New low-usage iBurst offering launched

Bandwidth is to expensive in South Africa, period!

According to Mr Mtshali, “South Africa needs a massive uptake of broadband by individual users to put the country firmly on the road to 6% GDP growth. Our economy is suffering because we have a paltry 100 000 broadband users out of a population of 45 million people.”
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Make broadband affordable then you will get your massive uptake ******!
 
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Maybe they haven't been reading the last 3000 or so threads on the subject, 195 for 200 meg is joke.
 
Dastrix said:
Maybe they haven't been reading the last 3000 or so threads on the subject, 195 for 200 meg is joke.
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I think a 200 Meg offering can be justified when it is used as a complimentary mobile service (like Vodacom and MTN’s 3G services) to be used only on weekends away or for checking your mail while having lunch… But as a primary broadband offering, definitely not!
 
rpm said:
I think a 200 Meg offering can be justified when it is used as a complimentary mobile service (like Vodacom and MTN’s 3G services) to be used only on weekends away or for checking your mail while having lunch… But as a primary broadband offering, definitely not!
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Agreed!
 
rpm said:
I think a 200 Meg offering can be justified when it is used as a complimentary mobile service (like Vodacom and MTN’s 3G services) to be used only on weekends away or for checking your mail while having lunch… But as a primary broadband offering, definitely not!
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The problem with this (and the reason I voted NO on the poll about this subject) is the coverage area and cost of modem. 3G (and GPRS) is basically free in terms on a modem, and has a much higher coverage.

Wanting iBurst for when going to a small game farm is not going to help you much - while GPRS has at least some chance of working.
 
I can't take it anymore

What a lot of hot air. 210 meg for R195 is affordable? This is ridiculous. I'll stick to dialup thanks. At least the speed is predictable. It's slow, but that never changes. And it works when I want it to. It also never gets capped.
 
200 meg won't be enough for even the lightest home user... does not make any sense. 200 meg is fine for occasional mobile use eg e-mail basic internet on the move but home use ....
 
This just shows how out of touch with the needs of the consumer WBS actually is. The most pertinent point made in this whole article is the following:

One question that needs to be asked is why WBS’s charge of R 195-00 for 210 MB of data is so much more than the top-up rate of R 229-00 per Gigabyte.

It is unclear why WBS did not opt for a 1 GB package at around R 250-00 if they want to be competitive in the hotly contested wireless broadband environment.

iGo lite users should also be aware that they can exceed their data allowance within 30 minutes of usage if the service is performing at its maximum speed of 1 Mbps.
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I can picture many users exceeding their caps within a day and thenbeing forced to pay the exorbitant rates for additional bandwidth. This will of course be hidden in the small print of the contract.

It is a pipe dream to think that any of the companies offering broadband in this country will ever offer a product that will give the consumer what they want at a price they can afford.
 
Let's take petrol as an example. If I can buy it by the milliliter at R200 per 10 milliliter at least I could buy petrol because I just cannot afford to pay the full price for a liter. And yes I suppose I would be able to at least start my car.

What the product suppliers are not seeing is that I would require more than that to make my journey worth while. And that I could only have a worth while journey when I can afford to purchase enough petrol for a reasonable price.

The price makers are missing altogether that their prices are just not reasonable—and they seem to pride themselves on the fact that at least I can buy 10ml petrol, whether it is useful or not.

As I'm typing this I wondered who my writing is intended for, because everyone reading MyADSL understands what we are all on about. I suspect those that can make a difference does not read this forum—I suspect they think we are mad to want an affordable journey and not just to start our cars.

So maybe I'm wasting my time.
 
R195 for 2 Gigs, would have been more like it!!! Come on WBS, wake up and smell the bandwith!!
 
Right - iBurst bring out this ridicolous offering and people buy it.
Now, ask yourself, why did they bring it out? Because people buy it anyway!

Just like womens hairdressers - why do they charge R1000+ for a haircut? Because women will pay it....
 
If you only intend using 200Mb a month, you don't need broadband, fullstop

R195 per month sounds cheap for a basic 1Mbps broadband service, but this amount is completely swamped and ridiculed by the R2500 cost of the modem. Anyone willing to fork out that kind of capital is going to want a hell of a lot more than 200Mb a month. If not, they are wasting their cash.

For low bandwidth and mobility, WBS cannot compete with cellular companies.

Iburst is not a low-end option. It should aim to be a high-end option. WBS is missing the point entirely with this kind of offering. They should rather be jacking up their bulk packages and reducing bandwidth costs to compete with ADSL. That is the real competition.
 
U know guys this just shows us what they actually know about the broadband industry and how mach they think they are saving the public so i am not sure to which circus to send these okes but gee 300 meg is not even one of the file i wanna download.

Hahahahahahaha.....
These okes are making fools out of the public STFU in plain english...

LOL..
 
rooijan said:
What a lot of hot air. 210 meg for R195 is affordable? This is ridiculous. I'll stick to dialup thanks. At least the speed is predictable. It's slow, but that never changes. And it works when I want it to. It also never gets capped.
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MTN offers 350 MB for R220 per month.
If you have a phone, there's no modem cost, no activation fee, no nothing.
Their coverage is wayyy better, and when HSDPA comes out, they will be faster than Iburst too.
 
ajax said:
MTN offers 350 MB for R220 per month.
If you have a phone, there's no modem cost, no activation fee, no nothing.
Their coverage is wayyy better, and when HSDPA comes out, they will be faster than Iburst too.
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Exactly. Assume you have the service for 24 months.
MTN costs (Vodacom prob very similar):
24 * R220 = R5280 for 8400MB
iBurst
24 * R195 + (2500/24) = R7180 for 4800MB

Tough choice.
 
This pathetic offer from no other than the same idiots that think tax breaks on broadband are the answer to SA's abysmal broadband penetration :rolleyes:

There is no hope if this is the extent of our telecommunication companies (dare i say) vision. Just another greedy useless package designed to bleed you dry.
 
rooijan said:
What a lot of hot air. 210 meg for R195 is affordable? This is ridiculous. I'll stick to dialup thanks. At least the speed is predictable. It's slow, but that never changes. And it works when I want it to. It also never gets capped.
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I too am coming to this realization. I don't need to be connected all the time, and ADSL is giving me an ulcer, burning a hole in my pocket, and right now - it doesn't work.
 
Sneeky said:
This pathetic offer from no other than the same idiots that think tax breaks on broadband are the answer to SA's abysmal broadband penetration :rolleyes:

There is no hope if this is the extent of our telecommunication companies (dare i say) vision. Just another greedy useless package designed to bleed you dry.
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Agreed, sometime it feels like we are having one of those dreams where you trying to shout for help but no words are coming out. Is anyone out there, that has the power to change this situation, actually listening to the public. :eek:
 
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