Comments on: MWeb to meet lawyers over broadband terms http://www.techcentral.co.za/mweb-to-meet-lawyers-over-broadband-terms/13483/ South Africa's technology news leader Mon, 21 May 2012 08:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Wogan http://www.techcentral.co.za/mweb-to-meet-lawyers-over-broadband-terms/13483/comment-page-1/#comment-5413 Wogan Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:16:32 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=13483#comment-5413 @Louis - I used 12GB in one day, just downloading my Steam games. Yeah, 20gb is a pretty low cap when you consider what broadband should be used for... @Louis – I used 12GB in one day, just downloading my Steam games. Yeah, 20gb is a pretty low cap when you consider what broadband should be used for…

]]> By: Matt Benic http://www.techcentral.co.za/mweb-to-meet-lawyers-over-broadband-terms/13483/comment-page-1/#comment-5151 Matt Benic Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:45:05 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=13483#comment-5151 @Louis Trust me, once you have access to that kind of bandwidth, it's more than possible to exceed 20GB. Consider more than one individual in a household on multiple devices (PCs, consoles, smartphones) and it's really easy to push those kinds of limits. @Louis Trust me, once you have access to that kind of bandwidth, it’s more than possible to exceed 20GB. Consider more than one individual in a household on multiple devices (PCs, consoles, smartphones) and it’s really easy to push those kinds of limits.

]]> By: Louis http://www.techcentral.co.za/mweb-to-meet-lawyers-over-broadband-terms/13483/comment-page-1/#comment-5084 Louis Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:43:48 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=13483#comment-5084 Why not just may a cap of say 20 GB - no one can possibly use more than that for own personal use, and will still be enough to get everyone's attention. Surely this clause must be understandable - you can't have a 100 people all abbusing the system downloading a TB every month none stop... Why not just may a cap of say 20 GB – no one can possibly use more than that for own personal use, and will still be enough to get everyone’s attention. Surely this clause must be understandable – you can’t have a 100 people all abbusing the system downloading a TB every month none stop…

]]> By: Wogan http://www.techcentral.co.za/mweb-to-meet-lawyers-over-broadband-terms/13483/comment-page-1/#comment-5035 Wogan Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:08:03 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=13483#comment-5035 Anybody notice that not even the word "uncapped" appears in the AUP? And there are plenty of references to things like "Base Cap" and "exceeding" it, so in all likelihood they simply forgot to update an AUP which was working perfectly well for capped ADSL users. ~ Wogan Anybody notice that not even the word “uncapped” appears in the AUP? And there are plenty of references to things like “Base Cap” and “exceeding” it, so in all likelihood they simply forgot to update an AUP which was working perfectly well for capped ADSL users.

~ Wogan

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