DSL 4096 Trial?

daysleeper

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After the trial finnishes, are the lines going to stay at 4Mbits or fall back to 1024, then have different packages?

if so what do you think a 4Mbit line will cost rental wise?
 

AntiThesis

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I'm going to predict that the lines will stay at 4mb and Telkom will leave them like that for free. Then they'll also for free increase your line rental accordingly and for free put you into a 24 month contract for the line.

Woot.
 

pope24

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Telkom have said that if the trial is successful then they will leave those lines at 4Mbps.
 

Sn00zE

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And them make you pay more for free! They will some how make money out of the new 4mbps newbies. Then they take you too some dark place and do funny things too you else you have to down grade and they might leave you alone on a 2 year contract!
 

Syndyre

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And them make you pay more for free! They will some how make money out of the new 4mbps newbies. Then they take you too some dark place and do funny things too you else you have to down grade and they might leave you alone on a 2 year contract!

Well they'll make more money off caps, either directly or through SAIX, won't take long to go through 3 gigs on a 4 mb line.
 

icyrus

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if the network can handle it... they will keep it permanent

A sad state we are in that in 2006 there is still a question of whether a telco's - who make biliions in profits - network can handle a handfull of 4Mbit lines.
 

dualmeister

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if the network can handle it... they will keep it permanent

They had better upgrade the network to handle it. If I must go back to 1 meg ADSL I will go mad :D

Seriously though if they keep the 4 meg lines then is there really going to be a 512K to 4 meg gap :confused:
 

general_koffi

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They'll probably stay at 4mbps, and all current 1mbps will move to that speed, or else price will be reduced. (I'd much prefer the latter, personally.)

Speed means nothing anymore. The broadband cap of 3GB standard is what needs to go.
 
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