Howdy anyone else finding the ADSL network really slow today ?

maybe something to do with this?

Telkom's International Circuits
>
> Hi All,
>
> While what follows is very difficult to confirm, it would seem that
> the trans-hybernia cable system current has a fault in it. As a
> result most of Telkom's international bandwidth seems to be routing
> via London.
>
> While in theory if Telkom has enough capacity in London this will not
> have a negative effect, there is a possibility that their European
> circuits could overload as a result, hence this is just a warning that
> there could be potential service degradation.
>
> TENET will attempt to confirm this with Telkom during the morning if
> the situation does not change, though due to reluctance on Telkom's
> side to disclose details of their international network this may also
> prove difficult.
 
Sync rate may be normal (3904 Kbps on my side) however the "Slight Degradation in Service” causes speed to drop down to 443.50kbps for the past several days, which equals roughly to 512k DSL + IP Overhead. In the mean time, we pay for DSL Up to 4Mbps! Get four times faster access to the Internet!
 
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