Tjoker
Expert Member
What happens between 5pm and 8am on the Day Trader Account?Are companies the only eligible ones for this?
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Uncapped ADSL pricing comparison
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Tjoker
Expert Member
20gb? why dont you just get a 20gb afrihost account (29 x 20 = R580). That will run at full speed (4mbs) and cost you R1400 less....
you can thank me later
I think the word 'uncapped' needs to be redefined.
I see it as unthrottled, 24x7, no rolling threshold, no max GB!!
Apparently none of the ISP's see it as this
too true. is there some international telecoms body that has defined the term uncapped?
The only reason it's high end is because of the high price. These are low or below low end services overseas.
I think stuff should be called out for what it is.
For example, if a Toyota costs R100000 overseas and R1000000 in SA does that give us the right to call it a supercar here
high end is a relative term. if that toyota was the best car you could get compared to say one of those 1l engine cars, then it would be high end. Your point about it being inferior to other products in the world is taken though.
cause even a 384k account on a 4Mb line will get that after hours and weekends, its just how it works .
That is why this Top10 user (on http://www.axxess.co.za/uncapped.php) get this - account: 384kbit/s total in month: 873 GB
The only reason to go for the more expensive acounts is if you want a higher throttled speed during office hours.
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drukkie
Expert Member
Please get used to the term uncapped ff's it's here to stay, they are even implementing in the US and australia, yes the cap is 500GB but it's still capped.
I'll live happily with the 8pm 8am arrangement, but my budget only allows for roughly R900 and that's incl telkom...
I'll live happily with the 8pm 8am arrangement, but my budget only allows for roughly R900 and that's incl telkom...
Curtix2
Senior Member
Its not that we aren't used to the term - its just that the term doesn't mean what it says.
Uncapped means without limits. There is no harm in preserving the words meaning, matter of fact its pretty damn important.
Tally Ho.
Uncapped means without limits. There is no harm in preserving the words meaning, matter of fact its pretty damn important.
Tally Ho.
czc
Honorary Master
And then there is Vanilla say Not Capped internet from R35.
Lightscribe
Banned
That the thing. More people would go for Axxess type uncapped services, at around R900 all inclusive.
At least they no longer say "uncapped". The Vanilla "uncapped" wording was discussed in a heated debate a few months back. It does border on untruth though...
tjunyat
Senior Member
Unfortunately even overseas "uncapped" quite often has an acceptable use policy (AUP) which limits you to a certain amount/month.
The thing is, their "caps" are reasonable, i.e. 200gb+ as opposed to ours, 5gb/10gb/20gb.
While all these prices are wonderful, you still have to pay almost R600/month (including phone line) to Telkom for crappy 4mb line rental that's not even guaranteed at 4mb, it's only guaranteed at 1mb.
The thing is, their "caps" are reasonable, i.e. 200gb+ as opposed to ours, 5gb/10gb/20gb.
While all these prices are wonderful, you still have to pay almost R600/month (including phone line) to Telkom for crappy 4mb line rental that's not even guaranteed at 4mb, it's only guaranteed at 1mb.
ldmelsa
Executive Member
If the 4Mb(8pm - 8am)/384k(during the day + throttle [I don't know how it works]) was R900 all-inclusive, I'd get it.
EDIT: Sorry about the grammar.
Curtix2
Senior Member
Had uncapped when i lived overseas - never had an AUP. With Comcast cable, or ATT DSL. I had a server running pulling down 60-250 gigs in a night.
Never heard a peep. This was in the US over the 8 years.
ldmelsa
Executive Member
Was that a consumer service?
Curtix2
Senior Member
Yea - Cable bundle. $99 (R775) per month included my digital cable TV. (Think Multichoice) and 12Mb/s download 8Mb/s Up. Download would burst to 24 (20 effectively sometime in the late hours)
Believe me I MISS IT!
ldmelsa
Executive Member
Makes me feel kind of ripped off, with what I'm paying for Do3. They only give me 5GBs. I guess we'll get there.
wpswart006
Senior Member
Hopefully before the sun burns out.
ldmelsa
Executive Member
It will happen. Just be patient. The future is an online one, and SA does not have a choice. We must join the rest of the world, or we will fall behind, and I don't think we'll let that happen. As we have seen with the US, and others, broadband allows new types of services to be created. Just look at all the huge web companies that have been created. That has happened because those countries have lots of bandwidth and Internet users. How can SA compete in this new online world, if we don't up the ante? So, no... we won't have to "wait for the Sun to burn out". What we have seen in the cellphone market will happen with the Internet market. It's imminent.
nictron
Senior Member
I highly doubt it.
Just look at international trends all the major cable and ADSL companies are starting to institute caps from 60GB and up.
But we are still way off a 30GB standard offering!
I mean our idiotic ISP's have throttling from 20GB on uncapped accounts!