Sync faster than 10mb?

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Hi

Is it possible to sync higher than 10mb if your line can handle it? I mean like would telkom allow you to go higher than 10mb? Was just thinking about it....

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Only if the exchange can "handle" it, or if those speeds are enabled rather. I can't give you exact information but Telkom are doing 20 / 40 Mbps trials somewhere at the moment. I'm sure if you search you will find the article.

But to answer your question: Typically, no.
 
No they won't, my line can easily handle 24Mbps but I only get 10Mbps, Telkom only provides ADSL up to 10Mbps currently.

They are starting to rollout VDSL infrastructure that will go up to 40Mbps.
 
Yes I know that, but that's vdsl, I'm talking adsl2+... Some people have attainable rates of 27000 , now if they asked telkom and there already on 10mb and the exchange can handle it, could they bump it up to that attainable rate...
 
grim said:
No they won't, my line can easily handle 24Mbps but I only get 10Mbps, Telkom only provides ADSL up to 10Mbps currently.

They are starting to rollout VDSL infrastructure that will go up to 40Mbps.
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Have u asked telkom if they can sync you higher than 10mb?
 
oliverwww said:
Have u asked telkom if they can sync you higher than 10mb?
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Yes, and the answer was no.

I know of a few people that had 20Mbps lines when Telkom first moved them over to the new ADSL2+ DSLAMs, it only lasted a few days though before they were dropped to 10Mbps.
 
grim said:
Yes, and the answer was no.

I know of a few people that had 20Mbps lines when Telkom first moved them over to the new ADSL2+ DSLAMs, it only lasted a few days though before they were dropped to 10Mbps.
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Jip my mate had his line running at ~24Mbps for three days, then they bumped him down to 10Mbps
 
Be happy you can even get 10 mbits still stuck on 4 mbits even though my line says

Attainable Rate (Kbps): 12192 1212 on g.dmt :(

SNR Margin (0.1 dB): 302 270
Attenuation (0.1 dB): 90 35

Can easily get 24 megs also
 
ichigo said:
Be happy you can even get 10 mbits still stuck on 4 mbits even though my line says

Attainable Rate (Kbps): 12192 1212 on g.dmt :(

SNR Margin (0.1 dB): 302 270
Attenuation (0.1 dB): 90 35

Can easily get 24 megs also
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You're still on G.DMT, which means Telkom hasn't replace the DSLAM you are connecting to with an ADSL2+ DSLAM, they only provide 10Mbps ADSL on ADSL2+ DSLAMS. With the whole VDSL rollout going on everyone will be moved over to newer equipment and have their local loop length shortened which will result in higher sync speeds.

How long this is going to take is up to Telkom, I think they've stated it'll take about 3 years to complete the project.
 
grim said:
You're still on G.DMT, which means Telkom hasn't replace the DSLAM you are connecting to with an ADSL2+ DSLAM, they only provide 10Mbps ADSL on ADSL2+ DSLAMS. With the whole VDSL rollout going on everyone will be moved over to newer equipment and have their local loop length shortened which will result in higher sync speeds.

How long this is going to take is up to Telkom, I think they've stated it'll take about 3 years to complete the project.
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Quick question, if our DSLAM was upgraded to ADSL2+ only 4 months ago then i take it that we won't be getting VDSL or MSAN upgrades for a very very long time :/?

I know that the Vodacom tower is hooked into the same box i am in so was hoping for something :D...am i too hopeful at this point.

10MB is nice but i want more speed :p
 
Yuu said:
Quick question, if our DSLAM was upgraded to ADSL2+ only 4 months ago then i take it that we won't be getting VDSL or MSAN upgrades for a very very long time :/?

I know that the Vodacom tower is hooked into the same box i am in so was hoping for something :D...am i too hopeful at this point.

10MB is nice but i want more speed :p
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Just the opposite; you may be first in line for a MSAN. If your area was "profitable" enough for them to replace the old DSLAM, then it should also be on the MSAN project's radar.
 
