May Telkom burn!

[tec0]

tonyflanigan Hey guys. kinda off-topic here...

Our Telkom adsl contract thingie expires in december. I firmly believe there are other better options than to subsidize theft and corruption, but don't know what. We use, on average, 5gig a month.

In non-tech terms, where should we start looking?

Have a look here you may find it interesting: http://www.hellkom.co.za/

It is filled with suggestions and alternatives as well as handy links

[SilverNodashi]

On a more serious note though, you need to shift your perception about this a bit. We are not USA / UK / AU / etc, we are South Africa, and what we have is pretty darn good considering where we come from and how we involved (IT wise) in the past 10-15 years. Many of the other countries took much longer to get to the same point.

That said, ADSL,is ADSL, is ADSL. The only difference is "who do you want to deal with" for the service? One company will charge R10pm less, another will through in more email accounts.

Sign up @ Afrihost, you'll be paying R290pm for 10GB, or R145 for 5GB/pm

[tec0]

Yes well think of it this way. With over 20 million mobile phones eating R2 per 1MB our service providers can afford to install only the best. Still doesn’t make it cheaper...

[Dave A]

Sign up @ Afrihost, you'll be paying R290pm for 10GB, or R145 for 5GB/pm

And that's unshaped?

[Dave A]

Well, I called Afrihost and explained the problem. Their ADSL offering is shaped and they expect there would be a problem with IMAP connections to an overseas server

Their recommendation - go unshaped, and they don't offer an unshaped service.

[tec0]

I think call them and ask...
The deals is not bad at all.

Here is some info: http://www.afrihost.com/adsl-broadband-internet.php

[Dave A]

I did - that's why I know

Neotel isn't a shaped service. I'm considering the NeoFlex Data 5G package. At R499 per month for 5GB, it looks really reasonable for unshaped. And the next 5G (if I wanted it) would be another R200.

[IanF]

Dave
Look at hellkom, they list a whole lot of ISPs, maybe you can find something there.

[Dave A]

...they list a whole lot of ISPs, maybe you can find something there.

That's part of the problem. There's over 600 listings - and not particularly sortable. My eyes glazed over pretty darn quick.

Besides, this way at worst I've got seven days to benchmark Neotel against Telkom

Neotel's credit app procedure is going to prove interesting though. I'm dealing with the nearest agent and (among other things) he asked for three months bank statements. Can't wait to watch him fax that little lot through to wherever, let alone the poor sap who is going to read through them.

And I thought running through a mere 40 odd pages of ISP listing was going to be a boring waste of time

They can't have too many clients that fall outside of the NCA yet.

[tec0]

Ok... really funny Dave I was posting that at a time when there was no new posts from you but somehow your post ended up being first and mine second now I look like an idiot