn't abuse their system like Telkom will probably say "This test clearly shows SA is not ready for uncapped solutions blah blah"
 
I was not getting good speeds on the news servers last night, is 70-150 kb/s acceptable for a 4 meg line?
 
Natedogg said:
I was not getting good speeds on the news servers last night, is 70-150 kb/s acceptable for a 4 meg line?
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Depends on whether or not the stuff you're pulling is cached, if you're using SAIX or IS and how many other peeps are pulling from the servers at the same time.
 
hi guys,i am a noob. i just wanted to know if i can get this on my mweb account after i get capped. mweb uses saix which is telkom, so it should work?
 
OK i know this is one stupid LAME theory but......

Wouldnt Telkom do a 'test' where as they let us go as mal as we want for a specific month and then check the stats and see whether they can cope? put it this way - with all the competition coming out and starting to get feet wouldnt Telkom have to drastically give us more for what we are currently paying? I mean if Telkom came out 2moro and said 'Extend your current package on a 2 year contract at the same price but data will be UNCAPPED ' wouldnt you stay with the Devil? i know i sure would.

Ive got 800 megs left for the month....im just scared to go mal cuz il get my ass kicked if we capped on Monday for example.

anyways enjoy the downloading ppl :)
 
matt loves telkom said:
OK i know this is one stupid LAME theory but......

Wouldnt Telkom do a 'test' where as they let us go as mal as we want for a specific month and then check the stats and see whether they can cope? put it this way - with all the competition coming out and starting to get feet wouldnt Telkom have to drastically give us more for what we are currently paying? I mean if Telkom came out 2moro and said 'Extend your current package on a 2 year contract at the same price but data will be UNCAPPED ' wouldnt you stay with the Devil? i know i sure would.

Ive got 800 megs left for the month....im just scared to go mal cuz il get my ass kicked if we capped on Monday for example.

anyways enjoy the downloading ppl :)
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yeah im the same, ive got a few hundred megs left and dunno if i should go mal or not hmmm
 
does this work on mweb when i finish my cap. please let me know
 
What I find funny about this is that Telkom have (for years) been whining about how their networks can't handle the strain of giving everyone "uncapped" or even reasonable caps (75GBs at least, thankyouverymuch) and claiming that no legitimate user need more than 3GBs (I lol @ paying R800 for a 4meg line and a 3GB cap to check e-mails and lotto numbers).

It has always depressed me how Telkom can sell bandwidth off as usage since, if their networks were under such strain, then why not sell lower bandwidth instead of capping since bandwidth is what Telkom gets from SAT3, not "usage?" Oh, wait, this is Telkom we're talking about - capping helps them extort us :rolleyes:

I've come to realise something. We - the "power users" - the ones who know where to find what we want, how to get what we want, are the ones who bring Telkom and other ISPs the most money. And our usage has absolutely NOTHING to do with them. If we want to download series, games, movies, videos or whatever else, that is OUR concern. Telkom's prerogative should be getting broadband out there, not financially victimising us with roflage concepts like "caps." "Local" usage is a joke. "Blended" usage is a joke.

I believe that Telkom has either deliberately, or inadvertently proven to us in the last couple of days that it has the means to give people uncapped internet, that people want and will use it if they have it at affordable prices (R800 is "fine" in my books considering the current extortion.)

I've been downloading Ubuntu ISOs and updates at steady 4mbps speeds - so there is very, very little "impact" if anything, on their network at all. I don't believe that Telkom has a legitimate excuse to **** us around any more.


Regardless, I want to say something I never thought I'd say... Thank you Telkom, thank you for the last couple of days that we've been able to feel like part of the rest of the world. Thank you for giving us a bit of freedom for once. I just wish you'd keep it up and you'd get a helluva lot more praise (and business.)
 
Telkom uncapped

Think i must fire up my unused Telkom account and see how much i can download.
 
Lycanthrope said:
What I find funny about this is that Telkom have (for years) been whining about how their networks can't handle the strain of giving everyone "uncapped" or even reasonable caps (75GBs at least, thankyouverymuch)
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:p Some people would not even be able to know how to handle 30 gigs a month if it was thrown at them. If Telkom said our caps were 30+- Gigs a month? Damn i know you can download and download like a demon but alotta the times its really just pointless crap like Series and Movies.

i would just love to watch as many Youtube vids as i want,download all virus updates and patches needed and just some p2p and torrenting without having that 'guilty' feeling.why the f#@$ must we feel guilty to go on the web? i seriously hate the feeling sometimes when im doing too many Youtube vids in a night..i mean wtf is that?!!!. im sure i wouldnt even use all 30 gigs up.

But you know what...we are getting there.i think everyone needs to look back at about 3 yrs ago...i was alot more negative then. definete way moving forward ....il stick with Telkom as all the service ive ever received from them has been top notch.no complaints on service side from me (i know the horror stories dont worry )
 
matt loves telkom said:
:p Some people would not even be able to know how to handle 30 gigs a month if it was thrown at them. If Telkom said our caps were 30+- Gigs a month? Damn i know you can download and download like a demon but alotta the times its really just pointless crap like Series and Movies.
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I'll grant you that - the 'average' South African would be all "huh?" at 30GBs mostly because 1) they have zero concept of what 30GBs really means 2) Telkom have forced them to "cope" with much, much, much less so their imaginations aren't really "into" it.

