Telkom set to upgrade ADSL speeds
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Necuno
The Piper
Rather see people start asking when is the next proper IPC upgrade VS ZOMG OMG LOLZ OMF OMS @ line speed upgrades, but I guess that's quite pointless if most of them i suppose can't think further than their own dslam.
phoenix
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Only in areas where it made sense to do so, ie metropolitan areas, and even there some people were short changed.
@Prophet: There are those who don't know what a "DSLAM" is and what it does, let alone an "IPC"
We are called end users and just want our equipment, software and services to work as they should.
@Prophet: There are those who don't know what a "DSLAM" is and what it does, let alone an "IPC"
We are called end users and just want our equipment, software and services to work as they should.
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Necuno
The Piper
then start seeing the larger picture. i guess thanks to the users we have telkom as it is ?
t: sir you can have 10mb/s uncapped
u: creams pants after making love to hand
t: *just don't expect a decent throughput.. tsk tsk tsk*
u: whats this tsk and this throughput and this decent, *shrugs*...
/give up. well then:
don't complain that we are not were others are.
don't complain if we have shitty uncapped.
don't complain if all the ports are taken.
don't complain if your exchange is overloaded.
don't complain if you see lekker shaping and weird only in rsa products.
don't complain about kak dsl.
...rather then stick to being in your dark "known" cave, fuck do us a pleasure and plug out ? no use trying, no use when all there to be "seen" is.. ZOMG linespeeds, ZOMG cap upgrades, ZOMG.
/rant off
/leave users alone
/pray for a quick end to this
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HavocXphere
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meh. Scrap the damn double-charging (1x phone line & again for ADSL over the same copper) and bump everyone to whatever speed the copper will carry. In the major metros this should def be possible...they're full of fiber rings anyway & we've got lots of intl capacity. Sure, the occasional DSLAM would need upgrading...but thats needed anyway because they're mostly full. Besides...Vodacom etc offer 41mbps and Telkom still offer 0.384mbps & have the balls to call that "fast"....what a joke.
Dunno hey. They seem to be inexplicably popular on this forum though.Who has 512mb lines anyway????? If you have 512 you as pay a little extra and get a 512/4meg line...
Necuno
The Piper
well, reality if only the 41mb/s was true 41mb/s and the woosh was true woosh; brings back thoughts of sentech. would be nice to experience FTH* before 2012.
fiber to home.
Not to throw a spanner in the works, but Telkom is struggling to provide people with a basic 1MB line - nevermind 4MB. If you phone Telkom and complain that you're getting slow speeds on your 4MB line they tell you they don't "officially" have a 4MB service, it's a supped up 1MB service and anything above that is just a "bonus" to you.
Honestly guys, please don't get excited over anything that Telkom says. They could not provide people with stable 10MB lines and then gave false reports to the press on how "well" they've been doing with the project.
The cake is a lie, and so is any and ALL promises that come from Telkom. Be glad your 384kbps line is actually working, because it's a miracle that they're doing that right. When it comes to "high speed" anything - Telkom should NOT be in your mind at all.
Honestly guys, please don't get excited over anything that Telkom says. They could not provide people with stable 10MB lines and then gave false reports to the press on how "well" they've been doing with the project.
The cake is a lie, and so is any and ALL promises that come from Telkom. Be glad your 384kbps line is actually working, because it's a miracle that they're doing that right. When it comes to "high speed" anything - Telkom should NOT be in your mind at all.
HavocXphere
New member
*giggle*
Yeah the infrastructure is weak. Not entirely Telkoms fault though...its kinda in the nature of the situation. Copper cables degrade & can't really be maintained per se...you have to tear it down & start from scratch which isn't really feasible nation wide. I know in the US there are also areas where only 512 is available.
Gimaru
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Telkom has gotten my attention some what hmm. Trying to see now what a 512kb line + Mweb uncapped shaped 1mb account would cost. Everything included that is.
Phone line rental: R135?
512kb Line rental: R326.00
Mweb uncapped shaped 1mb: R369.00
Comes to roughly R830.00
Don't know hey, that's still quite a bit. Opposed to my R490 ish I'm paying for my 384kb line atm.
Phone line rental: R135?
512kb Line rental: R326.00
Mweb uncapped shaped 1mb: R369.00
Comes to roughly R830.00
Don't know hey, that's still quite a bit. Opposed to my R490 ish I'm paying for my 384kb line atm.
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ZAP_Tech
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Add a bit more and you have a 4mb uncapped line without line rental... ISP neglect to tell you that you still have to pay telkom line rental even if you paying the data and dsl line rental to them... Most user are unaware of that... I always have to explain this point to people getting adsl for the first time... In the end adsl is still expensive in this country.
Phone Line rental is up to R145~ for new applicants.
Also, something a few months ago tells me that DSL line rentals are going up soon as well.
Gimaru
New member
Not a chance I'm getting 1mb then, until the prices drop (which will probably be never). I'm quite happy with 386kb, but I'm still being ripped off.