iBurst ADSL service here this month
In December last year iBurst announced that it was planning its own ADSL service, named iDSL, early this year. The company further announced that all iBurst iDSL subscribers will have access to the standard iGame platform and as an introductory launch offer will receive 1 Gigabyte of free gaming bandwidth per month for a period of three months.
The company has now said that it will start testing its iDSL service on 4 February, and plans an official launch of the service on 15 February. “We will be testing the service with external users who we have identified as candidates who can provide the technical feedback required,” iBurst said.
iDSL packages are available on a month-to-month contract with data allowances ranging from 1 gigabyte to 60 gigabytes per month. Package options of 1 GB, 2 GB, 5 GB, and 8 GB are priced at R49 per Gig, 15 GB at R39 per Gig with a 60 GB offering at only R29 per Gig. An additional package option, the iDSL Starter solution has also been introduced and costs R19 for 80MB of data a month.
iBurst’s iDSL leverages a Telkom IP Connect pipe which means that iBurst will be terminating DSL Internet traffic directly on its own network instead of doing so via Telkom. The result is reduced latency for all on net applications which should be good news for iGame regulars.
“Though we have delayed the launch of this solution to fine-tune our offering and conduct more extensive testing, we are now on track to launch iDSL in mid-February. We are sure that customers will agree that this highly competitive offering was worth the wait,” said Jannie van Zyl, iBurst Group CEO.
iBurst’s new iDSL product range launches in conjunction with iGame Unlimited. iGame is iBurst’s online gaming platform, with the enhanced iGame Unlimited service offering subscribers on packages of 5 gigabytes and higher uncapped gaming bandwidth and priority status on the iGame servers for an extra R99 per month.
Apart from the advantage of an unlimited iGame bandwidth option, data not used during the month can be carried over to the following month.
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