Weekend rains cause havoc for Telkom customers

[rpm]

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Telecoms/1568.html

 

[naeem]

yep, my line was losing sync every few minutes on saturday evening. sunday was working but somewhat slow and intermittent.

first rains and this is the result. We'r in for a very long summer

 

[kevinswan007]

weekend rains, in which bloody city?
JHB, DBN, CT, PE?

Please be more specific in your reports.

 

[lordnokon]

tipical telkom

 

[Kompete]

frustrated

Yeah, I had to wait 30 mins (and i mean t-h-i-r-t-y m-i-n-u-t-e-s) before I got through. The operator on the other side obviously had no clue what was wrong, which begs the question "why the **** did I make the call?"

Needless to say my ADSL will probably be down for the next week or so.

I am going to bill Telkom (on pro-rata calc, based on my line rental+ADSL monthly charge) for every day my line stays down.

 

[lilDeath]

Hhmm, yes, I heard of moisture on the lines that causes shorts to happen.
It's devastating.

 

[Syndyre]

Gotta love a telecoms network that gets taken down by a bit of rain.

 

[Tanarri]

Gotta love a telecoms network that gets taken down by a bit of rain.

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