Vdsl

[JohnJuniorV3]

This should have changed since the upgrade on Sunday. My attenuation is now 32 well when i checked yesterday.
Have a look let us know if yours has changed as well?

Wow! Where are in in Lonehill? Can u PM me it? Nvm.. I checked recent PM and found your address I'm not at home right now but I will check!

And by upgraded what do you mean? Have they built another MSAN in Lonehill?

 

[Kido]

Wow! Where are in in Lonehill? Can u PM me it? Nvm.. I checked recent PM and found your address I'm not at home right now but I will check!

And by upgraded what do you mean? Have they built another MSAN in Lonehill?

I have no idea what they have done but something has definitely changed. On Sunday I had no sync all day contacted telkom they said were busy with upgrades in the area. it was back up later that evening around 17:00ish. On monday i checked my router status and my attenuation had dropped to 32 odd from previous 60

 

[JohnJuniorV3]

I have no idea what they have done but something has definitely changed. On Sunday I had no sync all day contacted telkom they said were busy with upgrades in the area. it was back up later that evening around 17:00ish. On monday i checked my router status and my attenuation had dropped to 32 odd from previous 60

Okay thanks! We we're at a 50th the whole day so I didn't check!

 

[JohnJuniorV3]

Mode: G.DMT
Type: Fast
Line Coding: Trellis On
Status: No Defect
Link Power State: L0

Downstream Upstream
SNR Margin (dB): 6.0 11.0
Attenuation (dB): 61.0 31.5
Output Power (dBm): 12.3 17.4
Attainable Rate (Kbps): 2240 752
Rate (Kbps): 2208 512
K (number of bytes in DMT frame): 70 17
R (number of check bytes in RS code word): 0 0
S (RS code word size in DMT frame): 1 1
D (interleaver depth): 1 1
Delay (msec): 0 0

Super Frames: 1474 1473
Super Frame Errors: 42 0
RS Words: 0 0
RS Correctable Errors: 0 0
RS Uncorrectable Errors: 0 N/A

HEC Errors: 17 0
OCD Errors: 0 0
LCD Errors: 0 0
Total Cells: 130622 0
Data Cells: 1217 0
Bit Errors: 0 0

Total ES: 14 0
Total SES: 0 0
Total UAS:


There's my stats? and I'm closer than u?

I think it's about time we cancel /: been considering it for a while now.. But yeah, I don't think they will ever do something about us

 

[Superspeed]

The best thing to do is keep on hammering Telkom. They do respond if you get hold of the right people. Business customers get the highest priority so try and get businesses to support you. I can push it via Telkom Wholesale but I'd need a few people in a specific area to justify it. If you can manage that get back to me and I'll see what I can do.

 

[JohnJuniorV3]

Okay cool! Errmm well there was Kido and a few others but I don't know if I'm the only one who hasn't been assisted/upgraded?

 

[Hellhound]

Hey Superspeed
Just curious, as it seems you can check at least if ADSL lines are ADSL2+ or not. Can you check if 031569xxxx is enabled with ADSL2+? I wish I had VDSL since I am only a stone throw away from DBN North but them's the breaks. I have been on 4mb/s for a long time and I would love to get my money's worth and get 10mb/s but telkom says that my line isn't upgraded yet. Broadband stats says it is. I am just curious which one is right.
Regards
Hellhound

 

[Chevron]

Hey Superspeed
Just curious, as it seems you can check at least if ADSL lines are ADSL2+ or not. Can you check if 031569xxxx is enabled with ADSL2+? I wish I had VDSL since I am only a stone throw away from DBN North but them's the breaks. I have been on 4mb/s for a long time and I would love to get my money's worth and get 10mb/s but telkom says that my line isn't upgraded yet. Broadband stats says it is. I am just curious which one is right.
Regards
Hellhound

You can check youself if your exchange is ADSL2+ enabled.

Just set your router to ADSL2+ and see if it connects.

 

[Kido]

The best thing to do is keep on hammering Telkom. They do respond if you get hold of the right people. Business customers get the highest priority so try and get businesses to support you. I can push it via Telkom Wholesale but I'd need a few people in a specific area to justify it. If you can manage that get back to me and I'll see what I can do.

Yes please push for MSAN in Lonehill. All of Lonehill suffers with poor connectivity.

 

[Kido]

@oliver - I see that you have a 4Mb product yet sync at @ 2Mb. I think you should downgrade to 2Mb line and see if your attenuation will drop. I know its not what you want to hear but I'm in the same boat as you and have the same frustations no point paying for 4Mb and syncing at 2Mb so why pay more when you can pay less.

 

[Kido]

You can check youself if your exchange is ADSL2+ enabled.

Just set your router to ADSL2+ and see if it connects.

