stop being a ****ing tool. not many people know what shaping entails and neither do the ISP's try to educate the people. All they know is they have uncapped internet that's shaped. When a user doesn't know WTF they're getting, but know what they want, they buy the cheapest. So stop with your stupid ****ing snarky comments and telling people how you don't have any speed problems since you HTTP/FTP most of the time and **** off you troll
I think your remarks on mant1s' post was uncalled for, but I do agree with you that mant1s shouldn't kept some of his remarks to himself too. Schpat has been a registered user since 2006, so he probably did expect a bit more from this user...
I certainly don't have sympathy with people who simply buy stuff because it's cheap, instead of reading reviews or asking before you actually go ahead and buying it.
At least he's not bound by a 2 year contract like the Telkom suckers, but seeing that it's now the 1st Dec, he will be bound to Mweb till end of Jan 2011!
I have noticed that people's speed on Mweb's network differ quite a lot, but I can't say if it is contributed due to their location (Cpt vs Jhb) or simply due to the poor choice of protocol & server that they're using to download from. Usually the shaped accounts should reach near to the full line speed after like mid-night.
I would really urge schpat to download with another protocol. If he's currently downloading from a local torrent tracker, then the most likely cause for the poor speeds would be due to SAIX not peering locally with Mweb.
If you're really having issues with your Mweb account, then simply contact Mweb - they're really kind & helpful - or at least from my experience. Just don't expect them to help you download torrents faster, but they will most likely help you speed up your E-mail and general web surfing if you experienced problems with that.
