{"id":548056,"date":"2006-02-22T06:18:01","date_gmt":"2006-02-22T06:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/548056-adsl-problems-continue-to-frustrate-users.html"},"modified":"2006-02-22T06:18:01","modified_gmt":"2006-02-22T06:18:01","slug":"adsl-problems-continue-to-frustrate-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/548056-adsl-problems-continue-to-frustrate-users.html","title":{"rendered":"ADSL problems continue to frustrate users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">ADSL users from various regions have reported faults with their service, and many are very frustrated with the long waiting period for problems to be resolved.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">One user has reported that his service has already been down for over three days, with no clear indication on when the problem will be resolved.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Telkom said that the continued power outages are affecting their customers\u2019 telecommunication services, and that they are taking pro-active steps to alleviate the situation. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">In a press statement Telkom advises its ADSL customers of the following: <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">\u201cShould the modem not synchronize, it is advisable to power it down by unplugging it from the power source for at least 60 seconds. The modem can then be reconnected and tested for synchronization.\u201d<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Telkom is however not alone when it comes to ADSL problems. Many Internet Solutions (IS) customers are complaining about constant international connectivity problems. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">The latest problem occurred just after lunch yesterday, and angry customers voiced their frustration on the MyADSL forums during the outage.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">The lack of reliability of the IS ADSL service is causing major user discontent, but the advantage of a fixed IP and uncapped offering is of great value to many business customers. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php?t=38062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font size=\"2\">Discuss this article<\/font><\/a> <\/p>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Telkom subscribers continue to experience problems with their ADSL service, and the fault resolution times leave a lot to be desired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-548056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}