Many consumers have eagerly been awaiting Neotel’s latest broadband offering: NeoFlex. This is the first data-only service from Neotel aimed at the residential market and has theoretical downlink speeds of up to 3.1 Mbps and uplink speeds in excess of 1 Mbps.<\/p>\n
In early testing the service performed well providing real-world speeds rivaling Telkom’s ADSL service and Vodacom and MTN’s HSDPA offering.<\/p>\n
Neotel said that it plans to commercially launch the NeoFlex service next week, making it available to customers falling within the Neotel coverage area.<\/p>\n
The company said that there was no real delay as such in launching the product, but that the holiday season necessitated a January release date.<\/p>\n
“The product testing and software uploads will be completed this week in readiness for the announcement next week,” said Neotel spokesperson Mala Suriah.<\/p>\n
Neotel did not want to divulge any pricing, simply saying that it will be included in the press release accompanying the launch next week.<\/p>\n