UUnet Uncapped

A step in the right direction :)
Im still confused about the price, everyone is posting a different price, maybe its cause im tired...
 
Erm I think the total cost for this will eventually work out same as going with a Storm or datapro uncapped offering.

I never expect miracles in SA, merely solutions.

ps. Regarding the Unshaped comment from a earlier post, how exactly did you do your testing to come to the conclusion that this is unshaped? A ping wont do that for you. Did the guy at uunet actually tell you its unshaped? The Main reason im saying this is simple, companies are out to make money and if other capped 4Gig unshapped isp's buying bandwidth/packages from telkom offer unshaped at R800-R900, then UUNET wont offfer Uncapped/Unshapped at less than they are charging for 4Gig Unshaped and definitely not at R300 less.
 
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I never thought it to be a "miracle" product but if you like downloading and hate watching the cap then try a test account and see what you think. You don't have anything to lose and if you are happy with your 3 gig or even 6gig account then stay with that. It's just an option to everyone above the one given from Saix and this isn't a VPN or proxy but a true seperate account on a seperate backbone. the total to UUnet is around R889.2 including the realm that is the same as an unshaped 4gig account and yes it's expensive BUT it's cheaper than Stormnet which is as far as I know a Proxy or a VPN and it's allot cheaper than Datapro which in total is over R2000. If this sounds like something you want then try it out first before burning it at the stake.

Regards
Hellhound a.k.a Cerberus
 
At this stage it looks like you can only buy ADSL via a UUNET reseller only. If anyone is looking for a UUNET reseller that can sign you put I got mine from:

[email protected]
 
Since 10 minutes I am uncapped and unshaped with NO port prioritation!!!!!!!!!!!!


and the speed is a marvel. Latest test is 437/238


To Hellkom with Telkom!!!
 
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Something that worried me when I got home just for lunch the pings seemed to have climbed substantially, though at work even pinging saix.net I get a 180ms ping I just wanted to know is there somehting going on, on the network in general?

Regards
Hellhound a.k.a Cerberus
 
Everything you guys are saying sounds positive, great going uunet.

I will however wait and see what will happen when more people climb on board and more people can give their opinions from testing it.
 
Is UUNET still in the 'test phase'???. Because people are saying you must get a test account etc.....

Oh and if you have 512k ADSL, will you have to pay R680 instead of R450?
 
1. Yes this is a legal service, it just routes you from the exchange to a different backbone.(as I understand it)

2. And as for the 512k users yes you still pay the R680 fee from telkom. UUnet is just a service provider and they have nothing to do with your telephone rental and bills.

A test account is just a "short term" account you get assigned to check out the service. Their product is running in KZN as a full product.

Regards
Hellhound a.k.a Cerberus
 
Can you give me an email adress or number to phone for a test account Hellhound.
 
AFAIK they are launching at the end of the month, the uunet staff have had the same connections for over a year. Test accounts are available in certain area's if you know the right people to talk to.
 
I think this is a brilliant alternative. Unfortunately it's too expensive for me at the moment, but if they bring out a cheaper 384 connection I'll probably be very tempted to hop on board. I'd trust UUNET with my internet connection before I trust Telkom. Oh I miss those fun Iafrica days.
 
which fun iafrica days? the free isp accounts or the free 0*** numbers *cough*

*this message will explode in 1minute*
 
Clips check the 1st page I gave you guys a number to call.

Regards
Hellhound a.k.a Cerberus
 
hellhound, these 'realms' I could share with 10 people so in theory if the cost is R1200/10, I would only have to pay R120/month (and if all my friends agree) and they all would supposedly get the same connection as me?

edit: Would they also have to have DSL?[/edit]
 
dominic - you've got it wrong dude.
The realm can share 10 accounts, so one could split the realm monthly fee - R224 + VAT between 10 people. Each UUNet account still costs R560 + VAT per person.

Each person also still needs a DSL line from Telkom.

If you read through my calculation post I mentioned this.
 
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