How would I know if my adsl line is active?

[Filosofer]

Telkom finally came to my place on the 15th Jan to put in a telephone line. The Open serve guy asked if I'm going to get Adsl and I told him I will. So after everything, he said I should just call Telkom and tell them to activate my adsl line. I assume he did everything he needed to do at the exchange (I'm not very clued up with the technical stuff, that's why I'm here).

So I called Telkom on Friday, the guy that I spoke to told me it will be active in 3 working days and that I will receive an SMS to further instructions. No SMS, so I called them today, the lady said the technician has to come out to sort out everything at the exchange and I would need to wait 7-10 working days. Told her about the Friday call and she said that guy gave me wrong info.

I get home and my wife tells me a guy from Telkom called her cell and asked if I'm at my connected modem so he can help set it up. Why would I just hang around at home next to my modem and wait for his call?? Lol

No idea what's going on.

How would I know if my adsl line is connected?

 

[dunkyd]

Try downloading Google?

 

[Dan C]

Your modem will sync.

 

[Jimmy-Z]

The DSL light will stay on & not flash

 

[Venomous]

And remember to activate it as it is a brand new installation.

 

[LazyLion]

If the Internet Pixies can run down the line...

 

[dunkyd]

If the Internet Pixies can run down the line...

Very irresponsible answer........you know a lot of people sleep badly at night. No need to expose these little beauties that tickle our noses when we sleep !!

 

[Nithan15]

Try googling it

 

[Filosofer]

If the Internet Pixies can run down the line...

I thought those were fairies. Damn it Telkom! Can't get anything right

 

[PsYTraNc3]

Does it work or nah?

 

[Filosofer]

The DSL light will stay on & not flash

Appreciate the simplified answer

 

[Filosofer]

Try googling it

What's a googling?

 

[Nithan15]

web browser - www.google.co.za - should go through if its working

 

[Jimmy-Z]

Appreciate the simplified answer

No prob. I remember running to check the modem every few hours when I first got ADSL. lol. It's difficult to be patient.

 

[Filosofer]

web browser - www.google.co.za - should go through if its working

Hahaha. You actually posted the link. Thanks but yahoo works great

 

[Filosofer]

No prob. I remember running to check the modem every few hours when I first got ADSL. lol. It's difficult to be patient.

Haha. Hoping it's on when I get home today

 

[Filosofer]

The Internet pixies have arrived!

 

[TheChamp]

The Internet pixies have arrived!

Congratulations.

 

[Nithan15]

Which ISP have you went with?

 

[Filosofer]

Which ISP have you went with?

Went with Vox 100gb for R99. Heard good things about them. Smooth sailing so far.