Last week while working from home my wifi suddenly stopped working I use an ADSL line. I called the Telkom customer service and they made me reset my router and said the issue was on my side and that I should take my router in for a check up. I took the router in and it worked in the shop so when I got home I expected everything to be okay. But it still didn't work after calling Telkom multiple times no one could give me an answer. Finally I called the guy who set up my line and he informed me that the network cable in ruyterwacht had been stolen it has been two weeks now and no one at Telkom can give me an answer when it will be fixed or if they will ever fix it. How long does it usually take?
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How long does it take Telekom to replace a stolen line?
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Telkom has been retiring copper in many areas in Gauteng, no idea what they are doing in the Cape, the biggest reason for them to do that are cables being stolen. If you can't get a straight answer, do whatever you need to do when you expect them not to repair the cable.
MightyQuin
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They're not going to fix it. Get Fiber or LTE.
If they are liable to fix it, it could take a while. Had a cable loose last year on the pole it took six technicians of which 3 showed up and one eventually got to fixing it. I live near ruyterwacht and the areas where they stole copper recently they've just migrated everyone over to FLLA phones with 3g or LTE data.In areas where we do not yet have Openserve Fibre, we will continue to service, support and maintain the current DSL internet infrastructure. So you will continue to enjoy reliable internet.
If your area has been upgraded to Fibre and you are still currently using DSL, the service will continue to work, however should there be a fault, we will not repair it but will instead migrate your service from DSL to Fibre.
If you have fibre or reliable LTE it's worth considering the move over.
Rouxenator
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When the cables to my parent farm were stolen Telkom never replaced it. They went for a month without it, then got Rain Fixed LTE and ported their 021 number to Switchtel.
Do you know you could have just plugged a phone into your line and checked for a dial-tone to determine that your line wasn't working instead going through all this drama? Alternatively you could have just logged into your router and checked the line stats to see if the modem in your router was syncing to the exchange or not.
killerbyte
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Your ADSL won't get fixed. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
SuperKamiSamwise
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My line is also down for a week now, I phoned Telkom, they said that they're working on it and they don't know how long it'll take to get repaired, contacted openserve no feedback, I'm only 6 months into this contract. Yikes
Why would you sign a contract for ADSL?
SuperKamiSamwise
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Because I live in the middle of nowhere with no other option
No, I mean why would you choose a contract over month-to-month?
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I had rain previously but it's speeds were god awful, so this was the only option
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Hey just following up, I spoke with Telkom and after a week of saying that they're gonna replace the line they say said they won't replace the line and will offer alternative internet, basically a LTE simcard and router. Cancel your contract with them and look for something else. The copper lines keep getting stolen and they won't replace it
Rouxenator
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Yeah, they come with that "fixed line lookalike" - stay the hell away from it. Get your own alternative.
Amazing how nothing has changed in over a decade. I'm surprised Telkom still has any more copper cables to steal
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Rouxenator
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You are lucky, they probably have enough customers reliant on it in that area to keep it going.
Right now if I was in that position I would look at the Axxess uncapped MTN fixed LTE deals.
Right now if I was in that position I would look at the Axxess uncapped MTN fixed LTE deals.
