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    Telkom ADSL outages

    I have spent most of yesterday, and several hours today, in trying to communicate with Telkom, to report constant ADSL outages. We have a Telkom ISP "up to 10 Mbps" ADSL line which had been problem-free for a few months now. Can anyone recommend a contact, or a number I could make contact...
  3. Scooby_Doo

    WebAfrica Service Levels - ISPs managing your ADSL Line

    In terms of ISPs managing your ADSL line, what exactly should we be expecting? WebAfrica does not seem to have any processes in place to manage tickets once they have log one with Telkom. I am not sure if I am just expecting too much from the ISP? It has been over 1.5 months now, and...
  4. J

    ADSL and fibre wholesale price cuts for South Africa

    ADSL and fibre wholesale price cuts for South Africa Openserve has announced wholesale price cuts on its DSL and fibre broadband services, as well as speed increases on its fibre offerings.
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    MWEB won't let me cancel my Domains because of 30 days clause

    Guys, please help. I registered 4 domains with MWEB int 2015 that are supposed to be renewed end of this month. I don't want to renew them but MWEB insists that they are going to deduct R800 from account and re-register them. I've tried to explain to them that I don't want them anymore but...
  6. Newsfeed

    There is still life in ADSL in South Africa

    There is still life in ADSL in South Africa Although ADSL subscribers are switching from copper to fibre and LTE, there is still life in the network.
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    Cancel ADSL line and get LTE instead?

    Hi All, We currently have a 8mb ADSL line with Telkom, but we are looking at getting uncapped LTE. Our area has LTE of up to 90mb. We mostly use our ADSL line for streaming Netflix and Showmax and we have 2 devices connected to wi-fi at all times. Is it a good idea to switch to LTE...
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    ADSL data disappear, still deducting without connection

    Good day I'm on a Telkom do Basic plan. 20GB softcap data, 2Mbps line. I've been on the package for about 1.5 years, and have never used more than 15GB. On 26/06/2017 my data start disappearing at an alarming rate. For the day it said that I used +- 14GB. Which is strange because nobody...
  9. ADrunkTeddyBear

    Netgear router keeps resettting itself

    My Netgear N300 router keeps on resetting my ADS. This is the 3rd time since 3PM today since I have had to put in my ADSL login details and change my SSID and password back to its original settings. My router also seems to randomly lose connection to the internet (the ADSL LED blinks and the...
  10. Scooby_Doo

    Telkom and Packet Loss - How to explain it to Telkom

    Hey All, I have around 2% packet loss on my line, which only really affects VOIP and gaming not throughput. I am struggling to get Telkom to understand that 2% packet loss is not normal, but according to them if I am synced and downloading at a certain speed then there is no issues on the...
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    ADSL and Web

    Hey Guys, Just a question, heard a few good remarks about a company called iLiNQ Internet Solutions "www.ilinq.co.za" Anyone dealt with them yet? They do web hosting, ADSl, server hosting etc? and apparently they are big competitors to someone called OpenWeb and Axxess? Looking at moving...
  12. K

    Telkom ADSL cap

    So my stepmother has control of our telkom account, it is capped. I'm not supposed to use the wifi as it is capped but I got the password so I can use it for uni. Last month we went over our cap and she thought someone nearby was hacking our router. I am trying to find out how to see how much...
  13. K

    Best value adsl for gaming

    Hey guys, I'm staying in Claremont, Cape Town, and I'm a gamer, or try to be one. The thing is, playing online is laggy. I'm paying R899 for mweb's 10mbps + R206 for Telkom's landline monthly and it just isn't enough, for starters, mweb sucks, according to online tests the speed is usually...
  14. M

    Axxess vs Afrihost Capped ADSL

    Hi Guys, So I currently have a 150GB Capped DSL Unshaped data bundle with Afrihost. There are loads of threads with the differences between Axxess and Afrihost. But nothing recent and nothing comparing the "unshapped" capped account of Afrihost with a capped account on Axxess. Anyway...
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    When is line rental going to be removed?

    I remember seeing an article last year about line rental being phased out, is there any update to this as line rental seems to be increasing each year. due to this i decided to get the lte wifi deal from telkom last year (599 deal) it was great in the beggining now i get shaped every month...
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    VDSL & Line Problems and Stats

    Hi there! I had been having line problems on ADSL, and have recently switched to 20MB VDSL, but it seems even less stable now. Here are my stats from my new VDSL router: SNR: 26.7 (Up), 26.8 (Down). Attenuation: 35.6 (Up), 17.6 (Down). They look good, but my line keeps dropping...
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    Goodbye ADSL, hello Fibre - unless you're in Africa

    Goodbye ADSL, hello Fibre - unless you're in Africa Point Topic’s latest global broadband subscriber report shows that ADSL and VDSL use continues to fall, except in Africa.
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    Alternatives to ADSL When Your Area Is Trapped In The Stone Age

    I'm moving from Cape Town To JHB next month and did my line relocation with Telkom in the beginning of May. Today I get a phone call that the address I provided (Estate in Northriding, next to Northumberland Ave) has no ADSL infrastructure. Seems a bit ridiculous. But we are talking about...
    • Fredvl
    • Thread
    • adsl connectivity dropbox fibre gauteng jhb johannesburg lte lte advanced northriding northumberland ave telkom wetransfer
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: ADSL and VDSL Discussions
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    ADSL and fibre users to get more value

    ADSL and fibre users to get more value ISPs have applauded Openserve for its recent wholesale price cuts, which are set to improve the value consumers receive.
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    ADSL automatic Failover to 3g and automatic revert

    Hi All, Background, small office 2 floors (working repeater on top floor but ADSL router is dead) - the ADSL wifi router recently died and we are looking to replace with something that can auto fail over to 3g and revert - there is no fiber in the area that we are aware of, but we might be...
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    Reliable and Consistent Alternatives to Afrihost

    Hi everybody :) Afrihost has been terrible in the evenings and I am on a 20 Mbps Premium Uncapped account. The service is completely unusable in the evenings. Which DSL ISP have you found to be reliable and consistent for someone who clocks in around 600 - 800 GB a month? I don't mind...
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