Free ADSL speed upgrades from Telkom
Telkom announced that it is upgrading the speed of its ADSL products free of charge.
Telkom announced that it is upgrading the speed of its ADSL products free of charge.
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Hummercellc
Expert Member
More congestion on already congested exchanges..... Here we go again! 
Electric
Honorary Master
More congestion on already congested exchanges..... Here we go again!
We don't all have congestion problems.
donal
Well-Known Member
Hmm, does this mean that my 1Mb line will now actually sync at something close to 1Mb...?? Instead of the current avg of 400k. Current exchange is a joke, so maybe fix what's broken first...
jackshiels
Expert Member
Nice!
Good news for people who can't sync at 10Mb - they can downgrade and save a bit of cash.
Good news for people who can't sync at 10Mb - they can downgrade and save a bit of cash.
Awesome. So now my 2Mb lines that struggles to run at 1Mb, will now become a 4Mb line that struggles to run at 1Mb.
While this is great news, i hope they sort out the congestion first or this is just going to create more problems.
While this is great news, i hope they sort out the congestion first or this is just going to create more problems.
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poorestguy
Senior Member
awesome news!!!
Telkom seems to be headed in the right direction (just rather slowly)!
Telkom seems to be headed in the right direction (just rather slowly)!
Diesal
Expert Member
Will ISP's bump up their uncapped offerings as well or will they force us to move to the next package, in my case from 2 Mb to 4 Mb.
Otherwise this is excellent news. (assuming my line will be stable at 4Mbps)
Otherwise this is excellent news. (assuming my line will be stable at 4Mbps)
moondoggie86
Senior Member
Wow that's so nice of Telkom. Would be so freaking awesome if I could sync higher than 512k stably.
Scooby_Doo
Honorary Master
Sweede
lucifir
Expert Member
a good move, although still not as good as I want.
For the price of a 1MB line, we should be getting at least the 10MB line, but hopefully this is just a step in that direction and we will get there soon
For the price of a 1MB line, we should be getting at least the 10MB line, but hopefully this is just a step in that direction and we will get there soon
km2
Expert Member
Does Telkom have the technical chops to back up what their marketing team are doing here? Will all the current 4Mbps only exchanges be ready for 10Mbps in time, otherwise they're going to be losing R150 or so per month per person dropping their package to their exchange maximum.
This is awesome
MSAN/ISAM should start to adress the congestion problems by then .
Problem may be the increased cross noise in the cables due to the increased speed .
This will definetly impact on SNR in the long copper distance runs.
MSAN/ISAM should start to adress the congestion problems by then .
Problem may be the increased cross noise in the cables due to the increased speed .
This will definetly impact on SNR in the long copper distance runs.
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Elite Override
Senior Member
Some people will always find reason to complain.
Well done telkom, this is progress.
Well done telkom, this is progress.
MickZA
Executive Member
Guess they're anticipating the moaning about pricing when the MSANs are rolled out and current 6Mbps lines (eg: mine 
) can finally achieve 10Mbps.
Supposedly getting MSANs in our area early next year
) can finally achieve 10Mbps.Supposedly getting MSANs in our area early next year
kwaggawerner
Senior Member
Telkom must drop the "Up to" and begin offering throughput assurances. i.e "at least" instead of "up to". Telkom needs to start taking accountability for poor service and infrastructure.
Inevitability
Expert Member
Dear Telkom... between this and the 1 day turnaround time for my new line, you have just climbed a few rungs on my ladder of respect.
Yes, admittedly, you were all the way down in last place on the ladder to begin with, and above you was 1000 empty rungs on the ladder.
But still... this is just pure goodness. Well done.
And do keep making steps forward... however small.
Next thing you should consider is making the total line rental R200 for voice and ADSL ... just a gentle suggestion.
Yes, admittedly, you were all the way down in last place on the ladder to begin with, and above you was 1000 empty rungs on the ladder.
But still... this is just pure goodness. Well done.
And do keep making steps forward... however small.
Next thing you should consider is making the total line rental R200 for voice and ADSL
... just a gentle suggestion.