Telkom Line Speed doubling?

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shmarkie

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Hi guys

I've heard a rumour that as of October 2009, Telkom will be doubling the speed of your line, at the same monthly rental price? :confused: I'm sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, I cant seem to find anything else on it...

In other words:

384KBps -> 768KBps

512KBps -> 1024KBps

etc.. This sounds to good to be true?
 
768KBps? Would they do this if they haven't bothered to provide this speed increment before?

Guess only the 4mbps guys will get an upgrade, and the rest of us will stay behind in the near-dialup speed hole of darkness
 
whipper said:
again.... is there any truth to this ??
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No one can confirm, but there have been rumors of people who heard from "Credible sources" that next month will see the introduction of an 8 meg line option. Speculation is, 384 could become 512/1024, 512 will become 1024/2048 and 4 Meg lines will be upgraded to 8 Meg lines. Nothing is confirmed
 
hj2k_x said:
And it has happened before.
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What has?

IMO, Telkom should just forget about doubling speeds and instead just spend time replacing all the copper with fibre and put up FTTC boxes. Unless something like that is done, we'll be stuck on ADSL1 forever.
 
feo said:
What has?

IMO, Telkom should just forget about doubling speeds and instead just spend time replacing all the copper with fibre and put up FTTC boxes. Unless something like that is done, we'll be stuck on ADSL1 forever.
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Line speed bumps. 192- 384 etc
 
Our telkom ADSL has been the worst it's been since we got it.

I don't know what they're up to, but I hope it's part of some sort of upgrade.
 
feo said:
That doesn't really count as a bump. That's like saying you went from 56k dialup to Sentech Wireless...one is technically faster than the other but TBH they're both pretty sh*tty. :D
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Yes, they are. But it is a step in the right direction.

Upping the slowest line speed to 1Mb would be quite something.

Line rental and bandwidth costs are another issue entirely.
 
hj2k_x said:
Yes, they are. But it is a step in the right direction.

Upping the slowest line speed to 1Mb would be quite something.

Line rental and bandwidth costs are another issue entirely.
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Baby steps don't get you anywhere, especially in telecoms where technology improves at a rapid rate. In case you haven't noticed, the past 5 years have seen no real improvements in our broadband environment here in SA.

Line rental is BS, you are correct.
 
feo said:
Baby steps don't get you anywhere, especially in telecoms where technology improves at a rapid rate. In case you haven't noticed, the past 5 years have seen no real improvements in our broadband environment here in SA.

Line rental is BS, you are correct.
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Erm, where have you been for the last five years?

That was 2004. You could not get broadband for less than R1000. And it was slow.

Entry-level now is 384k for like R300 a month.

Come on, man. Credit where it is due.
 
hj2k_x said:
Erm, where have you been for the last five years?

That was 2004. You could not get broadband for less than R1000. And it was slow.

Entry-level now is 384k for like R300 a month.

Come on, man. Credit where it is due.
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It's still not on a global standard though, far from it actually.

I'll give credit to ISPs that try to innovate and offer differentiated products like local only and Openbrowse and things like that but it's the combination of a stubborn incompetent monopoly and useless regulator that has stifled broadband growth. Sure, we're better off than we were back then but not significantly so.

We need LLU to happen, we need uncapped accounts as the standard and we need more ISPs to turn Tier 1...until that happens, doubling of speeds doesn't mean all that much.
 
feo said:
It's still not on a global standard though, far from it actually.

I'll give credit to ISPs that try to innovate and offer differentiated products like local only and Openbrowse and things like that but it's the combination of a stubborn incompetent monopoly and useless regulator that has stifled broadband growth. Sure, we're better off than we were back then but not significantly so.

We need LLU to happen, we need uncapped accounts as the standard and we need more ISPs to turn Tier 1...until that happens, doubling of speeds doesn't mean all that much.
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It was never claimed to be near international standards.

I never understand people who actually complain when improvements are made. Yes, there is still a lot to be done, but increasing 384k to 1Mb is a significant thing. As was the case the last time they increased line speed, it is to be celebrated, not condemned. If only in a restrained manner ;)
 
hj2k_x said:
It was never claimed to be near international standards.

I never understand people who actually complain when improvements are made. Yes, there is still a lot to be done, but increasing 384k to 1Mb is a significant thing. As was the case the last time they increased line speed, it is to be celebrated, not condemned. If only in a restrained manner ;)
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I do celebrate it...every increase is welcome but for me, it takes way too long to materialise and when it does happen, it's not very significant. Although I will take my hat off to Telkom for the 1Mb to 4Mb bump, that was good.

In any case, 384k users deserve a bump to at least 1Mb. Broadband should never be quoted in terms of "kbps" anyways. :D
 
feo said:
I do celebrate it...every increase is welcome but for me, it takes way too long to materialise and when it does happen, it's not very significant. Although I will take my hat off to Telkom for the 1Mb to 4Mb bump, that was good.

In any case, 384k users deserve a bump to at least 1Mb. Broadband should never be quoted in terms of "kbps" anyways. :D
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True story.

1Mb would suit me. I downgraded from 4Mb to 384k a few months back. To be honest it has not bothered me that much except for the ridiculously slow upload speeds of 384k :o
 
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