MWEB's R219 uncapped ADSL and gaming
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Azimuth
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Is that legal?
havent read all the posts here...but the article on mybroadband notes that the offer is unshaped at night with some constraints placed e.g. porting, if bandwith issues arise.
Seems like a nice fair deal…I also assume that this is not local bandwith but international bandwith we talking about?
Seems like a nice fair deal…I also assume that this is not local bandwith but international bandwith we talking about?
Venom
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based on there terms and conditions unfortunately YES
Xero
Official Zombie Slayer
It is
Its not specifically monitoring for Torrent files, so there's no breach in common privacy laws , most ISP's monitor for P2P networking.
One interesting thing though, some games use P2P protocol to run, like MW2, thats why we removed these checks from our Systems
Its not specifically monitoring for Torrent files, so there's no breach in common privacy laws , most ISP's monitor for P2P networking.
One interesting thing though, some games use P2P protocol to run, like MW2, thats why we removed these checks from our Systems
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Did you get an email asking you to stop downloading something? If so, was the email from the distributer/developer/artist and forwarded by Mweb, or directly from Mweb's people? Also, were you running Peerblock or PeerGuardian or something similar?
I don't think it is..
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I received forwarded emails and emails from Mweb directly requiring response within 24 hours or the account would be suspended, the line was in the end suspended after a few more emails and I went on leave. I'm not sure if Peerblock, PeerGuardian or some other form P2P privacy program was being used, I doubt it though.
OmegaFenix
The Legendary Troll Hunter
Afrihost has the same thing, but as long as you dont go to town with the torrents im sure its not going to be a big deal. Downloading 200gigs of movies, tv serrier or something similar... well that might.
Auntpol
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I'm waiting to see what competitors bring to the table , then I'm Signing up for this.
And , They will have to be carefull with what they monitor , because I use Torrents for a lot of Legit Downloads , like my Game Patches.
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StefKruger
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1) I love how everyone gets all "secret agent" about TV series and movies whenever someone mentions uncapped... 
2) Kudos to Mweb. All the right noises are being made by them in general on this, but they are actually in a win win situation irrespective of how their acceptable use policy get implemented:
-They have received a lot of good press on this, and all the techies in SA are saluting them.
-I'll wager they have the infrastructure to deliver the service, seeing how they are the biggest ISP is SA and all.
-If they sign no users up for this, they lose no in money real terms and gain lots of PR.
-If everyone signs up, and all are happy with their service (whether 5% is pirate frenzied or not) it's the success story of the year.
-If everyone signs up and their 1984-esque torrent monitoring comes to light, chasing away all "power users", they likely gain and maintain the customer base they ideally want with this : Moms and dads checking e-mail, watching lolcats and downloading Elton John from iTunes, to the sum of 5GB a month. No cap, and still affordable enough not to care about their usage.
They just might have buried Afrihost, iBurst and WebAfrica in one go. I need some popcorn.
[PS : I'll be sticking with Axxess Uncapped Express+ for now thanks. myBB will reveal all truths...]
2) Kudos to Mweb. All the right noises are being made by them in general on this, but they are actually in a win win situation irrespective of how their acceptable use policy get implemented:
-They have received a lot of good press on this, and all the techies in SA are saluting them.
-I'll wager they have the infrastructure to deliver the service, seeing how they are the biggest ISP is SA and all.
-If they sign no users up for this, they lose no in money real terms and gain lots of PR.
-If everyone signs up, and all are happy with their service (whether 5% is pirate frenzied or not) it's the success story of the year.
-If everyone signs up and their 1984-esque torrent monitoring comes to light, chasing away all "power users", they likely gain and maintain the customer base they ideally want with this : Moms and dads checking e-mail, watching lolcats and downloading Elton John from iTunes, to the sum of 5GB a month. No cap, and still affordable enough not to care about their usage.
They just might have buried Afrihost, iBurst and WebAfrica in one go. I need some popcorn.
[PS : I'll be sticking with Axxess Uncapped Express+ for now thanks. myBB will reveal all truths...
]
Lydon
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According to their Twitter account, they're reviewing their terms & conditions in light of requests by customers/potential customers. They're probably removing outdated nonsense.
I'm glad their fair use policy is, well, fair. The CEO did an interview saying that you can stream video and audio all day if you wish, but they're only going to crap on you if you host a site with 80 000 videos and people are constantly leeching off of it.
The after-hours unshaped is awesome too
I mainly game at night and on weekends these days, so woot.
Despite now signing up with Mweb, we're still keeping our AfriHost account though. Shame, they tried...so going to keep supporting the little guys who are bound to take a huge knock from this.
P.S. The formatting in the first post is wrong, hence some of the initial confusion. It should read:
MWEB Connect (Consumer product; month-to-month)
I'm glad their fair use policy is, well, fair. The CEO did an interview saying that you can stream video and audio all day if you wish, but they're only going to crap on you if you host a site with 80 000 videos and people are constantly leeching off of it.
The after-hours unshaped is awesome too
I mainly game at night and on weekends these days, so woot. Despite now signing up with Mweb, we're still keeping our AfriHost account though. Shame, they tried...so going to keep supporting the little guys who are bound to take a huge knock from this.
P.S. The formatting in the first post is wrong, hence some of the initial confusion. It should read:
MWEB Connect (Consumer product; month-to-month)
- Uncapped ADSL 384kbps: R219
- Uncapped ADSL 512kbps: R299
- Uncapped ADSL 4096kbps: R539
- Uncapped All-inclusive 384kbps: R349
- Uncapped All-inclusive 512kbps: R599
- Uncapped All-inclusive 4096kbps: R899
- Uncapped ADSL 384kbps: R499
- Uncapped ADSL 512kbps: R699
- Uncapped ADSL 4096kbps: R1 999
- Uncapped All-inclusive 384kbps: R629
- Uncapped All-inclusive 512kbps: R999
- Uncapped All-inclusive 4096kbps: R2 259
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im looking to get this today, im pretty stoked, cos it means that south africa is finally coming up to the norm of 1st world countries of like 5yrs ago ;p and ofcourse its also laying the infrastructure for the 2010 world cup which is also pretty cool. can't wait to test this out, hope we all benefit from this
StefKruger
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The after-hours unshaped is awesome too
Despite now signing up with Mweb, we're still keeping our AfriHost account though. Shame, they tried...so going to keep supporting the little guys who are bound to take a huge knock from this.
I missed the semi-shaped info in the myBB article first read around. Awesome. +5 brownie points
And I am feeling very sorry for Afrihost too. They started the revolution, for all the right reasons and they might well be one of the first on the ADSL guillotine. I'll be keeping an account open with them, even if it is only R29.
