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ADSL: Significance of SNR and attenuation

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As an ADSL n00b I wanted to understand how the technology works and how to get the most out of it. In essence if you want to improve speed and increase stability you need to familiarise yourself with SNR (signal to noise ratio) and attenuation. Many ADSL… more »

Bye Bye iBurst - whoop whoop Telkom

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Finally my frustrations are over - although iBurst has tried the best the possibly could, it was too little too late. Amazingly, I ordered a 4MB ADSL line on 29th September and within two weeks line was installed and working. A BIG WOW to Telkom - superi… more »

iBurst: Almost wowed me...

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After putting enough pressure on iBurst, the company decided to provide me with a free installation of a directional antenna. Installation team arrived last week Friday and install went smooth (bar the fact that for whatever unexplainable reason, they ch… more »

Rip-off alert 2: iBurst introduces pay per use - R972 per gig

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While discussing my migration with an iBurst sales consultant, I found out that iBurst introduced mandatory pay-per-use as of this month. iBurst will charge you an out-of-bundle rate of 95c per MB extra being used. The only way to avoid this is to opt… more »

Rip-off alert: iBu(r)st changes prices and packages - watch out....

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If you are a iBurst user you will be delighted that the company has consolidated the number of packages and re-adjusted the prices for contracts and month-2-month deals: However: As I am on a Pro 3gig package I assumed that iBurst would either aut… more »

Hellkom - lost another customer

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I decided to abort my Telkom-science project in the pursuit of getting broadband. Although I had an existing IBurst connection, I thought it would be most patriotic to use our nations broadband service provider. It is just a pity that Telkom does broadba… more »
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