The Big Deal: Uncapped LTE for R799

They mention torrents and news servers as part of the bandwidth-intensive protocols that are capped at 50GB. Does this mean that you can stream as much Netflix as you want without being capped?
 
RustyPrincess said:
They mention torrents and news servers as part of the bandwidth-intensive protocols that are capped at 50GB. Does this mean that you can stream as much Netflix as you want without being capped?
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Pretty sure video streaming will fall under bandwidth-intensive protocols.
 
Going to try to apply again... missed out on the 5GB for R99 one due to Telkom incompetence.

Guess this deal also limited to Telkom network, no roaming...
 
Gtx Gaming said:
You have to be in certain area to apply for it and you had apply over phone to get it at 599.

R799 is any area and you can do in store I believe.
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So you do not need to be in the specific area thing they have on their coverage map? If you this is a good deal. Cancelling my ADSL application then :D
 
Toxic T said:
So you do not need to be in the specific area thing they have on their coverage map? If you this is a good deal. Cancelling my ADSL application then :D
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Yes for the R599 deal ,at the start they did not check your location when applying for the deal ,this is how I got the R599 deal.

The R799 deal is for any location with telkom lte coverage.
 
Toxic T said:
So you do not need to be in the specific area thing they have on their coverage map? If you this is a good deal. Cancelling my ADSL application then :D
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I think the R599 deal was only for specific towers. The rockets :) This seems to be for all their towers.

Then again I maybe completely wrong :p
 
Xzib1t said:
This makes no sense to me,

Don't they already have that uncapped deal, for R599 a month (there should be a thread around here somewhere)

Edit: Found it - http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/715156-Telkom-Uncapped-LTE-Deal-My-Trials-So-Far
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Yeah, this deal sucks. People that has the R599 deal says that they are able to connect to other towers and that it is not restricted to certain towers only. Ref: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...als-So-Far?p=17357638&viewfull=1#post17357638
 
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Well this makes so little sense it's criminal.

Telkom’s uncapped LTE service offers uncapped data for all traffic types, except bandwidth-intensive protocols and applications – which will be capped at 50GB.
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So it's a 50Gb Shaped Capped Account.
 
Thor187 said:
Well this makes so little sense it's criminal.



So it's a 50Gb Shaped Capped Account.
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Uncapped wireless broadband is really uncapped for almost all applications and uses. These include email, browsing, streaming traffic like video, music, YouTube, AppleTV, Box Office, Netflix, VPN, VOIP, real time online gaming, backups and gaming downloads.

For these you will never be capped and throttled. This means consumers will enjoy the full benefit of a truly unlimited experience with Telkom's LTE Uncapped service. Telkom's 50GB fair usage policy cap ONLY applies to Bit Torrent traffic via peer to peer and news servers protocols (NNTP).

Customers will enjoy full speeds on the 50GB FUP bundle between 12am – 6pm and will only be throttled on the speeds between 6pm – 12am which is Telkom's peak period on the network. Full connection speeds will be maintained during peak periods for general browsing, online gaming and video streaming and the customer experience will not be affected.
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