Telkom will begin to upgrade its ADSL line speeds today (11 November 2013) – free of charge – with the speeds of 1Mbps, 2Mbps, and 4Mbps products increased to 2Mbps, 4Mbps, and 10Mbps respectively.
The upgrade process will influence the availability of some of Telkom’s ADSL products, as described below.
- As from Monday 11 November, the 4,096kbps option will be removed and replaced with the 10,240 kbps offering
- On 18 November 4,096kbps will be available again to replace the current 2,048kbps offering. No 2,048 kbps will be available for the week.
- On 25 November 2,048kbps will be available again to replace the current 1,024kbps offering. The 1,024 kbps will then be permanently unavailable.
From 25 November 2013 the following Telkom DSL speeds will be available:
- DSL1 – 2,048kbps
- DSL2 – 4,096kbps
- DSL3 – 10,240kbps
- DSL4 – 20,480kbps
- DSL5 – 40,960kbps
The following table provides an overview of the new products and effective dates:
| Name | Existing Service Speed | New Service Speed | Effective Date |
| DSL3 | Up to 4,096kbps/10,240kbps | Up to 10,240kbps | 11 November 2013 |
| DSL2 | Up to 2,048kbps | Up to 4,096kbps | 18 November 2013 |
| DSL1 | Up to 1,024kbps | Up to 2,048kbps | 25 November 2013 |
Source: MyBroadband
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Ok so what i dont get is the following: I have a 4mb line at one of my shops. its now automatically getting an upgrade to 10mb according to this. BUT when i use the adsl line checker on telkom’s website it still says my exchange is limited to 4mb. i mean wtf now?