Telkom’s last ADSL holdouts
Telkom had just 17,077 DSL customers remaining at the end of 2025. It will only retire the service once all these customers have been offered alternative connectivity options.
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End of an era for South Africa’s oldest broadband technology
Telkom’s copper-based DSL subscribers have almost all transitioned to newer technologies, signalling the end of South Africa’s oldest broadband technology.
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Telkom DSL Internet shutdown cutting off customers without warning
A major South African ISP has blamed inconsistent communication from Telkom’s wholesale fixed-line division for abrupt cutoffs of some DSL customers.