Adsl or vdsl

[sturshel]

Hi all, help is greatly appreciated. My situation, living in Florauna PTA north @ 012 546 exchange. Am apparently 3.7km away from exchange. Have a 4 meg line with continuous sync of 3 meg, getting a download speed of 2.5meg near always.

My issue, exchange can handle 20megs now, I want a ten meg line with a speed of 5megs. Telkom says not possible, due to stability. Will VDSL make a diff?

System Up Time 02:14:44
Port Status TxPkts RxPkts Collisions Tx B/s Rx B/s Up Time
WAN PPPoE 433346 492984 0 417 1357 02:13:46
WWAN
LAN1 10M/100M 470603 409619 0 85156 4422 02:14:44
LAN2 Link Down --
LAN3 Link Down --
LAN4 Link Down --
WLAN 300M 31124 31570 0 2505 670 02:14:44

ADSL Link Downstream
Connection Speed 3011 kbps.
Line Attenuation. 46.0 db
Noise Margin. 6.9 db


All i want is a constant speed of 5meg down! Please someone advise me please!

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Unfortunately not. Until Telkom decides to roll out expansion in your area you are just too far away from the exchange.

To be able to get VDSL you need to ideally be within 1km of the MSAN/ISAM.

 

[sturshel]

Unfortunately not. Until Telkom decides to roll out expansion in your area you are just too far away from the exchange.

To be able to get VDSL you need to ideally be within 1km of the MSAN/ISAM.

Thanks for the quick reply!

What are the ods of that?

Damn!

Ok what about a ten meg line? Do you think it will work?

Or is my 4 meg my best option dor now?

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Thanks for the quick reply!

What are the ods of that?

Damn!

Ok what about a ten meg line? Do you think it will work?

Or is my 4 meg my best option dor now?

You're right on the edge at the moment, there is very little chance of you getting anything higher than your current 3Mbps sync.

Your downstream SNR is very low (6.9db), at 6db you generally experience connection issues. Take a look at this thread to understand what these numbers mean: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/186156-Understanding-SNR-and-Attenuation-Rates

I won't be able to tell you what Telkom's plans are, I don't think they know themselves.

 

[sturshel]

You're right on the edge at the moment, there is very little chance of you getting anything higher than your current 3Mbps sync.

Your downstream SNR is very low (6.9db), at 6db you generally experience connection issues. Take a look at this thread to understand what these numbers mean: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/186156-Understanding-SNR-and-Attenuation-Rates

I won't be able to tell you what Telkom's plans are, I don't think they know themselves.

thanks bro! It is what it is!

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

thanks bro! It is what it is!

There is no harm in giving TelkomZA a pm to try and get more information (no guarantees you will get a quick response though).