Telkom will launch its 20Mbps and 40Mbps VDSL services on 4 March 2013, increasing the peak DSL speed in the country fourfold.
Telkom’s new VDSL products also increase the peak upload speeds from the current 1Mbps (on a 10Mbps ADSL service) to 3Mbps (on a 40Mbps VDSL service).
However, Telkom highlights that the new VDSL products are best effort services, which offers speeds of ‘up to’ 20Mbps and ‘up to’ 40Mbps.
This raises the question what the minimum and maximum speeds are for Telkom’s new VDSL products.
The following table provides an overview of the minimum and maximum upstream and downstream speeds for Telkom’s 20Mbps and 40Mbps VDSL offerings.
| xDSL Service | Maximum Downstream Speed | Minimum Downstream Speed | Maximum Upstream Speed | Minimum Upstream Speed |
| Up to 10 Mbps xDSL | 10Mbps | 8Mbps | 1Mbps | 512kbps |
| Up to 20 Mbps xDSL | 20Mbps | 11Mbps | 2Mbps | 1Mbps |
| Up to 40 Mbps xDSL | 40Mbps | 21Mbps | 3Mbps | 1.25Mbps |
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If only I can just get a 4 Mb/s line…