In you comparison of figures you make the rather astounding claim that “I use between six and nine GB of bandwidth a month and that’s pretty heavy for a normal user.”

What is your definition of a “normal user”?Is it a user who restricts his/her use to accommodate the cap?

Before I upgraded to uncapped I used to overshoot my 5GB cap 1-4 Mbps MWEB subscription frequently and ended up doing 2 or three top ups.The reality is that there are three of us who use three separate computers (usually simultaneously)at home. I go to CNN, you tube as well as other video content frequently, my son watches basketball videos and my wife uses facebook and skype frequently (our daughter is doing a PhD in the UK)

In fact now that I do not have to worry about the dreaded “cap”,I frequently use 20-20 GB a month. Clearly your idea of a “normal user” is someone who reads and responds to a few emails and does occasional internet banking.Your “normal user” has probably not heard of watching “DSTV on demand” on a computer.

You also illustrate your argument with referrence to a “384 uncapped package from MWEB”.No doubt , if you have just upgraded t0o 384kbps ADSL from 56kbps dial up ,your initial impression is that 384 is “out of this world”. It is! Until you get skype with a webcam as well as try to access video content…..

BTW I heard that we would soon get 10mbps in SA.My daughter in the UK does not have a TV in her room, but does not miss it as she is able to watch live TV on her computer linked to a 10 mbps ADSL connection.Whet are we going to get 10mbps in SA?

I agree with you about seacom though. It is frustrating to have a “high speed” (1-4 Mbps in SA)connection that only performs at “high speed” 75% of the time.

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You obviously don’t get the point of this uncapped internet. MWEB and the other ISPs are pushing for this uncapped package because they want our country to be on par with other countries such as S. Korea, Australia, UK, etc. Have you been to the U.S.? Have you used their internet? We are so far behind these countries.

We shouldn’t be content with our ‘Telkom Do Broadband 3 - 5Gig’, we should pushing for uncapped - 15mbs lines that cost us R150(Sky Unlimited http://www.skybroadbandoffers.co.uk/).

“Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people”

Big is better, simple as that.

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Even with Seacom down, I still download much more than I could with a capped option…

And I’m a moderate downloader.

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Telkom, the virus that they are, offers 5GB a month then after that, 30GB local bandwidth? Ok so I can visit techleader.co.za, and perhaps a handful of other local sites…after my internationl bandwidth has gone…but then what?

There backwards approach is giving them a bad name when it seems like the only thing they should be doing is winning over consumers.They continue to use draconian, blatant daylight robbery tactics and it leaves a bad taste. Perhaps they are flexing their muscles to try and scare off competitors…

The point is uncapped is uncapped, besides the line rental, it is affordable. And not worrying about a measiliy 3GB cap a month and a 12month contract for that matter makes me sleep better at night.

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