Uncapped ADSL ISP account prices slashed

Afrihost do shape quiet badly - wish it could be taken off after hours

I moved from mweb to afrihost

Wonder who will e next in line, that can offer service/speed/reliability and decent price
 
memphis32 said:
Sorry what...? Soft capped on an uncapped package...? How in heavens name does that work... And 70GB is like 2 movies...? Seriously MWEB....
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What movies do you watch that's 35GB each? If you want that kind of quality then bandwidth has some time to go before it will catch up with your requirements.
 
gconey said:
What movies do you watch that's 35GB each? If you want that kind of quality then bandwidth has some time to go before it will catch up with your requirements.
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I downloaded two movies once... at 11.1GB a piece. Both were 1920 x 1080. The kwailty stuff is huge.
 
I've seen one of the Lord of the Rings movies at 26GB... I once wanted to download all 3 movies at 77GB...
 
It seems that MWEB did not automatically reduce my monthly cost for 4mb adsl uncapped data+line to the new lower prices. FFS Mweb -_-.
 
Jhbgirl said:
I got the bluray boxed set for R299...much less hassle than trying to download it etc etc etc. Looks good on the dvd shelf too :)
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Where...? Lead me in the right direction and I shall follow.... R299, no ways, where is this?
 
I'm on Afrihost 50GB with bundled 1Mbps line rental @ R297 ... the capped offering is unshaped, which is cool.
I considered the uncapped at the same price including 1Mbps line rental, but when i asked them, they didn't clearly explain the shaping policy and how it would translate into real GBs, so i'm sticking with my capped account... until i find an ISP with unshaped uncapped at a comparable price.
And anyway, 50GB is enough for my series downloads and the occasional football game streaming (...it's gonna be much better when my speed gets bumped up)
 
crawler said:
Afrihost do shape quiet badly - wish it could be taken off after hours

I moved from mweb to afrihost

Wonder who will e next in line, that can offer service/speed/reliability and decent price
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I find that Openweb does not shape after hours. That is exactly why I am with them. I tried Afrihost uncapped and cancelled after 2 days because of their vicious shaping even after hours.
 
AH is the most expensive and the shaping is horrible. Downloads are slowed to 10% during working hours and sometimes even extends to after business hours.
 
memphis32 said:
Sorry what...? Soft capped on an uncapped package...? How in heavens name does that work... And 70GB is like 2 movies...? Seriously MWEB....
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Try getting hold of movies from YIFY. You'll get about 50 movies with 70 Gb.
I'm on an Mweb 2m uncapped. I hover around 120 to 160 gig per month. No throttling.
Reading all the peoples issues with other ISPs on this forum and considering that I've had no issues with Mweb, I'll happily stay put.
 
This thread wasn't a good idea I'm afraid.

People are now jumping ship to "Cheaper options", unknowingly signing up for pathetic packages because "it's cheap".
We should be guiding the public, not confusing them by putting all these options together as if they're all equal.
 
Conack said:
This thread wasn't a good idea I'm afraid.

People are now jumping ship to "Cheaper options", unknowingly signing up for pathetic packages because "it's cheap".
We should be guiding the public, not confusing them by putting all these options together as if they're all equal.
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Totally agreed. Don't know why MyBB doesn't do an article on shaping and thresholds.
 
crawler said:
Afrihost do shape quiet badly - wish it could be taken off after hours

I moved from mweb to afrihost

Wonder who will e next in line, that can offer service/speed/reliability and decent price
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Afrihost.

Just get the Business package.
 
What I have just found out is that Telkom is bumping up the line speeds, but are going to maintain the price structure, i.e. they will upgrade your line speed from 1mbps to 2mbps; 2mbps to 4mbps, but will continue to sync you at the old speed until you are prepared to pay them the extra for increased sync rate. That means in effect that though you could possibly get a doubling of your speed it will require you to pay them the extra for a faster sync rate. So you get no advantage, unless of course you take your whole service over to them, which means they are trying to squeeze the other ISPs out of the market. Their intention was never to provide higher speeds, but rather to rip off the internet users and give them the idea that they will be getting better service. No go unless you pay the extra sync speed rate.
 
Olcroc said:
What I have just found out is that Telkom is bumping up the line speeds, but are going to maintain the price structure, i.e. they will upgrade your line speed from 1mbps to 2mbps; 2mbps to 4mbps, but will continue to sync you at the old speed until you are prepared to pay them the extra for increased sync rate. That means in effect that though you could possibly get a doubling of your speed it will require you to pay them the extra for a faster sync rate. So you get no advantage, unless of course you take your whole service over to them, which means they are trying to squeeze the other ISPs out of the market. Their intention was never to provide higher speeds, but rather to rip off the internet users and give them the idea that they will be getting better service. No go unless you pay the extra sync speed rate.
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Would you like 500GB/m bandwidth free as well, along with your free line speed update?
 
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