Telkom announced today that its 20Mbps and 40Mbps high speed broadband trials has been a success, and that the company plans to launch these services commercially on 4 March 2013.<\/p>\n
The pilot started in October 2012 and has given participating Internet customers access to speeds of up to 20Mbps and up to 40Mbps.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe pilot has seen participating customers experience broadband speed and throughput of an outstanding quality,\u201d said Telkom\u2019s Wholesale and Networks Managing Director, Bashier Sallie.<\/p>\n
Telkom said that ninety percent of participants on the 20Mbps services consistently synced at 20Mbps and 74% of the 40Mbps participants consistently synced at 40Mbps.<\/p>\n
Based on this success, Telkom Wholesale is now planning to launch DSL up to 20Mbps and DSL up to 40Mpbs options to the market from 4 March 2013.<\/p>\n
The new higher speed VDSL services are a result of the network upgrade that Telkom completed in the pilot areas consisting of 53 street distribution cabinet (SDC) sites in five exchange areas.<\/p>\n
These are Benmore Gardens, Fourways, and Waterkloof in Gauteng, Durban North in KwaZulu-Natal, and Durbanville in the Western Cape.<\/p>\n
The upgrades entail, amongst others, replacing DSL Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) technology with Multi Service Access Nodes (MSANs).<\/p>\n
Telkom added that customers can use the DSL tracker tool from 4 March to check if they are within the coverage areas – http:\/\/www.telkom.co.za\/checkadsl\/<\/p>\n
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