Telkom POTS Modem

[koffiejunkie]

Anyone here have a picture of the old Telkom ADSL modem (POTS) from the early 2000s? IT was white and had a curved top.

 

[rustypup]

POTS modem?

POTS was a splitter - voice + DSL.

Perhaps you meant ADSL/VDSL modem? Unless Telkom sold combos which would... not be weird for them

 

[koffiejunkie]

I found it referred to in the old threads as the Telkom POTS modem (ethernet), but yes, it was the ADSL modem. I'm talking in the days when 512k was the fastest option and caps were 3GB.

 

[Crowley]

Anyone here have a picture of the old Telkom Pots modem from the early 2000s? IT was white and had a curved top.

This one?

 

[rustypup]

The rise and fall of ADSL

South Africans are quick to complain about fibre price increases or when providers cut cheaper, slower packages from their product portfolios. How soon we forget.

mybroadband.co.za

 

[rustypup]

Always bought my own so never actually saw what Telkom was pushing. Think they were mostly Marconi?

 

[purrr]

Anyone here have a picture of the old Telkom Pots modem from the early 2000s? IT was white and had a curved top.

Can't find a pic now, but iirc it was a Marconi rebrand.

 

[W@P]

Not this?

 

[W@P]

Bliksem, memories.

 

[rustypup]

Bliksem, memories.

Don't put the phone down!

DON'T PUT THE PHONE DOW......

&^!&^@$&!&@^&^*^@

 

[TheChamp]

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This one?

No, that's fairly recent, I think I have a good idea which one he is referring to, it was white with a curved fascia where the LEDs were located.

I just forgot the brand.

 

[purrr]

It was super unreliable, crashing randomly requiring a power cycle.

 

[koffiejunkie]

This one?

Naah this was before most people had Wifi

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It was the one before this. It had only one Ethernet port.

 

[koffiejunkie]

Not this?

Naah, this wasn't Ethernet.

 

[koffiejunkie]

Always bought my own so never actually saw what Telkom was pushing. Think they were mostly Marconi?

Can't find a pic now, but iirc it was a Marconi rebrand.

That's my recollection too, although I'm not 100% sure.

 

[rustypup]

It had only one Ethernet port.

That sounds insane. I mean... WHY?! Oh, Telkom.

 

[purrr]

That's my recollection too, although I'm not 100% sure.

It was, I wrote some software for it and checked my notes, it was Marconi.

 

[koffiejunkie]

That sounds insane. I mean... WHY?! Oh, Telkom.

It was mostly used as a PPPoE modem. IIRC It could be used as a router, but expectation was you'd have a separate router.

 

[Rickster]

DSL or dial up?

 

[koffiejunkie]

DSL or dial up?

ADSL. I did post in the "ADSL and VDSL Discussions" forum after all.