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  • #221
  • Mar 5, 2015 5:24am Mar 5, 2015 5:24am
Quoting HedgePiglet
My internet is down!! I feel like I'm home!! ESKOM?!? Jokes aside, BT in their wisdom are working on my local exchange so I'm offline for the moment. I'll rejoin as soon as I am able. Getting 1,000 mb Internet.... Yes, one Gig internet!!!

Currently trading off of 2.4mbs
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  • #222
  • Mar 5, 2015 5:39am Mar 5, 2015 5:39am
Quoting Rooi
{quote} Currently trading off of 2.4mbs
I think the average in the team is around 60mb/s here in the UK. I've splashed out to get the new Gigabit Internet. That's 1,000 down AND up!!

You can download a 1gb HD movie in just under 20 seconds...
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  • #223
  • Mar 5, 2015 6:27am Mar 5, 2015 6:27am
Quoting HedgePiglet
{quote} I think the average in the team is around 60mb/s here in the UK. I've splashed out to get the new Gigabit Internet. That's 1,000 down AND up!! You can download a 1gb HD movie in just under 20 seconds...
If you don't mind sharing, what is the cost for such a line? Do you need to rent a telephone line with it, like here in SA?
  • #224
  • Mar 5, 2015 6:50am Mar 5, 2015 6:50am
Quoting PiptheRipper
{quote} If you don't mind sharing, what is the cost for such a line? Do you need to rent a telephone line with it, like here in SA?
Frightfully expensive. If I remember correctly, I saw a Cybersmart car drive around advertising a 100meg line for R12k.
Up and coming champion Pip collector.
  • #225
  • Mar 5, 2015 7:23am Mar 5, 2015 7:23am
Quoting PiptheRipper
{quote} If you don't mind sharing, what is the cost for such a line? Do you need to rent a telephone line with it, like here in SA?
Apologies to all for me not posting/calling trades as normal. I have an internet connection upgrade in progress which has given me the day off. I was happy to hit target on the ALSI this morning and then had to stop.

PtR, to answer your question:
The standard BT (British Telecom) line requires you have a monthly rental, of around 17 a month. This is unavoidable and must be paid regardless of your desire for a landline or not. Then one typically 'bolts on' services which will then reduce the cost of certain types of calls at certain times of day. While I am sure someone in here will be able to provide exact numbers, I pay 17 for my landline which allows me to have my broadband, and I get around 8Mb/s down and 1Mb up as a standard. I can then upgrade to Fibre, which is around the 20 a month mark for 40Mb/s and for about 50 I can get up to 80Mb. Virgin offer something similar which I believe gives speeds of around 120Mb/s for around 40 a month also. (+ your landline).

I recently converted (well, I'm currently being converted) to a system which rents its own fibre network to my door, where BT provides the other services only to my cabinet down the road and the last bit is copper. BT hits a copper material cap at around 80Mb/s though I understand a pilot on Cornwall paid for by the EU has seen 75% of households get copper speeds of 500Mb/s. Not bad.

The main thing with the system I am changing to is I do not need to rent my copper line from BT any more, saving me 17 a month. Instead, I have opted for "Vonage" which allows voice over IP and allows me to call any MOBILE AND LANDLINE in pretty much any country in the world, all included. So its a bargain for 14. The Gb (1,000Mb) internet costs me 45.80 per month and thats it. So 14 + 45 gets me 1,000Mb/s up and down, unlimited calls to the world on cell phone and landline and unlimited internet. My average monthly usage with all the trading stuff I run is around 25Gb/month with my record being last year November where I hit 130Gb in a month. So I am a HEAVY user. I think its also important to remember that streaming digital quality media is commonplace in the UK now, where I am able to watch my ENTIRE tv listings on every channel back in time up to a week, all done via the internet, so my wife and I actually watch live TV less and less. Its all broadband.

So in SA Rands, you are looking at it all costing me R1,073 a month. Exactly.
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  • #226
  • Mar 5, 2015 7:28am Mar 5, 2015 7:28am
Quoting HedgePiglet
{quote} Apologies to all for me not posting/calling trades as normal. I have an internet connection upgrade in progress which has given me the day off. I was happy to hit target on the ALSI this morning and then had to stop. PtR, to answer your question: The standard BT (British Telecom) line requires you have a monthly rental, of around 17 a month. This is unavoidable and must be paid regardless of your desire for a landline or not. Then one typically 'bolts on' services which will then reduce the cost of certain types of calls at certain times...
Thanks for the info!

