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iBurst confident that it will survive HSDPA onslaught
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Fantastic1
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fully agreed ... iBurst rocks now... and will rock the future of broadband in SA. There prices are competitive, Speed is excellent & call centre support is very quick.
It has gone major changes that benefit us all, especially when the company was in Local hands and "BLI" invested into iBurst.
I can proudly say that iBurst is the Only Major Broadband player in SA that is Truely & Proudly South African Owned.
It has gone major changes that benefit us all, especially when the company was in Local hands and "BLI" invested into iBurst.
I can proudly say that iBurst is the Only Major Broadband player in SA that is Truely & Proudly South African Owned.
feo
Honorary Master
Fantastic1 said:fully agreed ... iBurst rocks now... and will rock the future of broadband in SA. There prices are competitive, Speed is excellent & call centre support is very quick.
It has gone major changes that benefit us all, especially when the company was in Local hands and "BLI" invested into iBurst.
I can proudly say that iBurst is the Only Major Broadband player in SA that is Truely & Proudly South African Owned.
Spoken like a true iBurst reseller..
The_Unbeliever
Honorary Master
I truly hope so... we'll be cancelling our hellskommels account at the end of this month (I'm handing in the termination notice today) and wait for another month for the final hellskommels account, then I will sign up for iBurst.
We have worked out that we will be able to afford the 1Gb i-Go package for now, and be able to purchase additional bandwidth if needed.
We have worked out that we will be able to afford the 1Gb i-Go package for now, and be able to purchase additional bandwidth if needed.
If they want to succeed they'll have to move to areas outside of Jnb, Dbn and cpt.
I think MyADSL - as a group of users rather than providers with advertising agendas - should develop a working definition of what broadband is and stick to it.
On the contrary - considering sub 1 Mbps as being broadband exhibits a complete lack of foresight. The need for higher speeds should drive the definition of broadband and not an organization like ICASA that is sadly, yet consistently, behind the times.
I think MyADSL - as a group of users rather than providers with advertising agendas - should develop a working definition of what broadband is and stick to it.
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Gatecrasher
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HSDPA kicks Iburst's butt in the sub 1Gb category. The I-Go and I-Go Lite packages, while much better (at least on speed) than Sentech's similar Flexi products, do not compete with HSDPA, on either price or coverage.
On the G1 to G9 packages, Iburst is a different proposition. Bulk bandwidth from the cellular operators is just way too expensive. HSDPA is also hardcapped.
The G1 to G9 packages are still much cheaper than similarly spec'ed ADSL packages, and they also benefit from 64Kbps access after the cap.
Where Iburst again falls down is in the hardcore download arena, of +10GB, where Sentech's classic packages offer good value for money, and where there is a miriad of options for the ADSL user. Sadly, no more All You Can Eat 30Gb package, though.
In recent months Iburst's service levels have been vastly improved. Reliability on the services is excellent. I haven't had any downtime in the past nine months. I see far more threads about ADSL's and 3G reliabiliy problems these days.
As for the MyADSL broadband reports, they are out of date, incorrect and irrelevent. And the methodology used to compile them just do NOT conform to the everyday experience of users. The only use they've ever served is to steer people away from Telkom's competitors, giving the monopoly undeserved kudus and making them even more complacent about their overpriced services. Damn, they even quote from the report in their marketing!
Kyocera are planning to roll out 2Mbps Iburst sytem this year, 4Mbps in 2007 and 8Mbps in 2008. So the technology aims to compete at least for the foreseeable future.
On a relative basis, I'm happy where I'm at, but prices do have to come down and/or bandwidth allowances have to increase. But the same can be said of all SA's broadband services.
On the G1 to G9 packages, Iburst is a different proposition. Bulk bandwidth from the cellular operators is just way too expensive. HSDPA is also hardcapped.
The G1 to G9 packages are still much cheaper than similarly spec'ed ADSL packages, and they also benefit from 64Kbps access after the cap.
Where Iburst again falls down is in the hardcore download arena, of +10GB, where Sentech's classic packages offer good value for money, and where there is a miriad of options for the ADSL user. Sadly, no more All You Can Eat 30Gb package, though.
In recent months Iburst's service levels have been vastly improved. Reliability on the services is excellent. I haven't had any downtime in the past nine months. I see far more threads about ADSL's and 3G reliabiliy problems these days.
As for the MyADSL broadband reports, they are out of date, incorrect and irrelevent. And the methodology used to compile them just do NOT conform to the everyday experience of users. The only use they've ever served is to steer people away from Telkom's competitors, giving the monopoly undeserved kudus and making them even more complacent about their overpriced services. Damn, they even quote from the report in their marketing!
Kyocera are planning to roll out 2Mbps Iburst sytem this year, 4Mbps in 2007 and 8Mbps in 2008. So the technology aims to compete at least for the foreseeable future.
On a relative basis, I'm happy where I'm at, but prices do have to come down and/or bandwidth allowances have to increase. But the same can be said of all SA's broadband services.
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Ekhaatvensters
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If those bandwidth upgrades are reliable and actually implemented in SA, then I would be very happy. Going up to 8mb/s by 2008 is very good progress for SA I think, I doubt if Telkom would offering that in two years.
Also the price will probably remain the same and it will be a upgrade for Iburst users, unlike ADSL where you pay a fortune for the new speed service when it coms out.
I also think Iburst is on a good path and HSDPA is hardly a problem for it. At any rate the speeds seem to be rather similar to Iburst on HSDPA except for local, but thats already fast enough on Iburst. And downloading isnt really an option with HSDPA so the download speed hardly matters, except for browsing where ping is more of a problem than speed once you are around 1mb speeds.
About the cap for the wireless service, whats up with ADSL having a cap? What is the difference i would love to know? Except that ADSL has a much bigge pool of subscribers and more typical home users that wouldnt use as much bandwidth and they can get cheaper bandwidth prices than Iburst who buy from satelites and UUNET. So whats up with ADSL not being uncapped its much more possible for them. I dont think its their downfall at all, if they were uncapped it would be the best service in SA period.
Also the price will probably remain the same and it will be a upgrade for Iburst users, unlike ADSL where you pay a fortune for the new speed service when it coms out.
I also think Iburst is on a good path and HSDPA is hardly a problem for it. At any rate the speeds seem to be rather similar to Iburst on HSDPA except for local, but thats already fast enough on Iburst. And downloading isnt really an option with HSDPA so the download speed hardly matters, except for browsing where ping is more of a problem than speed once you are around 1mb speeds.
About the cap for the wireless service, whats up with ADSL having a cap? What is the difference i would love to know? Except that ADSL has a much bigge pool of subscribers and more typical home users that wouldnt use as much bandwidth and they can get cheaper bandwidth prices than Iburst who buy from satelites and UUNET. So whats up with ADSL not being uncapped its much more possible for them. I dont think its their downfall at all, if they were uncapped it would be the best service in SA period.