Overhead Telkom Lines

[Taragoempie]

Good day

I live on n small holding and have ADSL with the open overhead wires, when the weather is bad the lines keep jumping over each other then i have massive packet loss.

Is there a way to upgrade those lines, there are about 7 poles between me and the junction box where it goes into the ground. Currently running at 4mbps

Thank you

 

[Polymathic]

Enjoy your ADSL while it lasts

 

[EL'Diablo]

Enjoy your ADSL while it lasts

Makes MyBB profile, posts 1st thread, gets head shotted .....

 

[DanDango]

Makes MyBB profile, posts 1st thread, gets head shotted .....

It's a fair comment, my adsl is terrible but still the best option available. Long may it last!

 

[EL'Diablo]

It's a fair comment, my adsl is terrible but still the best option available. Long may it last!

My parents also still run adsl, its MUCH better now than it was before, the rest of our area has switched over to fibre / wireless already....

 

[Taragoempie]

What you get for staying in n small farming town in the middle of nowhere and your lifeline is internet.

There is wireless internet, but it is so congested that you cant even stream on it. I even applied for that Telkom LTE upgrade package, still no reply.

Thats why I hopped I can upgrade the lines.

 

[Geoff.D]

What you get for staying in n small farming town in the middle of nowhere and your lifeline is internet.

There is wireless internet, but it is so congested that you cant even stream on it. I even applied for that Telkom LTE upgrade package, still no reply.

Thats why I hopped I can upgrade the lines.

The only ones authorised to do work would be Telkom/OS.
What you are experiencing is evidence of a loose connection or a break in the dropwire.
The risk is that you report it, Telkom decides to cancel the service and you sit with nothing.

 

[Taragoempie]

Enjoy your ADSL while it lasts

Well, only lasted this long, last night they stole the cables going underground to the exchange.

GG, QQ

 

[Polymathic]

Well, only lasted this long, last night they stole the cables going underground to the exchange.

GG, QQ

Hopefully you have LTE coverage

 

[Taragoempie]

I logged n fault with Telkom, just have to wait I guess. I stay in Reitz, Free State.

Doesn't look promising for LTE

 

[Corelli]

Wouldnt it just be easier to put some piping in the ground and drop the lines into pipes, ie those plastic draining pipes or perhaps those asbestos ones.

 

[Taragoempie]

Wouldnt it just be easier to put some piping in the ground and drop the lines into pipes, ie those plastic draining pipes or perhaps those asbestos ones.

Problem is, there where the lines go into the ground, they stole it there, the overhead lines are fine. Just the occasional crossing.

 

[deweyzeph]

Problem is, there where the lines go into the ground, they stole it there, the overhead lines are fine. Just the occasional crossing.

Crossing makes no difference at all, the wires are insulated with thick plastic. Whatever is causing your problems it's not from the wires crossing.