Well it has eventually arrived in Oranjemund... I was rushing to sign up for the 2 gig package when I read the small print...it's a friggin 2 year contract... so if you don't like the service after 3 months or you are planning to leave ..you have to pay bag this monopoly called Telcom N$324.00 for every month left....
They can stick their ADSL...viva Dial up.... Viva ISDN...
Is there not a 3g signal in Omund with that you can connect anywere anytime and you have broadband speeds!
Ja.... but the price is more expensive.......
Hi guys
We have an ADSL conection at home and it costs us R200.00 per month with 1 gig download. We have nver exceeded our limit yet.
... and do the terms of the contract bind you to them for 24 months?
abouttime
I have a 3GIG bundle package with MTN, account usually in the region of R 600, received an account yesterday for R 2400, hope it is a mistake otherwise Wilhelm is going to have a fit.
I'm very happy with my 3g Vodacom adsl, cost R499.00 per month. This is myself and my daughter using time each month (mind you she pays it,as its her computer). If we move we just tag it along with us. Not exactly sure about R400 something.
@Florrie , is'nt that that gig meant to be a 3G ...... in NAM , we have 1,2,5 and 10 Gig packages..... and I think you might be paying R2400.00
I have'nt got a problem with the price of the package, just the terms of the contract....... me being a difficult bastard....
I bought my 3g moden cash now I pay R400 monthly for 2gigs and it is a pay as you go system so if I dont want it I dont buy it no contracts
I have the two year contract with Telkom Mike - haven't had a problem with them at all. In fact 7 days before the 1yr guarantee ran out my ADSL router, it blew because of the power cuts and Telom replaced it with a brand new one and a further year's guarantee.
@ Mike, you are correct, 3G but 2GIG. My contract is R75/month for 2 years and then I asked for 2GIG monthly which I may cancel at anytime.
What are you guys talking about???
With my kids on the net, we sometimes come over 20GB a MONTH!!!
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Geeee! 20gigs of Shnapps recipes...impressive! margarita image201
My kids spend plenty of time with tv shows, movies, youtube....
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Is'nt that illegal?
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not generaly. But to tell the truth, I've never checked what they realy do. Maybe I should....
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I just came back from SPAR, we have just got the ADSL put in...WOW!...... A file that would have taken me 60 minutes to download came in at just over 3 minutes.... bravo
Tempted for the house,,,,,
Hey lucky you Mike.
Congrats to all OMers. Hope it's not to expensive. You know we've got this for years now.
This ADSL sux! It does not stay connected all the time.....it's like having IWAY on steroids.... keeps on bombing out and losing the connection....
A Ferrari ? tempremental ..
LAN or WLAN Mike?
LAN! rooster
Well, you'll have to hope it gets better.
I have the problem to sometimes. But the reason is the connectivety via WLAN to the router. Sometimes my router or the telefon hasrdware needs a newstart.
Would that help in your case?
I was soooo worried about the ADSL here at work. We have a 5gig cap limit, and FOr the first week we never had any way of seeing how much bandwidth we used, a week after using it, I installed a program and was amazed to see we had used 2 gigs in 3 days....Ouch! this worried me, so I headed on over to telcom to go and check what the damage was going to be...... and what a surprise... no it's a fixed package you only pay for the package, "Ja!, but we must be at least 4 gigs over the cap limit!", says I to the nice lady behind the counter...." There is currently no cap in place yet!" , she replies, we will only be capping next year sometime........ WoW! No Cap!...I happily scurrie dback to work and lined up that download queue!
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I hope its what you think it is Michael.......we bought a 1gig package from Vodacom and yes you can only cap it at 1gig after 3months. Neadless to say we happily went about our postings and downloadings in that time thinking we were within the gig. Big surprise at the month end....charged for the gig package plus the extra used at a higher unit price. After the 3months we upped it to 2gig and pay the package regardless of wether it is all used or not. At least now its capped so the monthly instalment stays the same.
My home setup is a 2gig max, it was in the national newspapers that telecom could not yet cap the limits until next year..... the techie has to come to your modem and change something.... and nobody has been here........
What do you pay for the 2GB Diana?
2Gig in Omund is meant to be about 540.00 per month..... then 15cents for every meg above that!
R499.99 Boy Georg
HELLOWALODDAMONEY!!!!!!!
1 Gig is R349.00
Iway on steroids ?? my 3G counter has been on steroids ... last month it showed a 10 x normal count .. in a short period ... I had all settings checked by MTN .. they said there were problems with the counters and they busy with the problem and it might not reflect the actual bill Huh !! anyhow i reset on 8th at billing changeover .. and guess waht by evening of 12th it showed 150 + MB downloaded and a crapload of KB sent all in 4 days ? ..so last night I sent a threatening letter via contact us MTN saying i found it unacceptable .. and that when i got by account for Nov if it showed any unusual increase from my usual usage i would demand a full forensic analysis of all transactions down to handing my pC over to them ... empty my bank account so that debit order could not go through and then try to sue me ?? .. etc etc ... .. got an email back saying that they were doing upgrades to their email anwering service and that there might be delays in attending to my problem ... ha ha .. last time i used their contact us on their website two years ago i as many folk got no response .. Buuutt strangely enough today suddenly my counter has slowed down ???? i did lots of search and downloads this morning and suddenly its crawling ??? me thinks they nincumpoops and only if you threaten ??? MMm conspiracy and piracy ??? I asked if my account could be hijacked .. their response was No .. I dont believe that at all ,,,
Am I glad to have flatrate.
@ Sandy
My monthly usage is tenfold, (may be 5-10 GB )we are lucky that we have flatrates, no MB limits
I use lots of MBs uploading Pictures, music and videos and then viewing all that
Hope that one day you also have no limits and only pay flatrates also on the phone unlimeted calls within germany with 3 € additional. worldwide.
We also have call by call numbers, yesterday i phoned günther at 2,8 € cents/minute
As said I have breathed the fire ... there are problems / and yes I will deliberately block any auto payment and go to the media if necessary .. but yes suddenly my counter has slowed down ...