MSANS

Subscribing to this post to see what comes of it :). Thanks marine1 for the info.

You will eat a hat if he bluffed you :D...a mybroadband branded one too :p.

Isn't that around when upgrades from 384-1MB and 1-2MB commences?
 
Sorry guys was on my phone nd typing on these bloody touchscreens :mad:
Ok the MSAN is in Fourways, my god you want to see inside this thing?? :eek:
The actual thing is plugged in and working already. I saw and heard it.
They have been working on this thing for months.

I spoke to an Indian guy, seemed very clued up.
Was writing down numbers while another guy was calling them out.
He said you can "subscribe" to the service (not sure what that means)
He said anywhere up to 40mb depending on location and distance. I am not even 100m away :D

Will take photos when I can
 
I hope.

I think what he means is that you can apply for the 20/40mbps service should your exchange support it.

OR what he means is that you can apply (beg) telkom to put an MSAN in your area so you can apply for it.

anyway good luck running your 40mbps lines with a cap, unless telkom introduces 40mbps uncapped service.
 
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marine1 said:
Sorry guys was on my phone nd typing on these bloody touchscreens :mad:
Ok the MSAN is in Fourways, my god you want to see inside this thing?? :eek:
The actual thing is plugged in and working already. I saw and heard it.
They have been working on this thing for months.

I spoke to an Indian guy, seemed very clued up.
Was writing down numbers while another guy was calling them out.
He said you can "subscribe" to the service (not sure what that means)
He said anywhere up to 40mb depending on location and distance. I am not even 100m away :D

Will take photos when I can
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Same area as u (lonehill) Im still sitting on a G.DMT exchange! Where telkom say they are all ADSL2+??? We were on it for a while but now its back to normal?? If u see this oke, ask him when the Fibre cabinet in lonehill is gonna be activated, im dying here!! And as well if we gonna get one near La Gratitude circle? To replace the old one!
 
I am sooo badly waiting for them to do Constantia Western Cape (DSLAM 021 794 xxxx)... does anyone have any idea about this area??? We are on the Wynberg "Main" exchange. Loads of DSLAMs from Wynberg have been ADSL2+ upgraded but not ours yet :(
 
I can also confirm this, we have a brand spanking new MSAN installed just a few hundred meters from my house. I live just across from The Design Quarter in Fourways and on Tuesday evening about 10 Telkom techies were activating the ports on the MSAN.
My connection went down for a few minutes then came back up with drastically improved attenuation and SNR margin numbers.

I previously had 40-45 attenuation which means I was about 3.5KM's away from the exchange at Montecasino. My attenuation is now 5! SNR margin went from 6 to 12 and the attainable rate is no 26Mbps.

I spoke to a techie who offered to put me on a trial when they announce the new service on the 20th of August. The trial will run in select areas for 3 months I think and it will be 20/40Mbps depending on the quality of the copper from your house to the nearest MSAN.
My capped TelkomInternet connection now syncs at full 10Mbps when previously I could only sync at 7Mbps.
Can't wait for August!!
 
I live 300 metres from the Design Quarter as the crow flies.Due west slightly South.Lets see how the connection behaves before getting excited.My DSLAM is the old one in Fourways.
 
Well, isn't 40Mbps outside the scope of ADSL2+? In that case you'd need a new VDSL modem to run the 40Mbps service.
 
Garson007 said:
Well, isn't 40Mbps outside the scope of ADSL2+? In that case you'd need a new VDSL modem to run the 40Mbps service.
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yep , but a normal adsl modem can do 20mps at least.

you would want a very good adsl modem to sync stable at that speeds.
 
placebo said:
I live 300 metres from the Design Quarter as the crow flies.Due west slightly South.Lets see how the connection behaves before getting excited.My DSLAM is the old one in Fourways.
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I'm about 200m from the Design Quarter as the crow flies and still no upgraded speed for me. :(
 
The MSAN near my house just got activated today...loads of Telkom technicians around (Around 15 of them)
Went and spoke to them and must say a very friendly bunch of people who are well clued up on what's happening.
Had a conversation with the Project manager, they said the area will be upgraded to 10mbps tonight.
At the end of August they will upgrade it again to 40Mbps [VDSL].( just depends on telkom i.e. - if they have a new product offering or a price increase on the existing top end package.)

My line speed is 10015 kbps download from the router stats.:D
just did an international speed test and getting 8.74Mbps download and 0.82 upload.
 
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mith said:
The MSAN near my house just got activated today...loads of Telkom technicians around (Around 15 of them)
Went and spoke to them and must say a very friendly bunch of people who are well clued up on what's happening.
Had a conversation with the Project manager, they said the area will be upgraded to 10mbps tonight.
At the end of August they will upgrade it again to 40Mbps.( just depends on telkom i.e. - if they have a new product offering or a price increase on the existing top end package.)

My line speed is 10015 kbps download from the router stats.:D
just did an international speed test and getting 8.74Mbps download and 0.82 upload.
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How far are you from the MSAN? Post your stats, I havent been to my aunt in a while, but she is right next to the morningside shopping centre and a new exchange has been placed right next to her house +- 30m , not a fibre cabinet but a exchange
 
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