Having extended its data centre by 800 square metres, Internet service provider (ISP) XDSL is now offering wholesale Internet access to local ISPs with Electronic Communication Services (ECS) and Electronic Communication Network Services (ECNS) licenses.
The XDSL data centre is carrier neutral, offering ISPs dedicated throughput with 1:1 contention.
Danie Fourie, director at XDSL, comments: “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 co-location services, disaster recovery, hosted services and super-fast broadband fibre Internet connectivity.
“With our wholesale Internet offering we are targeting smaller ISPs, offering pricing that is competitive with that of mid-tier wholesalers. The big win for our customers is, however, our customer service policy, which is geared toward bringing smaller players on board fast to take up the additional capacity in our data centre. It is certainly going to provide them with some relief from dealing with bigger Internet wholesalers.”
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.
“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 says. “With our ‘firsts’ we are creating a reputation as a leader in this sector. We want our customers to be winners too, because when they win, we win.”
