Uncapped ADSL speed upgrades for free

[James]

Uncapped ADSL speed upgrades for free

Axxess announced that it will upgrade the speed of all its uncapped ADSL accounts at no extra cost

[Crzwaco]

so seeing as axxess is owned by afrihost will afrihost ones also be upgraded?

[Tydmors]

I wonder if this will work for people on their adsl & line bundles.

I wonder if my whole bundle will be upgraded or just the data part of it.

[Mister 44]

I wonder if this will work for people on their adsl & line bundles.

I wonder if my whole bundle will be upgraded or just the data part of it.

OK, not exactly sure what you'e saying, but this is what will probably happen with a capped bundle: If you are on a 2mbit/s line with 75gb cap, you will find yourself on a 4mbit/s line with 75gb cap while paying the same. You see, it is Telkom that is upgrading lines, so the data part won't change. Just the line. They may also decide to keep you on your current line speed and charge you less, in which case (using the example above) you'll pay the same as somebody on a 1mbit/s line with 75gb cap do now.

Hope this helps.

[InSanity]

DOes axxess have a news server ? a

[AlienTaker]

OK, not exactly sure what you'e saying, but this is what will probably happen with a capped bundle: If you are on a 2mbit/s line with 75gb cap, you will find yourself on a 4mbit/s line with 75gb cap while paying the same. You see, it is Telkom that is upgrading lines, so the data part won't change. Just the line. They may also decide to keep you on your current line speed and charge you less, in which case (using the example above) you'll pay the same as somebody on a 1mbit/s line with 75gb cap do now.

Hope this helps.

I think what he meant is he's on a 2mb/line package combo, so if he's line gets pushed to 4mb will he's package also be pushed to 4mb or will it stay on 2mb

I remember when the first upgrades came out i was moved from 1mb line and package to 2 mb line and package at no extra cost.

So i figure this time round will be the same

don't know if it's with the capped packages but i know uncapped works like that

[Glordit]

Careful now...

It's a line upgrade not a package upgrade. Many of us will get caught out with this. Although we will have to see what happens, I don't see myself getting a free 4Mb/s upgrade because I am on 2mb/s I just see my router syncing at 4Mb/s.

I think what he meant is he's on a 2mb/line package combo, so if he's line gets pushed to 4mb will he's package also be pushed to 4mb or will it stay on 2mb

I remember when the first upgrades came out i was moved from 1mb line and package to 2 mb line and package at no extra cost.

So i figure this time round will be the same

don't know if it's with the capped packages but i know uncapped works like that

Not all ISP's will be doing free upgrades, we will have to see what the future holds.

[Tydmors]

I think what he meant is he's on a 2mb/line package combo, so if he's line gets pushed to 4mb will he's package also be pushed to 4mb or will it stay on 2mb

I remember when the first upgrades came out i was moved from 1mb line and package to 2 mb line and package at no extra cost.

So i figure this time round will be the same

don't know if it's with the capped packages but i know uncapped works like that

AlienTaker, that is exactly what i meant.
Axxess has a product that is a combination of both your ADSL line and your ADSL Data, the main draw to this is about a R50 saving. I went to their site and saw that only their ADSL accounts had the free upgrade and their line speeds stayed the same price (2mb/s for R249). Their bundled prices also stayed the same.

So if you use their bundled 2MB/s product (data and line) you now pay more than if you had it apart.

[Mister 44]

Careful now...

It's a line upgrade not a package upgrade. Many of us will get caught out with this. Although we will have to see what happens, I don't see myself getting a free 4Mb/s upgrade because I am on 2mb/s I just see my router syncing at 4Mb/s.

Not all ISP's will be doing free upgrades, we will have to see what the future holds.

If you have an uncapped account, then yes. But in a capped scenario, no. You will either get a faster line or pay less. Finish en klaar.

AlienTaker, that is exactly what i meant.
Axxess has a product that is a combination of both your ADSL line and your ADSL Data, the main draw to this is about a R50 saving. I went to their site and saw that only their ADSL accounts had the free upgrade and their line speeds stayed the same price (2mb/s for R249). Their bundled prices also stayed the same.

So if you use their bundled 2MB/s product (data and line) you now pay more than if you had it apart.

I've been through these line upgrades a few times, so I'll try to explain to the best of my ability:

Capped bundles or accounts
This is how it should work (and probably will for most ISPs):
Telkom is upgrading lines for free. So your ISP is incurring no additional cost for giving you faster line speed. The ISP will do one of two things: Upgrade your line for free or charge you less.

So let's assume you have a 2mbit line and 50GB cap bundle. Once the upgrades are done, you should either have a 4mbit line with 50GB or pay the same as somebody with a 1mbit line and 50GB pays now. Your data cap will not change (some ISPs may decide to increase cap, but this is doubtful).

Remember: With capped products, the amount of data is fixed and thus line speed and cap does not influence each other. Even in a bundle, part of the cost is for line and part is for cap.

If your ISP doesn't upgrade your line speed for free or charge you less in total, they are effectively charging you more for your capped data and you should then consider getting another ISP!

Uncapped bundles or accounts
With uncapped, a faster line speed means more data consumed so what will happen is not as straight forward as with a capped account. The way this is implemented will differ between ISPs and it is best to wait and see how your ISP handles it.

tl;dr version:
If you don't pay less or get a faster line with a capped account/bundle when the upgrades are done, you are being screwed by your ISP.

[Lyt]

As I've said this before on mybb, this is bad bad bad. Talking about the free line upgrade and not price reduction.This will only congest the already congested exchanges even more congested. If Afrihost and other ISP's follow suit this is going to be a nightmare.

Telkom is focusing on the wrong stuff here. What a surprise.