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Orcon adds zero-rated Steam server and other gaming goodness

Monday 22 August 2011, 3:58PM

By Pead PR

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Big news for gamers: Orcon has installed new gaming servers, including a Steam server, and has zero-rated traffic to all of them.

Steam is an online gaming platform that lets people buy, download and play games.

The new Steam server, based in Orcon’s datacentre, enables people to download games more quickly. It’s also zero-rated, overcoming a major data use barrier for Orcon customers.

Orcon’s Thomas Salmen says: “Gaming has always been core for Orcon. Many of our staff are big gamers and we have a lot of customers who game.

“The new servers mean better gaming performance for our customers and Steam is an awesome service that we are really happy to be able to zero-rate for our fellow gamers.”

Orcon has also launched a new community site games.orcon.net.nz so people can see what servers are running, track their stats and chat with other gamers.

Important note: Data from the Orcon Steam Content Server is unmetered for Orcon customers. However, if you download from another Steam server, the usage is charged. To check you are downloading from the Orcon server click ‘play’ on the game you are downloading and check that the Orcon Games banner is displayed.