Posted by abubakar
@pxth: I really wanted to just get a Z520i but i cant get find one. No k600 in the market either.
@coola: not meaning to sound cold (but it is cold sha) but with all the things we've suffered in the hands of the military in the past, it seems the people generally are a bit insensitive to the plight.
Posted by pxthomas
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My wife is now wandering if i have gone crazy, cos i have been laughing since i read coola's post. Do you guys remember this 80's music: NO ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE by Gwen gutherie. You got to have something if you wanna have them. They only think in terms of money only
Oh boy they are really beautiful. I know them. My A Level was at Aba and first degree at UNN. Most of them are not faithful, but the good ones are good anyway.
BE VERY CAREFUL GUYS
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i totally agree with abu
Posted by coolapostle
I actually met someone @ Prodigits who schools there. After my trip, I have increased my online buds who are females schooling at Uni-Zik in Progits from one to three! Next time, I visit Awka...
I think I may make a good EFCC operative
Can anyone make sense of the new MTN XTRA tariffs?
I am looking for testers for the XTRACOOL package (free late night calls). I want to see if it is any good compared to the rest.
Who wants in? PM ur MTN number and stay awake.
More on the MTN Xtra here
Here is another SE/Nokia lament Posted by pxthomas
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Can anyone make sense of the new MTN XTRA tariffs?
I am looking for testers for the XTRACOOL package (free
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my brothers mouth nor go fit talk wetin i dey suffer for MTN hand. i subscribed to MTN xtra pro package 3 days ago but believe u me i'm still being billed 80k for calls to MTN lines. 419 comes in different. forms.
any similar experience out there?
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Posted by mamba
I switched to the package yesterday and it's cool as they said. Now things are surely getting better. I'm waiting for glo and Vmo... sorry, Celtel's reply.
Posted by pxthomas
Mtn is now billing me properly
Posted by abubakar
@pxth: sorry, but you were MTN victim!!!!!! By the way, can you elaborate your indepth knowledge in Aba girls? hehehehe
@mamba: Its really a wonder when all these GSM cos claim they have blah blah million subscribers when in reality we all have 2-3 sims!!!! If we were all forced to use just one line which one would it be???? AHA!! Another poll!!!
@all: Which GSM company would you use if forced to use only one??
for me its Glo. (used to be econet/vodacom/vmobile/celtel/?????)
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like i said before it is no ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE
On the issue of which sim to use if forced to use only one, it would be mtn.
Posted by mamba
I'll go for Vmobile if i were to choose. That company had a good organizational culture & excellent customer service. i noticed the few changes made by celtel over the past week & i'm so convinced that we have finally witnessed the burial of one of the best companies in Nigeria. Celtel started by increasing prices by adopting a flat tariff of 77k across all networks. they want to start by exploiting Nigerians. they even insisted that i have to move from Vstep which was much cheaper to the 77k plan. i'm sorry for them cos they've just lost a customer. i'm dumping them for MTN extra.
Posted by OluYom
My choice would be GloMobile post-paid. They still have the most-innovative, most diverse package of value-added-services of all the networks. Plus, I enjoy low tariffs on everything: voice, fax, SMS, network services (including mobile banking and transactions) and GPRS.
I wouldn't think twice about it.
Posted by 2tek
gone tru d tons of post about se vs nokia muscles. hell a sony psp that costs 20k has wifi so whats d fuss.
for free mp3 check mp3000 dot net.
as per network its Mtn for me o,
coverage,stability,availability matters,tho customer care is crap.
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we run things,things dont run we!
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Posted by pxthomas
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you are right man. I have not been able to get customer care for more than one month.
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Posted by abubakar
Scores:
MTN: 3
Celtel: 0
Glo: 2
Mtel: -2 (cos its doesnt seem to even be considered right now.)
The only real advantage (for me ie) I see MTN has is its coverage on major national highways. But since i dont live on the highway, that doesnt help too much. Glo really started the competition (as we have gisted on past threads) and they have been a bit more innovative.
