Question: What is ADSL?ADSL is a special
telephone line and black box installed by Telkom. The line connects you to
the Telkom network permanently - 24x7. If you stick a network cable into
your PC and into the Telkom black box, then your PC is permanently connected
to the Telkom network.
You now choose an ISP to provide you with permanent internet access (to
browse the web and send/receive email).
You can use your ADSL line to make (and receive) normal phone calls, and
these are charged at normal rates; but you pay a flat fee for internet
access per month.
You can also use VOIP to make and receive free telephone calls to any
other party in the world with a similar setup.
Contact Telkom to get an ADSL line
installed.
Question: How does the costs work?
There are two portions to the cost of an ADSL connection:
- the first is a line rental payable to Telkom and depends on line
speed. See the
Telkom site for more info...
- the second is an internet access account payable to the ISP of your
choice - see below for the Cozahost costs:
Question: How much does it cost?
The ADSL access account is charged based on the "cap" (limit on data
traffic allowed). For information on how Telkom implements capping,
see
their page here...
The following ADSL access accounts are available from Cozahost:
|
Monthly Cap |
Price (Ex VAT per month) |
| 2 Gb |
R 149.00 |
| 3 Gb |
R 185.00 |
| 5 Gb |
R 306.00 |
| 10 Gb |
R 597.00 |
| 20 Gb |
R 1,166.00 |
| 30 Gb |
R 1,598.00 |
Question: At what point is ADSL more cost
effective than a simple modem line?
An
ADSL connection is about more that saving direct cost: It is about being
online to the internet 24 * 7, fast access to sites and resources, and a
host of intangible benefits. When you have to justify the cost however, you
will find that it is not THAT expensive:
To calculate what an modem line costs, add the Telkom line rental, ISP
access account and telephone call costs. Now compare that to an ADSL
line rental and ISP access account. Factor into the equation that you
are online 24*7 and than you can easily use
fax to email to get rid of your
permanent fax line too, the break even point is quite low.
Question: Is my internet access limited in any
way?
Yes, in the sense that your ADSL access account is "shaped".
This means that web and email traffic are considered more important than,
for instance, traffic generated by an online game and the former will
therefore be faster than the latter.
Your total traffic per month is limited to the cap on your account -
as per the table above.
Question: What makes the Cozahost ADSL service
different to that provided by other ISPs?
To be honest, it's not different.
All of us (ISPs) rely on Telkom
for access and services. At Cozahost all we offer is a genuine commitment
to provide our clients with affordable, quality services.
We make mistakes and we are not perfect, but we are honest about who
we are - and we tend to fix our errors faster than most will even admit theirs.
Question: Can I try before I buy?
No. Unfortunately we cannot supply trail ADSL accounts because
Telkom monitors and caps the bandwidth usage.
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