Should I upgrade to 10mb Uncapped?

Austin.G

Austin.G

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Hey guys so I'm currently on a 2mb uncapped account for about R690 and now interested in getting that 10mb Telkom HomeUnlimted deal for R799. I checked the map coverage and it states that I'm eligible for 10mbs VDSL. I just recently installed a new line this year but want to know will i be able to get close to the 10mb speed? My attenuation and SNR does not look too good and I'm abit worried my speed will not sync close to that ( I attached a pic).

Also funny thing...a few months ago my internet went crazy for the entire day and I got download speeds of about +20mbs with under 15ms ping when I was on the 2mb account. Did multiple speed test and even watched alot of 4K content. This should mean I shouldn't have a problem getting 10mb on my line right?

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Austin.G said:
Okay but how come on that specific day i got 20mb+ and everything worked perfect? How does that even work.
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I will say it was just for few seconds, but you did speed test and 4k content.
Can you swap modes(ITU G992.5) to a different profile and post back your stats?
It might be they were upgrading that day and yours might actually support VDSL.
I will recommend to wait for 4mbps upgrade, if stable bump it to 10mbps and you see errors then ask them to sync at 8 mbps. Lot people sync at 10mbps but never ever notice that it unstable and actually get a worst of experience.

I could not support 10mbps and my line stats was better, issue was the exchange could not support, after the upgrade of the exchange, I attempted once again and more then 6mbps my line was unstable. So I downgraded to 4mbps(Sync at 5mbps). On the website showed I could get 20mbps :erm:

Lucky I got Fibre 2 months ago and never been happier.
 
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beesboertjie

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Hi Austin.G Your attenuation of 44 dB means the length of your copper wire from the exchange is 3,2 km. Anything more than 2 km is not good. On a 10 mbps line you might get 5,6 mbps.

Your SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio) of 10,9 dB is fair.
 
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