To all you ISP's!

[Dare]

I'm looking for a 3Gig ADSL account for my home,

Must be SAIX!

Month to month billing (no contracts)

Must be as cheap as possible! around R200?

 

[guest2013-1]

www.webafrica.co.za

198.98, and if you buy prepaid and dont use it all that month, it rolls over....

 

[daysleeper]

try cybersmart.co.za they are very good so far!

 

[Dare]

I checked out Webafrica

Sounds like a great deal to me!

 

[kilo39]

198.98, and if you buy prepaid and dont use it all that month, it rolls over....

Uum, nowhere on WebAfrica do I see mention of a rollover - specifically meaning 3 gig accounts at R199.50?!

http://www.webafrica.co.za/solutions/internet_access_adsl.html

 

[fluKe]

read where he says "prepaid".

 

[Mr Anderson]

It's correct what he said. This is how it works, write this down (i'm going to use my account as an example):

I have a 5GB account with WebAfrica. Let's say I, for some reason, have only 1GB left in the middle of the month, I can instantly order more "prepaid bandwidth" at R75 per GB on the WebAfrica homepage. Then, after my remaining 1GB is used up on my "normal" bandwidth it will start to use my prepaid bandwidth that I bought. Let's say I bought an additional 2GB of bandwidth.

Now the end of the month comes in but I only used 1GB of my 2GB prepaid that I bought. NO WORRIES. It then rolls over to the new month and instead of my normal 5GB, I now have 6GB (5GB+1GB prepaid)

It also doesn't start using your prepaid, it uses your normal bandwidth first and only when that's used up does it start to use your prepaid bandwidth again.

In closure...and awesome idea would be to open an account and then buy about 2 or 3GB of extra prepaid bandwidth to act as a "buffer". If you don't use it, fine. But at least it's always there if you need it

Note: ONLY the prepaid credit rolls over month after month. Your normal bandwidth from your 3 or 5GB account always resets and does NOT roll over.

 

[kilo39]

Thanks guys for the clarification - and sounds like a good plan - BUT - when I go to webafrica - nowhere do I see mention of "prepaid"... if it is as you say (and I believe you) then this should be writ big (somewhere that I can see it.) ... Where on webafrica do they mention pre-paid? ... Ah, I see - under "solution" drop-down-> internet access-> prepaid... (convoluted to say the least.) - and this is where the misunderstanding comes in (original quote 198.98, and if you buy prepaid and dont use it all that month, it rolls over.... ... quote almost like standard 3 gig rolls over - but actually need pre-paid - or even better a completely pre-paid account to take full advantage. Good plan - but it should be writ and presented better (when I look - the first mention of "rollover" is four pages deep, hidden in a sub-clause.) I volunteer to rebuild this website (with a better, more logical in your face presentation of 'the facts.')

Thanks, sounds good!