adsl selection help

maaz

maaz

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hi guys

I am looking for a reliable adsl isp I will mostly be playing fps and racing sims also movie downloads and browsing is a 1mbps line good enough movies and games can be left over night and day to download.

need help urgent........:confused:
thanx guys
 
maaz said:
hi guys

I am looking for a reliable adsl isp I will mostly be playing fps and racing sims also movie downloads and browsing is a 1mbps line good enough movies and games can be left over night and day to download.

need help urgent........:confused:
thanx guys
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During the day, Yes. If it is p2p No.

I recommend Mweb.
 
maaz said:
hi guys

I am looking for a reliable adsl isp I will mostly be playing fps and racing sims also movie downloads and browsing is a 1mbps line good enough movies and games can be left over night and day to download.

need help urgent........:confused:
thanx guys
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I have a 1mbps account at MWEB and its fine for gaming and downloads.
 
But mweb is the most reliable ;) got nothing but good things to say about them. Except! That during december I had allot of packetloss in my games. Sometimes as bad as 400-700 ( yes on SA servers )ping lasted a few minutes before it was good again. But I guess I was throttled or something?
 
We've also always had great service with Mweb. We've had do deal with their customer care a few times (e.g. setting up a new router after a lightning strike) and they've been helpful and knowledgeable. We have a 4mbps line (getting closer to 5 according to Speedtest) and that's always been way beyond fast enough, so I'm sure 1mbps will cover most downloading and gaming.
 
goldfritter said:
We've also always had great service with Mweb. We've had do deal with their customer care a few times (e.g. setting up a new router after a lightning strike) and they've been helpful and knowledgeable. We have a 4mbps line (getting closer to 5 according to Speedtest) and that's always been way beyond fast enough, so I'm sure 1mbps will cover most downloading and gaming.
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I sync at 2Mbps and have 40mbps exchanges in my area so I see speeds up to 400kbps sometimes :) I <3 Mweb.
 
Maaz everyone on mybroadband is recomending PLUGG atm.
Best is to have some get some trail accounts and see witch one works best for where you are.

Afrihost is having some problems atm like HTTP downloads are crawling yet p2p and steam downloads run full speed.
 
Crzwaco said:
Maaz everyone on mybroadband is recomending PLUGG atm.
Best is to have some get some trail accounts and see witch one works best for where you are.

Afrihost is having some problems atm like HTTP downloads are crawling yet p2p and steam downloads run full speed.
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This in the FAQ made my change my mind.
How does your uncapped service work?
We manage all of our uncapped accounts on an hour to hour basis depending on the performance of our network at that time.

We monitor our overall network usage on an hour to hour basis and if our capacity is stretched we dynamically shape and throttle certain clients' uncapped accounts to relieve congestion.

These uncapped clients will be chosen based on their historic bandwidth usage. The uncapped users who have used the most bandwidth will be throttled first if there is network congestion.

Capped ADSL accounts will not be throttled or shaped. Capped accounts will always get as much speed as their line and our network allows.

We evaluate our network capacity each hour and if capacity opens up we will unthrottle uncapped users who may have been throttled until such a time that the capacity is used up again.

It is our goal to ensure the best possible experience for both the biggest and smallest of our clients given the parameters we have and as such we reserve the right to manage Uncapped ADSL accounts as we deem necessary to ensure optimal performance across our network for all of our clients.
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I recommend getting an isp that doesn't use Telkom lines


P.S. I'm not stupid this is just my troll post 'cause I'm highly pissed off at Telkom.
My real recommendation is Mweb. They actually do their jobs. AND PHONE YOU BACK,
I hate Telkom
 
Glordit said:
This in the FAQ made my change my mind.
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How is that any different from this

• We reserve the right to establish policies, rules and limitations, from time to time, concerning the use of any service. You must comply with any bandwidth, data storage and other limitations we may impose, in our reasonable discretion. Failure to comply with these rules will result in your service being restricted, suspended or terminated, in our reasonable discretion.

• We will manage bandwidth usage to the best of our ability during peak periods, however, it remains a best effort service.

• We reserve the right to manage our network in order to optimize its efficiency for the benefit of all our subscribers, including, without limitation, by way of the following: rate limiting (speed), rejection or removal of spam or otherwise unsolicited bulk e-mail, anti-virus mechanisms, protocol filtering and imposing restrictions on your use. We may take any other action we deem appropriate in order to help ensure the integrity of the network experience for all subscribers, including limiting your data traffic by controlling your network and/or bandwidth usage.
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Would the OP mind stating what happened to this?
 
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