R 200.00 for your dial-up modem
Broadband service provider iBurst is offering a R200 credit to new subscribers who sign up for a 24-month ADSL, HSDPA or iBurst Wireless contract with the company, provided they trade in their old dial-up modems.
iBurst will collect the old dial-up modem from customers at no additional cost, when delivering their new broadband modem.
“This promotion aims to convince some of the 1.2 million dial-up subscribers in South Africa to convert to broadband. It also aims to drive awareness of the affordability, benefits and features of broadband Internet services to those who have yet to move away from dial-up connectivity,” iBurst said.
Says Thami Mtshali, iBurst CEO: "South Africa still has a surprisingly large population of dial-up users, despite the fact that cellular, wireless and fixed-line broadband services are readily available in many parts of the country.
"Reasons that these dial-up users have yet to move across to broadband include fears about the costs of broadband, technophobia in the face of the many broadband choices in the market, and a lack of understanding around the benefits of broadband. Many are also not aware that there are broadband services available in their areas."
Mtshali points out that for a user processing 1GB of data in a month, broadband services offer total cost-savings of between 65% and 87% over dial-up. To illustrate, a dial-up user would spend more than 40 hours and R1781 to download 1GB of data.
iBurst has committed to disposing of the modems from that it receives new subscribers in an environmentally friendly manner.
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