Internet service provider WirelessG has revealed its possible pricing plan for locals wanting to use the Internet on local airlines.
Earlier this week, the company announced its plans to literally get the Internet off the ground, through discussions with local airlines and the Civil Aviation Authority of SA.
The service, Fli G-Connect, is essentially a wireless hotspot service and has already been tested on international carriers like Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines, and will offer its services later this year on Norwegian Air Shuttle.
The company expects the service to launch soon, with the proof of concept technology in SA waiting for airline tests and regulatory approval. CEO Carel van der Merwe says it is already in negotiations with local carriers.
The pricing of the service compares favourably to its current customer options, which follows a prepaid model. “At this stage, our business model predicts estimated pricing of between 50c and 90c/MB for G-Connect customers. Pricing for integrated partners is still to be investigated,” says Van der Merwe.
G-Connect customers currently pay between 30c/MB and 49c/MB for a local WiFi service, depending on the package they have chosen. In a bandwidth price comparison conducted by ITWeb near the end of last year, WirelessG's offerings emerged as the second most affordable in the country.
The company's service represents one of the true pay-as-you-go models, where users will never have to forfeit bandwidth that has not been used.
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