Necuno
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here goes, currently we have two types of uncapped options from which all the over variants springs forth:
theres IS uncapped, then theres the own isp's solution.
IS uncapped
they are subjected to IS's shaping rules which includes torrents, p2p with sometimes rapidshare, streaming videos and ftp's - this usually applies to business hours, sometimes applied over weekends and after hours too. being shaped these two will render higher latencies than fiber or unshaped. the business usually includes a setup fee around R1700 from most isps
uncapped express(dynamic ip + throttling)
in short the express is subjected to a softcap(called thresholding) which kicks in after you have used your "uncapped" and went your their set limits on the account and you should get half the account speed but there is the cases of quartered speeds where my dslam had to be reseted in order to *fix* the speed again.
business uncapped(fixed ip)
not subjected to the softcapped/thresholding as the express account. however you must take a router with it and is not accessible to you as the user which renders no support to raspppoe like implementations as unshaped wow-ing.
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own Isp's solutions
XDSL - fiber and shaped uncapped(low latency + fixed ip)
based on their own network/backbone its not subjected to any limits at all to usage and applications like p2p and torrents, but it comes with an international and local spit which starts as 75% of your speed to local and then remaining 25% to international. this can be changes as you can specify a 50-50 or 25-75 etc etc split. You can use your own router if it supports the whole setup, but a fee is required for the setup. Else must take a router from xdsl.
imagineips - shaped uncapped(fixed ip)
based on their own network/backbone its not subjected to any limits at all to usage, but only local newsgroups allowed furthermore no p2p applications. This you must take their router with it.
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not all uncapped is the same !
[the list for now if i missed out on something please post and ill fix it]
theres IS uncapped, then theres the own isp's solution.
IS uncapped
- limited thresholded "uncapped" - uncapped express
- business uncapped
they are subjected to IS's shaping rules which includes torrents, p2p with sometimes rapidshare, streaming videos and ftp's - this usually applies to business hours, sometimes applied over weekends and after hours too. being shaped these two will render higher latencies than fiber or unshaped. the business usually includes a setup fee around R1700 from most isps
uncapped express(dynamic ip + throttling)
in short the express is subjected to a softcap(called thresholding) which kicks in after you have used your "uncapped" and went your their set limits on the account and you should get half the account speed but there is the cases of quartered speeds where my dslam had to be reseted in order to *fix* the speed again.
business uncapped(fixed ip)
not subjected to the softcapped/thresholding as the express account. however you must take a router with it and is not accessible to you as the user which renders no support to raspppoe like implementations as unshaped wow-ing.
...
own Isp's solutions
- XDSL - fiber uncapped
- imagineips - shaped uncapped
XDSL - fiber and shaped uncapped(low latency + fixed ip)
based on their own network/backbone its not subjected to any limits at all to usage and applications like p2p and torrents, but it comes with an international and local spit which starts as 75% of your speed to local and then remaining 25% to international. this can be changes as you can specify a 50-50 or 25-75 etc etc split. You can use your own router if it supports the whole setup, but a fee is required for the setup. Else must take a router from xdsl.
imagineips - shaped uncapped(fixed ip)
based on their own network/backbone its not subjected to any limits at all to usage, but only local newsgroups allowed furthermore no p2p applications. This you must take their router with it.
...
not all uncapped is the same !
[the list for now if i missed out on something please post and ill fix it]
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