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Thanks Mike, saves me from having to walk across the road to Telecom....
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Nah! Mike...it's still way too expensive.... I'll wait another 10 more years and see what happens then.....
Got me the MTN wireless option ... took the 500MB/ month option to play safe .. R 249/month .. you not logged for time just Kb downloaded or sent .. so far it seems to be sipping MB nowhere near my allowance of 500 for the month maybe I was a bit extravagant ?? or is there some shock awaiting me , like a faulty fuel gauge ??
When did you start with it?
Mike, since we're here and finally Telkom installed ADSL, what a pleasure, that allows me to be "alive" on the forum.
Cost didnt break the budget either cheers
Yep! Yep! but no Adsl here yet..... madashell
entering the end of my first full month .. billing for over allowance / logging used allowance closes 7th ... so far has proved to be fast unless there are network difficulties ... best part totally portable with laptop ... no hunting for wifi hotspots etc ... just dont try downloading music etc .. actually in SA its still mostly cheaper to just buy the damm CD ,, unless of course you use your work facility ... but will keep you posted on how it goes .. the bigger the bundle one buys the cheaper it becomes .. only drawback is no carryover from month to month ,, what you dont use you lose ...
I just don't like the way they catch you when you exceed your cap limit..... I think if you are a big downloader, then it's still not viable......
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ADSL will be there before the end of the year. We have a programme called Netlimiter so that we know how much we have used.
Sandy have you received your first bill yet? I have the voadacom setup and for the first 3mnths thet don't let you know if you've gone over your 500mb's. Neither do they cut you off ,you just merrily post away thinking wow......then the bill comes. We up ours to 2gigs@ R480.00 per month.
Mine has an indicator that shows you accumulated traffic with reset facilty for each period so far I have done 140 .67 MB recieved and 38977 Kb sent .. so so far looks good ... wait and see .. anyhow the portable convenience and speed are upsides ...
Mine told me nothing for the first 3months,hence the hugh bills. Only after did I get a reading everyday.
Connected in every way possible. Still using the old dial-up on my pc - the bill is a nightmare. Use the Vodacom wireless connection on my laptop - u can see ur usage when u open up the dialogue box where you click on the connect button, just click on usage and it shows u how much MB's you've used for the month. Also got ASDL connection for my laptop in Kuruman office. Sometimes use my cellphone internet connection also - link it up to my computer and log into the net that way - sort of works like the wireless Vodacom or MNet cards.
Updates total traffic each time you open up and shows usage while on ...
update .. got my first bill .. used about 249MB in total so did not reach my cap .. spent a good amount of time on site and did quite a bit of internet banking and also went to my hotmail addy quite a few times .. this month might be a bit more closer to the 500Mb . so so far I,m not doing too badly for ZAR 249/pm ..
Not bad; about what I pay. Lucky me - bl***y Eskom blew up my router but was still 7 days in warranty so Telkom gave me a brand new one - not often a parastatal does such good!
laptop dearheart .. charge the bugger and then run it down .. then charge it again .. in fact the charger and the battery are good spike absorbers ... and the wireless connection worksoff the PC supply anyhow .. sort of bombproof ..
Some tips on laptop batteries not lasting as long as they used to:
Remove the battery pack. Bang it down hard on your desk or any suitable surface. Replace it in your notebook and run it down. Charge as usual. If the problem persists, replace it.
Never leave any NiCd on charge for longer than 14 hours. Even if the charger has a "trickle" function. This applies to cell phones as well.
Never run down a NiCd till it's completely flat.
The nr.1 killer of these batteries is overcharging. When they are left on charge too long, crystals begin forming inside which shorts out the cells. By giving it a hard tap, it is sometimes possible to disloge these crystals and save the battery.