Telkom Internet Capped/Uncapped User Feedback (Pt2)

Good today ... bad tomorrow.

Telkom is operating like a whore drawers, therefore I cancelled this morning.

Will take my money elsewhere.
 
http://testmy.net/aDeiHkZ.EwUtMxe.png
Theoretically "real-world" performance for 10mbps uncapped...
Apparently this site creates randomly generated data, so no gzip compression applies to the download, and it isn't prioritized on ISP like I suspect Speedtest.net is. It looks like the data rate is being throttled (I'm still in the green according to TITracker), seeing as it hit 5.4mbps then just dipped.

Been getting cruddy speeds and packet loss lately, as well as an incredibly unstable connection. Going to request for the line to be reset then will report back.
 
Im still having issues. There a massive lag when opening any page. Takes 30-90secs to open a single page, example mybroadband.co.za and www.ign.co.za

Tracert test perferct. Im on 4MB Uncapped.

On news server i get 200-300 KB/s which is obviously not that bad, but the pages not loading is very frustrating.

Switched to my FNB ADSL account, works 100%.
 
Stable 450kBps from the US. Ahhh love it when TI gives me interwebs like this!!
 
Does TI no longer allow reps to post here? Would be great to have an update as to what's been going on at our long time favourite ISP. Im actually quite bummed to have cancelled.
 
Subways81 said:
Does TI no longer allow reps to post here? Would be great to have an update as to what's been going on at our long time favourite ISP. Im actually quite bummed to have cancelled.
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Afraid ranger is the only "rep" in this thread and he just helps out in an unofficial capacity. From the deafening silence I suspect he's been temporarily "muzzled" until TI's PR dept can come up with an official statement.
 
Ek kanselleer ook my ISP more, gatvol. Regtig.

Flojo said:
Good today ... bad tomorrow.

Telkom is operating like a whore drawers, therefore I cancelled this morning.

Will take my money elsewhere.
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Bloemfontein.

NZB downloads going at +-30kilobytes per second using the news.saix.net server. Normally its at +-200 kilobytes per second.
Youtube cant even handle a 144p clip. Only browsing seems ok. Business at Telkom must be booming. Screw the customer. We have enough.
 
Tjoker said:
Im still having issues. There a massive lag when opening any page. Takes 30-90secs to open a single page, example mybroadband.co.za and www.ign.co.za

Tracert test perferct. Im on 4MB Uncapped.

On news server i get 200-300 KB/s which is obviously not that bad, but the pages not loading is very frustrating.

Switched to my FNB ADSL account, works 100%.
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That sounds like a dns issue.

try clearing your dns cache:

Start / Run type ipconfig /flushdns <enter>

Also check your dns settings on your machine.
 
Does the new Durban POP have it's own DNS server settings? I'm still using the JHB ones Ranger suggested we use.
 
Telkom ruining my future. Skype interview full of stutters and pauses "Sorry ZA internet is bad"

F u c k
 
My Telkom "Internet" account has been dead the whole day. Had an assignment to do so I went and bought an Axxess prepaid bundle. Working perfectly now, so not a line issue. Just a Telkom issue. Couldn't get through to 10210 either. Pitiful service, going to be cancelling tomorrow.
 
They are making me pay R79 per month (3 months) left of my contract to get out and cancel it. So over this service, that I am willing to pay them that.
 
How many people that are complaining about speed issues have tried testing their lines with the Telkom guest account and capped trial accounts?

I'm under the impression that many problems are a result of line and exchange issues.
 
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