384kbps to 1mbps ADSL upgrade

[Chevron]

Ah, yes, I've heard that rumour too. But surely easy enough to ask them to downgrade me to 1mbps. Especially if I am only getting 400kbps on my 1mbps "upgrade"

It looks like your account is still a 384 account on MWEB's side. PM MWEBGUY and ask for a 4meg test account.

[maldek]

Isn't there a rumour that the 384k lines will be bumped up to 1Mb in any case come June?

havent the rumours of everyone getting bumped up in their speeds been going around for years now?

[NomNom]

I thought this thread about about the free upgrades from 384k to 1mb

[ClintX]

Ok, it took a little back and forth with MWeb Guy, and numerous resets of the router but it seems I am getting acceptable speeds now :



Not sure what they do their side but just happy to be getting more than my 384k line now. It seems no one gets near 1024 though from the sounds of things?

[MickeyD]

Ok, it took a little back and forth with MWeb Guy, and numerous resets of the router but it seems I am getting acceptable speeds now :

Not sure what they do their side but just happy to be getting more than my 384k line now. It seems no one gets near 1024 though from the sounds of things?

You'll never get the full 1024 due to overheads, etc. Best I get is around 0.95 Mb/s on a Speedtest.

[ClintX]

You'll never get the full 1024 due to overheads, etc. Best I get is around 0.95 Mb/s on a Speedtest.

Are those overheads directly proportional to the line speed though? In other words, I am "losing" around 200k here, if I lost that amount on my old 384k line I would have been crawling. If I were to go up to 2mbps would I expect to "lose" even more, perhaps 400k?

[srothman]

You'll never get the full 1024 due to overheads, etc. Best I get is around 0.95 Mb/s on a Speedtest.

100%
1024kbps - 1/16th (roughly) = 960kbps / 8 = real performance of 120KBps....not taking into consideration any other variables, i.e. quality of your line, etc.

[Chevron]

Are those overheads directly proportional to the line speed though? In other words, I am "losing" around 200k here, if I lost that amount on my old 384k line I would have been crawling. If I were to go up to 2mbps would I expect to "lose" even more, perhaps 400k?

It's % based. Around 15-20%.

[Mike Hoxbig]

100%
1024kbps - 1/16th (roughly) = 960kbps / 8 = real performance of 120KBps....not taking into consideration any other variables, i.e. quality of your line, etc.

I've found that dividing by 9.5 is a pretty accurate estimate of the maximum that you can expect.

384 / 9.5 = 40.4 KBps
512 / 9.5 = 53.8 KBps
1024 / 9.5 = 107.8 KBps
4096 / 9.5 = 431.2 KBps

Obviously you'd round it off and it's just an estimate, but a reasonably accurate one.

[srothman]

I've found that dividing by 9.5 is a pretty accurate estimate of the maximum that you can expect.

384 / 9.5 = 40.4 KBps
512 / 9.5 = 53.8 KBps
1024 / 9.5 = 107.8 KBps
4096 / 9.5 = 431.2 KBps

Obviously you'd round it off and it's just an estimate, but a reasonably accurate one.

Those are more real-world numbers, 100%

[NomNom]

This is what people usually seem to get:

384 = 34.0 KBps
512 = 48.0 KBps
1024 = 102.0 KBps
4096 = 426.0 KBps

[jacosmit]

Hi guys

Any clue when Telkom will start upgrading us 384K'ers to 1Mb. Is it still June or has it been moved because of the court cases?

[scotty777]

Hi guys

Any clue when Telkom will start upgrading us 384K'ers to 1Mb. Is it still June or has it been moved because of the court cases?

August as far as I know

[rpm]

Any clue when Telkom will start upgrading us 384K'ers to 1Mb. Is it still June or has it been moved because of the court cases?

Officially in August. Some guys reported early upgrades, but Telkom said that the upgrade process will start in August and run through September.

[jacosmit]

Initially the date was June, guess the court cases pushed the date out.

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