AAAAmazing! Had to almost fight with Telkom consultant to sync line back to 6.5Mbs from the 4Mbs that they decided to switch to last night. AAArgh. My distance from the exchange is a constant, only the slowly degrading line quality is the variable that needs investigating. 3 modems and 2 routers with 3 new POTS filters make no difference.
Telkom tech will come and do a probe test on the line inside and outside... or so they say... aaaand I have had this profile removed from the ASSIA fiasco... geeeezus, why is it soooo hard to get anything that you actually pay for?
Why must it be a fight to have a degrading line tested and corrected?
Dropping the sync speed is a band-aid on a broken limb... not a solution... if THIS is their only fix, then they should drop the ADSL and line rental, 'coz clearly, it is not going to be used for the maintenance of the ADSL or telcoms infrastructure for me, the client.
Will wait and see, not holding my breath.
/meh