Am I the only one having dial-up flashbacks?

[Kasyx]

In theory, I have a 4mbit line.

In reality, I have something equivalent to a modem on a bad connection, 5 feet underwater, in the sun, getting chewed on by a trout.

Why am I paying in excess of R700 to download at 400 BYTES PER SECOND?!

Sure, I was happy when I was bumped up to 4mbit for this "trial", but had I any inclination that my line would bounce around between 400bytes to 400kilobytes, I think I might've stuck with my 1mbit, which at least was a sure thing.

 

[ziglet]

*raises hand* but is it only the 4mbit'ers? no1 seems to be speaking out...

 

[Wisemansa]

i have the 4mb....everythings fine for me......

 

[Wisemansa]

not getting 4mbps speeds...actually hasnt been such a great improvement over 512 i used to have....but hey, in the 13days of ths month ive managed to use 27gigs/30 already.....

 

[emmabrindley]

4Mbps My @ss

My DSL 1024 which was "generously" upgraded to the 4 Mbps line is giving me speeds that match a standard dial-up and WORSE!

The part that bothers me: We didn't consent to being test candidates of Telkom's new service at our own expense!

This is not right!

 

[spiderz]

not getting 4mbps speeds...actually hasnt been such a great improvement over 512 i used to have....but hey, in the 13days of ths month ive managed to use 27gigs/30 already.....

In july when i got my ADSL i did 30gb in the first 13 days. (384Kb line)
The good-ol days when the IS news server was still working

 

[PostmanPot]

my 4mbit is fantastic

why don't you guys rather complain to Telkom instead of the endless threads here?

 

[Turbo_Aspiration]

I dont think its a good idea judging your connection by the performance of your IS account

 

[ziglet]

IS during the day is useless. Do they take adsl users and limit them completely so not to affect their business users?

Iburst and Gamco speed test: 300kbps down on 4mbit...
Telkom 350kbps down.... :/

 

[Kasyx]

my 4mbit is fantastic

why don't you guys rather complain to Telkom instead of the endless threads here?

This is not a complaint thread?

The "Am I the only one" part of the topic header would cause one to believe that I am wanting to know if anyone else is having trouble with their line, and where better to do that than in a myADSL forum thread?

 

[mac_mac74]

IS during the day is useless. Do they take adsl users and limit them completely so not to affect their business users?

Iburst and Gamco speed test: 300kbps down on 4mbit...
Telkom 350kbps down.... :/

Take back those words, business users are also having dial-up flashbacks