iBurst launches student broadband package
iBurst has launched its pre-paid student package to all University of Stellenbosch students this week, aiming to bring “affordable broadband access to campuses across South Africa”.
The iBurst network integrates with the University network to give students access to both the Internet and University resources. “This initiative is aimed at students working off-campus who need to access the university resources to complete their work,” iBurst said in a press statement.
The iBurst starter pack costs R999 and includes an iBurst Wireless USB modem, and 30MB of data. Students can then top up their bandwidth with Student Prepaid vouchers which cost R100, giving them the choice of 5GB University access, or 1GB general Internet access, or a combination of both.
“iBurst has essentially lowered its bandwidth costs to R0.10 per megabyte for general Internet use and R0.02 per megabyte for university sites so students will use the bandwidth they buy according to what sites they visit,” said iBurst.
“The Internet and Web based e-learning tools greatly support learning in our universities, and many students are pursuing studies in fields requiring regular access to campus computer resources for experiments or system modelling,” says Jannie van Zyl, CEO of iBurst.
“We wanted to help students and educators by providing a solution that improves access specifically in the tertiary learning environment, which is linked by TENET, the tertiary education network that connects all related sites and online tools.”
If the pilot proves to be successful in Stellenbosch, iBurst plans to replicate its model across as many higher education institutions as possible.
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