
Fibre Internet – sometimes referred to as ‘superfast broadband’-uses fibre optic cables to transmit data. What is the difference between Fibre and ADSL?ĪDSL uses telephone lines to transmit data along copper cables from your nearest telephone exchange to your home or office. MWEB does not impose throttling on its Fibre lines. Line throttling means that your Internet Service Provider is reducing the speed of your line in order to keep you from using too much data. Is uncapped Fibre throttled?Īn Uncapped Fibre line offers you unlimited or ‘uncapped’ data, which means you cannot run out of data, so you will have unlimited access to the internet. Some of the monthly offers you can get from Telkom for unlimited home WiFi data include the following: DSL unlimited home Lite (uncapped) 5Mbps at R199 (thereafter R329) DSL unlimited home (uncapped) 5Mbps at R399 (thereafter R499) DSL unlimited home Lite (uncapped) 10Mbps at R299 (thereafter R599). The FUP is determined on a rolling 30-day window, not month-by-month, so the only way to increase your speeds again is to reduce your internet use for long enough to bring it back within your FUP range. Apparently by following MWEBs sales pitch and Downloading as much as he liked he was using too much bandwidth on his Uncapped account. Uncapped internet refers to an internet package where you never run out of GB. Is mweb Fibre unthrottled?Ģ Uncapped and Unthrottled Fibre means no dropped voice or video calls. Whoops This service has been discontinued by MWEB and is no longer available. 1 From time to time, in any given month, we may allow you, at our discretion, to exceed your Base Cap without stopping your access to the FTTH Service. Yes, you can use your existing ADSL compatible router for 4Mbps and 10 Mbps. We will provide you with Internet access over the MWEB DSL network on a month to month basis, for which you will pay us the Service Fee monthly in advance. Pure DSL is Uncapped, Unshaped and Unthrottled ADSL and VDSL internet with. where applicable (throttled speeds: 2Mbps, 192Kbps 4Mbps 256Kbps). You engage with Telkom directly for the DSL line rental and Telkom attends to the installation of the DSL line. Mweb, A division of Internet Solutions Digital (Pty) Ltd. Hershaw explained that MWEB will maintain a fair service for all its subscribers by implementing throttling on high-usage users, where applicable (throttled speeds: 2Mbps, 192Kbps 4Mbps – 256Kbps). After 500GB, youll be able to access the network a standard 4Mbps speed and should. I would guess around 200gig.MWEB is introducing new throttled uncapped ADSL products which will be available from 1 February 2013. Telkom Uncapped LTE is perfect for unlimited gaming and streaming.
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The premium mweb accounts are also throttled but at a much higeher value than the non premium accoutns like mine. MWEBs new up to 2Mbps and up to 4Mbps Data Only and Data plus ADSL line offerings will be R10 cheaper than Telkoms new prices. and a 4Mbps line will cost ZAR2,795, which is comparable to the costs of an. The 100gig fat pipe vox stuff is getting very close to that value. MWEB offers uncapped WiMAX MWEB has launched an uncapped WiMAX service. Sadly voice line rental is still added to that value. the VOX products are coming VERY close.Ī 100gig capped account with adsl line rental for under R500 will be my next move as soon as i can see one.Īs a matter of principle and not having issues with current account i won't spend more than R500 for internet and adsl. But i am keeping my eyes peeled for a +-100gig capped account for around the R449 value including 4mbit ADSL line rental. At R449 (ex voice line rental) i still think it is a good deal. I see my 4mbit uncapped as a "cheap" 120gig capped acount. None of the new packages produced so far differ significantly from MWEB‘s pricing, though. MWEB has a range of Capped and Uncapped products to choose from. 4Mbps shaped R899 384Kbps unshaped R629 512Kbps unshaped R999 4Mbps unshaped R2,359 Over the past week, a few other ISPs have scrambled to follow suit, having apparently been caught somewhat off-guard by MWEB‘s announcement. I KNOW they start throttling me at 120gig. This includes a line speed and a data product. MWEB Consumer Uncapped: R3,999: R148.37 (consumer) R540: R4,687.37: Telkom has announced a range of VDSL products, and more information on the business and soft-capped products can be found here. I'm no fanboy of mweb I use their standard 4mbit uncapped. where applicable (throttled speeds: 2Mbps, 192Kbps 4Mbps 256Kbps. If you login you can see if they are throttling you. I have a 4MB line and have now a 4MB Mweb uncapped account and 4MB Axxess account.
