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OluYom
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On 2006-01-14 12:12:52, mikkyroy wrote:
@AYA: Knoppix appeared to be a bootable live CD
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But its installable too, and will run smoother on your hard drive than from CD. Let's know how Ubuntu fares though. I haven't tried it at all.
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teexl
Joined: Nov 09, 2005
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seems they are scared we got a way of tweaking their gprs cos i avnt been able to try the magic stuff due to xceptionally fast browsing...@coola av u send my awoof tin?
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coolapostle
Joined: Oct 15, 2004
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@Tee The people who sent me their email addresses have beeen sent the freebie. It s not really an "awoof" they are to send me their comments.
@AYA How about an eBook on "How to connect to a WIFI network?" I know an Oga who will buy it today-today. |
mamba
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I couldn't figure out the wi-fi thing at my school, so I decided to get a USB bluetooth for my laptop. Setup was as fast and easy as ABC and I was browsing in seconds...
Can someone tell me which is the best antivirus software out there? I reall need some feedback. |
OluYom
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On 2006-01-14 20:24:44, mamba wrote:
I couldn't figure out the wi-fi thing at my school
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Which school are we talking about here?
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Avast Anti-virus is top of the pack. The Home Edition is free.
@coola: I am not sure I can produce the WiFi ebook now. The 9500 sort of does the connection sort of stresslessly. I dont have too many details worth putting into a book. |
mamba
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On 2006-01-14 21:37:00, AYA wrote:
Which school are we talking about here?
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LBS- Lagos Business School. |
coolapostle
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Now why didn't I see that coming....
Early last year... the "in-thing" among the Naija GSM networks was the Commercial Phone Operator product. All of them were scrambling to offer the lowest prices so that the Operators will use their products.
MTN BoosterCard... then Vmobile Bumpa... then Glo's Profit Max... then M-Tel Power Talk... with prices as slow as 10 bucks /min. The marketing people went haywire.
Cut to... end of the year 2005... and the Reconciliation is done:
All those N20 calls brought in only N2 after the interconnection fees (of N18) were removed. Vmobile and Glo found out that thay have all been making money for MTN! As long as those calls went to MTN (as most did) MTN collected 18 bucks! And vice versa.
Right now.... the "in-thing" is not to be caught with the lowest product! In fact I have it on good authority that they want to kill the products all together! Prices are now N30 /min and N35 /min depending on whether it is on-net of "other" net.
(Which increases the profit margin nicely.... after the 18 buck goes.)
Now why didn't I see it coming? I could have been having a great time telling everyone "I told you so!"
High Interconnection rates have killed another industry....
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mamba
Joined: Nov 21, 2004
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Does the interconnection rate also apply to CDMA netwworks too? The reason I'm asking is cos I'm able to make calls from my Multilinks to GSM at the rate of 20naira/min without anything like booster or superbooster cards.
I think it's high time people start thinking about switching to CDMA and ditching the GSM boys; it's more stable, reliable, clearer calls, advanced data capabilities, cheaper and better overall.. |
ambyzown
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The interconnect rate for PTO's is 12naira.
for some reason I've been very sceptical about getting another pto line after my bad experience with GTE and Intercellular. I'd like to wait till the universal licencig or whatever it is called. |
coolapostle
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coolapostle
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Universal Licensing should -theoretically- open the market. Intercellular or Starcomms can decide to use GSM instead of CDMA. They just have to pay a fee to the regulator, NCC.
It also means Vodacom can buy up any of the CDMA networks and jump into the Nigerian market. Which is going to create quite a stir!
But the CDMA networks may abandon the technology and leave Guys like Mamba and AYA with... well... dead boxes.
All the CDMA Guys are "weak" right now (example: when was the last time you saw an advert by Intercellular, Cellcom or Startech?)
So we may have everyone selling out to foreign GSM companies....
...which brings me to the issue of NITEL. We should sell it at any price because its value will depreciate further!!
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OluYom
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On 2006-01-15 14:27:21, coolapostle wrote:
But the CDMA networks may abandon the technology
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That would be stupidity on their part, for a number of reasons:
1. CDMA is more robust and stable for both voice and data. CDMA 2000 1x run by most PTOs is a 3G technology in comparison with the 2.5G platform the GSM guys are still struggling to master.
2. CDMA is a faster growing technology than GSM right now on the global scene, partly because of (1) above.
3. Even GSM companies the world over are making a move to UMTS/WCDMA. Abandoning CDMA for GSM would be - what - retrogressive, and at worst downright moronic.
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Point of correction: "Some", not "all", as you said. Starcomms, Multilinks and Reltel are quite strong. Starcomms in particular is blazing a trail that is quite inspiring.
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That's simply not going to happen for reasons I have already given.
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I absolutely agree. |
ambyzown
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Aya you forgot to mention that gsm is a cheaper technology to deploy compared to cdma |
OluYom
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On 2006-01-15 21:00:00, ambyzown wrote:
Aya you forgot to mention that gsm is a cheaper technology to deploy compared to cdma
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In which case I must add that CDMA is a cheaper technology to run (with the consequent lower end costs to subscribers) than GSM  |
coolapostle
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