antitrust.co.za - Update on 192k upgrade

Telkom has now said that 192k lines will be upgraded during the month of August. More and more users are reporting that they have been upgraded, though there are still many who are still sitting with 192k. Remember that Telkom has said that 192k users would be upgraded up in increments of 64k, to a max of 384k, depending on whether their lines can accomodate the faster speeds. According to Telkom, there will be cases where lines will be unable to handle 384k.

If you are a 192k user and have not yet been upgraded, try rebooting your modem. Maybe give it a few days, Telkom might not yet have upgraded the lines in your area. We would also like to encourage you to register on the MyADSL forums and post about your own 192k upgrade story. The more information we can gather, the better for the consumer.

It's still early days, but at this stage it seems like Telkom is coming through on a promise they made, and so we give credit where credit is due. The sad part about all this is that 192k lines are virtually unheard of in other broadband markets. Telkom customers are being made to feel 'special' for getting a 'free upgrade', when the reality is that 192k lines should never have existed in the first place.

Please feel free to email us your comments on this issue, especially if you are one of the users Telkom says cannot get 384k speeds.