Just got my adsl installed today (sunday!)...
I ordered exactly a month ago and asked for a self-installation, anyway so after numerous problems from telkoms side and lotsa fighting to get through to people who dont **** you around, i get a call from a techie saying self-install isnt available in my area (ye right) and he wants to come now and install. I got the feeling i was never going to get anything installed if i insisted on a self-install (which telkom said was cool from the time of placing the order) so i gave in and just agreed with him.
As i suspected he didnt do jack on my side, just plugged in the modem and told me its sync'ing with the exchange - whoopi.
As a side note, im with cybersmart on their 3gb 192k package for R100pm, and so far it feels like a regular saix account. Getting +-33kb/s intl. and local, and the pings look good:
Pinging sgs1.saix.net [196.43.3.36] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 196.43.3.36: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=123
Reply from 196.43.3.36: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=123
Reply from 196.43.3.36: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=123
Reply from 196.43.3.36: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=123
Pinging www.l.google.com [64.233.161.147] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 64.233.161.147: bytes=32 time=359ms TTL=240
Reply from 64.233.161.147: bytes=32 time=343ms TTL=240
Reply from 64.233.161.147: bytes=32 time=343ms TTL=240
Reply from 64.233.161.147: bytes=32 time=343ms TTL=240
Havnt tried voip or p2p yet....
I wanted to go with an IS account but I dont have the extra $$$ to pass up 3gb for R100pm
I ordered exactly a month ago and asked for a self-installation, anyway so after numerous problems from telkoms side and lotsa fighting to get through to people who dont **** you around, i get a call from a techie saying self-install isnt available in my area (ye right) and he wants to come now and install. I got the feeling i was never going to get anything installed if i insisted on a self-install (which telkom said was cool from the time of placing the order) so i gave in and just agreed with him.
As i suspected he didnt do jack on my side, just plugged in the modem and told me its sync'ing with the exchange - whoopi.
As a side note, im with cybersmart on their 3gb 192k package for R100pm, and so far it feels like a regular saix account. Getting +-33kb/s intl. and local, and the pings look good:
Pinging sgs1.saix.net [196.43.3.36] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 196.43.3.36: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=123
Reply from 196.43.3.36: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=123
Reply from 196.43.3.36: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=123
Reply from 196.43.3.36: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=123
Pinging www.l.google.com [64.233.161.147] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 64.233.161.147: bytes=32 time=359ms TTL=240
Reply from 64.233.161.147: bytes=32 time=343ms TTL=240
Reply from 64.233.161.147: bytes=32 time=343ms TTL=240
Reply from 64.233.161.147: bytes=32 time=343ms TTL=240
Havnt tried voip or p2p yet....
I wanted to go with an IS account but I dont have the extra $$$ to pass up 3gb for R100pm