Telkom 20Mbps ADSL network upgrades starting?

ADSL "fast" 1024kbps
ADSL "faster" 4096kbps
ADSL "fastest" 10 000-20 000kbps

/wakes up:cry:
 
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mmmm...
 
RPM - Any ideas where these trials will take place ?
How many 10Mb/s DSLAM are their nationally ?
 
I've had this since they upgraded me to 10mb, which was about 12 months ago.

Attainable Rate (Kbps): 27578 1130
Rate (Kbps): 10012 1019
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/cue a bunch of 384k subscribers starting to moan about being upgraded.
 
telkom really hates this site. they never reply even if they have good news to share.
 
Attainable Rate (Kbps): 11936 1136
Rate (Kbps): 4096 512

The figures are based on line stats such as SNR and attenuation combined with estimated line length to exchange, they aren't related to the attainable rate on the exchange itself.

The above was taken while syncing using G.DMT
 
Um sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but attainable rate is calculated by the modem based on the line stats not what the exchange supports.

With good line stats the attainable rate if your are syncing on ADSL2+ will be 20-24Mbps, 24Mbps is the maximum ADSL2+ technology supports.

Telkom will most likely use VDSL for the 20/40Mbps connections like the guys overseas, VDSL supports speeds of up to 52Mbps.

Operators rarely provide services at the top end of the technology as it requires very short local loop lengths(<300m).

Most ADSL2+ modems do not support VDSL so you will need to replace your modem to take advantage of VDSL once Telkom implements it, probably 20 years from now as some of us are still waiting to be moved to ADSL2+.

ADSL2+ Technology Wiki:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITU_G.992.5
VDSL Technology Wiki:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very-high-bitrate_digital_subscriber_line
 
What Grim said. The article didn't really make much sense to me, just seems to be an extrapolation of speculation from what we already know: Telkom plan to expand their last mile with fibre-linked mini dslams closer to customer premesis. Not FTTH, nor provable by a modem's attainable rate image
 
It should be noted that the higher sync speeds did not translate into real world speed improvements because the subscribers’ profiles limited them to 10Mbps downlink speeds
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The article states the above ... what am I missing here?
 
Well, I guess Honeydew exchange still not part of Telkom SA. We still stuck way below 4Mbps. Cannot get a single upgrade... WTF.

Telkom, I am sorry for whatever I have done to you... :-(
 
snobee said:
/cue a bunch of 4Mbit subscribers starting to moan about being upgraded... like me :(
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/cue a bunch of 0Mbit subscribers starting to moan about being upgraded... like me :'( 6years Telkom, you have been promising that our exchange will get adsl. Why Telkom? Why??
 
High Attainable rate means a shorter local loop. That in itself is the point the article is trying to make. No one said vdsl2 was out yet

Mode: ADSL2+*
Line Coding: Trellis On*
Status: No Defect*
Link Power State: L0*
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* Downstream Upstream
SNR Margin (dB): 21.9* 12.0*
Attenuation (dB): 29.5* 17.0*
Output Power (dBm): 0.8* 0.0*
Attainable Rate (Kbps): 21900* 1064*
Rate (Kbps):4096 511
 
It's about time that Telkom starts spending some money locally on their data offering, instead of throwing away billions in Nigeria.
 
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