Contention Ratios

Chubs

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

Its 2,2:1 on Diginet 64K
 
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.
 
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...
 
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