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ihejirika
Joined: Nov 19, 2004
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@coola,at MTN office 2day,they were giving yellow shirts & flyers to ppl in d name of xmas gift.I declined it & told d lady I'll prefer some free calls on xmas day instead.
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OluYom
Joined: Oct 27, 2004
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@ihe. Good talk!
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brym!
Joined: Jul 08, 2003
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MTN is like a typical British set up; nothing is free. Of things to give free, it is access days they offered.
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ihejirika
Joined: Nov 19, 2004
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From: Lagos,Nigeria.
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For thos of us tht have d end of our access days already in 2005,I wonder what useful use I can make of d 5 days.NOTE; MTN offer a maximum of 90 days as access days.
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brym!
Joined: Jul 08, 2003
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Well u now have 90 + 5 maximum access days. :-) When Mtn commences gprs services I can bet that they will start charging from day 1. No free browsing.
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coolapostle
Joined: Oct 15, 2004
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From: Abuja, Nigeria
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The access days were to compensate The days MTN subs had problems recharging. MTN Nigeria has boosted the whole MTN Group so much that they have over taken Vodacom. The hot news is that Telkom and son Vodacom wants to bid for NITEL and MTEL. E go bloody!
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ihejirika
Joined: Nov 19, 2004
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From: Lagos,Nigeria.
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I still wonder what 2 make of d access days.Wth Vmobile,access days accumulate into years.MTN shld b ashamed 2 talk of compensatg subscribers wth access days.No matter how many days it is.
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OluYom
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It'll be great to have someone buy NITEL & its mobile arm Mtel. They are both not presently reckoned with in the market. Just imagine, their active subscriber base keeps dropping while everyone else is moving up! |
coolapostle
Joined: Oct 15, 2004
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From: Abuja, Nigeria
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@ihe U rejected MTN free gifts? The sticker will come in handy when u need to cover a dent behind ur car or a cracked tail light. U didnt think that deep did u? Go back tomorrow :-D . @angel I know u r the ISP guru here. How r ISP's coping with the incursions from the Fixed Wireless Telcos? And now DTH satellite folks r jumping in. Competition on all sides!
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OluYom
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@coola: The more, the merrier. Competition is the consumer's best friend. The ISPs are not finding it easy. If my phone line can double as my internet access point, why would I go to an ISP? And at the prices on offer... 
For example, I hardly visit cyber cafes any longer since Glo GPRS came on. Convergence is not just a buzz word; its king. |
ihejirika
Joined: Nov 19, 2004
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From: Lagos,Nigeria.
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@coola,wearg MTN shirt or puttg on their sticker is like advertisg 4 MTN wthout being paid & I'm not going 2 pertake in tht.MTN is wise enough 2 know how 2 reward its subscribers.Even MTN4U is another fraud.
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Angelgirl
Joined: Nov 08, 2004
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From: Lagos State, Nigeria
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@coola, Aya is right, competition is high now, we are still in the market because of our large subscriber base made of small biz owners who use our ISP 4 their email, and they just still want to maintain their email address for biz's sake. In addition to a few other bigger firms who are still on our domain, we are moving to wireless soon.
People who are opting out now, i guess are the single private home users, who discovered Glo mobile internet and other PTO's. |
OluYom
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@angel: Most ISPs have to rebuild their business model or pack up. The PTOs are biting a chunk of their base; the GSM networks are biting another piece.
Some ISPs are already pro-acting, setting up WiFi hotspots. Only thing is, the prices I read are outrageous: one ISP says its 1 hour card for WiFi costs N1,000! That's 10 hours browsing at any cafe, and 48 hours of browsing on my P800 in the comfort of my bedroom!!! Maybe it was a joke 
DISC for example offers access to its server FREE for dialup and makes its money from interconnection agreements with PTOs and GSM nets from which people dial in. I use DISC dialup with my MTN line and it works well. Meanwhile, some other ISPs are still charging between N3,000 and N4,000 per month access to their servers, with little difference in performance.
The plot thickens, you will agree.
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ihejirika
Joined: Nov 19, 2004
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From: Lagos,Nigeria.
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My MTN line voicemail has faild 2 work properly since I got d line back.Initially,calls 2 d line r diverted 2 voicemail whn its switchd off/not available.Now callers r simply told tht d numbr calld is incorrect.A by product of loosg d line.
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coolapostle
Joined: Oct 15, 2004
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From: Abuja, Nigeria
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Ah! Voicemail. I used to be a believer and force ppl to lose money dropping messages. Until it happened to me! Called some1 n heard the voice message for some secs then had to pay the phone operator 30 bucks! I dont use vmail on my glo. Activating it self na hell.
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