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Simon B

1 reviews | Active since Dec 2014

15 Oct 2016, 10:16

VDSL Upgrade botched

<p>I upgraded from ADSL 10mb to VDSL 20mb. The upgrade was ready for activation on the 27th of September 2016, and ever since then I've been connecting on the ADSL2 WAN interface. My sync speed is generally around 14Mbps which is not very good. There was a brief moment about 2 weeks ago where i managed to get hold of a Telkom representative who was able to switch me over to connect on VDSL. That lasted about a day and a half before I was back on ADSL2. I seem to get bounced back and forth between technical and sales departments whenever I call and nobody on either side seems to know what to do. My problem is quite simple: I am currently paying for a VDSL 20Mb line, but I am connecting on ADSL (thankfully at higer than 10Mb, but still not acceptable).</p> <p>Furthermore, each time i call Telkom to ask them to please move me over to VDSL, they log a fault, give it to some technician who resolves the fault without confirming with me. This has happened 3 or 4 times now. I've made about 3 dozen phone calls to Telkom to try get this sorted out.</p> <p> </p> <p>I've just managed to get it switched over to VDSL, but my sync speed is only 12.7Mbps. I don't think that's acceptable on a 20Mb line.</p>

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Telkom
Telkom's reply15 Oct 2016, 13:08
Official

Good Day,

Thank you for making contact with us.

Please be assured that this matter has been escalated to the relevant department and feedback will follow.

Your reference number is AI***.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Kind regards

Yazied

Telkom Social Media Team

Best regards,

SB
Simon B's update28 Oct 2016, 18:35
Reviewer Update

Thanks Garreth for assisting me in troubleshooting the relative slowness of my line. I'm upgrading my rating solely on this experience, but the overall experience has not been very fun.