New ADSL solution launched

A new ADSL solution – which can bring significant savings by switching easily between local and international bandwidth - is launched today.
Cybersmart, an Internet Service Provider (ISP) known for its cost effective DSL384 products, has launched an innovative new ADSL solution which allows users to easily switch between local and international bandwidth.
The new Capextender add-on service allows users to switch seamlessly between international and local bandwidth at any time during the day or month to save on more expensive international bandwidth.
There are also no session timeouts which are typically associated with ADSL offerings. This however does not guarantee a static IP address as a router reset may result in a different IP address being allocated to the subscriber.
The local bandwidth is entirely unshaped, but does not allow P2P traffic.
Another unique feature of the service is that Cybersmart informs users on the fly as to whether a certain website is hosted locally or internationally.
Price
This new Capextender product – which is only available to Cybersmart one-price DSL384 and DSL512 subscribers – comes in three different flavours.
The ‘small capextender’, costs R10 and gives a user 0.5 GB of local bandwidth during the month.
The ‘medium capextender’, priced at R35 per month, lifts the local monthly bandwidth to 3 GB.
The ‘large capextender’, which costs R74 per month, has 20 GB of monthly local bandwidth usage.
In order to be in full compliance with the ADSL Regulations, which call for uncapped local bandwidth, additional local bandwidth usage after depleting both the allotted local and international bandwidth will be charged at R 20-00 per GB for DSL384 users and R 22-00 per GB for DSL512 subscribers.
This service can also be combined with Cybersmart’s bandwidth rollover product, which at R 21-00 allows for up to 3 GB of unused monthly international bandwidth to be saved.
A price sensitive ADSL 384 user looking for high local usage will most likely opt for the ‘combined price’ DSL384 service, with a 1 GB international cap, a 20 GB capextender add-on and a 3 GB 'giggy bank'.
The total cost of this service is R 264-00 per month – very competitive when compared with similar services in the market. Without the bandwidth rollover service the all-inclusive price is R 243-00 per month.
A typical combined price DSL384 service with a 1 GB monthly international usage allowance and a 20 GB local SAIX bandwidth will come to around R 540-00 – double the Cybersmart rate.
The Cybersmart combined price DSL service with a 3 GB monthly international usage limit and a 20 GB local bandwidth Capextender service is priced at R 333-00 – cheaper than the standard R 340-00 which users can expect to pay at many other ISPs for only their ADSL access and 3 GB international usage.
Source: mybroadband.co.za