Telkom ADSL to LTE replacement???

[NeonNinja]

So I just got home. Our Internet wasn't working since the 10th of January. Called on the 12th. Sent a techie today. They were liasing with my sister. So they replaced our ADSL router (D-Link) with a Huawei B315v with obviously a sim card inside.

Wtf? My sister is only coming back tonight for me to ask her what's going on.

 

[Dan C]

Say goodbye to ADSL.

 

[FapCop]

Condolences..

 

[NeonNinja]

Say goodbye to ADSL.

They killed off the copper lines intentionally or whu?

 

[NeonNinja]

Say goodbye to ADSL.

Condolences..

Dang. I just did a speedtestv (peak time) 0.44Mbps. With our 10Mbps we got that regardless of the time.

 

[biometrics]

LTE is better than ADSL anyway, I prefer it.

 

[biometrics]

Dang. I just did a speedtestv (peak time) 0.44Mbps. With our 10Mbps we got that regardless of the time.

Move the router around. If that doesn't work get an external antenna. I have two!

 

[NeonNinja]

Move the router around. If that doesn't work get an external antenna. I have two!

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Interesting. Where to buy?

 

[Dan C]

Interesting. Where to buy?

Complain to Telkom about slow speeds. If you lucky they will install it for you for free.

 

[biometrics]

Interesting. Where to buy?

You can pay full price at Takealot or pick it up cheap used on Gumtree or Carbonite. Search for XPOL-6.

 

[biometrics]

Interesting. Where to buy?

Don't know if this is a mistake as it's usually around R1,650 new, but this is R1,250:

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[WesleyDB]

That's the new thing with Telkom, they not replacing adsl copper lines they just upgrade you to lte if there is a fault with the adsl line.

 

[NeonNinja]

That's the new thing with Telkom, they not replacing adsl copper lines they just upgrade you to lte if there is a fault with the adsl line.

We're not getting over 0.5Mbps currently. This is BS. ADSL we maxed the line ALWAYS. I've two nieces who watch YouTube and Ticktock. I do a lot of YouTube and crucially DSTVNow. Parents on the other hand stream too. And 1 tenant is on our WiFi.

This is just depressing. So as it stands it will only be usable midnight until maybe the antennas improve it. I'd wager not greatly either.

 

[NeonNinja]

Complain to Telkom about slow speeds. If you lucky they will install it for you for free.

I'll phone them everyday till month end

 

[WesleyDB]

We're not getting over 0.5Mbps currently. This is BS. ADSL we maxed the line ALWAYS. I've two nieces who watch YouTube and Ticktock. I do a lot of YouTube and crucially DSTVNow. Parents on the other hand stream too. And 1 tenant is on our WiFi.

This is just depressing. So as it stands it will only be usable midnight until maybe the antennas improve it. I'd wager not greatly either.

Give the tech who did the installation a call in the morning, I know when my adsl was installed it took two days for it to reach full speed, not sure if it's the same for lte though

 

[Dan C]

I'll phone them everyday till month end

Tested my Telkom LTE now in Beacon Bay. About 25 Mbps without any external antenna. Also using a B315.

 

[NeonNinja]

Tested my Telkom LTE now in Beacon Bay. About 25 Mbps without any external antenna. Also using a B315.

This is, should be uncapped. Which would be limited to 10Mbps. Not?

 

[NeonNinja]

This is, should be uncapped. Which would be limited to 10Mbps. Not?

I'd also buy a Telekom Mobile sim, and I'm sure I'd clock those speeds now.,

 

[mubz]

Move the router around. If that doesn't work get an external antenna. I have two!

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Did you get a huge improvement with the external antenna?

 

[Dan C]

This is, should be uncapped. Which would be limited to 10Mbps. Not?

I'm on prepaid.