"The Citizen" on iburst

Wireless2 · Aug 2, 2004

On page 19 of todays Citizen newspaper (02 August) they have a small article on iburst.

They quote the companies CEO as syaing it will launch in February 2005 and be between R650 and R700 per month flat rate.

He also says "it will be faster and more reliable than sentech"

arf9999 · Aug 2, 2004

Not really saying much: 56K dial up is faster and more reliable than Sentech [

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MW128, Tower 50 (Northpark Plaza), Signal:12%,S-N-L: 5, BER: 40%

malec · Aug 2, 2004

true. how in the hell can they charge R700 for a 1mbps connection? or am i just missing something?

Yoda · Aug 2, 2004

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by arf9999
 Not really saying much: 56K dial up is faster and more reliable than Sentech [

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Even on the lowest modulation you will still achieve 192Kbps

Disclaimer: I am not empoyed by WBS, I'm just a tester, the views expressed are mine and mine alone.

arf9999 · Aug 2, 2004

Sorry, I wasn't "dissing" iburst. I'm just p*ssed off about Sentech!

R700 for 1Mbps is awesome...how much would the modem cost?

MW128, Tower 50 (Northpark Plaza), Signal:12%,S-N-L: 5, BER: 40%

KemoSabi · Aug 2, 2004

At R700 a month for 1mbps, They will have such a HUGE Influx of users, that I cannot see how on earth they will be stable for that initial period.

Every Gamer / Downloader / Internet Junky will get it at a drop of a hat.

Lets hope for the best.

35% Signal
[36]Scummyside

Wireless2 · Aug 2, 2004

They are not advertising 1mbps, just faster than sentech

Yoda · Aug 2, 2004

No need to be sorry, I didn't take it as "dissing" IBurst.

I dont know modem costs, or any pricing at the moment, but if it is R700 for 1Mbps it will be great.

Disclaimer: I am not employed by WBS, I'm just a tester, the views expressed are mine and mine alone.

malec · Aug 2, 2004

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Wireless2
 They are not advertising 1mbps, just faster than sentech
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Well actually they are. Since they said the max price = R700 and they are saying they will offer 1mbps packages on their web site

Wireless2 · Aug 2, 2004

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by malec
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Wireless2
 They are not advertising 1mbps, just faster than sentech
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Well actually they are. Since they said the max price = R700 and they are saying they will offer 1mbps packages on their web site
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Well sentechs website said 3Mbps , but they arnt offering it

malec · Aug 2, 2004

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Well sentechs website said 3Mbps , but they arnt offering it
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they changed that, now it only says 512k

Wireless2 · Aug 2, 2004

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by malec
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Well sentechs website said 3Mbps , but they arnt offering it
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they changed that, now it only says 512k
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I know, and iburst may change theirs aswell.

One just has to wait and see

Luke7777 · Aug 2, 2004

They've always stated (and still do) :
"This technology platform is capable of supporting transmission speeds of up to 3Mbps"

They've never offered packages above 512 (Product name only, not bandwidth LOL)

128K|21%|13SNL|36 Menlopark 2530

Syzygy78 · Aug 2, 2004

max price at R700??? That would be very very competitive compared to Telkom's ADSL!!!

Please oh please be a good reliable service and please live up to the hype and the promises... thats all we ask!!!

KemoSabi · Aug 2, 2004

They will need to prepare for a Dynasty of Mass Preportions , if they can deliver. /shrug Guess Sentech made me a Pesimist.

35% Signal
[36]Scummyside

arf9999 · Aug 2, 2004

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Luke7777
 They've always stated (and still do) :
"This technology platform is capable of supporting transmission speeds of up to 3Mbps"

They've never offered packages above 512 (Product name only, not bandwidth LOL)
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If (and I mean IF) Sentech sort ou their current problems, and get their users a bit happier, I'm fairly sure that they will need to react to IBurst's pricing.
Also, what they may do is upgrade their max offering to 1.5Mbps or 2Mbps, in order to be competitive.

*thinking wishfully*

MW128, Tower 50 (Northpark Plaza), Signal:12%,S-N-L: 5, BER: 40%

Kai · Aug 2, 2004

i have to agree with KemoSabi on this... I've become the eternal pessimist when it comes to telecoms in SA. i've had many internet connections - ranging from MegaWAN to ISDN - and they ALL turned out to suck.

It'll take a lot to convince me otherwise... let's see what happens...

<hr noshade size="1"><div align="right">i haven't lost my mind, it's backed up on disk somewhere...
tower82.randparkridge.jhb|13-21% signal|256k package, running at 0.3 - 3k/s

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hArTh · Aug 2, 2004

You okes are on crack if you expect to get 1 mbps of international bandwidth for <R1k pm. Unless Telkom dropped their SAT3 access rates by a factor 10 in the last few days that isnt going to happen.

Local 1 mbps maybe, not international ... no chance.

There are lots of other things they could offer to make themselves attractive.

-Consistant bandwdith distribution.
-Consistant service.
-Sub 50 ms latency with little packet loss.
-Being responsive to customers.
-No cap or a decent sized cap e.g. >10 GB pm.
-No international shaping of latency sensitive packets e.g. games.
-12 rather than 24 month contracts.
-Etc.

Hopefully they will have learnt from Sentechs fark ups. And seeing as they went on the wardrive that may well be the case.

-Information anarchist-
www.sentechhatesfreespeech.org.za
I support:
www.poopband.co.za
www.hellkom.co.za

loosecannon · Aug 2, 2004

i was pulling 2mbs bw from the USA download only cost 150000 rand per month and that was a major discounted price .... still cheaper than SAT2/3

TTFN

guest2013-1 · Aug 2, 2004

eish, lesson in economics and marketing, NEVER quote your more expensive products, always tell them the capibility

the consumer would THINK that you SAID that the max capability of your product comes at the cheapest price... hence, hooking more potential clients

Hell, didn't even have to go to school for this ****

R700 would probably be their 384kbps package, seeing as their products would range between 384kbps and 1mpbs

Help save the bandwidth. Decent download speeds for TheRodent! Stop downloading now!!!

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