Paul Jacobson

Will Telkom install ADSL before or after Neotel does?

It is a fair question that new ADSL subscribers should ask themselves.  Granted Neotel is now only likely to start rolling out its residential broadband offerings in June 2007 because ICASA is dragging its heels but if you consider that Telkom could take a month or two do install ADSL in your home, you may be better off waiting for Neotel (at least don’t take out anything other than a month by month contract with Telkom if you do go with them).

Aquila ordered an ADSL connection last week after realising that dial up just isn’t the way to go (jeez bru, you’ve been on dial up all this time??!) and he has installed a cool looking counter on his blog to track just how long it takes to receive his new connected hotness.  Ok, so 5 days down (as I write this) and a mere 3 (and a bit) to 5 (and a bit) weeks to go before the Telkom technicians arrive … in theory.  In fairness to the Telkom people, they can be early.  Then again, you can wait so much longer than they estimate for your connection.

Of course a third option is to wait for the broadband network the City of Johannesburg is planning on rolling out in the near future … it is promising "true broadband" …

(no wise cracks from those of you in the UK with anything between 8MB and 24Mb connections, ok?  We’re clinging to what we have and pretending it is ok)

Tags: , , , , , ,

Posted

in

by

Paul

Tags:

Comments

  1. Aquila avatar
    Aquila

    lol yeah unfortunately dialup has been the life…or reason for the lack thereof…

    I’m hoping to get ADSL in before Vodacom starts slashing their prices for 3G even more. Geesh 61% last time I checked. I may almost be more lucrative for me to move to an area with better 3G reception.

    Reply
  2. Aquila avatar
    Aquila

    lol yeah unfortunately dialup has been the life…or reason for the lack thereof…

    I’m hoping to get ADSL in before Vodacom starts slashing their prices for 3G even more. Geesh 61% last time I checked. I may almost be more lucrative for me to move to an area with better 3G reception.

    Reply
  3. Aquila avatar
    Aquila

    lol yeah unfortunately dialup has been the life…or reason for the lack thereof…

    I’m hoping to get ADSL in before Vodacom starts slashing their prices for 3G even more. Geesh 61% last time I checked. I may almost be more lucrative for me to move to an area with better 3G reception.

    Reply
  4. Paul avatar
    Paul

    Or maybe Vodacom should make more of an effort to cover the city better?

    Reply
  5. Paul avatar
    Paul

    Or maybe Vodacom should make more of an effort to cover the city better?

    Reply
  6. Paul avatar
    Paul

    Or maybe Vodacom should make more of an effort to cover the city better?

    Reply

What do you think?

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.