Internet Solutions’ ADSL back on track
According to IS this new upgrade is enough to allow them to sign up new users.
“This bandwidth has been installed and traffic patterns have been analysed to assess the impact on our network. We are pleased to announce that this additional bandwidth allows us to continue provisioning users, effective immediately,” IS said.
This is only an intermediate solution and a full upgrade is still needed.
“The 70 Mbps has been provisioned on the existing ATM infrastructure so we are still reliant on Telkom upgrading their ATM node for any additional capacity,” IS pointed out.
“As per yesterday’s communication, Telkom still requires a major change to the ATM node at IS which is scheduled for this Saturday the 18th of March 2006. We anticipate the service activation could take place towards the latter part of next week but IS is unfortunately still unable to commit to a definite date for the upgrade to be operational. From a capacity planning perspective the 70 Mbps discussed above is sufficient for our current user base and projected growth for this month,” they continued.
This is good news for many ISP’s who were anticipating major problems after yesterday’s announcement. The delayed upgrade was seen by many consumers and ISP’s as a deliberate attempt by Telkom to hamper IS’s ability to effectively compete against the monopoly.
In a website poll over 90% of voters felt that the upgrade delays were deliberate. OpenWeb owner Keoma Wright agrees.
“I feel that Telkom is deliberately delaying this upgrade to eliminate competition in the ADSL arena. They have temporarily succeeded. The consequences are devastating for both IS and IS resellers, as we will be losing thousands,” Wright said.
Telkom was asked for comment regarding this issue but did not supply any feedback.
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