{"id":49977,"date":"2013-01-30T10:32:46","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T08:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=49977"},"modified":"2013-01-30T10:34:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T08:34:49","slug":"gamers-deserve-special-adsl-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/49977-gamers-deserve-special-adsl-treatment","title":{"rendered":"Gamers deserve special ADSL treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OpenWeb is setting its sights on local gamers by adding an upcoming service directed at the SA gaming market.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;OpenWeb will be launching a gaming specific product early this year aimed at Gamers in SA,&#8221; said Keoma Wright, founder and CEO of OpenWeb. &#8220;The product will place priority on all gaming traffic 24 \/7.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The prioritisation of traffic will be a core attraction for local gamers, as gaming-centric services are in high demand with the growth of online gaming in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of the wallet damage, Wright did add that the pricing will be \u201cextremely favourable\u201d when the service arrives.<\/p>\n<p>The online gaming scene in South Africa is definitely on a growth-spurt, and local ISPs are undoubtedly taking notice with the new range of services, products and focus for SA gamers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gamers drive ADSL in South Africa,&#8221; added Wright. &#8220;We have a lot of gamers using our products, and they are always the first to offer valuable suggestions and ideas regarding new product ranges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wright also added that gamers require particular treatment from ISPs, to deliver what is needed from a gaming perspective.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a company that does not believe in a \u2018one size fits all\u2019 approach, we feel that Gamers deserve an account especially crafted for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More ISP gaming news:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/49942-mweb-s-new-cheaper-uncapped-adsl-packages.html\">MWEB\u2019s new, cheaper uncapped ADSL packages<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/49571-mweb-gamezone-targets-sa-gaming-community-growth.html\">Mweb Gamezone targets SA gaming community growth<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/49166-cell-c-lte-tested-for-gaming.html\">Cell C LTE tested for gaming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/49090-vodacom-lte-tested-for-gaming.html\">Vodacom LTE tested for gaming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenWeb plans to deliver specialised products that cater to demanding gamer needs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":49981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[21,8506,4964,2775,8574,2052,5794,4930],"class_list":["post-49977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-headline","tag-internet-service-provider","tag-isp","tag-openweb","tag-openweb-gaming","tag-sa-gaming","tag-sa-news","tag-south-african-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49984,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49977\/revisions\/49984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}