Local Internet service provider (ISP), XDSL is offering wholesale Internet access to local ISPs with electronic communication services (ECS) and electronic communication network services (ECNS) licences.
According to Danie Fourie, director at XDSL, the wholesale Internet offering is targeted at smaller ISPs, offering pricing that is competitive with that of mid-tier wholesalers.
"The XDSL data centre is carrier-neutral, offering ISPs dedicated throughput with 1:1 contention. When it comes to accessing wholesale broadband, smaller ISPs in South Africa need to deal with a lot of red tape and jump through a number of hoops, with bigger players taking priority," says Fourie. "Slow provisioning can be debilitating, affecting the speed with which ISPs can expand and launch services."
Fourie states that XDSL's primary link is on the West African Cable System (WACS) with full failover on the SAT3 cable.
"Our Centurion data centre is connected to all of the major fibre infrastructure rings in South Africa. In addition to the wholesale products for ISPs, we also offer carrier-neutral colocation services, disaster recovery, hosted services and super-fast broadband fibre Internet connectivity," he adds.
The big win for customers, notes Fourie, is XDSL's customer service policy, which is geared towards bringing smaller players on board fast to take up the additional capacity in its data centre.
"It is certainly going to provide them with some relief from dealing with bigger Internet wholesalers, says Fourie. "Our goal is to remove barriers to entry and open up the telecoms service provisioning sector in South Africa to create a more competitive environment - one in which our corporate and service provider clients will thrive."
Fourie further notes that the draw card to this latest offering is competitive pricing, quality service and ease of doing business.
"These are essential ingredients for fast-growing ISPs who want flexible and fast access to well-priced bandwidth with reliable throughput that will allow them to deliver on their own service promises to clients."
He concludes that, through listening to XDSL clients, the company is able to give smaller ISPs the agility needed to grow their businesses.
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