#Mweb vs telkom adsl download
MWEB’s FAQ page says that shaping is “protocol prioritisation between different classes of traffic.”Įffectively, e-mail and web browsing traffic would be prioritised above all other types of traffic, and according to MWEB, “heavy download protocols such as torrents and news are not forbidden or specifically degraded, but when priority traffic demand increases it will be at the expense of non-priority traffic. The second way of measuring quality is the type of service provided, as well as the terms and conditions surrounding the package.Īll of the current uncapped ADSL packages in the market aimed at consumers are shaped. Most ISPs offer something in the range of 20:1 to 50:1, but they may elect to change contention ratios during peak versus off-peak times. The lower the contention ratio, the better the service. It refers to the maximum number of people a user will have to share common infrastructure with. “Contention ratio” is a complicated way of saying “sharing”. The quality of the network is also dependent on the so-called “contention ratio”, set by the ISP. Anecdotal feedback and tests suggest the MWEB service is robust and that the ISP spent a lot of money and time upgrading it before launching uncapped services. In the case of the IS services, there is nothing separating them. The first is subjective and relies on the quality of the ISP’s underlying network. Now, there are two main ways of looking at quality. The differentiating factor is the quality of the services. The ISPs who are using Internet Solutions (IS) as an upstream provider are essentially reselling what has become a commodity. Last week’s comparison of uncapped ADSL packages suggests that there is very little difference between internet service providers (ISPs). In terms of Telkom’s ADSL packages, where there are no uncapped products available yet, one would need to take into account the amount of local bandwidth bundled with each package. For a 4096 kbps line if you use less than about 17GB a month it makes sense to stay on capped.For a 512 kbps line if you use less than about 11GB a month it makes sense to stay on capped.For a 384 kbps line if you use less than about 7GB a month it makes sense to stay on capped.It is important to realise that this is predicated on a bandwidth cost of R29 per GB (unlike some of its competitors who are more expensive): Also, if you’ve already got a standard capped service, you’ll no doubt have a fair idea of how much bandwidth you consume per month.Īfrihost offers a useful guide to help users decide whether to move from capped services. To figure out how much bandwidth you’re likely to use, there are excellent calculators online (here is an example: MyBroadband bandwidth calculator). As this column has pointed out previously, occasional web users who send a few e-mails and visit Facebook a few times a week will see no benefit from an uncapped service. JOHANNESBURG – Uncapped ADSL has captured the mindshare of South Africans, largely thanks to MWEB’S non-stop promoting of its new packages and the price war among its rivals.īut, uncapped ADSL – especially in the forms it’s being sold to consumers is definitely not for everyone.
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