Broadband pricing comparison
iBurst recently announced significant tariff reductions on its WiMAX product offerings effective from February 2009. The price for a 512Kbps WiMax service with 5GB shaped bandwidth is now R690 a month, down from the previous R855 a month. For the same service with 10GB shaped bandwidth it is R970, down from R1199 a month.
The price of a 1 Mbps WiMax service with 5GB of bandwidth is reduced from R995 to R760 per month while the 10GB option will now cost R1040 instead of R1335. Similar price cuts were made for iBurst’s WiMax Broadband service with unshaped bandwidth and iBurst WiMax Assured service offerings.
These are significant price reductions, but how does iBurst’s Broadband WiMax service compare with similar offerings from Neotel, Telkom, Vodacom or even its own iBurst Wireless service?
The table below gives a basic broadband pricing comparison for 5GB and 10GB offerings.
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5 GB Basic Month-to-Month Pricing
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| Service | Downlink Speed | Uplink | Price |
| Neotel NeoConnect Prime | 2400 Kbps | 64 Kbps | 499 |
| Telkom WiMax | 512 Kbps | 256 Kbps | 590 |
| iBurst Wireless | 1024 Kbps | 384 Kbps | 599 |
| DSL 512 | 512 Kbps | 256 Kbps | 676 |
| iBurst WiMax | 512 Kbps | 512 Kbps | 690 |
| iBurst WiMax | 1024 Kbps | 1024 Kbps | 760 |
| DSL 4 Mbps | 4096 Kbps | 512 Kbps | 766 |
| Vodacom HSDPA | 3600 Kbps | 1800 Kbps | 989 |
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10 GB Basic Month-to-Month Pricing
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| Neotel NeoConnect Prime | 2400 Kbps | 64 Kbps | 599 |
| Neotel NeoFlex | 3200 Kbps | 1800 Kbps | 699 |
| Telkom WiMax | 512 Kbps | 256 Kbps | 940 |
| iBurst WiMax | 512 Kbps | 512 Kbps | 970 |
| iBurst Wireless | 1024 Kbps | 384 Kbps | 999 |
| DSL 512 | 512 Kbps | 256 Kbps | 1026 |
| iBurst WiMax | 1024 Kbps | 1024 Kbps | 1040 |
| DSL 4 Mbps | 4096 Kbps | 512 Kbps | 1116 |
| Vodacom HSDPA | 3600 Kbps | 1800 Kbps | 1989 |
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