peters
New Member
Hi,
This may be of interest. I have been declined an ADSL line as the "connection between your local exchange and the main exchange" is fibre and needs to be copper. I assume this means the box outside my office building to the main exchange is fibre therefore no ADSL. Telkom did say a copper line wass being run by end of March. Still no go. Therefore I have order Diginet.
Some maths that might help explain the slow rollout (it has nothing to do with technological limitations).
Dial up 8 hours a day 5 days a week (business user), 22 days a month at R0.43 per minute = R 10500-00 per month. Assuming the average user does only a quarter of this then still over R2500-00 per month. since you have to be connected to do business. Why would Telkom forgo this profit if favour of 860-00 per month for ADSL. Hence the slow roll out. I personally think it was a knee jerk to SNAFU the SNO from having an edge.
As an aside, have installed ADSL with two clients.
Pretoria: -down for 5 days (whole ADSL in Pretoria down)
Netgear 814 needs the lastest firmware to sort out the nightly disconnect/reconnect, otherwise it is bulletproof.
This may be of interest. I have been declined an ADSL line as the "connection between your local exchange and the main exchange" is fibre and needs to be copper. I assume this means the box outside my office building to the main exchange is fibre therefore no ADSL. Telkom did say a copper line wass being run by end of March. Still no go. Therefore I have order Diginet.
Some maths that might help explain the slow rollout (it has nothing to do with technological limitations).
Dial up 8 hours a day 5 days a week (business user), 22 days a month at R0.43 per minute = R 10500-00 per month. Assuming the average user does only a quarter of this then still over R2500-00 per month. since you have to be connected to do business. Why would Telkom forgo this profit if favour of 860-00 per month for ADSL. Hence the slow roll out. I personally think it was a knee jerk to SNAFU the SNO from having an edge.
As an aside, have installed ADSL with two clients.
Pretoria: -down for 5 days (whole ADSL in Pretoria down)
Netgear 814 needs the lastest firmware to sort out the nightly disconnect/reconnect, otherwise it is bulletproof.