Telkom: Overloading Exchanges - Proof Inside!

I live very close to the exchange.

Disabled Traffic Shaping in my Firewall which incidently had min and max data speeds set to 512kbs respectivley and have switched back to my original Edimax AR-7084A Modem. The new stats are as follows:

SNR Margin Downstream= 15.8dB Upstream = 19.4dB

Line Attention = 14.0dB Up = 11.0dB

ADSL parameters
Upstream 123
Downstream 384

Of the two above which sets of stats are more favorable and is that great a change normal?
 
Chandged ADSL Mode from ADSL2+ to G.DMT and now get the following reading:

SNR Margin Downstream= 35.0dB Upstream = 19.0dB

Line Attention = 19.0dB Up = 11.0dB

ADSL parameters
Upstream 128
Downstream 384
 
The very 1st set you posted were the best, but from the last 2 posts I'd say the last looks the best.

You want low attenuation, and as high as possible SNR. Any SNR value about 30db is excellent. 20db is still very good. 10db is acceptable, but you want it to be at least 15db.

The traceroute you posted actually looks fine, there is no latency issues there. The question is, does a traceroute look that good during the whole coarse of the day? Do another traceroute when the latency is high again.
 
Telkom actually confirmed to us yesterday that because of cable theft in honeydew area the Exchange is overloaded hence slow speeds on ADSL. Thing is it took about 4 hours on the phone to get to this answer. Of course there is no ETA on when things will improve.

Is there any way to test if an exchange is overloaded?
 
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