Telkom hosts speedtest server on 1 Gbps connection
Speedtest.net has become the premier destination for Internet users to test their download speed. The Speedtest.net website has a very user friendly interface and sports a multitude of testing servers across the globe – including Cape Town and Johannesburg.
The Johannesburg server is hosted by Altech Technology Concepts, well known for its ADSL bonding technology, with adequate bandwidth to provide accurate results for local broadband services. The Cape Town server was however recently removed after complaints that inadequate bandwidth means that the results were not reliable.
Telkom SA (SAIX) recently stepped up to host the Cape Town Speedtest.net server, providing sufficient bandwidth to ensure accurate results for the fastest broadband services in South Africa. The server is hosted in the Barack Street Core Edge site in the Cape Town central business district, connected via 1 Gigabit Ethernet to the Telkom core network.
“Telkom, in its endeavour to consistently enhance customer experience believes that this facility will assist our field technicians with fault finding and testing of throughput on ADSL. In addition, this will also be useful to ADSL users,” Telkom said.
Good news for local broadband users is that Telkom is also planning to host a Speedtest.net server in Gauteng. The company however warned that this may take some time as it has to be done in conjunction with the company providing statistics for Speedtest.net.
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