Contention Ratios

[Chubs]

I am not sure what the contention ratios are here in SA but while I was in the UK my ADSL was a 1:50 ratio and I was always able to achieve 50-60k per second for days on end. I see people wanting ratios of 1:40 and 1:20, isnt this a bit optimistic for SA and TELKOM?

 

[kaspaas]

Let Telkom then set realistic values. Don't set it for them.

In the UK Demon (Sp??) advertises contention rations of 1:20 for business users.

If Telkom is indeed a world class service provider, let them match it.

I believe that they are not willing to reveal the contention ratios - wonder what they are hiding??



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<br />I am not sure what the contention ratios are here in SA but while I was in the UK my ADSL was a 1:50 ratio and I was always able to achieve 50-60k per second for days on end. I see people wanting ratios of 1:40 and 1:20, isnt this a bit optimistic for SA and TELKOM?
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[Chubs]

I was on ZenADSL. They were very good. No Downtime the entire time I was with them. BT on the other hand was ****e. I eventually got myself out of a 12 month contract with them because they broke a clause: "The user shall not be without service for a period of longer than 14 days."

My service was down for 21 days with BT.....Sounds like Telkom.
20:1 seems to be the standard business ration in the UK and 50:1 WAS the standard. Think most ISP's are getting smaller ratios now days[8D]

 

[gogolad]

Telkom's contention ratio is 80:1 on DSL.

Its 2,2:1 on Diginet 64K

 

[Shaolin_Master]

Is diginet available to home users? If so, how much is it?

Opportunity is missed by most people, because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

 

[ASF]

Diginet is available to home users. It is the cost that makes it unafforadable.

To get a Diginet service you need:
1. Leased line from Telkom to your ISP of choice (+-R1,500 pm)
2. IP access from an ISP (from around R2,500 pm upwards although Quality access costs a lot more than R2,500 per month I might add)

So you are looking at R4k - R4.5k upwards per month. Pretty unaffordable for the avarage home user...