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The joke is the 3GB cap!!!!!!!
4 meg line is fast enough for now.... but this 3GB is just a joke!
30GB should be the entry level cap size... I can do about 80MB of emails a day.... ( sure the odd smutty one is thrown in there)
and thats like 80% of a 100mb budget of a 3gb cap per day..
*Edit - Spelling
4 meg line is fast enough for now.... but this 3GB is just a joke!
30GB should be the entry level cap size... I can do about 80MB of emails a day.... ( sure the odd smutty one is thrown in there)
and thats like 80% of a 100mb budget of a 3gb cap per day..
*Edit - Spelling
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The_Unbeliever
Honorary Master
Agreed - this 3Gb thing must be thrown out.
Starter cap should be 30Gb.
Starter cap should be 30Gb.
ldmelsa
Executive Member
So no international online gaming then, hey?
3gb
384k & 3GB is like eating ur own borsha!!!!
come on telkom grow up!
and with a 4meg line u can eat a 3gb cap in about 4hours! (i am guessing)
thats like having a phone contract, with unlimited call minutes only catch is the phone network belives 120min is unlimited!?!?!
"be online 24/7" <--- if you dont browse for more than 3min a day!
384k & 3GB is like eating ur own borsha!!!!
come on telkom grow up!
and with a 4meg line u can eat a 3gb cap in about 4hours! (i am guessing)
thats like having a phone contract, with unlimited call minutes only catch is the phone network belives 120min is unlimited!?!?!
"be online 24/7" <--- if you dont browse for more than 3min a day!
4mbps itself is considerd entry level
The_Unbeliever
Honorary Master
Close enough.
Over this weekend I downloaded OpenSuSE 10.2 in about 13 to 14 hours on a 1Mb line, throttled to 70%.
We're using an uncapped ADSL account tho. So yes, it is possible to break the 4Gb barrier in less than 12 hours with a 4Mb line...
stupid stuuuuuupid 3Gb cap...
KampfGherkin
Well-Known Member
Back when I lived in Germany in 2003 I had 768Kbps DSL, which at the time was considered entry-level. Almost 5 years later I find myself on Telkom's 512Kbps - the feckin irony that 5 years later I'm on a slower line than I used to be on. South African for progress I suppose.
Anyhow, best I ever did within 24 hours on that line in Germany was about 7 gigs, of which nearly half was uploaded. So on a 4 meg line, I imagine it should be at least 4 times as much if you can get the throughput.
And don't even get me started on stuff like preloading via Valve's Steam. Downloaded HL2 using my Dad's (now entry-level in Germany) 2 Mbps line. Took about 90 minutes. For like 4+ gigs.
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OK. I'll shut up now. Getting a bit pissed off if I think about it too much. Bah!
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Though on a final note, my friend pushes more gigs per month than I do in a given year here in SA. And I use 5 Gb/month.
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OK. I really need to shut up now. Grrrr!
Anyhow, best I ever did within 24 hours on that line in Germany was about 7 gigs, of which nearly half was uploaded. So on a 4 meg line, I imagine it should be at least 4 times as much if you can get the throughput.
And don't even get me started on stuff like preloading via Valve's Steam. Downloaded HL2 using my Dad's (now entry-level in Germany) 2 Mbps line. Took about 90 minutes. For like 4+ gigs.
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OK. I'll shut up now. Getting a bit pissed off if I think about it too much. Bah!
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Though on a final note, my friend pushes more gigs per month than I do in a given year here in SA. And I use 5 Gb/month.
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OK. I really need to shut up now. Grrrr!
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yup i did 4gig av on a unshaped 1Mb adsl. Keep in mind the rest of the world doesn't have a telkom.
LifelongGamer
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Back when I was first contemplating getting Telkom 512 ADSL I did some research on the internet about transfer rates, throughput calculations and time estimations. This gave me a benchmark from 28.8k analogue modem all the way to 1.5mbps T1.
Later on, Telkom bungled my upgrade to 1mbps and now I can only bring myself to pay them for the 384 package (serves them right) and it's at that time I updated my research to include speeds up to 4mbps.
The formulae and calculations below provide the following results (theoretical for all speeds faster than 384 because I cannot verify faster speeds firsthand) provided your download is able to sustain a consistent throughput for the data transfer. Intermitten slow-downs or pauses across the internet will cause delays:
Data transfer: 3000 MB
Under ideal conditions
56k -> 164 hours 6 minutes (roughly 6 days, 8 hours ... way too long)
64k ISDN -> 137 hours 38 minutes (roughly 5 days, 7 hours ... way too long)
384k ADSL -> 17 hours 46 minutes
512k ADSL -> 13 hours 20 minutes
1mbps ADSL -> 7 hours 50 minutes
2mbps ADSL -> 3 hours 55 minutes
3mbps ADSL -> 2 hours 36 minutes
4mbps ADSL -> 1 hour 57 minutes
Now to get 'real world' results you would need to factor in a decrease in throughput in the region of 20% - 30% depending on how far your line is from the Telkom exchange. My line gives me about 85% (best case) maximum throughput from my ADSL line which means on my 384kbps connection 3Gb of data takes 20 hours 54 minutes.
This is probably why TelkomInternet instituted the relaxed capping policy - knowing that charging R516 for 1mbps - 4mbps connection plus R519 for UNSHAPED 4Gb (R1035 total ADSL, excluding pots rental) is a lot to ask for without providing extra bandwidth 'free' for customers not to complain when they exceed their monthly cap.
Later on, Telkom bungled my upgrade to 1mbps and now I can only bring myself to pay them for the 384 package (serves them right) and it's at that time I updated my research to include speeds up to 4mbps.
The formulae and calculations below provide the following results (theoretical for all speeds faster than 384 because I cannot verify faster speeds firsthand) provided your download is able to sustain a consistent throughput for the data transfer. Intermitten slow-downs or pauses across the internet will cause delays:
Data transfer: 3000 MB
Under ideal conditions
56k -> 164 hours 6 minutes (roughly 6 days, 8 hours ... way too long)
64k ISDN -> 137 hours 38 minutes (roughly 5 days, 7 hours ... way too long)
384k ADSL -> 17 hours 46 minutes
512k ADSL -> 13 hours 20 minutes
1mbps ADSL -> 7 hours 50 minutes
2mbps ADSL -> 3 hours 55 minutes
3mbps ADSL -> 2 hours 36 minutes
4mbps ADSL -> 1 hour 57 minutes
Now to get 'real world' results you would need to factor in a decrease in throughput in the region of 20% - 30% depending on how far your line is from the Telkom exchange. My line gives me about 85% (best case) maximum throughput from my ADSL line which means on my 384kbps connection 3Gb of data takes 20 hours 54 minutes.
This is probably why TelkomInternet instituted the relaxed capping policy - knowing that charging R516 for 1mbps - 4mbps connection plus R519 for UNSHAPED 4Gb (R1035 total ADSL, excluding pots rental) is a lot to ask for without providing extra bandwidth 'free' for customers not to complain when they exceed their monthly cap.