MWEB 10 Mbps uncapped ADSL: Telkom a problem

Guys, can you check these stats for me and let me know :?

SW Status :SHOWTIME
Data Path :Fast
Bitrate(Actual/Max.):US Duplex:(512/---)kbps
DS Duplex:(4092/---)kbps

SNR Margin US Duplex :31dB
DS Duplex :8dB

Line Attenuation US Duplex :62dB
DS Duplex :48dB
 
Anthropoid said:
Guys, can you check these stats for me and let me know :?

SW Status :SHOWTIME
Data Path :Fast
Bitrate(Actual/Max.):US Duplex:(512/---)kbps
DS Duplex:(4092/---)kbps

SNR Margin US Duplex :31dB
DS Duplex :8dB

Line Attenuation US Duplex :62dB
DS Duplex :48dB
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The Line Attenuation US Duplex :62dB is abit high. You normally want this to be below 55db
 
This sounds good. I've been very happy with 4 Mb Uncapped at Mweb so far, lets hope they'll give us good pricing on a 10 Mb uncapped service by the end of September
 
MWEB added that the additional IPC capacity will also bring some relief to their existing ADSL product portfolio where they currently have to make use of additional capacity on the SAIX network to meet their total demand.

It is understood that the additional capacity from SAIX is costing MWEB a great deal of money, but without adequate IPC capacity provided to them by Telkom MWEB does not have much of a choice other than to use SAIX bandwidth.
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This kind of shows what incentive there is for telkom to resolve the problem ...
 
schumi said:
Perhaps by 'lack of capacity" they ment for 10Mbs, does any SA uncapped package tell you contention ratio is better than Telkom
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No, they don't tell us anything, so
we are in the dark about quality
again.
 
AcidRaZor said:
I was too. Telkom dropped their pricing to just above or below the Seacom announced pricing 3 months before Seacom went live.
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Thats not really true if i remember correctly, as telkom only dropped the price of the stm-1 sized product. Seacom still wins when buying in bulk.

I'm not sure if any other price drops happened which weren't reported. Based on seacoms popularity with the big isps i think its fairly obvious seacom is cheaper.
 
Icarium said:
No one is paying for a 4mbps line - you're paying for a 1mbps line which, if you're lucky will get you up to 10mbps. There's a reason you're not paying 8x/20x what a 512kbps costs...
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This old nugget again... The line I applied for was advertised as 4mbps. Nothing was mentioned of 1 mbps.
 
The Baboons in Telkom are waiting for their Pay Outs first thats why the delay, this is normal in Africa
 
just spoke to another clueless telkom 'consultant' gave him my number, after 5 minutes he says to me the system isnt responding and that the brand new yeoville exchange hasent been enabled. How does he know this if his system isnt responding DUH:erm:, I just wish someome from telkom could give me a clear and honest answer:mad:
 
I see nobody has anything bad to say about IS although telkoms service does suck, I think they're shifting blame for the delay in providing this services. Lets do some math. IS 10 uncapped/Shaping = 10% throughput.So you gonna gonna get 1MB of what you want anyway. And with a 20GB FUP. IS is sucking balls these days
 
The Trutherizer said:
<snip> So looking at the way the pricing is structured low end users are definitely subsidizing the high end users - In other words the low end users brings in all the profit, while the high end users get most of the data. Is that right?
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Yes, that sounds about right. Telkom has absolutely no incentive to upgrade the low end lines. They comply with the ICASA broadband specification, hence Telkom is in the clear on that count. And if you do not like a 384k line, then you can actually buy a 1-to-10 Mbps line at an exorbitant price.

This is a model example of what happens in the absence of competition.
 
AcidRaZor said:
I was too. Telkom dropped their pricing to just above or below the Seacom announced pricing 3 months before Seacom went live.
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That's interesting to know - you learn something new every day! I assume then the only reason Mweb etc don't offer Saix uncapped is because they can put enough traffic on their own network (local traffic + cached content) where the bandwidth cost is much lower than Seacom by using IPC + their own network. Which means Telkom obviously doesn't sell "pure" Saix bandwidth (IE, en mass to an ISP rather than per customer over ADSL) at the same price. That's anti-competitive if I've ever heard of it!
 
isn't anti-competitive part and parcel of Telkom?

sometimes I wonder if it should not be their slogan
 
Spoke with a lady from MWEB support as i was having issues installing a friends ADSL, i took a chance and asked when they will be upgrading there packages to accommodate the 10 meg line speed, she said there would be no additional charge, the 4 meg uncapped will be upgraded free of charge there will be no additional charges including monthly fees etc, so basically 10 meg ( depending on distance from exchange ) for R899 a month :) , she mentioned this will be in affect as from the end of this month ( September )
 
bdvtheone said:
Spoke with a lady from MWEB support as i was having issues installing a friends ADSL, i took a chance and asked when they will be upgrading there packages to accommodate the 10 meg line speed, she said there would be no additional charge, the 4 meg uncapped will be upgraded free of charge there will be no additional charges including monthly fees etc, so basically 10 meg ( depending on distance from exchange ) for R899 a month :) , she mentioned this will be in affect as from the end of this month ( September )
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That would be great, if true.
 
I somehow dont think that's gonna happen. But if it does, Mweb will be the #1 ISP. Doubt any ISP will be able to compete, except TelkomInternet. Not that they would want to compete anyways.
 
bdvtheone said:
Spoke with a lady from MWEB support as i was having issues installing a friends ADSL, i took a chance and asked when they will be upgrading there packages to accommodate the 10 meg line speed, she said there would be no additional charge, the 4 meg uncapped will be upgraded free of charge there will be no additional charges including monthly fees etc, so basically 10 meg ( depending on distance from exchange ) for R899 a month :) , she mentioned this will be in affect as from the end of this month ( September )
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If true. Wow. I very much doubt it though.
 
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