Quote Originally Posted by Tinman View Post
If you have a 4mb ADSL line, but a 384k uncapped account, the ISP will throttle you tp 384, but as I said in my first post, this is only with uncapped offerings.

The thinking is that an uncapped 4mb line can do A LOT more bandwidth in a month than a 384 line. Therefore, it would be silly for 384 users to pay the same as 4mb users for an uncapped service.

With capped accounts this is different. You can't use more than your allowance, so ISPs don't care how fast you use it.

So, in summary.

UNLESS you have uncapped, your data package will have no bearing on your line speed.

A 5GB Mweb/WebAfrica/Axxess/Afrihost/Telkom etc bandwidth account will run at full line speeds regardless of whethere you are on 384,512 or 4mbps.
Ok, right I understand what you are saying. So that by default you pay simple for the amount of bandwidth you go through, no matter if its 4Mbps or 512Kbps. But with an uncapped account your speed will determine the price that you pay.