Link to check exchange speeds

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Hi, can someone please post the link on the Telkom website where I can check the maximum line speed which is supported by my exchange?

I am having some line speed issues wrt disconnects and wants to see what is "officially" supported by the exchange.

I'm a little new to ADSL (ex-iburster) so any advice on stabilising my ADSL connection would be appreciated.

Regards, Rudi
 
DearHeart said:
For what it's worth: https://secureapp.telkom.co.za/dsl10checker/availability.do. Just tells you whether your are in or out... of luck... This article will give you more information on the 10 Mbps upgrade.
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Don't trust the validator as some people have entered phone numbers that the telkom validator claims do not support 10mbps, yet the lines/exchange CLEARLY do.

It's best to give them a call and ask directly. Can't trust anything on the Telkom Web site as they clearly do not have the best programmers their money can buy.
 
VioAdmin said:
Don't trust the validator as some people have entered phone numbers that the telkom validator claims do not support 10mbps, yet the lines/exchange CLEARLY do.

It's best to give them a call and ask directly. Can't trust anything on the Telkom Web site as they clearly do not have the best programmers their money can buy.
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I thought telkom was loosing hectic amounts of cash?
 
OK here's the feedback on my issue. When I had the line installed a week ago, the techie that did the install tested the line and said that although the exchange supports 10Mbps, I will not get a stable connection due to distance, copper quality etc. So when I phoned Telkom to activate the line the ADSL "specialist" recommended that I start trying at the highest possible speed, test the stability and gradually downgrade the speed until I have a stable connection. So throughout the weekend I was plagued by constant disconnects with the modem only syncing at approximately 5Mbps. On saturday evening , I requested them to downgrade the line speed to 2Mbps, but the disconnects still persists.

Does this mean that I will have to reset the modem every couple of hours to be able to use ADSL, or am I doing something wrong here? The connection speed (on speedtest.net) is great, when it works.

Please help me, I am a noob when it comes to ADSL and I need to make a decision whether to abandon ADSL and continue with (slow but stable) iburst.

I am with Mweb on a 3Gb package at the highest speed, I think it is 4Mbps.
 
Why would you choose 3bg over uncapped? don't want heavy shapping during business hours?
 
I am still testing and the 3Gb package is a cheaper way to test, plus Mweb told me that uncapped is only available for a max line speed of 1Mbps so it really defeats the purpose I guess
 
timvdwest said:
Don't know how helpful this is. Tells me I'm connected to a 10mbit exchange, this may be true but I'm still only syncing at 4mbit with gdmt - Telkom website confirms this. Still think the best place to check is here: https://secureapp.telkom.co.za/checkerdslead/
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This site is so behind time.
Still says my exchange can only do 4096kbps but im already syncing at 7008kbps :confused:
 
Last week the Telkom website said i could get 4096kbps, which i have, now it says the maximum my exchange supports 384kbps??? Telkom is useless!!
 
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