Why your ADSL speeds are so unpredictable

[Kevin Lancaster]

Why your ADSL speeds are so unpredictable

Many businesses complain about unpredictable Internet speeds over their digital subscriber line (DSL) broadband connections, said SEACOM.

It explained that the reason for this lack of reliability is the copper cabling that DSL connections run on.

 

[ttygt]

Nooit! Wie sou dit nou gedink het?

 

[Thor]

Thanks to the help of @TelkomZA I will post a speedtest tonight.

 

[access]

lol.

if the copper connection is set up correctly, it is reliable and predictable.

what is unpredictable is when poorly skilled technicians will mess with your copper, or when the isp oversubscribes. this can happen with any medium.

what nonsense is this? adsl bad get fibre?

 

[MickZA]

what nonsense is this? adsl bad get fibre?

As if that were even an option for the majority of ADSL users

 

[Thor]

Copper is life

 

[Genisys]

Copper is life

That upload is rather bad. I'd take fibre above copper any day.

 

[Thor]

That upload is rather bad. I'd take fibre above copper any day.

I am fairly certain that is a deliberate limitation put in place by telkom and not "copper" these lines can go way more than this.

 

[MickeyD]

This means that all private and business Internet users in your immediate vicinity are essentially sharing bandwidth, said SEACOM.

Captain Obvious...

 

[RoosTa]

It's always easy to blame Telkom but ISP's are also over selling with crazy amount of contention.
And I can prove this by switching ISP's when my line drops below 50% of its performance and suddenly its back to decent performance.

Example; Vox used to be flawless at all times, but since they have become popular, my performance is abysmal around peak hours.

Though one thing is for sure and that is that I can solve the performance issues by switching, however. If the exchange is oversold, there is nothing one can do.