{"id":226443,"date":"2017-08-30T12:56:01","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T10:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=226443"},"modified":"2017-08-30T12:57:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T10:57:17","slug":"iburst-shutting-down-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wireless\/226443-iburst-shutting-down-tomorrow.html","title":{"rendered":"iBurst shutting down tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following an announcement<\/strong><\/a> in January that iBurst was implementing plans to decommission its network, the day has come for it to shut down.<\/p>\n

The shutting down of the iBurst network follows the acquisition of\u00a0iBurst parent WBS by Multisource in 2015, and its subsequent launch of the Rain LTE-A network<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The company said the iBurst network will officially shut down<\/strong><\/a> on\u00a031 August.<\/p>\n

“The network will not function from this date onwards and our respective obligations in terms of the Subscriber Terms and Conditions shall cease,” said the company.<\/p>\n

“Your iBurst modem will not receive a connection. We do not require your iBurst modem to be returned to us and you are free to dispose of this.”<\/p>\n

Any unused data and value-added services from iBurst will be cancelled, it said.<\/p>\n

“Technology obsolescence” is the driving force behind the shutdown, as the tech used in the iBurst network is “no longer viable technically or commercially”.<\/p>\n

iBurst ran LTE-A migration specials<\/strong><\/a> for customers who wanted to move to the Rain network following the decommissioning announcement.<\/p>\n

Rain LTE-A packages are available from several local ISPs, and promise speeds of between 10Mbps and 50Mbps.<\/p>\n

Going forward<\/h3>\n

For iBurst subscribers who are still on the network, they have one of two choices:<\/p>\n