Internet service provider Cybersmart has launched Lightspeed, a 100Mbps uncapped fibre service. CEO, Laurie Fialkov, says that for the first time South African companies will have access to world-class broadband speeds at an internationally comparable price.
Lightspeed offers a 100Mbs uncapped fibre service with 100% guaranteed uptime between 7am and 7pm, managed symmetrical bandwidth, one public IP address, free website hosting, and free cloud based PABX.
“As a result of prohibitively expensive internet access, South African companies are lagging far behind their international peers in terms of the adoption of new technologies such as cloud based services, off-site hosting and video conferencing,” says Fialkov.
“Globally, ultra-fast internet access has brought about innovation in many key growth industries including the IT, business process outsourcing, financial services and marketing and media sector.”
Fialkov says that a major differentiator for the new service is the price. Lightspeed has entered the market at a third of the price of its nearest competitor at R11, 999.00.
“The Lightspeed footprint is now substantial and we’re able to guarantee 100% uptime.”
Fialkov says that customers will be refunded if they find that this is not the case.
“In the current economy, IT managers and CIOs are under immense pressure to lower their IT costs. We’d urge them to calculate their total spend across their IT services including the company voice line, VoIP, web hosting and cloud back-up services. That cost would be substantially higher than sourcing one supplier, who is able to provide one product that covers all these elements and more,” says Fialkov.
