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niVoque
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Hey guys.
So this is my first post, but with all the flak that Telkom is getting from this deal I was hesitant to opt in to it, however I did because the line speeds are TERRIBLY poor in my current area (Mulbarton)
I though I should provide you all with some facts and figures (which should provide some clarity to users) with my use for the past 3 weeks with this service.
How the setup works:
You are delivered a box that contains:
- Huawei B593 LTE Router (which does support telephone lines for VOICE CALLS ONLY (Cannot be used for ADSL failover)
- Telkom SIM card with PIN/PUK (Mine said that RICA was required, however I just slapped the SIM in the router, configured the router with the PIN, and it worked at amazingly fast speeds.)
- Poynting Antenna (Which they have to install, but I made a rural solution to get 3 bars of signal and it makes a huge difference from the standard antennas getting 2 bars, because I am STILL waiting for Telkom to come and mount/install the antenna on the roof properly...)
Current setup for Router:
As you can see, my router is only getting 3 bars of signal with the rural setup, but the speeds are unbelievable:
All of those tests were done with the LTE router.
Now, about their FUP (Fair-use policy):
I know a lot of you are moaning about their FUP of being 50GB for an uncapped account, but I promise you - they are keeping to their word. The FUP (at least for me) has ONLY been applied to P2P Bittorrent protocols, which means that I have only seen FULL throttling when I try to torrent, however - a user on Mybb enlightened me on the wonders of Grabitjeeves (which, in short, allows you to turn bittorrent downlaods into HTTP downloads for a fixed fee per month) and they don't throttle it at all (I have downloaded around 80 GB from this site and still no throttling).
Here is my current usage since the 10th of July 2015:
So, as you can see, this package isn't ALL too bad.
So basically, here is how you determine if you should buy this package:
1) Do you demand high speed internet at a low price and but are willing to pay for alternatives to your torrenting?
2) Do you understand that over 24 months you will be paying a total of R14376, R16776, or R19176 (depending on how early you were to sign up)?
3) Do you accept that any speed higher is better than your current speed?
4) Do you NOT need low latency (ping) at all times?
5) Do you accept that this speed will be capped at a maximum of 75Mbps Down & 20 Mbps Up?
If you answered yes to all of these questions, this package could actually work very well for you.
I think this package is actually aimed at areas with little to no connectivity at all and is aimed at the moderate user, not the heavy user.
I'm sorry if I left anything out, but feel free to ask questions if I missed anything!
(P.S. This is my first post, so please give me pointers and tips! I really appreciate any feedback - positive or negative)
So this is my first post, but with all the flak that Telkom is getting from this deal I was hesitant to opt in to it, however I did because the line speeds are TERRIBLY poor in my current area (Mulbarton)
I though I should provide you all with some facts and figures (which should provide some clarity to users) with my use for the past 3 weeks with this service.
How the setup works:
You are delivered a box that contains:
- Huawei B593 LTE Router (which does support telephone lines for VOICE CALLS ONLY (Cannot be used for ADSL failover)
- Telkom SIM card with PIN/PUK (Mine said that RICA was required, however I just slapped the SIM in the router, configured the router with the PIN, and it worked at amazingly fast speeds.)
- Poynting Antenna (Which they have to install, but I made a rural solution to get 3 bars of signal and it makes a huge difference from the standard antennas getting 2 bars, because I am STILL waiting for Telkom to come and mount/install the antenna on the roof properly...)
Current setup for Router:
As you can see, my router is only getting 3 bars of signal with the rural setup, but the speeds are unbelievable:
All of those tests were done with the LTE router.
Now, about their FUP (Fair-use policy):
I know a lot of you are moaning about their FUP of being 50GB for an uncapped account, but I promise you - they are keeping to their word. The FUP (at least for me) has ONLY been applied to P2P Bittorrent protocols, which means that I have only seen FULL throttling when I try to torrent, however - a user on Mybb enlightened me on the wonders of Grabitjeeves (which, in short, allows you to turn bittorrent downlaods into HTTP downloads for a fixed fee per month) and they don't throttle it at all (I have downloaded around 80 GB from this site and still no throttling).
Here is my current usage since the 10th of July 2015:
So, as you can see, this package isn't ALL too bad.
So basically, here is how you determine if you should buy this package:
1) Do you demand high speed internet at a low price and but are willing to pay for alternatives to your torrenting?
2) Do you understand that over 24 months you will be paying a total of R14376, R16776, or R19176 (depending on how early you were to sign up)?
3) Do you accept that any speed higher is better than your current speed?
4) Do you NOT need low latency (ping) at all times?
5) Do you accept that this speed will be capped at a maximum of 75Mbps Down & 20 Mbps Up?
If you answered yes to all of these questions, this package could actually work very well for you.
I think this package is actually aimed at areas with little to no connectivity at all and is aimed at the moderate user, not the heavy user.
I'm sorry if I left anything out, but feel free to ask questions if I missed anything!
(P.S. This is my first post, so please give me pointers and tips! I really appreciate any feedback - positive or negative)
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