Free 10 Mbps ADSL upgrades considered
MyBroadband reported in January this year that Telkom is trialing an 8 Mbps ADSL service, with plans to upgrade current 4 Mbps subscribers in the next few months. At the time Telkom revealed that 8 Mbps was the minimum planned upgrade, and that the company was also trialing 10 Mbps and 12 Mbps ADSL2+ services.
Telkom Wholesale’s Mike Vos recently explained that as part of the trials, which are taking place in Pretoria and Cape Town, the percentage of 4 Mbps subscribers that can sync at higher speeds (8 Mbps, 10 Mbps and 12 Mbps) without any service problems are recorded. From these results it would be decided what the optimal speed is to which current 4 Mbps ADSL subscribers can be recorded.
Information has now come to light that Telkom’s ADSL2+ trials were very successful, and that the company is considering upgrading its current 4 Mbps ADSL subscribers to 10 Mbps free of charge.
There is further speculation that the exchange upgrades to Metro-Ethernet backhaul are progressing well, and that the national rollout plans have been shortened as a result of the successful trials.
Telkom previously warned that not all 4 Mbps subscribers will be upgraded to the higher speeds at the same time since the upgrades need exchanges with the latest DSL2+ equipment & software and they must have Metro Ethernet connectivity.
Telkom would not officially confirm or deny the speculation that it is planning 10 Mbps ADSL upgrades. Ajith Bridgraj, Telkom’s Senior Specialist for media relations, merely said that “Telkom is in the process of assessing the results of trials conducted. The way forward will be determined by this assessment.”
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