8Mbps ADSL 'needs a bit more work'

Can you imagine the radonkulous price the ISPs are gonna charge for 8mb/s, it will be premium - +-5000?
 
if the price is right (which it wont be) i would want it but alas we all know the story by now
 
TheRoDent said:
I remember @ the 2008 MyADSL conference when Rikus Matthyser was whining about the problems that Telkom Media had in delivering IP TV and he said that "there simply wasn't enough bandwidth to the home to service IPTV".

I had to bite my lip at that point not to pipe up and shout "And who's fault is THAT?"....
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Funny, I wanted to put my hand up and ask exactly the same question! :)

At least they now have an official excuse for not launching Telkom Media products; Lack of Backhaul. ;)
 
To all the haters:

/devil's advocate mode=on
Don't think of it as using up your cap in half the time, think of it as doing what you would normally do in half the time.

Seems a lot of people say that 4mbps is very unstable and that that speed is not attainable... I have 4mbps... I sync at 4mbps... I download at 4mbps...

Oh and people won't use up their cap in a day... I already chomp through my Telkom cap equivalent in about 2 hours, so with 8mbps we're talking minutes. Let's be accurate here!
/devil's advocate mode=off

Fear not: I hate Telkom. But at least they are moving forward (even if it is at the speed of an ant trudging through syrup... whilst carrying heavy shopping).

My Dad in Swaziland is excited about his ADSL rollout happening there now. He's looking forward to his 128/64 kbps with a 1gb cap... :eek:

Let's hope Telkom doesn't charge an arm and a leg for 8mbps... they probably will though...
I'm getting my chains and molotov cocktails ready.... to barricade employees inside a Telkom building and then burn it down.
 
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there should be a winzip like tool on forums that compresses all the bull**** repetition.
 
hmm interesting I read all the comments, but shouldn't the 8Mbit ADSL be the same price as the 4Mbit, as the 4Mbit is classed as "Fastest DSL" on the Telkom site, meaning if we pay for the fastest then 8Mbit should be that price, and 4Mbit falls away?

Just thought it would work that way.
 
calvincoetzee said:
..shouldn't the 8Mbit ADSL be the same price as the 4Mbit, as the 4Mbit is classed as "Fastest DSL" on the Telkom site, meaning if we pay for the fastest then 8Mbit should be that price, and 4Mbit falls away?QUOTE]

There's still fasterer and fasterestestest
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Who are doing the (consumer)test??? What speeds are they getting??? And how do we register...?
 
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