Information Technology: Changes in internet bandwidth and tariffs

LINESPEED/BANDWIDTH

With the participation of the University in the Sanren and Seacom projects the new bandwidth available to the University is 245.76Mbps of which 147.456Mbps is for international access. It is foreseen that further planned development within the Sanren and Seacom projects will by the end of 2011 allow the University access to a total Internet bandwidth of a formidable 1000Mbps (1Gbps) of which 600Mbps will be for international access. This dramatic increase in available bandwidth will result in an equivalent increase in the service levels that will greatly add value to the Internet activities of especially the research community and the more intensive academic users.

INTERNET TARIFFS

The tariff structure will be changed as from 1 March 2011 to be as follows:

Tariff A = Decreases from R0.20 per MB to R0.10 per MB

Tariff B = Decreases from R0.100 per MB to R0.05 per MB

Tariff C = Unchanged at R0.01 per MB

The time slots are as follows:

                                                Monday to             Saturday                Sunday

                                                Friday

00:00 to 08:00                     Tariff C                   Tariff C                   Tariff C

08:00 to 17:00                     Tariff A                   Tariff B                   Tariff C

17:00 to 00:00                     Tariff B                   Tariff C                   Tariff C