MWEB's R219 uncapped ADSL and gaming

Sockmonkey said:
What is the final verdict with regards to this package and gaming?

Worth getting or not?
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Mweb's is on par with other shaped offerings as Lydon has said. From the feedback threads at mybb the other offerings aren't coping very well with downloading or gaming.
 
For local gaming it works 100%. For international gaming, during daytime/peak hours you will get playable latencies, but it will be inconsistent. During the evening and off-peak hours latency is actually a lot better and very consistent. So I'm semi-retracting my original statement that latency was 400ms+. It is definitely in that range during the day, but during off-peak I'm getting 200-350ms.
 
for an update on the priciings

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/adsl/11995-Uncapped-ADSL-price-comparison.html

Data only Including ADSL line rental Upstream provider
MyISP R159 n/a Internet Solutions
Redwill R195 n/a Internet Solutions
Axxess R196 n/a Internet Solutions
Afrihost R197 n/a Internet Solutions
Plugg (IS) R199 n/a Internet Solutions
Imagine R199 n/a Internet Solutions
Nexus R199 n/a Internet Solutions
Snowball R199 n/a Internet Solutions
Gamco R199 n/a Internet Solutions
MWEB R219 R349 MWEB
@lantic (Vox) R219 R339 Telkom/Internet Solutions
OpenWeb R219 n/a MWEB
DigiChilli R300 n/a BCS Group
Screamer R399 n/a Screamer
512kbps uncapped ADSL

Data only Including ADSL line rental Upstream provider
Redwill R279 n/a Internet Solutions
Afrihost R297 n/a Internet Solutions
MWEB R299 R599 MWEB
@lantic (Vox) R299 R589 Telkom/Internet Solutions
OpenWeb R299 n/a MWEB
DigiChilli R500 n/a BCS Group
Screamer R799 n/a Screamer
4mbps uncapped ADSL

Data only Including ADSL line rental Upstream provider
MyISP R459 n/a Internet Solutions
Redwill R489 n/a Internet Solutions
Axxess R496 n/a Internet Solutions
Afrihost R497 n/a Internet Solutions
Plugg (IS) R499 n/a Internet Solutions
Imagine R499 n/a Internet Solutions
Nexus R499 n/a Internet Solutions
Snowball R499 n/a Internet Solutions
Gamco R499 n/a Internet Solutions
MWEB R539 R899 MWEB
@lantic (Vox) R539 R889 Telkom/Internet Solutions
OpenWeb R539 n/a MWEB
Screamer R2499 n/a Screamer
DigiChilli R3000 n/a BCS Group
 
SephirothDVR said:
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Now I'm confused, I went to sign up at Mweb and they also told me that at anytime I can only have one device connected to the net :(
Could someone please enlighten me, thanks
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I've got 3 Computers and my PS3 on my MWEB Uncapped through my router.

Loving it :D
 
I'm really disappointed with this service. I signed up a few days ago with the intention of being able to download torrents and files from p2p networks But the max download speed i can get with torrents is 30kb/s and an average of between 10-20kb/s. Iv got a 512 line now, originally had a line speed of 1mb/s with telkom, a 5gb account and i used to average speeds of between 80 and 120kb/s. The annoying thing is that i didnt know much about a shaped service before and i asked mweb before i signed the contract if I would get good speeds with torrents and obviously they said yes. I think i wouldve been better off with my capped telkom account.. Sigh...
 
I've actaully cancelled my uncapped mweb account due to me getting sub-par speeds. Getting 90kpbs on a 4mb line is not cool. And that's with normal downloads, not even gonna mention the sad rates I got with torrents.
 
Strange, I can often get around 350KB with combined Steam downloads. That's after 7PM of course, don't bother trying to DL anything before then. It's still great value though IMO.
 
I live in hickville, so I think our sad infrustracture here also played it's part in those low speeds. If our lines ever get upgraded I think I will consider this again.
 
Tinman said:
Strange, I can often get around 350KB with combined Steam downloads. That's after 7PM of course, don't bother trying to DL anything before then. It's still great value though IMO.
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I get those kinds of speeds with steam during the day. Don't think steam is shaped. Think they treat it as regular bandwith. I agree its great value.
 
hi guys, well, im a absolute newbie on the internet side of things, mweb is throttling the crap out of me 2, i have a 4mb line on the uncapped account, the 1st two days of my subscription month i get 200 to 400kb's download and then it drops to 4 to 10kb's all day long until i go to sleep 4'o clock in the morning the rest of the month whereas a friend of mine downloads 200 to 300 gigs of data a month mostly p2p, i maybe get 20gigs running day and night the whole month, do you think its my telkom line or is it mweb?
 
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