Only that I'm specifically referring to GPRS, not Wimax (which DOES come in 2GB chunks).
-- Kyle Spencer, Head of Information Technology, International Medical Group On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 13:56 +0300, Rob Gipman wrote: > I think throttled means you buy your 2gb wimax cap and when you've > passed the 2gb you get a minimum of let say 32kb to at least be able to > finnish reading your mail. And send on to refill your 2gb cap with a new > one. > > To me that's a cap tht does not include ping and some smtp/pop > > Any comment? > > Rob > > > On 03/12/2010 12:11 PM, Kyle Spencer wrote: > > According to MTN's Chief Marketing Officer, they do not currently cap > > their GPRS (or 3G) connections -- he says they are throttled instead. > > > > That said, I have not personally verified this with a test. > > > > > > On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 15:23 +0300, Rob Gipman wrote: > > > >> Yup MTN did and still does. Also on Wimax there is a Cap as you all > >> know so gprs/edge is next. > >> > >> I wonder tough how fast gprs/edge at MTN really is to download lets > >> say a 5GB torrent as it's not prioritized when voice needs the > >> capacity on the towers. > >> Rob > >> On 03/09/2010 03:04 PM, Mike Barnard wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Mark Tinka > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> On Tuesday 09 March 2010 05:47:33 pm Mwirima Byaruhanga > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > I'm surprised they were not. > >>> > >>> > >>> Ditto! > >>> > >>> I was under the impression they already were. > >>> > >>> > >>> actually.. If I am not wrong.. they were on their CDMA, EDGE/GPRS > >>> network to 2GB. But with the speeds on these connection types, I > >>> doubt anyone ever hit a 2GB limit on them. I found about the 2GB one > >>> month when I was bringing down an ISO which was about 3GB. When I > >>> hit 2GB, much as I was able to connect.. the speeds were totally > >>> prohibitive. I called in and asked and was duly informed of the 2GB > >>> cap on CDMA and others :-(. But this was a while back... about 2 > >>> years back. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Mike > >>> > >>> Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that > >>> one in > >>> a million chances happen 99% of the time. > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> LUG mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >>> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >>> > >>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > >>> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > >>> way. > >>> --------------------------------------- > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >> > >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > >> way. > >> --------------------------------------- > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
