Got a call.....

[StoneCold]

I really hope they bump us 384k users up to 512K. That would be awesome indeed...

 

[|tera|]

Well, whats the difference?

I think it's price, business lines are a bit more expensive, but calls work out cheaper if you make a lot of them I can't remember now to be truthful

 

[ld13]

I think it's price, business lines are a bit more expensive, but calls work out cheaper if you make a lot of them I can't remember now to be truthful

AFAIK The normal line is all that is different. The ADSL Line pricing is exactly the same.

 

[|tera|]

AFAIK The normal line is all that is different. The ADSL Line pricing is exactly the same.

Sounds like it

 

[qdada]

to those of you with 4096, what speeds do u experience ?

when i was on 384Kbps [48KB/s] i could only reach 41 KB/s
I am now on 512Kbps [64KB/s] and i only reach 53 KB/s

what can i expect to reach should i upgrade to 4096 ?

 

[Cataphract]

I get a reliable and fairly constant 416KB/s on well-seeded torrents.

 

[gregmcc]

As a rough guide I normally divide the speed by 10 to get the maximum throughput, so on a 384k you max will be 38k - give or take a few k. On a 4096 it should be about 400k

 

[feo]

It's simple enough feo. A population without free/easy access to information is easy to control.

Yeah I can agree with that. It even shows on these forums (or any forum for that matter), the well-informed spend their time dishing out their knowledge to others whereas the general populace is pretty much clueless about everything.

 

[raven69]

its actually 384k devided by 8 .. thats how broadband is measured

 

[ldmelsa]

I really hope they bump us 384k users up to 512K. That would be awesome indeed...

Why? That sucks as well.
Should be 1Mbps.

 

[avr-rulez]

Yeah , bump upto 512K is a slap in the face. 55K dl as apposed to 41K

They should bumped upto 1024K at no cost.

 

[kilos]

I think 384, 512 and 1024 should be 1Mb, 2Mb and 4Mb respectively.

Sub-1Mb speeds in this day and age is just not on.

Those poor farmers who are lucky when they get 14.4 kilobits/sec
on the SOR18 rural subscriber lines. Faster to go with GPRS
if they have a signal. Thats if the cables do not get pinched too.

 

[TheLoot]

its actually 384k devided by 8 .. thats how broadband is measured

Well theoretically it would be divided by 8 (the whole 8 bits = 1 byte thing), but in reality I usually max out at 40ish KBps on a 384 kbps line (even on local) and I sync at 384 kbps (not on a lower profile ) I've never even smelt 48 KBps on this thing !

 

[feo]

Well theoretically it would be divided by 8 (the whole 8 bits = 1 byte thing), but in reality I usually max out at 40ish KBps on a 384 kbps line (even on local) and I sync at 384 kbps (not on a lower profile ) I've never even smelt 48 KBps on this thing !

Same here. Telkom are scamming us here, forumites always say it's for TCP overhead but that's pure BS. 8kB/s for overhead, a FIXED 8kB/s EVERY TIME just to keep the connection open? I don't think so.

They punt it as 384k but it's actually 320k.

 

[milomak]

wonder if that means a speed above 4Mbps is around the corner?

 

[ld13]

Well, Telkom was planning to change everyone over to either 1mbps or 4mbps within this year (Telkom time), anyway.

 

[Globetrotter]

but in reality I usually max out at 40ish KBps on a 384 kbps line

Same here, I get 40Kb/s max on 384K but mostly at night. During the day it can be very slow and that is a huge frustration.