List of congested exchanges?

[Blindwitness]

Im connected to Kensington (RKSD) and 3 weeks ago the DSLAM died. Had no connectivity for about a day but since it came back ive been experiencing the kind of latencies described here. Very high all day and then tapering off towards midnight. Ive reported it as a fault but apparently its still under investigation.

Any1 else connected to that exchange feeling the same thing?

[diegoa]

They told me that it was a power failure that damaged a cable or something. Lots of round-about explanations that amounted to nothing really. Something broke and now the exchange that was perfect two weeks ago is so congested that I can't browse the net at all. Who knows?

I had a ticket that was linked to the network fault but when they resolved that fault, they closed my ticket. So I had to open a new one...

Last feedback I got was that the Frangipani 2 exchange was due for an upgrade and that they've prioritised it to be done within the next two weeks - probably because of the fact that I threw my toys out the cot BIGTIME. Or at least that's what I'd like to think

So now we wait.

I'm with MWEB.

Got similar story from them today, not sure how this effected 2 exchanges that had no congestion previously and all of a sudden since this "incident", they are now congested........

Smells like BS to me.

[lagwagone]

Has anyone successfully not paid for their ADSL service while their exchange has been congested?

Got my line installed last week Friday, only to discover that the service is completely unusable...luckily Telkom don't have my banking details yet so I'm going to refuse to pay for the install or service until its working as it should.

[abandonallhope]

Is the La Rochelle, WBLX03 or whatever, exchange ****ed again ?

[diegoa]

Has anyone successfully not paid for their ADSL service while their exchange has been congested?

Got my line installed last week Friday, only to discover that the service is completely unusable...luckily Telkom don't have my banking details yet so I'm going to refuse to pay for the install or service until its working as it should.

My line is with WebAfrica and I have been able to ask them to stop payment due to heavy congestion or faulty line.

[Cryax]

Any one on the panarama johanesburg exchange? I've been getting horrible speeds lately.

[AutoX]

any one in Moreleta Park / Pretoria East having issues?

[Pada]

any one in Moreleta Park / Pretoria East having issues?

Just search the forums for Moreleta and you'll see quite a few people complaining about slow/unstable Internet in that area.

eg.
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthre...light=Moreleta
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthre...light=Moreleta

[system32]

Last year Rosettenville RJRV was very congested - 0.2Mbps on a 4Mbps line

Can anyone advise if Rosettenville exchange is still congested / has been upgraded?

http://www.broadbandstats.co.za/exchange/RJRV

Thanks in advance.

[system32]

Last year Rosettenville RJRV was very congested - 0.2Mbps on a 4Mbps line

Can anyone advise if Rosettenville exchange is still congested / has been upgraded?

http://www.broadbandstats.co.za/exchange/RJRV

Thanks in advance.

I tried phoning 10210, and according to 10210, there are no "free ports" in RJRV.
I guess means it's not been upgraded.

I'll keep Cell-C for another year.

[abdul89]

Rondebosch again. After enjoying awesome internet for the last 8-9 months, I have been getting a constant 500-800ms LOCAL ping for the last two days. Also, my line is atrociously slow.

[akzidenz]

Rondebosch again. After enjoying awesome internet for the last 8-9 months, I have been getting a constant 500-800ms LOCAL ping for the last two days. Also, my line is atrociously slow.

Having the same issue here in Rosebank (Cape Town). I'm on Mweb (Have also tried a Webafrica account) and getting similar pings / slow speeds.

[abdul89]

Having the same issue here in Rosebank (Cape Town). I'm on Mweb (Have also tried a Webafrica account) and getting similar pings / slow speeds.

Tried Cybersmart/Axxess/Webafrica and all the same. Logged a fault with Telkom.

[system32]

Has anyone successfully not paid for their ADSL service while their exchange has been congested?

Got my line installed last week Friday, only to discover that the service is completely unusable...luckily Telkom don't have my banking details yet so I'm going to refuse to pay for the install or service until its working as it should.

Yes, I managed to get a refund for the ADSL rental.

Log a fault with Telkom, get a reference number, don't let them close the call until your issues is fixed.

I eventually cancelled my line, and asked for a refund from the date when I logged the fault.

[FraserBlade]

I guess we can add Strand (Helderberg, Western Cape) to the list as well. We've been having major latency issues relating to congestion at our local Telkom exchange. (Detailed explanation in this thread: LINK)