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Telkom Internet Capped/Uncapped User Feedback (Pt2)
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copacetic
King of the Hippies
Yuu
Executive Member
Things are snappy as an alligator 
...."touches wood" got a 8.4Mbps reading on Vudu O_O so HDX is a go in 1080p heh.
@copacetic, you on 4Mbps? Much better than what you were getting before but i got to read back to see what has happened in this thread
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...."touches wood" got a 8.4Mbps reading on Vudu O_O so HDX is a go in 1080p heh.@copacetic, you on 4Mbps? Much better than what you were getting before but i got to read back to see what has happened in this thread
.So I decided to check my line stats to make sure they still good after the Telkom tech came to repair my fault yesterday.
Now I see that Telkom saw fit to reduce my line speed to 3MB, WTF?!?
Can they really do that without consulting you?
My att is 6.5db and SNR is 20db so its not like 4MB would have been unstable or anything :twisted:
Now I see that Telkom saw fit to reduce my line speed to 3MB, WTF?!?
Can they really do that without consulting you?
My att is 6.5db and SNR is 20db so its not like 4MB would have been unstable or anything :twisted:
PM TelkomZA and hope you get Charl to attend. I've just sorted out the exact same issue. Morons moved me to 3MB from 4MB. For over a week they kept pushing my call from pillar to post. I PM'd Charl, and he sorted it out. Took him a day or 2 to respond, but he sorted it out quick. Make sure your router is left on. If only everyone at Telkom was as helpful as he is. I'm back to 4MB now
copacetic
King of the Hippies
Latency is utterly, completely and totally buggered:
And Speedtest is half-speed:
Ugh...
And Speedtest is half-speed:
Ugh...
copacetic
King of the Hippies
Diesal
Expert Member
OMG Why, why, why! What is going on again.
If only it was that easy.
Code:
C:\Users\Nathan>ping mtn.co.za
Pinging mtn.co.za [196.11.240.215] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 196.11.240.215: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=241
Reply from 196.11.240.215: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=241
Reply from 196.11.240.215: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=241
Reply from 196.11.240.215: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=241
Ping statistics for 196.11.240.215:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 34ms, Maximum = 37ms, Average = 35ms
C:\Users\Nathan>tracert mtn.co.za
Tracing route to mtn.co.za [196.11.240.215]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.0.0.2
2 12 ms 11 ms 9 ms ti-225-8-01.telkomadsl.co.za [105.225.8.1]
3 14 ms 12 ms 12 ms ti-226-0-22.telkomadsl.co.za [105.226.0.22]
4 14 ms 12 ms 12 ms ti-226-0-57.telkomadsl.co.za [105.226.0.57]
5 14 ms 12 ms 12 ms 165.165.214.213
6 12 ms 12 ms 12 ms 196.43.11.218
7 12 ms 17 ms 12 ms 196.43.25.206
8 12 ms 12 ms 13 ms mtn-gw.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.25.165.198]
9 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms tb-cr-1.za--tb-pr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.18.14
0]
10 37 ms 42 ms 37 ms jh-cr-1.za--tb-cr-2.za.mtnns.net [196.44.31.66]
11 37 ms 94 ms 37 ms rb-cr-2.za--jh-cr-1.za.mtnns.net [196.44.0.43]
12 35 ms 34 ms 34 ms rb-dca-1.za--rb-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.0.14
7]
13 37 ms 36 ms 36 ms mtn-rb-1--rb-ad-1-a.mtnns.net [196.44.8.211]
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 35 ms 34 ms 36 ms 196.11.240.215
Trace complete.
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This is my last month with Telkom ISP.
They were great when I first moved to them, but speeds and latency have been k@k for me since the end of last year.
Will be trying Afrihost out come April.
Good luck to everyone here.
They were great when I first moved to them, but speeds and latency have been k@k for me since the end of last year.
Will be trying Afrihost out come April.
Good luck to everyone here.
copacetic
King of the Hippies
I was also considering Afrihost, but the feedback thread is almost as bad as this one.
Electric
Honorary Master
Both Afrihost and Telkom are streaming like **** tonight.
As usual, nzb flying.
It's pretty apparent there is some form of protocol shaping.
As usual, nzb flying.
It's pretty apparent there is some form of protocol shaping.
Most people come to these threads to vent anyways... So there is not much positive feeback on any of the ISP threads, save for the odd fanboy or three.
So far I have been with Webafrica, Mweb and Telkom (Mweb has given me the best performance, but I refuse to pay a premium for a service which is still throttled at the end of the day). I will test Afrihost out next and see if they are any better...
PM TelkomZA and hope you get Charl to attend. I've just sorted out the exact same issue. Morons moved me to 3MB from 4MB. For over a week they kept pushing my call from pillar to post. I PM'd Charl, and he sorted it out. Took him a day or 2 to respond, but he sorted it out quick. Make sure your router is left on. If only everyone at Telkom was as helpful as he is. I'm back to 4MB now
I should have PM'd Charl and saved myself the hour and a half I spent on the phone to Telkom yesterday.
The first guy I spoke to said my line sync was dropped to 3Mb yesterday by a technician because I complained of disconnects.
I tried explaining the disconnects have been fixed after they repaired the line but the call cut :ROLLEYES:
Called again, elevator music and constant reminders that Telkom will bill me for a call out if the problem isn't related to them blah blah blah. 40min later and finally an answer.
The guy sorted me out in 5min and after a router reboot I was back at 4Mb.
Telkom really needs to sort out their helpdesk, some of the staff really couldn't be bothered. Its a shame because sometimes you get someone thats friendly, knowledgable and gets the job done. If only that attitude was infectious...
elf_lord_ZC5
Honorary Master
Internet is dead in the water, cannot reach MYBB ... , on Vodacom via my S4 it flies ...