Uncapped ADSL for R 399 per month; capped at R 23 per GB
Screamer Telecommunications today announced its entrance into the ADSL market with a full ADSL product range which includes an unlimited 384kbps service for R399 per month.
When asked why Screamer Telecoms has entered the ADSL market, CEO Gavin Hart said that it was becoming obvious that the incubment ADSL broadband providers were not going to decrease prices as they had too much to lose on their existing client base.
“If anyone was going to break the deadlock, it had to be a company that had the infrastructure to provide the full range of services, but would not slash its bottom line” said Hart. “Screamer is ideally positioned because we have a substantial technical, administration and support infrastructure which has been restructured to include the complete array of ADSL products in the market place.”
The range comprises of Unlimited ADSL and ADSL Data packages, which supply fibre-based international bandwidth and are all available on flexible month-to-month contracts at truly affordable prices.
Screamer’s Unlimited ADSL, which they define as having no caps, no thresholds and no time-based throttling, are available in a selection of line speeds. Unlimited 384kbps retails for R399 per month, Unlimited 512kbps for R799 and Unlimited 1Mbps for R1 499. Unlimited 4Mbps is available at R2 499 per month.
The ADSL Data packages are priced at R23 per GB, with an out-of-package rate of 3 cents per MB.
“The selling prices cover the costs,” said Hart when asked how much Screamer is subsidising the broadband, “This is achieved by economies of scale with our existing WiMAX business but more importantly, by the breakthrough that the engineers have made by blending Seacom bandwidth with our two other upstream-broadband suppliers’ fibre based bandwidth. The end result is stable, high performance bandwidth which is redundant and cost effective.”
Screamer’s existing WiMAX clients can benefit from these prices as this blend of bandwidth is also available over its WiMAX network. Potential clients who are located outside an ADSL service area or those frustrated with an unstable ADSL connection, are able to get a Screamer WiMAX connection, provisioned with the same affordably priced broadband.
Hart comments that because their WiMAX network is under their control, they are able to ensure that clients get speeds and latency closer to what they have applied for, whereas their ADSL clients will be dependant on a Telkom provisioned connection.
Screamer has stressed that although this offer has no cut off date, Screamer will not over contend its bandwidth. “In other words first come, first served,” the company said.
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