ADSL - Genwood/Bulwer Durban

[ezras]

Forever struggling with ADSL problems. 031 201 xxxx

Normal problems ranges from:
-Telkom lines dead after technician was spotted in the area.
-Intermittent connection.
-Spikes between 1Mb to 40Mb spikes on a 4Mb line.

Affects:
-Routers that overheat and seems to burn out. Buying almost every 6 months a new router.
-Filters that seems to pack up - only last 6 months.
-Every log is eventually closed by telkom and the reason s always apparently at their "Telkom Exchange".

Currently slow intermittent connection again.

 

[Benzev]

In terms of reliability our service ok in Glenwood, Durban 031 206 xxxx. Cannot remember last interruption. We have Mweb 2mb line uncapped.

Speed is ok for most of my use except for skype video calls, often Video is problematic.

Download Speed: 1625 kbps (203.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 402 kbps (50.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 81 ms
Wed Aug 14 15:49:42 2013

I see the download speed is well below the SA national average of 2.1 mbps.

 

[FNfal]

Two different exchanges 201 xxxx tollgate 206 congella.

 

[wild_dog]

Telkom 4 mb line. 031 201 we've just upgraded.

Download Speed: 3495 kbps (436.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 430 kbps (53.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 114 ms
8/15/2013 2:10:28 PM

Also forever replacing routers and have dead lines quite frequently.