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My contract with MWEB ends at the end of the month.
Leaving them because of semi non-existent news servers.
Main reason however is there e-mail service forcing me through another port.

I run a studio and send demo mp3's etc quite frequently.

Sending 4 mp3's (16M) takes on average between 2 and 3 hours (Time-outs, unresponsive servers etc.)

I have clients who wants stuff, and I can't deliver because of that.

I d/l between 150G-200G per month.

Options:
Openweb - gaming impossible with those pings.
Afrihost - Throttling after about 80-100G
Webafrica - No Uncapped under R600


What are my other options for 4M uncapped for under R600?

Thanx
 
So using a home account for business and quite a bit of downloading...Unhappy with timeouts sending oversized emails...unwilling to pay for Business account with some more oomph...Unhappy to have to use an alternative standard port because the mweb smtp is giving hassles with those oversized emails...Amireadingthisright
 
@PsyWulf - yes you are reading it right.

Never had problems with "oversized" e-mails before the port change. I have my own domain so I can not happily use my own smpt.
My account is only used for business for the sending of e-mails.

Your sarcastic and uncalled for response seems to suggest that If I sell Tupperware from home and want to send images of plastic buckets for printing I should not moan and get a Business account? Get real.

You're wasting bandwidth if you have nothing to say and insist on doing it.....
 
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@Meneer: Changing your ISP may not be the only solution although it may be a start :whistle:.
Also, as you have own domain, have you considered Google Apps (7.5GB mailbox & other tools etc)?
That said, why not setup a VPS and allow the mail recipients to simply ftp what they need from that server.
Simply supply them with the link and credentials to access the files, you'll save on bandwidth - might reduce your costs even.
I doubt any ISP will throttle FTP ports (you'll have to upload to that server)... I could be mistaken though.
If you need more info on this, pm me.
 
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risami said:
@Meneer: Changing your ISP may not be the only solution although it may be a start :whistle:.
Also, as you have own domain, have you considered Google Apps (7.5GB mailbox & other tools etc)?
That said, why not setup a VPS and allow the mail recipients to simply ftp what they need from that server.
Simply supply them with the link and credentials to access the files, you'll save on bandwidth - might reduce your costs even.
I doubt any ISP will throttle FTP ports (you'll have to upload to that server)... I could be mistaken though.
If you need more info on this, pm me.
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I agree with the FTP route - its a way more efficient solution than e-mail for your purposes.
 
Meneer said:
Never had problems with "oversized" e-mails before the port change. I have my own domain so I can not happily use my own smpt.
My account is only used for business for the sending of e-mails.
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SMTP in it's essence wasn't designed for sending attachments of those sizes,especially considering MIME can add up to ~30% overhead. You are fortunate the destination even accepts those emails,I know most of my recipients won't go passed 10Mb

Your sarcastic and uncalled for response seems to suggest that If I sell Tupperware from home and want to send images of plastic buckets for printing I should not moan and get a Business account? Get real.
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Yes,a home account cannot expect the same service as a business account,get over it,you get what you pay for
You're wasting bandwidth if you have nothing to say and insist on doing it.....
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Cute

Now if you really wanted to not be a moany bitch QQing about your business suffering under the draconian measures of a home account consider the following:
How much business are you losing due to it? If that is more than 1500 p/m you can and should invest in an actual business line. If not it isn't much of a real problem

Complaining that your home phone can only handle one phonecall at a time when you are trying to run a business would net the same result,just because you can kind-of use it for that specific use doesn't mean it can promise or even handle the same volume as a business system would.

Go ahead and invest a few cents in a Web server with FTP,give your clients individual accounts to download their files and be amazed,or go ahead and hop provider to provider till the next problem crops up ( maybe a FUP/TOU breached due to it not being a business account? )
 
PsyWulf said:
SMTP in it's essence wasn't designed for sending attachments of those sizes,especially considering MIME can add up to ~30% overhead. You are fortunate the destination even accepts those emails,I know most of my recipients won't go passed 10Mb


Yes,a home account cannot expect the same service as a business account,get over it,you get what you pay for

Cute

Now if you really wanted to not be a moany bitch QQing about your business suffering under the draconian measures of a home account consider the following:
How much business are you losing due to it? If that is more than 1500 p/m you can and should invest in an actual business line. If not it isn't much of a real problem

Complaining that your home phone can only handle one phonecall at a time when you are trying to run a business would net the same result,just because you can kind-of use it for that specific use doesn't mean it can promise or even handle the same volume as a business system would.

Go ahead and invest a few cents in a Web server with FTP,give your clients individual accounts to download their files and be amazed,or go ahead and hop provider to provider till the next problem crops up ( maybe a FUP/TOU breached due to it not being a business account? )
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+1

you get what you pay for!!!!
 
.. just to clarify - I never send attachments bigger than 6-7 megs... The 16Megs I was referring to, was 4 mp3's, which was send separately as 4 individual e-mails....
 
Meneer said:
.. just to clarify - I never send attachments bigger than 6-7 megs... The 16Megs I was referring to, was 4 mp3's, which was send separately as 4 individual e-mails....
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Good Afternoon Meneer

You could also use "Store it" as an option to share files of that nature or size.
 
I download off Mweb news servers pretty much daily, it's up most of the time?
Online storage (DropBox, SkyDrive etc) + emailing of link = much better than sending large email attachments.
Or use Gmail's web interface?

And obviously don't download while you're sending, it will impact your upload performance.
 
Meneer said:
My contract with MWEB ends at the end of the month.
Leaving them because of semi non-existent news servers.
Main reason however is there e-mail service forcing me through another port.

I run a studio and send demo mp3's etc quite frequently.

Sending 4 mp3's (16M) takes on average between 2 and 3 hours (Time-outs, unresponsive servers etc.)

I have clients who wants stuff, and I can't deliver because of that.

I d/l between 150G-200G per month.

Options:
Openweb - gaming impossible with those pings.
Afrihost - Throttling after about 80-100G
Webafrica - No Uncapped under R600


What are my other options for 4M uncapped for under R600?

Thanx
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Openweb GOLD definitely.
 
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