If I had that much each month, I'd use it to download games (MMOs, for one), updates, you name it. Obviously I'd "calm down" after getting what I'd want, but that's exactly it - we're starved so we go nuts when we have the opportunity.

I think the entire "capping" concept is insulting. I pay for bandwidth, then i have to pay for the right to use it? It's ridiculous. If I feel like downloading a vid (legally) or a game (legally) then I should be allowed to without having to pay Telkomtax on it. The way I like to think of it is that I pay for a connection to the internet, not the right to use the internet.

It's kind of like thinking that Telkom makes money off of the intellectual property (websites, games, music, etc) of other people and companies. In a way, they're the biggest pirates out there because they make money off other people's:

  • Ideas
  • Software
  • Data
  • Advertising
And how successful it is.

i would just love to watch as many Youtube vids as i want,download all virus updates and patches needed and just some p2p and torrenting without having that 'guilty' feeling.why the f#@$ must we feel guilty to go on the web? i seriously hate the feeling sometimes when im doing too many Youtube vids in a night..i mean wtf is that?!!!. im sure i wouldnt even use all 30 gigs up.
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I agree. We shouldn't be made to feel guilty. And heh... You'd be surprised how easily 30GBs can be used in a week, never mind a month and all 100% legitimately.

But you know what...we are getting there.i think everyone needs to look back at about 3 yrs ago...i was alot more negative then. definete way moving forward ....il stick with Telkom as all the service ive ever received from them has been top notch.no complaints on service side from me (i know the horror stories dont worry )
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No. Here I disagree. We're pretty much exactly where we were 3 years ago. In fact, we're exactly where we were ten years ago. That's the problem. The climate has changed, but we're still wearing sweaters.

I've never had "good service" from Telkom. Their call centres, their shops - they all suck. But once in a while you'll get through to someone at the call centres or have a technician who really goes out of his/her way to help you. THOSE people are worth their weight in gold. But appraising Telkom for THEIR humanity? No, I won't do that. The only reason Telkom still stands is because of its monopoly and the few good people who keep patching it up when it breaks.
 
I agree with Lycanthrope.

Telkom makes the less-educated and those who have less knowledge about the internet and what there is on it, believe that the internet should be only used for very basic stuff, like research, email, etc. so it doesn't use alot of bandwidth. Lots of people dont even know about torrents, youtube, p2p, usenet, and even basic online gaming and normal pc game patches which is entitled to a high amount of bandwidth. Thats why some people dont even have a problem with a slow Dial-Up connection.
 
Nth0862 said:
Sigh, I have reached the point where I cannot enjoy this anymore my 250 GB HDD is full :(

:Cry:
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Rofl!!!!

Imagine that!

In South Africa we are saying: Man this uncapped is awesome. My HDD is full I can't download anymore. This is sick!
 
Funny thing is. Im grabbing 90% of my stuff from local anyway.
So, its nice to have all this extra Int. bandwidth but I'm still grabbing most of it from local servers.
 
Lycanthrope said:
What I find funny about this is that Telkom have (for years) been whining about how their networks can't handle the strain of giving everyone "uncapped" or even reasonable caps (75GBs at least, thankyouverymuch) and claiming that no legitimate user need more than 3GBs (I lol @ paying R800 for a 4meg line and a 3GB cap to check e-mails and lotto numbers).

It has always depressed me how Telkom can sell bandwidth off as usage since, if their networks were under such strain, then why not sell lower bandwidth instead of capping since bandwidth is what Telkom gets from SAT3, not "usage?" Oh, wait, this is Telkom we're talking about - capping helps them extort us :rolleyes:

I've come to realise something. We - the "power users" - the ones who know where to find what we want, how to get what we want, are the ones who bring Telkom and other ISPs the most money. And our usage has absolutely NOTHING to do with them. If we want to download series, games, movies, videos or whatever else, that is OUR concern. Telkom's prerogative should be getting broadband out there, not financially victimising us with roflage concepts like "caps." "Local" usage is a joke. "Blended" usage is a joke.

I believe that Telkom has either deliberately, or inadvertently proven to us in the last couple of days that it has the means to give people uncapped internet, that people want and will use it if they have it at affordable prices (R800 is "fine" in my books considering the current extortion.)

I've been downloading Ubuntu ISOs and updates at steady 4mbps speeds - so there is very, very little "impact" if anything, on their network at all. I don't believe that Telkom has a legitimate excuse to **** us around any more.
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Sorry if I have misunderstood you, but I really don't see how this proves much. I dislike Telkom, and believe that they are not telling the whole truth, but this "test" is far from knowing anything about their full capacity. I am a Systems Admin at a college, and I know if something happens to the student quota system, and students get uncapped internet, within 4 to 6 hours, many students have spread the word :-) But most students are not downloading to their hearts content as they either don't know, or are unsure and don't take the risk of blowing their bandwidth quota. Just take two people on this page, they are holding back just in case Telkom wake up. This forum isn't "south africa", and IMHO most adsl users are still chugging along with a cap in mind. Telkom needs to do advertised uncapped testing for at least 2 months for us to really know.
Anyway, as I mentioned sorry if I misunderstood your reply, and I hope that this goes on until at least month end. I would think that Telkom are possible gearing up for the puny increase they are giving us, and just possibly stress testing.
 
APoc84 said:
Funny thing is. Im grabbing 90% of my stuff from local anyway.
So, its nice to have all this extra Int. bandwidth but I'm still grabbing most of it from local servers.
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.. You can browse :)
I'm the same boat as you
 
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