M-Web chooses IS - just like that!
I've been finding certain changes in the industry which I'm working in quite interesting of late considering the following:
- M-Web sets up another ISP called Polka a couple of months back for the lower end of the market which leads to M-Web signing a three year deal with IS for their connectivity infrastructure namely dail-up access, international bandwidth and local bandwidth.
- In the one bathroom at UUnet there is a pamphlet if you will from M-Web stating that they are going to continue to stick with UUnet South Africa after the Worldcom financial issues.
- UUnet is now left with excess bandwidth which they desperately need to sell in order to not burn money due to contracts for international connectivity and telecommuncations contracts.
According to ITWeb the deal consists of the following services:
- Dial infrastructure for the entire M-Web dial user base (in excess of 240 000 subscribers).
- Provision of both local and international Internet connectivity to this base.
- An option to provide connectivity for the M-Web Business base as well as the provision of access to the M-Web content-rich server environment.
