Webafrica Business capped vs. Home Capped

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I'm tired of AH's crappy speeds and was looking at Webafrica as an alternative.

What is the difference between these capped products?

For instance the 360GB Home account costs R399 vs R559 for the Business 360GB. As I understand capped should not be throttled or shaped so what is causing the price difference?
 
oober said:
I'm tired of AH's crappy speeds and was looking at Webafrica as an alternative.

What is the difference between these capped products?

For instance the 360GB Home account costs R399 vs R559 for the Business 360GB. As I understand capped should not be throttled or shaped so what is causing the price difference?
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On Home capped p2p is shaped during the day. Runs full speed on all protocols at night though.

remember home accounts are for those people that work during the day at get home at night. Not really for those that wanna download during business hours.
 
Chevron said:
On Home capped p2p is shaped during the day. Runs full speed on all protocols at night though.

remember home accounts are for those people that work during the day at get home at night. Not really for those that wanna download during business hours.
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So just p2p is shaped during the day? I work from home and don't really mind p2p being shaped. As long as ftp/http/emails/ssl is fine.
 
oober said:
So just p2p is shaped during the day? I work from home and don't really mind p2p being shaped. As long as ftp/http/emails/ssl is fine.
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Yeah those things should be fine.
 
oober said:
I'm tired of AH's crappy speeds and was looking at Webafrica as an alternative.

What is the difference between these capped products?

For instance the 360GB Home account costs R399 vs R559 for the Business 360GB. As I understand capped should not be throttled or shaped so what is causing the price difference?
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Seems like the MyBB Masters have answered all your questions. Thanks guys! :D

Just to confirm our capped accounts are NOT unshaped accounts and we prioritise our bandwidth as per the link supplied by 'Orihalcon' here.

Also home accounts will be subject to shaping during Business hrs (07h00-17h00) especially on P2P/NNTP traffic and will return to normal after 17h00 whereas business accounts will not get affected as much. Business accounts are still prioritised/shaped but only on non essential protocols like P2P/NNTP but again this hardly noticeable. Another point to mention is that if the network is under load or there is a major outage then Business accounts take preference over Home to ensure that those accounts run as close to normal as possible.

Best advice I can give you is to sign up for our free 2gb home capped account and give us a test :)
 
WebAfrica Helper said:
Seems like the MyBB Masters have answered all your questions. Thanks guys! :D

Just to confirm our capped accounts are NOT unshaped accounts and we prioritise our bandwidth as per the link supplied by 'Orihalcon' here.

Also home accounts will be subject to shaping during Business hrs (07h00-17h00) especially on P2P/NNTP traffic and will return to normal after 17h00 whereas business accounts will not get affected as much. Business accounts are still prioritised/shaped but only on non essential protocols like P2P/NNTP but again this hardly noticeable. Another point to mention is that if the network is under load or there is a major outage then Business accounts take preference over Home to ensure that those accounts run as close to normal as possible.

Best advice I can give you is to sign up for our free 2gb home capped account and give us a test :)
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Great thanks for the response! Will sign up for that trial account.
 
WebAfrica Helper said:
Seems like the MyBB Masters have answered all your questions. Thanks guys! :D

Just to confirm our capped accounts are NOT unshaped accounts and we prioritise our bandwidth as per the link supplied by 'Orihalcon' here.

Also home accounts will be subject to shaping during Business hrs (07h00-17h00) especially on P2P/NNTP traffic and will return to normal after 17h00 whereas business accounts will not get affected as much. Business accounts are still prioritised/shaped but only on non essential protocols like P2P/NNTP but again this hardly noticeable. Another point to mention is that if the network is under load or there is a major outage then Business accounts take preference over Home to ensure that those accounts run as close to normal as possible.

Best advice I can give you is to sign up for our free 2gb home capped account and give us a test :)
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Do downloads from sites like Rapidgator fall under P2P/NNTP ? (Sorry for the thread hijack)
 
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