@pxth: You said more than "no romance with no finance" (by the way, since you posted it i cant get the song out of my head, and i never really liked the song at that!!!) you also said
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Dont be shy, we are all friends, what did the bad ones do to you?
Posted by Laykay
Hey guys if i were to choose one subscriber i'll go for a celtel although they really don't know who can manage for them almost 3 companies have one thing or another in there. Unlike Mtn really stable, but still go for a celtel.
CELTEL FOR LIFE !
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SHE ABANDONED ME FOR A GUY IN GERMANY WHO SHE ALSO ABANDONED
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Posted by abubakar
@pxth: Very Frank!!!! Dont mind her. Usually in cases as such, you'll end up hearing about her being some man's 2nd wife or something!!!! I know of one back in the days that had soooooo many suitors, a bunch of up and comers, in fact. She rebuffed all, fishing for a "ready-made" husband. That was in the mid 90's. She's single and not so...."handsome"...... as she used to be. That's one advantage of being a man. We mature, women age. (At least, most women do!!!!)
Posted by coolapostle
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@Mamba.... my thots exactly...
I cannot wait for the Glo response... meanwhile... my MTN line is now enjoying A LOT of attention... the text for Xtracool is actually 5 bucks! The low call tariffs is also great -I can spend more time before the "MTN lady" says, "ONE MINUTE REMAINING!"
The MTN move was totally unexpected and out-of-character. The Coolapostle is impressed.
Who was it here that ate his MTN SIM card a few months ago?
@all Celtel GPRS has finally returned to my home area after several months... but the wap settings don't work. They must have reached Abuja at last... please check your Celtel SIM card for your area.
@all Is AngelGirl still alive??????
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Posted by ambyzown
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That will be me, but not to worry, I've already acquired a welcome back SIM and registered for MTN Xtracool today.
I am reluctant to write off Celtel just yet, but I'd be stupid to let such awoof from MTN go without tasting it.
If I had to choose one network today, I'd still stick to Celtel, because they've served me well in the past and I don't expect them to do otherwise now. (The MTN awoof notwithstanding)
Posted by pxthomas
@ALL...what is the reason for this MTN awoof?Albeit, i don't see myself waking up by 2 a.m just to make calls so i chose xtra pro.
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Has anyone taken a look at the Nokia N95?
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oh boy!is that a phone or something else? It has touch of japanese art. With this kind of innovation the other manufacturers can is to play second fiddle.
5mega pixel with auto focus mechanical shutter and carl zeiss optics
series 60 3rd edition
large screen 352*416 pixel 16million colour display
4gb hard disk
mini lack 3.5mm
voip calls
gps
2-way-slide concept
3D graphics
DVD-like quality video clips
TV out feature with support for universal plug and play.
HSDPA,WLAN,EDGE,WCDMA.
NOKIA SAYS IT IS A MULTIMEDIA COMPUTER
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Posted by abubakar
@pxth:you forgot the price tag!!!! N91k!!!
@coola: I suspect MTN is bracing for the competition from fixed wireless cos. With this unified license out and NCC pressuring them to be in 3 states in each geo-political zone in b4 the year runs out (however impossible as it may seem!!) MTN (and the other GSM cos) have to give offers close to, matching or better than the offers Fixed Wireless cos are currently offering. We’ll see when and what the rest do.
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I was expecting a response from her from my aging women wise crack.
@amby: If celtel wants to survive till 2007 they have to come out with something mind blowing. But im still waiting for you guys to start lamenting on some hidden charge that MTN has put in their coolxtra abi xtracool package. This is MTN we are talking about. If they don’t do something evil, they would be out of character. I remain skeptical for at least a month. If by then you guys are still praising MTN I’ll buy a sim for when Im traveling!!!! (at least that will be my initial excuse!)
