iDSL from R29 per GB
iBurst today announced that it will be offering unlimited gaming from early next year for an additional fee of R99 per month. The ‘iGame Unlimited’ service forms part of iBurst’s commercial launch of its online gaming platform, iGame which offers online PC gaming against human opponents on a dedicated server structure.
Subscribers to iGame Unlimited will be able to play competitively against each other with their gaming sessions not counting towards their normal bandwidth usage. The service will be available on both iBurst Wireless and iBurst’s new iDSL package range from January next year.
“For many people, gaming is less of a recreational activity and more of a vocation. Our new unlimited iGame will give these dedicated folks the tools of their trade,” said Jannie van Zyl, iBurst Group CEO.
With about 40,000 players a month, iGame has been one of South Africa’s most successful gaming communities. It hosts multiplayer servers for popular PC games like Call of Duty 4 and Call of Duty: World at War, Team Fortress, Wolfenstein, Quake4, and Left 4 Dead 2.
iBurst is also planning to launch its new ADSL service named iDSL early next year. The company announced that all subscribers to the new iBurst iDSL service 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.
iDSL subscribers on packages of 5 Gigabytes and up can opt for iGame Unlimited – priced at R99 per month – where users will have uncapped gaming bandwidth and get preferential status with guaranteed game play, priority support on the iGame servers and automatic entry into monthly prize pools.
iBurst’s new iDSL product range will be launched in conjunction with iGame Unlimited in early January and will offer consumers an unshaped DSL service that can cater for a wider range of applications than their current DSL offering at a reduced per-gigabyte bandwidth cost of between R29 and R49 .
According to iBurst iDSL will offer lower latency (leading to better ping times) and better overall consistency with less jitter allowing for a far smoother experience for applications such as online gaming.
On all iDSL packages subscribers will also benefit from the same in-bundle and out-of-bundle rates per Gigabyte. Month to month packages of 1 GB, 2 GB, 5 GB, and 8 GB are priced at R49 per GB, 15 GB at R39 per GB with a 60 GB offering costing only R29 per GB.
“Gamers are a critically important market for us. We understand that gamers are looking for fast servers and connectivity paired with affordable bandwidth and an established local community to play with. This set of solutions perfectly answers their needs,” concluded iBurst CEO Jannie Van Zyl.
iBurst iDSL & gaming service – discussion
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