Unusable LTE from Telkom
<p>I signed up for Telkom's new "Smartbroadband uncapped wireless" as it had recently hit my area, and I wanted to make sure I was in the first 150 (as they limit the numbers to ensure that bandwidth is not comprimised). The speeds advertised are amazing - "up to 90Mbps download, and up to 25Mbps upload"! "No buffering, better latency"!</p> <p> </p> <p>The first day I recieved the device and plugged it in - I recorded around 30Mbps down, and 8Mbps up. 1/3rd of the service - but still a pretty decent speed.</p> <p>HOWEVER - about a week after this (just after my "cooling off period" - where I had a chance to cancel my contract, with no strings attached) - I started recording very very slow speeds during peak hours: 6pm - 11:30pm. </p> <p>This evening - I managed to not even get "up to 2Mbps"! Even Youtube on 240p is buffering!</p> <p> </p> <p>While I understand that there would be congestion (there are only 25 people signed up on my tower right now, and not 150) - surely I should not be recieving a reduction of 98% during peak hours?</p> <p>Is this normal? Could you change your advertising to show this - if this is normal "congestion".</p> <p> </p> <p>Could I get a 98% reduction on my bill? </p> <p> </p> <p>This is my case number: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12px;">189 902 73</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #555555; background-color: #ffffff;">Please get someone to contact me immediately to sort this out.</span></p>
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