I tried this yesterday on my Tp Link router it connects but didnt see any difference in router status or performance (and the exchange is 10mb enabled). so switched it back to Auto.
I assume that when our ports are ADSL2+ enabled then this should connect automatically as ADSL2+ if set to Auto??

 

[JohnJuniorV3]

@oliver - I see that you have a 4Mb product yet sync at @ 2Mb. I think you should downgrade to 2Mb line and see if your attenuation will drop. I know its not what you want to hear but I'm in the same boat as you and have the same frustations no point paying for 4Mb and syncing at 2Mb so why pay more when you can pay less.

Yeah I think I'm going to do that now! Because you have 32db attenuation shouldn't u be able to get 10mb? Can u post some stats I can use as evidence xD

 

[Kido]

i will make a note to do so this evening. My main issue at the moment SNR its very high also in the 30 something whilst yours looks very good. Trying to get telkom to solve the SNR is another pain.
I noticed this morning that my attenuation had increased to like 37 no idea why I thought it was Oliver messing around

 

[Ice2Cool]

So im in La Lucia which is apparently one of the areas where VDSL was supposed to launch on March 4th. Phoned telkom - they reckon VDSL is still in a pilot phase with most of the areas being piloted in gauteng. She didnt even have a clue about what VDSL was - kept thinking i was talking about ADSL. Very frustrating.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

So im in La Lucia which is apparently one of the areas where VDSL was supposed to launch on March 4th. Phoned telkom - they reckon VDSL is still in a pilot phase with most of the areas being piloted in gauteng. She didnt even have a clue about what VDSL was - kept thinking i was talking about ADSL. Very frustrating.

Phoning DSL technical support is an exercise in futility.

 

[JohnJuniorV3]

i will make a note to do so this evening. My main issue at the moment SNR its very high also in the 30 something whilst yours looks very good. Trying to get telkom to solve the SNR is another pain.
I noticed this morning that my attenuation had increased to like 37 no idea why I thought it was Oliver messing around

SNR is actually the opposite way to attenuation, the higher the better! it's basically your stability.. That's why mine is so ****ty

 

[Kido]

SNR is actually the opposite way to attenuation, the higher the better! it's basically your stability.. That's why mine is so ****ty

Line State:Showtime

Modulation:G.DMT

Annex Mode:ANNEX_A

Downstream Upstream
SNR Margin:
37.0 13.0 db
Line Attenuation:
34.5 19.0 db
Data Rate:
2048 512 kbps
Max Rate:
11392 960 kbps

 

[Superspeed]

We received this from Telkom today:

Telkom’s Interest and Demand Register for VDSL Up to 20 & 40 Mbps Network rollout

Background

We refer to our previous communication in this regard where we detailed the planned network upgrade in selected ADSL service areas. The network upgrade entails replacing Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAMs) technology with Multi Services Access Nodes (MSANs) and the remote deployment of MSANs to Street Distribution Cabinets (SDCs) sites with concomitant fibre backhaul to effectively shorten the copper loop.

As you maybe already aware, Telkom Wholesale has launched the Up to 20 & 40 Mbps resell DSL product options on the 4th of March 2013.
Resell DSL Up to 20Mbps & 40Mbps will be available in geographic areas where the Telkom network upgrade has been completed, and coverage will increase as we continue to roll-out.

Interest and Demand Register

We are pleased to announce that we have created a Telkom’s Interest and Demand Register application / tool for VDSL 20 & 40 Mbps. This tool will firstly identify if the prospective customer already is currently in an enabled area, and secondly, if not, will capture their interest for the higher speed service. The Interest and Demand Register was introduced on 4 March 2013 on the following URL: www.telkom.co.za/interest

You are invited to link the Interest and Demand Register URL to your organization’s website, to join us in this Super Fast Broadband journey. You can do this with your customized imagery or you can utilize the picture below as a starting point to which you can integrate the URL .

Our future plans are to expand the Interest Register to provide you with a view of the future network rollout plans. As soon as we have more information available in this regard, we will communicate with you.

It is in the interest of Telkom and all our service provider partners who sell xDSL, to have a pro-active approach in demand management for the new generation broadband access services. Hopefully this will assist Telkom Wholesale & Networks to validate our rollout plan and also influence priority in terms of identifying changes to our plan.

So there you have it! Go and check it out

 

[Chevron]

I tried this yesterday on my Tp Link router it connects but didnt see any difference in router status or performance (and the exchange is 10mb enabled). so switched it back to Auto.
I assume that when our ports are ADSL2+ enabled then this should connect automatically as ADSL2+ if set to Auto??

If you exchange is 10Mb enabled it has ADSL2+. No need to check.

 

[Yuu]

@Superspeed, i <3 you man . That notice will just make everyone who wasn't hopeful before....well..hopeful .

I can see mybb doing a frontpage article on this (or not) ;-). Thanks for sharing.