Wireless broadband provider iBurst has announced that it is dropping its data prices significantly, and furthermore, that it will be supplying free bandwidth to be used on the iGame servers to all its customers.<\/p>\n
As part of its new pricing model iBurst announced a different pricing structure in line with Telkom’s ADSL service with an access (subscription) fee and a per-GB data fee. Data costs range between R39\/GB and R99\/GB.<\/p>\n
“With these prices iBurst is the first wireless operator to take on the fixed-line space head-on,” says iBurst CEO Jannie Van Zyl. “In addition some promotional offers are also on offer for the next 3 months, including a free 1GB per month data bundle to use on the popular iGame gaming platform.”<\/p>\n
In future there will be an ‘iBurst subscription fee’ where, unlike Telkom’s model, a higher price does not provide users with higher speeds but rather lower data rates.<\/p>\n
The new pricing model has an ‘out-of-bundle = in-bundle’ rate, resulting in significant savings to current subscribers who typically pay 95c per MB (R950 per GB) for out-of-bundle data.<\/p>\n
iBurst is working closely with its gaming division iGame, and plans to provide discounted bandwidth for use on the various iGame servers. Specialist value added services such as a dedicated iGame service will be launched in the next few days offering uncapped access to the iGame servers, hosted patches and downloads and automatic inclusion in prize draws.<\/p>\n
“iGame already hosts the top gaming servers in South Africa as well as some of the top servers in the world. With this promotion we hope to open up the gaming world to a much bigger audience” said Van Zyl.<\/p>\n