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Primary support and head office phone lines stolen AND struck by lightning...

Primary support and head office phone lines stolen AND struck by lightning...
GWI head office and the primary support number lines (086 110 6161) have had a double whammy over the last couple of months. In November, two of the four two-channel lines were stolen according to Telkom, leaving us with only 4 incoming lines to service the support desk as well as the admin office. In December, a lightning strike took out one of the two remaining lines, leaving us with only one two-channel line! Telkom informs us that they are so backlogged with cable theft faults that it could take ONE to THREE MONTHS before they can fix the fault, and they won't fix the damaged line until the other two are replaced! Go figure?!?!?

This leaves us with only two land lines on 086 110 6161, and the after-hours support cell number 076 188 7761 to service support and admin. The cell number will be active during working hours to try and alleviate the problem.

Apologies from all at GWI, but once again, we are at the mercy of our incumbent monopoly - Telkom. Luckily wireless saves the day once again, and we at least have a mobile to help!
 
Any idea when would the 512kbps upgrade become effective? And the relevant usage status checking thingie?
 
Just an Idea, why dont we get uncapped local brandwith like the ADSL subscribers??
 
Just an Idea, why dont we get uncapped local brandwith like the ADSL subscribers??

Just another reminder that the cap is NOT a hard cap. Capped users merely get shifted from Verizon service to Internet Solutions, which is ultimately satellite on International.
 
My connection has been @#%^ since I got back from holiday (2nd Jan). I was on the IS backbone until last night; back on Verizon for now and everything seems to be ok.
 
you all seem to have been ignored about the line speed questin
 
thats a good point... but look, here's something shiney!
 
Oh sorry - I was distracted by the shiny thing daffy dropped...

I just tired of repeating myself ad nauseam, but here goes - once the backbone upgrades have been completed and the new management system implimented, all users will be upgraded. First batch of equipment has been ordered and paid for last year, delivery expected next week or the week after and upgrading will begin after that.

No more news than that, and no timelines to give you.
 
My Connection is off since yesterday afternoon - Is your (GWI Clients) connection working this morning after the storm yesterday?

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My connection is up again. Look what a local guy is offering in my town:


Taken from his advert:

Here are some of our prices. Prices are per month and exclude the once-off installation fee (R1800,00 - which can be paid off monthly). All packages are UNCAPPED!

64kbps Home Surfing (1 Mailbox) R 199
128kbps Home Surfing (2 Mailboxes) R 250
256kbps Home Surfing (2 Mailboxes) R 320
512kbps Home Surfing (2 Mailboxes) R 380
1Mbps Home Surfing (3 Mailboxes) R 550
256kbps Home Surfing & Peer2Peer (2 Mailboxes) R 375
512kbps Home Surfing & Peer2Peer (2 Mailboxes) R 505
1Mbps Home Surfing & Peer2Peer (3 Mailboxes) R 725
256kbps Home Surfing & Gaming (2 Mailboxes) R 375
512kbps Home Surfing & Gaming (2 Mailboxes) R 505
1Mbps Home Surfing & Gaming (3 Mailboxes) R 725
 
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News on GWI website:

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Load Shedding wreaks havoc on GWI network
General News
01/18/08
Eskom load shedding is causing failures through power supplies blowing up when Eskom power is restored, and battery backup systems not coping with continuous outages.

Eskom's load shedding is causing havoc with GWI network uptime.

Existing backup systems have been failing for two main reasons - either the power supply on the backup system blows when Eskom power is restored due to the voltage surge, or battery backups are just not allowed enough time to recharge after extended outages. To make matters worse, Verizon, our primary supplier and server hosting facility's backup generator on their roof has died where we distribute our bandwidth from for Gauteng and North West. They have informed us they have no plans to repair it, and that backup power to our equipment is now our responsibility.

Backup systems have since been installed, but with only enough reserves for 6 hrs operation. The power outage at Verizon on the evening of Thurs 17 January 2008 lasted 12 hours, depleting our reserves until power was restored at 8am on Fri 18 Jan 2008.

We are working continuously to try and stay one step ahead of Eskom, so we respectfully request that affected GWI customers please try and bear with us while we overcome this difficult time.
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Thanks for the info Web Intact.

Thanks to Eskom my multimedia player got fried on Wednesday night because they switch the power on and off with out any warning - my friend's laptop also got damaged because of the so called load shedding and his insurance does not want to pay.....
 
I tried to post a question about this internet fail last night but before I can post the question, internet died!!!!
 
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