Sting said:
Just the opposite; you may be first in line for a MSAN. If your area was "profitable" enough for them to replace the old DSLAM, then it should also be on the MSAN project's radar.
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WOW!! thanks for the info :), this is rather exciting :cool:
 
grim said:
You're still on G.DMT, which means Telkom hasn't replace the DSLAM you are connecting to with an ADSL2+ DSLAM, they only provide 10Mbps ADSL on ADSL2+ DSLAMS. With the whole VDSL rollout going on everyone will be moved over to newer equipment and have their local loop length shortened which will result in higher sync speeds.

How long this is going to take is up to Telkom, I think they've stated it'll take about 3 years to complete the project.
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Its kinda stupid here being on Adsl2+ exchange supporting 10 megs yet my dslam isn't :(
 
They won't put you faster than 10Mb, their infrastructure cant handle the people on 10Mb already. You will just saturate the exchange on a faster sync, as their backhaul links dont support it yet.
 
whatwhat said:
They won't put you faster than 10Mb, their infrastructure cant handle the people on 10Mb already. You will just saturate the exchange on a faster sync, as their backhaul links dont support it yet.
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Um, you get this info where?

Faster sync speeds for everyone means less congestion on the backhaul links.

Think of it this way, you're travelling on a highway with a speed limit of 100KM/h(10Mbps), it'll take you 2 hours to drive 200KM, now they increase the speed limit to 200KM/h(20Mbps) now it only takes you one hour to complete your journey of 200KM and you're off the highway making space for other users to use the space you were using. The cars piddling along at 3.8KM/h(384k users) and 10KM/h(1Mbps) are the ones that cause congestion not the one flying down at 100KM/h

Currently there are a lot of users on 384Kbps and 1Mbps lines that sit and download 24/7, congesting the exchanges, to get down a couple of gigs. Give them a 10Mbps line and it'll only take them a few hours, hell I've done 20GB in 6 hours on my 10Mbps line.

The faster the line is the less time you will spend downloading meaning more time for other users that share the bandwidth to the exchange with you.
 
grim said:
Um, you get this info where?

Faster sync speeds for everyone means less congestion on the backhaul links.

Think of it this way, you're travelling on a highway with a speed limit of 100KM/h(10Mbps), it'll take you 2 hours to drive 200KM, now they increase the speed limit to 200KM/h(20Mbps) now it only takes you one hour to complete your journey of 200KM and you're off the highway making space for other users to use the space you were using. The cars piddling along at 3.8KM/h(384k users) and 10KM/h(1Mbps) are the ones that cause congestion not the one flying down at 100KM/h

Currently there are a lot of users on 384Kbps and 1Mbps lines that sit and download 24/7, congesting the exchanges, to get down a couple of gigs. Give them a 10Mbps line and it'll only take them a few hours, hell I've done 20GB in 6 hours on my 10Mbps line.

The faster the line is the less time you will spend downloading meaning more time for other users that share the bandwidth to the exchange with you.
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lol. If you give them a faster line they will download more, and the system will stay congested. The rest of your argument is pretty pointless too, do you think they are doing the upgrades to support 20 and 40Mbps just for fun, when all they can do is make you sync faster? Go read some of the posts and see how fast the backhaul links are.
 
whatwhat said:
lol. If you give them a faster line they will download more, and the system will stay congested. The rest of your argument is pretty pointless too, do you think they are doing the upgrades to support 20 and 40Mbps just for fun, when all they can do is make you sync faster? Go read some of the posts and see how fast the backhaul links are.
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More what? pr0n?

Seriously there is only so much you can download.

They are upgrading the infrastructure to shorten the local loop length and to deploy VDSL equipment that can go up to 40Mbps, the reason why Telkom isn't providing anything faster than 10Mbps ADSL is because the local loop length is too long on average.

They are upgrading backhaul links all the time, mostly replacing them with fiber cables as copper is slow and gets stolen all the time.

Most of the upgrades Telkom are doing at the moment revolves around shortening the local loop length to provide higher sync speeds not upgrading the backhual as a single fiber can carry up to 40Gbps depending on your termination equipment.

I know for a fact that there are at least 4 fiber cables running into my exchange, which is a relatively small exchange compared to some of the other ones around here.

Backhaul isn't the issue to providing faster sync speeds, local loop length is. Why do you think they are replacing the current 2700 DSLAMs with 3600 MSANs?

The MSANs will still end up on the same backhaul links as the current DSLAMs.
 
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