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Telkom 10 Mbps ADSL: Upgraded areas emerge
| Rudolph Muller | August 10, 2010 | No comments |
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Numerous ADSL subscribers’ speeds have been bumped up to 10 Mbps, but Telkom is not in the mood to talk
Telkom started their much anticipated 10 Mbps ADSL upgrades last weekend. According to unconfirmed information the planned migration of around 19,000 4 Mbps ADSL services which began at 20:00 on Friday night will take 7 days complete.
It is understood that users who are in the region of 1.5 km from the exchange will be upgraded to 10 Mbps while other users can expect speeds of around 8 Mbps.
The upgrades are only applied to 4Mbps ADSL users on Metro-Ethernet and ADSL2+ enabled exchanges. Telkom would however not reveal the exchanges where consumers can expect upgrades to occur.
In response to questions about the ongoing ADSL speed increases, Telkom merely said that “an announcement is imminent and Telkom will communicate details in due course.”
Information shared on the MyBroadband Forums however is far from ‘imminent’ as users update the details of their upgrade to 10 Mbps on an hourly basis.
Numerous ADSL subscribers in Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Bloemfontein are reporting that their line speed has been upgraded. This includes users in:
- Johannesburg: Cresta, Bryanston, Honeydew, Rosebank, Atlasville, Bromhof, Malanshof, Parkview, Aasvoëlkop, Weltevredenpark, Northcliff, Parktown
- Pretoria: Lynnwood Ridge, Capital Park, Garsfontein, Maroelana, Brooklyn/Waterkloof, Pretoria North, Pretoria DBD/Capital Park, Waterkloof Ridge, Pretoriuspark
- Cape Town: Kenilworth, Proteavalley, Tamboerskloof, Foreshore, Woodstock, Claremont, Rondebosch, Gardens, Clareinche, Durbanville, Plumstead/Wynberg, Vredehoek
- Durban: Durban North
- Port Elizabeth: Port Elizabeth
This information is based on anecdotal feedback from the forums, and is by no means a full list of upgraded areas. For more information you may want to discuss the upgrades here:
