iBurst launches uncapped ADSL for gamers, plans WoW server for SA

March 7, 2010  |  Gaming  |  Share  | 

wpid-stick640.LAjev1Hoy7Fe.jpgiBurst has made many gamers’ dreams come true with its introduction of a service that provides uncapped ADSL bandwidth for gaming traffic, levied at R99 per month. There is a catch, however – you have to play on iBurst’s servers.

The service is called iGame Unlimited and is being offered as part of iBurst’s iDSL service that is being launched this month and offers ADSL bandwidth from R49 per gigabyte. If you have an iDSL account with iGame Unlimited bolted on then any gaming traffic isolated to the iBurst network and servers will not be deducted from your quota.

iBurst says it already has servers running for Left 4 Dead 2, Call of Duty 4 and a range of other games and will take its lead from subscribers when deciding on what servers to add. A list of servers currently online can be found over here. iBurst also claims to be in talks with Activision and Blizzard to get a local World of Warcraft server on the network.

It is uncertain as to whether the service will be extended to console gamers – iGame Unlimited is currently limited to PC games.

iBurst has also launched a community site called iGame Online where its community of subscribers can interact.

 
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  • Peter van der Schyff

    Good for iBurst, but they will do a damn size better by caring for their subscribers and listening to their complaints. See their Facebook page for the state of their customer service.

  • stevenmcd

    wow, so WebAfrica announces they going to do something and iBurst beats them to the punch. Well done to iBurst then. WebAfrica is going to have a Steam Content server and will not charge for Steam downloads so they'll still win in my books.

  • http://www.simon.co.za/ Simon

    I didn't know about WebAfrica's Steam service! That rocks. I'd definitely switch to their ADSL service for that. I'm a bit of a Steam addict – and now that it's coming to Mac I'll be spending a lot of time with it. And will probably replay Half Life 2 =)

  • stevenmcd

    same here, Steam rocks, no more losing discs/serials. I have everything except WoW in my Steam account.

    As for WebAfrica, check out http://wage.co.za/ They launched toward the end of Nov/Dec last year. Steam Content is still on the way but will probably be released soon.