ADSL: Being Lied Too.

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dudleydh

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As a conscientious ADSL activist, I anxiously watched the Telkom techie when he tested my new ADSL connection.

I happened to be looking over his shoulder when he connected his ADSL modem that was connected to his laptop. He announced proudly that my ADSL was working fine and that given I was +- 3Km from the exchange that I could possibly have up to a 512Kb line - but no more.

What was actually holding my attention is that when he connected on his laptop, I notice that little pop-up message that gives the connection speed - you know the one that say "Connected at xxxKb/s" when you get a modem/LAN connection.

His said - wait for it ... - "Connected at 8Mb/s"

WTF?!?

Has anybody else seen this?
Please new ADSL subcribers, when the Telkom guy eventually comes to check your line - watch him connect and check that little pop-up message. Then sit him down with a bright light and some truth serum and ask him about the 8Mb/s connection he has.

Am I missing something here? Or is Telscum up to it's usual tricks?
 
nah.

When I connect with my router, the windoze connection says 100MB (that is, the LAN connection to the router is 100MB, not the ADSL).
If I use my ADSL USB modem, it says 10MB (same reason).
If I use my wireless USB stick, it says 11-54MB depending on distance etc.

In all cases, the windoze popup is reporting connection speed to the device, not connection speed to the Big Wide World (TM).
 
The pppoe dialup shows you the speed of the network card, not the adsl line speed.
 
Ok- that is what I thought. But I could be forgiven for mistrusting Telkom. ;)
I would put it past those bastards to throttle perfectly good lines to keep us in Darkest Africa.
 
dudleydh said:
His said - wait for it ... - "Connected at 8Mb/s"
Click to expand...

8Mb/s is the highest downstream linespeed supported by ADSL1 technology.

When you do a PPPoE connection with the DSLAM the MAC address of the network card or Ethernet device such as your router is sent up along with your usual login and password.

As a matter of fact all Telkom issued laptops and network equipment automatically has their MAC addresses registered on the special VIP list which allows connections at at the highest possible physical linespeed no matter from which telephone connection.


;).
 
When they installed mine and tested the line the tech showed me the screen and said I'd be good for speeds exceeding 6mb on my line to the dslam.
tibby.dude said:
As a matter of fact all Telkom issued laptops and network equipment automatically has their MAC addresses registered on the special VIP list which allows connections at at the highest possible physical linespeed no matter from which telephone connection.
Click to expand...
Anyone got a list? :)
 
It is true that adsl 1 support a max of 8mb/s but then the question is not that why are we being limited to a top speed of 1mb/s in these day and time. I think this price reduction is in anticipation for the 2 meg connection and that is why they dropped the 192k line.

Just before I sign off
have you guys ever thought with what Papi sits at home - ask yourselfs that question.
 
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