{"id":551299,"date":"2007-01-18T06:51:51","date_gmt":"2007-01-18T06:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/551299-telkom-s-adsl-2-and-wimax-plans.html"},"modified":"2007-01-18T06:51:51","modified_gmt":"2007-01-18T06:51:51","slug":"telkom-s-adsl-2-and-wimax-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/551299-telkom-s-adsl-2-and-wimax-plans.html","title":{"rendered":"Telkom\u2019s ADSL 2+ and WiMax plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">Recent media reports hinted at a possible ADSL 2+ service from Telkom. ADSL 2+ makes speeds of up to 24 Mbps possible when customers are close enough to the exchange.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Telkom is installing ADSL2+ enabled DSLAMs, but that does not necessarily mean that they will be launching an ADSL 2+ service.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">\u201cADSL 2+ is not a product but a technological evolution and all new DSLAMs deployed will be ADSL 2+ enabled. The ADSL 2+ DSLAM need to work with an ADSL 2+ modem on the customer side. The latest modems Telkom will start to deploy will be ADSL 2+ capable,\u201d Telkom said.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">\u201cADSL 2+ will therefore help to provide more resilient services allowing more customers to get ADSL over longer distances and with higher possible speed. It should be noted that Telkom will not launch ADSL2+ as a service,\u201d Telkom pointed out.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">This will come as a disappointment to many Telkom ADSL customers who were looking forward to matching their international counterparts in the speed department. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><strong>WiMax on the horizon<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">The hype surrounding WiMax does not appear to be dying down, which is understandable when considering SA\u2019s limited copper line infrastructure. Telkom is one of the frontrunners on the WiMax front.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Many providers and even municipalities are trialing WiMax, but no commercial products have been launched yet. Telkom is also not giving away any trade secrets when it comes to their true WiMax plans.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">\u201cTelkom is currently trialing a WiMAX offering and plans for its implementation will be communicated once the trials are completed,\u201d Telkom said.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">This does not give consumers a clear idea as to what to expect from Telkom, and the telecoms provider may not want to show its cards before Neotel\u2019s launch of corporate and residential telecoms services.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php?t=63915\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rumours are floating around regarding the possible launch of an ADSL 2+ service with the added allure of Telkom muttering about WiMax plans.  The fixed line provider gives some feedback on their plans.<\/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_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-551299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551299"}],"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=551299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}