Nothing probably... It's not the amount of data that hits them, it's the speed that every person gets, so a person with a 384 line pushing loads of data won't bother them too much...SykomantiS wrote:So what happens if you're not on a 4096 line when you hit 30 and then 60 gigs?
Whilst I agree that the TC are laughable for an "uncapped" account, we should probably note that Afrihost is at least being up front with their expectations. Mweb, et al, have far vaguer TC. They may have a very similar limit in mind, but they're not likely to be as open about it as Afrihost. I'd like to think that Mweb are large enough a company not to have to enforce such draconian TC, but they don't exactly have a great track record in that regard. I'll give Afrihost the month of April at least to see how things work out.ryanrich wrote:Nothing probably... It's not the amount of data that hits them, it's the speed that every person gets, so a person with a 384 line pushing loads of data won't bother them too much...SykomantiS wrote:So what happens if you're not on a 4096 line when you hit 30 and then 60 gigs?
This limiting speed is one helluva catch though. I haven't seen such a thing in MWEB's terms and conditions yet, because it's honestly quite ridiculous...
WTH! This might as well be capped! Do they have any idea how much data you can pull from Steam alone? Sorry they are off my list of uncapped ISP's...Stuart wrote:Ah, some answers at last!
Gian wrote:Initially you will be getting our standard service. (i.e. certain ports are shaped somewhat and web and email are prioritised.)
After you have moved 30 GBs you will be moved into a different category whereby certain ports will be shaped more aggressively. However, web and email will still be prioritised.
After moving a total of 60 GBs you will be moved into a different category where your line speed is throttled to 1024 kbps per second and certain shaping protocols are in place.
After moving a total of 90 GBs then you will be moved into a category where you will be throttled to 512 kbps. Certain shaping protocols will also be in place here.
After moving a total of 120 GBs you will be moved into a category where your line will be throttled to 386 kbps. Certain shaping protocols will also be in place here.
After moving a total of 150 GBs you will be moved into a category where you are throttled to 128 kbps.
You will never be capped.
Yup, they're basically replacing data capping with speed capping... Baa humbug!Anakha56 wrote:WTH! This might as well be capped!
Lots of MyBB users complaining about this.Screeper wrote:Interesting from Afrihost, thanks for posting Rat.
On a side note, is anyone on Afrihost a WoW player? I've noticed since they've been offering uncapped my latency has gone a bit gross when playin WoW.
Usually get between 450 and 650ms but over the last couple of days it has been sitting at 900-1050ms consistently. This is making PvP really difficult indeed.
I'm not on an ucapped account so I shouldn't be affected but maybe I am. Anyone else noticing this or am I just unlucky?
The new axxess uncapped offerings are getting very bad reports on mybb. They seem to have dreadfull downloading speeds, much worse than their express accounts.DeathStrike wrote:Well i have Upgraded to Afrihost's 384 "Uncapped". I will be checking it to see how much i can get out of it. if its a reasonable amount (20 - 30 GB) then i will be happy. else i will move to Axxess.
Only reason i didn't go straight to Axxess is because i felt its too much effort to cancel and re-register.
Yeah, issues like that make the WA approach of "it will be ready when it's ready" make much more sense. They're going to have to do something really special to compete effectively with MWeb though, if indeed they even go that route.Stuart wrote:Afrihost climbed aboard the (un)capped boat a little too soon, methinks.
first off....Interfan wrote:The others got caught with their pants down.
I've raped the account this month just to see how their shaping plan works. Kicked in right on time for me. Hit 30GB this afternoon and soon thereafter I was down to 2mbps. Will see if I can do another 30GB in the next couple of days and see how the shaping works then.DAE_JA_VOO wrote:I'm on Afrihost's uncapped package and I have no issues whatsoever. Downloads are all at full speed, no slowdowns, nothing.
+1DAE_JA_VOO wrote:I'm on Afrihost's uncapped package and I have no issues whatsoever. Downloads are all at full speed, no slowdowns, nothing.
So far so good. had some hiccups over the first few days but after that was smooth sailing. 
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