Telkom Internet Uncapped User Feedback.

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tkburn said:
@MickeyD , I know that they explicitly state that they only throttle , except that the slowdown does not apply to all types of downloads , I can download from ati.com for instance and i get full speeds always , so i assume its not their network, im specifically referring to fileshare links and torrents , browsing everything else etc is 100%.

I stand to be corrected but my understanding is that throttling is slowing down of the network in its entirety to a certain limited speed and shaping is the prioritising of certain protocols by li;miting their speeds , which is what i am experiencing with the telkom account.
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You are correct. Me again, I've been torrenting to my heart's content!
 
tkburn said:
.... im specifically referring to fileshare links and torrents , browsing everything else etc is 100%
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Not all torrents are created equal, a poorly seeded torrent will often only dribble down at 10-20kbs whereas the latest episodes of TV Soaps will fly at full speed.
 
everythings back to normal for tonight again , my Megaupload links are flying again , although comes 7am tommorow my connection will probably turn into a pumpkin again.
 
Yep im being throttled..

Had to switch over to a TI 16gb account just to stream something off youtube!
 
Yep, can confirm international issues in office in JHB and also a branch in CT
 
Raevinn said:
Anyone else's international traffic just cut out?
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Switched to 1mb uncapped to test international & torrent speeds.

International is fine and torrents are flying as you can see .... maybe PE users get preferential service :D
 
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not if all you carry is a cell phone, and then have to hold on 10-20 min before they answer, and then speak absolute rubbish to you,
instead of just playing open cards.
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My international going at 107KB/s

georgelza said:
i got better ways to spend my time and money than waste it to phoning them
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Like spending it on a Telkom account you can't use? :confused:


georgelza said:
not if all you carry is a cell phone, and then have to hold on 10-20 min before they answer, and then speak absolute rubbish to you,
instead of just playing open cards.
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You do realise that with said ADSL line comes a Telkom line? (back to toll-free)
 
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yes, I do, but then I need a phone at home, which I don't have, and well atm, we've had a entire network failure this side, I don't even have a link light anymore,

Been told it will be 3-4 days to fix, starting day before yesterday, so hoping all back to working tomorrow COB.

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lol Random comment when calling 10210 about the 1mb uncapped- the advertising guy said "ADSL Speeds up to 4GIGABITS Per Second" IF ONLY!
 
So after an hour and 15min on hold I got through to them on Thursday and the lady was most helpful. Was quite lucky as well, as they ran out of stock on their cheap routers so I got a free Netgear which is working like a charm.

All and all I'm quite happy, running stable at more or less 1Mbps as promised. Also played a bit on XBL and that seems 100% as well!
 
I signed up for 384 uncapped. During the day up until 12am I'm only getting DL speeds of nothing more than 19kb/s except from Youtube. After 12am until 6am the speeds run at full. Why is this? I thought between 6am and 10pm I would get DL speeds of 29kb/s :confused:
 
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