Maxnet launches sub-brand ISP: Fyx

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New broadband ISP is aimed at “power internet users”

After a weekend of speculation of what the Fyx (http://www.fyx.co.nz/) service could be, owner Maxnet has revealed details and pricing for its fledgling ISP.
 
Fyx is a broadband ISP aimed at “power internet users”. The service does not use plans or data caps, and instead opts for a pay-as-you-use system.
 
Users pay $34.34 per month ($59.34 per month for a naked line)as a connection fee, plus an additional 34c per GB of data.
 
This means that for 30 GB of data a month a user would pay around $65 with Fyx, compared to Telecom’s $85 (includes calling), or Orcon’s $75 Genius service (includes VOIP).
 
Maxnet says the new ISP will cater for users wanting to stream media content from overseas.
 
“Both Maxnet and Fyx will offer fast and reliable internet speeds for power internet users,” says Maxnet CEO John Hanna.
 
"The difference is that Fyx will enable residential users to access larger, global content, while Maxnet will continue to concentrate on its business customers and partners, offering mission-critical connectivity, hosting, online back-up and end-to-end virtualisation services”.
 
Fyx is offering what it calls a “global mode”, which will let users stream overseas content that might otherwise be location locked to them, for instance Netflix or Hulu. On the Fyx website it warns customers that not all geolocked services will be available, or will continue to be available in the future. Circumventing geolocked content is still a legal grey area (http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/news/circumventing-region-locking-to-access-online-content-may-be-illegal), for instance with Netflix this goes strictly against their terms of service agreement.


Published by Resellernews, written By CIO NZ staff, Auckland | Tuesday, 08 May 2012
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