Neotel Uncapped WiMAX pricing
Neotel recently launched an uncapped 2 Mbps WiMAX service aimed at the small and medium sized business market. The service provides both uplink and downlink speeds of 2 Mbps (symmetrical) and aims to compete with business ADSL services from service providers like Internet Solutions.
According to Neotel the service is a best-effort broadband service similar to ADSL without any service level agreements (SLAs). While the service is uncapped, it carries a ‘fair-usage’ limit of 35 GB per month. It is understood that the service will be throttled to a lower speed if the usage per account is significantly higher than the fair-usage limit.
Neotel WiMAX Pricing
The Neotel WiMAX service is available in three flavors: a month-to-month option, a 12 month contract and a 24 month contract.
With the month-to-month option the service is priced at R 4 500 excluding VAT, and carries a once-off installation and CPE cost of R 5 000. The price decreases to R 3 500 per month (excluding VAT) when a 12 month contract is signed, and these subscribers will also not have to pay any installation or CPE fees.
The 24-month contract service costs R 3 050 per month (excluding VAT) and subscribers will also not be charged installation and WiMAX CPE costs. At R 3 477 per month (VAT inclusive) the service will attract some businesses looking for an uncapped solution with high uplink speeds, but the 35 GB fair usage policy may be a concern to some high-usage clients.
According to Neotel CEO Ajay Pandey initial feedback from commercial clients has been very positive, and the company is confident that their WiMAX offerings will go a long way to serve the needs of the high-end consumer and business market.
Neotel currently has around 70 WiMAX towers, mainly situated in the Gauteng region. Pandey pointed out that they have a small WiMAX footprint in Cape Town, but that over 90% of the WiMAX sites are currently in Gauteng.
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