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Price would be about 550 euros when they start shipping 1st quarter of 2007. But it is going to be more than 91k
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Posted by ambyzown
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Abu with this attitude, you'll soon become the only
lover alive. I have read the esato thread that compares the N95 with the P990, and so many fans are praising the innovative thinking that resulted in that phone. We enthusiasts need to accept the fact that the engineers at have to sit up if they are to retain our loyalty.
The N95 is really a loaded phone, and a lot of rave reviews are already proclaiming it the phone of the year 2007.
At 550 Euro, its not too expensive. The P990 debuted at 600 euro
Posted by ambyzown
By the way guys, Celtel MMS is working again, and this time I think they finally got their act right.
What do you guys say to the hike in cross network tariffs of N14 per min for land lines (PTOs). I think I may have to jettison my intercellular line for a contract package on Glo, Celtel or MTN, and save myself the hassles of carrying several handsets.
@Aya: as a proponent of CDMA land-lines, don't you think this development will work against rather than for the PTOs?
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I think the PTO's have to push their internet access and free weekend rates if they want to stay competitive.
The underlying issue is the new interconnection rates that the NCC has directed on all the operators. Now... getting a line from Reltel, Cellcom, Intercellular and Co has losts its appeal. I pity them.
If they push internet access and free weekend calls they will stand a chance. I am anxious to see how the new rates will affect Starcomms growth. They have crossed 400,000 subs... impressive.
Posted by abubakar
@pxth: I heard the price being about $700 which should be about E550 which should be about N91k. Lets hope during final roll out there isnt any extra hike to the price.
@amby: i didnt say it was too expensive!! the P990 should be going for about N114k right now! But you should also look at the fact that touch screen tech is still a bit expensive. (hence the price of M600). I cant cough at the N95's expected features. But I still maintain that Nokia makes good higher end phones (for the bourgois who can afford 100k phones) but SE makes the best phones for the masses (which constitutes majority of the phones moved). SE hasnt really put out any new stallions from its stable sinc the W*** revolution started. Lets see what thier next break through will be. If it doesnt come up with anything by 1st qtr then its future will be grim as by then nokia's higher end phone prices will start migrating down to smother the market. (which is a good thing to Nokialovers.!!)
I knew NCC had something up its sleeve when they were backing the PTOs during the fight over the Unified Licence. But this is just too bad! You would think Interconnection rates should be coming down, with the companies streamlining operation costs as well as they can. Why should I pay more for my local calls to other PTOs because GSM cos have higher op costs? (mainly costs of operating on highways and unvaiable areas). If care is not taken and the PTOs dont do something drastic, this might be thier down fall. Like Coola said, Internet and free calls may be the only salvation. And they have to guard it well cos if say celtel go crazy and start giving similar packages like monthly data access at similar rates, i think that will be the end of CDMA in Naija.
@coola: Starcomms crossed 500,000 active subscribers months ago, but really with this developement, the growth will reallt be impeded.
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Again, I am NOT a proponent of CDMA or GSM, nokia or SE, or any other whatever.
We had a discussion and based on the issues at hand I took a stand. That does not make me a CDMA proponent.
The issues involved in this scenario differ from those involved in the discussion we had earlier. While that was based on the capabilities of the two different platforms, this has to do with a regulatory issue. Yes; this puts the CDMA networks in a weaker position. Unfortunately, that is what you get with government policies in this part of the world.
The PTOs still have their place. N14/min to other PTOs is still better than current GSM tariffs. That means I will still use my Starcomms line regularly, especially when calling others with CDMA lines. Its still more than significant savings.
In my opinion the new interconnect rates are retrogressive and will hinder progress. But since when did my opinion begin to count anywhere?
Posted by pxthomas
@aya...please explain your last paragraph
@all... Any news about nokia N83?
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The NCC says the downward reduction of GSM rates affects the majority of subs in 9ja. Since most calls are GSM-to-GSM, we are supposed to enjoy the lower rates.
Again, it is the new rates that is making the CDMA guys to increase it tariffs... not greed.