R1k is not bad. (One of the perks living in a first world country. ) I pay R750 for a 8Mb line and 50Gb of data. No voice option. I live in a gated community and no telkom lines are available in here.
  • #227
  • Mar 5, 2015 7:31am Mar 5, 2015 7:31am
Quoting PiptheRipper
{quote} Thanks for the info! R1k is not bad. (One of the perks living in a first world country. ) I pay R750 for a 8Mb line and 50Gb of data. No voice option. I live in a gated community and no telkom lines are available in here.
Internet usage here in the UK is HUGE. And apparently we lack behind some European countries where its considerably less for better speeds, but having lived in SA not a very long time ago, I am grateful for what I have.
In life you get 3 types of people, those who can count and those who can't.
  • #228
  • Mar 5, 2015 7:39am Mar 5, 2015 7:39am
Quoting HedgePiglet
{quote} So in SA Rands, you are looking at it all costing me R1,073 a month. Exactly.
That craze

Here is my Telkom bill for last month minus the important numbers
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  • #229
  • Mar 5, 2015 7:57am Mar 5, 2015 7:57am
Quoting Rooi
{quote} That craze Here is my Telkom bill for last month minus the important numbers {image}
Bliksem! Here you can get DSL speeds uncapped for about £3 a month + landline...
In life you get 3 types of people, those who can count and those who can't.
  • #230
  • Mar 5, 2015 9:35am Mar 5, 2015 9:35am
Quoting HedgePiglet
{quote} Bliksem! Here you can get DSL speeds uncapped for about 3 a month + landline...

Ja,for what you get its a stupid price

BTW - Do you live in London ?
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  • #231
  • Mar 5, 2015 10:00am Mar 5, 2015 10:00am
Quoting Rooi
{quote} Ja,for what you get its a stupid price BTW - Do you live in London ?
We have have registered offices in the city that I avoid unless it's essential (though I do enjoy the London vibe) and I have a home office which ensures I'm never really not working on a chart here in Harborough district, an hours high speed train from St Pancras.
In life you get 3 types of people, those who can count and those who can't.
  • #232
  • Mar 5, 2015 10:19am Mar 5, 2015 10:19am
Quoting HedgePiglet
{quote} We have have registered offices in the city that I avoid unless it's essential (though I do enjoy the London vibe) and I have a home office which ensures I'm never really not working on a chart here in Harborough district, an hours high speed train from St Pancras.
Ja man.London vibs is the best.Cant wait to get back there in 2018

Been struggling to get my unabridged marriage certificate from the government here for over 6 months

See you in the morning
We miss 100% of the shots we don't take
  • #233
  • Mar 5, 2015 10:35am Mar 5, 2015 10:35am
Quoting Rooi
{quote} Ja man.London vibs is the best.Cant wait to get back there in 2018 Been struggling to get my unabridged marriage certificate from the government here for over 6 months See you in the morning
I better apply now! Also need to get one. Extreme patience is required with that bunch, so I feel your pain. I took us 2 years to renew a visa.
  • #234
  • Mar 5, 2015 11:09pm Mar 5, 2015 11:09pm
Quoting PiptheRipper
{quote} I better apply now! Also need to get one. Extreme patience is required with that bunch, so I feel your pain. I took us 2 years to renew a visa.
Yip.Its a pain.Will send you a pm about it
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  • #235
  • Mar 6, 2015 2:40am Mar 6, 2015 2:40am
Quoting Rooi
{quote} Ja man.London vibs is the best.Cant wait to get back there in 2018 Been struggling to get my unabridged marriage certificate from the government here for over 6 months See you in the morning
I managed to get an Ancestral Visa, but it was the biggest mission in the world.
Up and coming champion Pip collector.
  • #236
  • Mar 6, 2015 2:48am Mar 6, 2015 2:48am
Good morning all.

Rhino owes me beer. I paid for the DAX feed last night...
In life you get 3 types of people, those who can count and those who can't.
  • #237
  • Mar 6, 2015 2:51am Mar 6, 2015 2:51am
Quoting HedgePiglet
Good morning all. Rhino owes me beer. I paid for the DAX feed last night...


Would you mind posting a screen grab of it please
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  • #238
  • Mar 6, 2015 3:09am Mar 6, 2015 3:09am
Quoting Rooi
{quote} Would you mind posting a screen grab of it please
Just logged for the first time since yesterday and my feed is still delayed...stand by while I mutter on the phone.
No trading for me today all, but I will be happy to chat about the charts. My biggest historical loser was on NFP about 3 years ago and since then, I have declared NFP day a holiday.
If anyone can spare me a minute or 9, I might like to try one or two ways of sharing my screens so you can watch my actual trades live. Please volunteer by raising your hand?
In life you get 3 types of people, those who can count and those who can't.
  • #239
  • Mar 6, 2015 3:12am Mar 6, 2015 3:12am
Quoting HedgePiglet
{quote} Just logged for the first time since yesterday and my feed is still delayed...stand by while I mutter on the phone. No trading for me today all, but I will be happy to chat about the charts. My biggest historical loser was on NFP about 3 years ago and since then, I have declared NFP day a holiday. If anyone can spare me a minute or 9, I might like to try one or two ways of sharing my screens so you can watch my actual trades live. Please volunteer by raising your hand?
No probs
We miss 100% of the shots we don't take
  • #240
  • Mar 6, 2015 3:20am Mar 6, 2015 3:20am
Quoting MrInvestar
{quote} I managed to get an Ancestral Visa, but it was the biggest mission in the world.
I can imagine.

When you going there ?
We miss 100% of the shots we don't take
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