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hj2k_x
Honorary Master
These are the rumours yes.
hj2k_x
Honorary Master
Well i spoke to Tlekom about it and they said it was going to happen in the next few months...
Make of that what you will.
Make of that what you will.
hj2k_x
Honorary Master
384 will be upped to 512 for free if all goes as they said it would..
Highflyer_GP
Honorary Master
Will probably happen around August, they usually adjust their pricing around that time of year.
kiepie
Executive Member
What if the exchange can't handle higher speeds?
hj2k_x
Honorary Master
It is always "up to" a certain speed. So the line will sync as fast as it can.
i'm not expecting it to go up except when they announce it so that they don't drop prices by another R150, but just give ppl and up to 512 and drop prices by R50 [and say well we dropped it by old 512 price vs new one and screw the 384 people on a serious dsicount.. its the Telkom way 
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hj2k_x
Honorary Master
Well Telkom have to get their act together for 2010. At this rate 4mbit would be the slowest speed available by 2010 
if it does happen that 512k becomes so cheap that it replace 384k how much upload speed are we going 2 loose again??
Cos i know when 384k became cheaper and replaced 192k the 384k dsl upload speed also went down
howardb
Expert Member
if it does happen that 512k becomes so cheap that it replace 384k how much upload speed are we going 2 loose again??
I have to wonder about this too...
I've had a 512 line for a number of years now and the speed has been dropping slowly (but continuously) over the last year - no amount of testing/checking from the ISP or Telkom seems to help - used to get the full 64kb/s (or more sometimes) downstream when I first signed up, now I'm lucky if I get 35kb/s (even on local) - - - if this "upgrade" is going to happen, I think we'll see so much congestion that the grid will grind to a halt - if they can't get it right on 384 and 512 lines, then how the hell are they going to get it right on 1024 and 4096+ lines? As worded in their contract - they cannot guarantee the ADSL speed, so it's going to be luck of the draw...even though we're still forking out a s**t load of money for the service... well I'm certainly not looking forward to "Touching Tomorrow" !
I can confirm the same. A Telkom sales person told me the following:
DSL384 upgraded to DSL512 at R245.00 per month
DSL512 upgraded to DSL1024 at R362.00 per month
DSL1024 upgraded to DSL4096 at R516.00 per month
But had no idea on the DSL192 or DSL384 prices.
I think it's got to do with the Triple Play systems that they will be marketing soon.
Highflyer_GP
Honorary Master
Imagine the strain on IS's already congested network :/
PS: Upload speeds weren't decreased when 192 users were upgraded to 384 - ok it was, but it's just that 192 users were getting unusually high upload speeds instead of the advertised 64kbps . All they did was make everybody sync at the advertised speed. Don't think we can really blame Telkom in that instance.
PS: Upload speeds weren't decreased when 192 users were upgraded to 384 - ok it was, but it's just that 192 users were getting unusually high upload speeds instead of the advertised 64kbps . All they did was make everybody sync at the advertised speed. Don't think we can really blame Telkom in that instance.
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