ADSL line can take upto 3 weeks - Mweb.

[Persona1986]

Is this the same with all other ISP's? Or is that just how long it takes? I know it all depends on telkom, but I ordered my telephone line on Monday, and they are installing it tomorrow.... That's 5 days...

I know I'm probably just being too hasty, but how long did you wait for your ADSL line?

At my previous residence I was with Afrihost, and they took 3 days...

 

[MickeyD]

It is out of the ISPs' control as Telkom provide the line. Ergo no ISP can be judged on it...

 

[ElementZero]

It is out of the ISPs' control as Telkom provide the line. Ergo no ISP can be judged on it...

Yup Agreed, mine took 3 weeks with Afrihost and another person at my office too 3 days , so its totally random and dependant on telkom

 

[Sinbad]

36 hours.

 

[jem]

got mine in just under 3 weeks and that was about 2 weeks ago now... that was with mweb.

 

[Burnblaze]

2 Days. I escalated the (#^$(& out of it. Called them every day.

 

[Inn3rs3lf]

With Mweb, mine took just over 24 hours. And now after transferring it back to Telkom for Afrihost, I am still waiting. 6 Days and counting, yet I am still rolling at 1024. Odd. It's active, but not at 10Mbps.

 

[Persona1986]

It is out of the ISPs' control as Telkom provide the line. Ergo no ISP can be judged on it...

Not judging anyone mate As I stated, I know it's up to telkom, not the ISP's. I was just interested to know how long people waited on average.

 

[MickeyD]

Not judging anyone mate As I stated, I know it's up to telkom, not the ISP's. I was just interested to know how long people waited on average.

Cool... it depends on your area and the available infrastructure. Can be anything from 1 day to infinity!

 

[Persona1986]

Well so far I've been lucky... 5 days for my phone line, and I'm 500m away from my exchange (which can only be good for my attenuation). Let's hope the odds are ever in my favor

 

[MickeyD]

Well so far I've been lucky... 5 days for my phone line, and I'm 500m away from my exchange (which can only be good for my attenuation). Let's hope the odds are ever in my favor

Do you know if the previous tenant had a telephone service? This will make your life much easier.

If not then I hope your house has the draw-wire that will enable the Telkom techie to do a quick and easy installation!

 

[Persona1986]

Do you know if the previous tenant had a telephone service? This will make your life much easier.

If not then I hope your house has the draw-wire that will enable the Telkom techie to do a quick and easy installation!

I'm afraid not... It looks like my complex is fairly new and I think there's only been one tenant before me. I'm not even sure how the eff it's going to work, it seems like all the cabling is underground and I can't see where my cable is going to come from haha... but I guess I'll find out tomorrow.

 

[MickeyD]

I'm afraid not... It looks like my complex is fairly new and I think there's only been one tenant before me. I'm not even sure how the eff it's going to work, it seems like all the cabling is underground and I can't see where my cable is going to come from haha... but I guess I'll find out tomorrow.

Good luck... am holding thumbs that all goes well!

 

[Persona1986]

Alright, so my line is in and active. I really just hope the ADSL installation goes equally smooth. I've only got 4% adsl availability left in my area, but since I've already got my line and my application is in with MWEB I hope I get priority....