{"id":159580,"date":"2016-03-24T09:06:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T07:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=159580"},"modified":"2016-03-30T07:30:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T05:30:59","slug":"does-uncapped-unshaped-adsl-really-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/industrynews\/159580-does-uncapped-unshaped-adsl-really-exist.html","title":{"rendered":"Does Uncapped Unshaped ADSL really exist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most Internet Service Providers in South Africa offer Uncapped ADSL.<\/p>\n<p>The problem however is that most fail to mention how badly they throttle you once you reach a mythical, secret usage limit.<\/p>\n<p>The level of frustration that this causes to the unsuspecting client is equal to downloading an episode of the Simpsons on a 56k dial up modem.<\/p>\n<p>Uncapped ADSL is a great invention.\u00a0 Basically, you are offered an \u2018all you can eat\u2019 style internet buffet.<\/p>\n<p>The only problem is, most ISP\u2019s will limit your second helping to a quarter of your first, without warning.<\/p>\n<p>OpenWeb is one of South Africa\u2019s leading ISPs (they have been doing this for over 11 years now so they better be!).<\/p>\n<p>A lot can be said for this company, but one things for sure, their products always lead the pack.<\/p>\n<p>They were one of the first ISP\u2019s to introduce Uncapped before it was all the rage.<\/p>\n<p>One could say they have the most Uncapped experience of the bunch, and with this new offer they are again changing the landscape of broadband in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Let us leave it to the Big Nerd or Paul Walters, OpenWeb\u00a0Chief Engineer to explain:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We have been working on the new Home Uncapped Premium product for over a year now.<\/p>\n<p>We decided that the most irritating part of a Premium product is the mysterious Fair Usage Policy that punishes a client for using his ADSL line the way it was meant to.<\/p>\n<p>We asked ourselves, what can we do to make the best, unbeatable Premium product in the country?<\/p>\n<p>The answer was simple: <strong>Permanently remove the Fair Usage Policy that dictates how much you can use on an Uncapped account and turn it into South Africa\u2019s first, proper, Unlimited, Unshaped no nonsense Uncapped product.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From 23 March 2016, the Home Premium Uncapped Unshaped account will have NO soft cap, and will be Unshaped whether you use 1GB or 1000GB.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Paul also informed us that they didn\u2019t stop there.\u00a0 ALL Home Uncapped Premium clients, current and new will benefit from the new rules.<\/p>\n<p>He also added that ALL Home Uncapped Premium clients will also get the following bonus benefits with their ADSL data account:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FREE Mobile Data provided on a separate sim card to use when you travel. (The amount of mobile data depends on the package you take)<\/li>\n<li>A FREE Bonus 50GB Capped Unshaped account you can give to a friend, family member or keep it all to yourself<\/li>\n<li>Priority Email support 7 days per week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Home Uncapped Premium Products:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"mybb_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #002440; font-weight: bold; color: #fff;\">\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"45%\">Package<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"23%\">Speed<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"32%\">Price<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Completely Uncapped and Unshaped<\/td>\n<td>2Mbps<\/td>\n<td><strong>R399 <\/strong>\u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/openweb.co.za\/home-uncapped-premium\/#pricingplans\" target=\"_blank\">More info<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Completely Uncapped and Unshaped<\/td>\n<td>4Mbps<\/td>\n<td><strong>R689 <\/strong>\u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/openweb.co.za\/home-uncapped-premium\/#pricingplans\" target=\"_blank\">More info<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Completely Uncapped and Unshaped<\/td>\n<td>8Mbps<\/td>\n<td><strong>R799<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/openweb.co.za\/home-uncapped-premium\/#pricingplans\" target=\"_blank\">More info<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Completely Uncapped and Unshaped<\/td>\n<td>10Mbps<\/td>\n<td><strong>R979<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/openweb.co.za\/home-uncapped-premium\/#pricingplans\" target=\"_blank\">More info<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Completely Uncapped and Unshaped<\/td>\n<td>20Mbps<\/td>\n<td><strong>R1,999<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/openweb.co.za\/home-uncapped-premium\/#pricingplans\" target=\"_blank\">More info<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Completely Uncapped and Unshaped<\/td>\n<td>40Mbps<\/td>\n<td><strong>R2,999<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/openweb.co.za\/home-uncapped-premium\/#pricingplans\" target=\"_blank\">More info<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The packages are immediately available for sale and offer <strong>pro-rata billing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information and to order, visit:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/openweb.co.za\/home-uncapped-premium\/#pricingplans\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/openweb.co.za\/home-uncapped-premium\/#pricingplans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most ISPs in South Africa offer Uncapped ADSL, but many fail to mention how badly they throttle you once you reach a mythical, secret usage limit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340989,"featured_media":159588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28937],"tags":[36,1261,1755,24981,6683],"class_list":["post-159580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industrynews","tag-active","tag-openweb","tag-uncapped-adsl","tag-uncapped-adsl-prices","tag-unshaped-adsl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/340989"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}