Telkom plans faster ADSL upload speeds
Telkom is embarking on a pilot project to test the increased upload speed of its fastest DSL product that can download at speeds of up to 4096 kbps. This trial started on 1 February 2008.
The top end ADSL offering was introduced in September 2006 and Telkom's ADSL 1024 kbps customers were automatically upgraded to this new access product. This allowed customers to synchronise to a maximum downstream bit rate of 4096 kbps, depending on line length and copper quality with a minimum downstream synch rate of 640 kbps.
Hailing the importance of this value-add component to the customer, Marius Mostert, Group Executive for National Infrastructure Provisioning, said: “This will improve the service experience of the Fastest DSL product by increasing the maximum upload synch rate and effectively reduce response times.”
Mostert said that the pilot seeks to increase the upload synch rate from (between) 256 – 384 kbps uplink, to between 256 and 640 kbps uplink synch rate
Continued Mostert: “It is furthermore anticipated that the continued upgrade of these services be managed based on the results obtained, and by gradually increasing the footprint over time in order to control the effects expected.”
He concluded that the pilot (and associated analysis) should be concluded by the end of March 2008.
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