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Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:47:41 AM

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awww.
Mtn introduces new data rates and new data bundles!.
I'm used to chugging along at a slow 45KB/s and paying through my @$$ for data. But now it looks like I'm suck with Operamini because 'cruising' along at a mere 16KB/s is just pure torture!! scared.

What really pisses me of though, is their, "we're doing you a favour by fugging you in the @$$" attitude! irked.
Upload speeds are already governed to about 8KB/p! Which explains why downloading Opera from Namibia takes five minutes, but downloading the same binary from South Africa takes half a bloody hour? mad.
scared. It already takes eight hours to download the Ubuntu live cd image! yikes. and that's only about 700MB cry.

ThrillerMXITese!

Comments

Robert Jacobsenrobertj Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:49:13 AM

Doesn't Opera Turbo help you out?

Mad Scientist (عادل)qlue Wednesday, April 21, 2010 11:40:34 AM

I mostly use Firefox these days. The convoluted process for installing Opera on Linux is just too much work. awww.
Even then, I found that Opera Turbo suffers from the same latency problems as Operamini. left.
The point is, how can they call it "broadband" when it's too slow for even mobile YouTube? scared.
I'm still trying to figure out how it's possible to set up a server when South Africa only has hsdpa but no hsupa? left.
When I enquired about ADSL. I was politely informed that it's just a rumour. Apparently Telkom's 'ADSL' is analogue! scared.
So basically, 'broadband' is now just a dead legacy in South Africa. cry.

H82typ Wednesday, April 21, 2010 4:26:49 PM

sad shit.

Darkogdare Wednesday, April 21, 2010 7:58:11 PM

I remember my dial up days. So annoying awww

Abhinavdecodedthought Friday, April 23, 2010 2:00:01 PM

i get max of 30kbps
I am used to that p

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