Telkom Line Upgrades

Danstar82 said:
I upgraded my line with Cybersmart last week and they gave me a 10meg line. I didn't even know that was available yet. Speeds are impressive since then.
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Pics or it didn't happen as per MyBB rules ;)
 
If they didn't announce this already, thinking that anything is going to happen WITHOUT an announcement on 1 June is rather over-optimistic. I say, they will ANNOUNCE the upgrade plans on 1 June , and chances it will then only actually happen in August. I mean why would Telkom be so quiet about this -8 days- before launching it? Surely they would market this on every billboard out there?

The only info we seem to have is "Telkom MIGHT upgrade" lines, no one really knows what exactly they will do, will they upgrade 4 mb only? Which areas? What about 384/512 etc etc.. . Also zero concrete info on their DATA/ISP plans.

Everything is rumours....-every single thing- , and not a peep from Telkom, yet people think this is all going to happen 1 June? Why?
 
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diabolus said:
If they didn't announce this already, thinking that anything is going to happen WITHOUT an announcement on 1 June is rather over-optimistic. I say, they will ANNOUNCE the upgrade plans on 1 June , and chances it will then only actually happen in August. I mean why would Telkom be so quiet about this -8 days- before launching it? Surely they would market this on every billboard out there?

The only info we seem to have is "Telkom MIGHT upgrade" lines, no one really knows what exactly they will do, will they upgrade 4 mb only? Which areas? What about 384/512 etc etc.. . Also zero concrete info on their DATA/ISP plans.

Everything is rumours....-every single thing- , and not a peep from Telkom, yet people think this is all going to happen 1 June? Why?
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It's a SURPRISE! You are going to be in for a shock when it happens :) It'll happen when you least expect it!
 
If I remember correctly last time with the 192 -> 384 upgrade, rumours were flying all over for months, as now and then suddenly and unexpectedly reports of 384 syncs flooded in, seemingly from each and every MyBB member and only a week later did Telkom come forth with a "By the way" press release that said that all lines were upgraded on what ever date last week.

So remember, Telkom is a strange and wonderful :whistle: company and just because there is no announcement, doesn't mean that it won't happen on the 1st of June. However I'm also very sceptical and will try not to think about more speed till I see a new sync rate on my router with my own eyes.
 
Well something's in the air... Connected up a client today (installed his router, etc). He applied for DoBroadband 1, and was told at the Telkom shop: "We don't do that any more.' :confused:

They sold him the DoBroadband 2 package (He wanted the free modem). 384 line and 3 Gb bundled data.

I verified the line and it settled at 384 kbps.

What I deduce from this is that 1 Gb bundles must be falling away. 3 will be the smallest. But for the time being he's still paying the do 2 price (R259 or whatever it is).

Interesting.
 
Grouter said:
Well something's in the air... Connected up a client today (installed his router, etc). He applied for DoBroadband 1, and was told at the Telkom shop: "We don't do that any more.' :confused:

They sold him the DoBroadband 2 package (He wanted the free modem). 384 line and 3 Gb bundled data.

I verified the line and it settled at 384 kbps.

What I deduce from this is that 1 Gb bundles must be falling away. 3 will be the smallest. But for the time being he's still paying the do 2 price (R259 or whatever it is).

Interesting.
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You dont get the router with Do1 - maybe she was referring to that
 
I think that Telkom will use the world cup the see how their systems cope with the additional demand and then decide what upgrades they will implement.
 
markings said:
I think that Telkom will use the world cup the see how their systems cope with the additional demand and then decide what upgrades they will implement.
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The SWC is being run off a dedicated network....
 
i really hope 384k get upgraded to 512k. I cant afford higher speeds even though i would very much hope to have had a 4mbps line. Any sponsors out there? xD
 
skusku said:
i really hope 384k get upgraded to 512k.
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Some people are so easy to satisfy. Little vision, few expectations. A 512k experience will only be marginally better than a 384k one, and in practical terms quite useless. It would be an upgrade not worth its name.
 
markings said:
Some people are so easy to satisfy. Little vision, few expectations. A 512k experience will only be marginally better than a 384k one, and in practical terms quite useless. It would be an upgrade not worth its name.
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I just tried to be reasonable. but OK have it your way!

4mb, 8mb, 10mb lines ftw!
 
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