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coolapostle seems to have done a good job helping me out with an explanation
Posted by Angelgirl
@Abu & Cool, Thanks, Angelgirl is still alive, i had 2 take leave of abscence from duty so i can undergo a corective surgery on my left leg, (had acident yrs ago) tanx 2 celtel's free gprs am able 2 read all ur interestin n educative posts which has relievd my boredom on dis hospital bed.
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Posted by namzo
@all: Hey guyz, i just got maself a Sagem My S7 (Smartphone). D'u think i made a bad choice. The specs were o.k 2 me, xcept 4 just d camera.
@angel: Wishin' u a speedy recovery.
Posted by brix25
@AngeGirl: Greeting from the Southernmost tip of Africa, I wish you get well soon. I've never been in surgery and hopefully that won't be any day soon.
Posted by OluYom
@angel: I read your post and thought I'd give you a call to spice up your evening. Alas, awoof dey run belle. Both your MTN and Glo lines were not reachable (I guess you have your free GPRS Celtel line in your phone). If you will SMS it to me, I still will make that call.
It is well with you. My wife and I reach out to you in prayer.
Posted by Angelgirl
I feel good reading all ur greetings, especialy d one dat came all d way from SA. Thanks. Aya my mtn and glo lines will b on at d cool hrs.
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Posted by abubakar
@angel: Speedy recovery!!!!!!
@coola: Im leaving Abj soon!!!! Is Celtel still giving free gprs in Abj? I tried the WIFI at Millenium Park but the area was too tense for my liking. Abuja has really changed.
@ALL: What happened to our political pundits? No comments on the OBJ vs ATK saga? Abi you don tire?
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People dey like awoof too much oo!! Well, I wish u quick recovery so you can join us to celebrate our birthday on sunday..
I've used MTN for 3 days now and I'm like "what a rubbish network". You call people and it doesn't connect.. sometimes it connects and you don't hear the other person or it doesn't ring.. I hereby conclude and rest my case that Vmo.. sorry, Celtel is still the best network in Nija. MTN is a shite and conjested network..
Posted by ambyzown
angelgirl, I wish you "a speedy recover"
I hope the doctors and nurses will allow you take calls during the cool period. My prayers tonight will definitely include you.
Posted by Angelgirl
Tanx 2 u all, again d pains subsided, feel beta 2day, and ready 2 celebrate our birthday 2morow, Mamba sorry o if ur mtn cool calls are not conecting as 4 me its my turn 2 Milk That Network :-D.
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Posted by pxthomas
@angel....The lord who has begun his good works in you will surely perfect it.Wishing you divine recovery@mamba...our gsm operators are not honest with us. Their networks can not carry the subscribers the have yet they are selling more lines.@ALL... Where did MTN get the new 0803 lines that they are selling now?
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Posted by Angelgirl
Tanx Pxth, are u sure those 0803 are not abandond or stolen lines.
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Posted by OluYom
One clear thumbs-down for Celtel is the notorious issue of not being able to speak with a customer care representative for days on end. You keep trying and you keep being told by the automated system to visit the Celtel website, which isn't saying much.
@angelgirl: that flashing you did around 4a.m.... Ahem... Thankfully, my wife was asleep, and she happens to know that "angelgirl" in my phonebook is the person lying in a hospital bed, or else...
Just kidding. When I told her about your 4a.m. Flash, she actually reprimanded me for not calling you back immediately. You guys know yourselves from somewhere or what?
Posted by pxthomas
@angel...they are not stolen or lost lines. they are being sold all over delta state and are 080335...lines.
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Posted by Angelgirl
Aya u and ur wife make me laugh, i actually tot i had an opportunity 2 say hi 2 her dis time.
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Posted by Angelgirl
Happy Birthday Nigeria!!! , 3 Gbosaa somebody :-D.
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Posted by OluYom
Happy birthday to Nigeria. Unfortunately, there's not more to cheer about at the moment. But who's got a party going?
Posted by mamba
What is there to celebrate?