Netway

 

Netway is one of the newer ISPs in Cyprus. Services by Netway include internet connectivity, web hosting and software development.

Netway ADSL packages

Netway provides ADSL connectivity for homes and businesses through both the i-choice and the Primetel platforms.

Netway ADSL on the i-choice platform

The table below lists the ADSL packages Netway has available for the i-choice platform. The packages differentiate based on the maximum available speed, the number of static IPs included in the package, and the priority in bandwidth they receive during peak hours (Contention Ratio). Following is a quick overview of these packages.

Netway (i-choice) packages overview
Package Name Max Speed Down/Up Required i-choice Connection Static IPs Bandwidth Priority Installation Fee Monthly Fee
aDSL Basic 512 512Kbps / 128Kbps i-choice256 / i-choice512 no average - €17.09
aDSL Basic 1000 1Mbps / 128Kbps i-choice1000 no average - €22.67
aDSL Basic 512 + IP 512Kbps / 128Kbps i-choice256 / i-choice512 1 average - €131.56 (6 months)
aDSL Basic 1000 + IP 1Mbps / 128Kbps i-choice1000 1 average - €165.73 (6 months)
aDSL Business Lite 1Mbps / 512Kbps i-choice business lite 4 high ? €76.89
aDSL Business 2Mbps / 512Kbps i-choice business 4 high ? €186.24

Prices above do not include VAT. Please see the i-choice platform page for the other fees you will have to pay in order to get ADSL connection. The ISP (Netway in this case) is just one of costs.

Netway ADSL on the Primetel platform

Below are the products Netway offers on the Primetel platform. The prices below, unlike the ones above for i-choice, are all inclusive. This means they include the rental of the telephone line as well as all Internet connectivity costs. The Contention ratio (bandwidth priority) for the FastLane products is 1:30 and for the FastLane Business products 1:8.

Netway (Primetel platform) packages overview
Package Name Max Speed Down/Up Static IPs Bandwidth Priority Installation Fee Monthly Fee
FastLane768 768Kbps / 128Kbps no average €68.34 €42.54
FastLane768 + IP 768Kbps / 128Kbps 1 average €68.34 €63.05
FastLane 2 2Mbps / 384Kbps no average €68.34 €51.09
FastLane 2 + IP 2Mbps / 384Kbps 1 average €68.34 €95.51
FastLane 3.5 3.5Mbps / 512Kbps no average €68.34 €95.51
FastLane 3.5+ IP 3.5Mbps / 512Kbps 1 average €68.34 €170.69
FastLane 5 5Mbps / 512Kbps no average €68.34 €146.77
FastLane 5 + IP 5Mbps / 512Kbps 1 average €68.34 €247.58
FastLane 8 8Mbps / 512Kbps no average €68.34 €256.12
FastLane1024 Business 1Mbps / 512Kbps 32 highest €68.34 €133,27
FastLane1536 Business 1.5Mbps / 512Kbps 32 highest €68.34 €287.05
FastLane2048 Business 2Mbps / 512Kbps 32 highest €68.34 €355.39
FastLane4096 Business 4Mbps / 512Kbps 32 highest €68.34 €418.61
FastLane2048 Business VPN 1Mbps / 512Kbps 32 highest €68.34 €105.93
FastLane1536 Business VPN 1.5Mbps/512Kbps 32 highest €68.34 €225.54
FastLane2048 Business VPN 2Mbps / 512Kbps 32 highest €68.34 €276.80
FastLane4096 Business VPN 4Mbps / 512Kbps 32 highest €68.34 €328.10

Prices do not include VAT. Primetel Digital TV costs an additional €17.09 per month, LTV & Alpha TV channels an additional €17.09 per month and an additional phone line is €8.46 per month.

Netway review

Netway is one of the best ISPs in Cyprus. The speed you get is as advertised and there are no closed or filtered ports which gives you the freedom to enjoy the maximum speed with all kinds of applications. You can subscribe for Netway ADSL (i-choice) directly from their website and have your account automatically created within minutes.

Netway is also one of the first ISPs to offer speeds up to 8Mbps for home users. However these higher speeds are only offered through the Primetel platform and their cost is still quite high for the average home user.

Netway User Reviews

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User Rating: 3.14 out of 5 after 7 votes

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Reviewer: kwacka

November 02 2007 11:05PM

After using the atrocious netrunner for nearly 3 years, I tried Netway after hearing good reports on a couple of forum.

I was conditioned by CyTA - if there was a problem it was down to them. The dire music, the 40 minutes' wait.

The first time there was a fault with my connection I was on the phone to Netway - phone answered by a REAL person, passed to technician immediately then, to my embarrassment found the problem was my end.

Problem quickly rectified followed by "my name's ***** any problem just ask for me" (that was my one and only call for support).

It was reassuring when, told to "click on 'run' and type 'cmd'" I said "I use linux" and heard "open a terminal" instead of "fine - just click on 'run'".

About 4 months later I took a years subscription - which I will be renewing shortly.


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Reviewer: stheodotou

September 01 2008 11:13AM

I have been using Netway's FastLane for one year now. The internet is good. P2P applications work really good with great speeds(bittorrent, emule, limewire, etc.).
Http download speeds are slow. If you are downloading a single file throught firefox or iexplore the speed will suck.
The TV is good and the customer service is really good.

2

Reviewer: kwacka

October 10 2008 01:01AM

The past few days usenet speeds have plummeted, seems they've introduced traffic shaping.

FTP speed is slow - but I don't know whether they've shackled that too, or its just the particular sever I' downloading from.

As my annual subscription runs out in a couple of weeks I'll be going elsewhere.

3

Reviewer: Ruserious

October 16 2008 02:24PM

Not only usenet speeds - torrent speeds are now at about 25% of the speed they were last week - I have spoken with Netway who have confirmed traffic shapping is now in place but have promised an upgrade to bandwidth which will help - I am on monthly subscription so if it does not improve very soon I will be looking elsewhere.  There are cheaper alternatives for this kind of speed.......

4

Reviewer: Ruserious

October 18 2008 07:02AM

Update - Fastlane is back in the fastlane!  Netway tech support informed me that they would be carrying out an upgrade yesterday and my torrent speeds are now back to normal 250KBs.  It would have been nice to have been informed of the temporary traffic shaping without having to call them but it's nice to have the speed back.  If there are any changes I will re-post.

5

Reviewer: Xampatsos

November 04 2008 05:59PM

Disappointing service. After being their customer for quite a while with great speeds, Usenet speeds dropped substantially... Traffic shaping is definitely happening.

6

Reviewer: christoc

November 25 2008 08:49AM

I agree with the last two comments. Fastlane2 service has been really poor for the last 10 days, especially after 3pm. Loading basic pages and Google search results is sluggish. You can forget about P2P

7

Reviewer: notme

November 25 2008 11:54AM

I have same issues as christoc, fastlane is really bad the last 2 weeks, p2p really bad, browsing while p2p almost impossible

8

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