TheRiddl3r
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Are there any ISP's out there that offer an uncapped account that can handle 5 concurrent connections in a large area? ie. Somerset-west, stellenbosch, grabouw
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Uncapped with concurrent?
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rwenzori
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No five-for-the-price-of-one sales on at the moment! LOL.
You can buy five uncapped accounts though!
You can buy five uncapped accounts though!
TheRiddl3r
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Ye, but then u end up paying 1200 each instead of sharing one between 5 of you and paying 250ish
rwenzori
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Exactly! But from the ISP's point of view, what is the difference between 5 accounts and 1 account with 5 connections? The latter is 5 times the traffic for the price of 1. Not on!
TheRiddl3r
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but that would be five uncapped accounts then! if you wanna share with five people, move in together
thats the easiest way
Lolz, could be kinda difficult
Which is exactly why they won't allow it, they're not stupid.
Nameite
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Can try 1 uncapped...2x 30 gig local.
each local has 2 concurrent connection so all in all = 5 connections.
Then use VPN or proxy and all go thru the uncapped account for internationl.
Thats the closest u'll get of all going thru the uncapped.
So its like R130 x 2 = R260 + uncapped R1200(u said) = R1460...almost R300 per person(15gigs each)
And the local accounts usually lasts more than 30 gig
Any loopholes in my plan, anyone welcome to correct me
each local has 2 concurrent connection so all in all = 5 connections.
Then use VPN or proxy and all go thru the uncapped account for internationl.
Thats the closest u'll get of all going thru the uncapped.
So its like R130 x 2 = R260 + uncapped R1200(u said) = R1460...almost R300 per person(15gigs each)
And the local accounts usually lasts more than 30 gig
Any loopholes in my plan, anyone welcome to correct me
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Nameite,
That is such an awsome plan!!!!!
1 question.. how do you setup your computer to connect to international via the VPN?
That is such an awsome plan!!!!!
1 question.. how do you setup your computer to connect to international via the VPN?
Nameite
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Beats me, I just read it somewhere
arf9999
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speed for the other four will be limited to the upload speed of the one international account....shared... hmmm...
Highflyer_GP
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Yip even if the uncapped account is running on a 4meg line, the downstream speed of the local only accounts would be 384kbps/4 (assuming all 4 connected at the same time). You're looking at ~96kbps for a shared 30GB international, and that's not even taking into account the possible problems with proxies.
Aside from that, the downstream speed of the 4meg line would also be affected if the upstream speed is maxed out.
Aside from that, the downstream speed of the 4meg line would also be affected if the upstream speed is maxed out.
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the downstream speed of the 4 local accounts would still be 384 each because they are on separate ADSL lines..... or is Highflyer correct?
Highflyer_GP
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Doesn't matter even if you had the local accounts on 4 4meg lines, they would all be limited by the upstream speed of the 4meg line (which is 384kbps) running the uncapped account. And 96kbps is just an ideal situation assuming that the 4 lines are utilizing the bandwidth proportionally. If one person uses bandwidth intensive apps such as p2p, the other 3 may very well suffer with 10kbps type speeds.
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Exactly, not really practical, what you could do if you lived relatively close together is run Wifi links...
Nameite
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Not practical but its basically how most small wisps operate. So basically this is a "wired" Wisp methods...up to 384k burst speed
Though 15gigs on 10kbyte per sec does seem a bit pushing it...
What are you guys planning to use the uncapped account for by the by?
Though 15gigs on 10kbyte per sec does seem a bit pushing it...
What are you guys planning to use the uncapped account for by the by?
TheRiddl3r
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Dling mostly
Not practical but its basically how most small wisps operate. So basically this is a "wired" Wisp methods...up to 384k burst speed
Though 15gigs on 10kbyte per sec does seem a bit pushing it...
What are you guys planning to use the uncapped account for by the by?
Advantage with using Wifi is no line rental for the additional lines, no upstream limitations etc. Could be practical if you all lived in the same suburb.
Nameite
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Well d/ling for p2p, or http or ftp?
U can get a lot of things from local sources and my 10gig local account...well about 7 gigs were used on international torrents and i'm on 21gig and not yet capped.
Meanwhile uncapped on the otherhand may be very slow, like 10kbyte per sec on bad days.
If I had 300ish to spend, I would get 1 R149 telkom account and 1 30gig local account. Then use route sentry to route international thru telkom and local thru the local account.
Then just use the local account for international when it does allow it for the first few days of the month and use the rest thru telkom later.
Then u can still get and share content on local torrent trackers and many other sources Zig doesnt like ppl mentioning
