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brym!
Joined: Jul 08, 2003
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On 2008-08-01 06:15:05, easydee wrote:
Guys, my celtel NG has turned to Zain NG, has anyone experienced this yet?
Another rebranding? God help you guys.
@ALL : Reltel Wireless is also rebranding to ZOOM Mobile with 0707 prefix. Any further info will be appreciated.
PLS, Can anyone tell me why i have just 2posts against my esato id? cos i know i've posted way more than 2!
Try posting on other forums. Posting on regional forums doesn't count, if remember correctly.
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OluYom
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@Ifedisky: Thanks, jare!
@all: Has anyone visited the Zain website? On the GPRS page, it says that both WAP and full internet are currently available only for Postpaid subscribers.
This sounds like Zain is an unserious network, mobile data wise. What are they thinking? Yes; I know that some prepaid subscribers still have access to GPRS, but honestly, why would any serious user want to gamble with an official position like this?
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abubakar
Joined: Sep 15, 2005
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@easy: the post count is on each thread u are on except junk threads. i wondered the same thing when i first got here.
@all: all this talk about dual sims for gsm/cdma, how good (ie durable) are the ones coming from known manufacturers? |
ambyzown
Joined: May 11, 2005
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How does re-branding help us as subscribers? does it improve network quality? all the money the 0802 network has spent on re-branding from econet to vodacom to vmobile to celtel to zain could've been used to acquire infrastructure that would've improved the quality of their service. And those colours! fuchsia and green? horrible. |
OluYom
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@ambyzown: I totally agree! What a waste!
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adrusa
Joined: Sep 25, 2005
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I was thinking about this same thing today while passing in front of the celtel office clsoe by. They were pulling down the get ups, the bill boards, the street decorations round the office. Though the office itself has no name yet, but the colour had changed to red and green (shades of them), and I wondered that I'm partly paying for all the numerous name changes and rebranding that econetwireless, econet, vodacom, v-mobile, celtel and now zain had gone through. |
abubakar
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@adrusa: haba! would u prefer they use ur money to buy more yachts, planes and bling bling? u cant blame the company. each brand change was with either a potential or actual change of ownership. every new owner wants to piss on its new territory. |
OluYom
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@Abubakar: Dont mind us one bit. Its not that we don't understand. What makes it really annoying is the fact that these successive re-branding exercises have brought very little benefits or goodies to customers (at least us geekie ones). For example, how can they now limit ALL browsing to contract lines? I'll keep venting o.
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ambyzown
Joined: May 11, 2005
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On 2008-08-01 17:00:56, OluYom wrote:
@all: Has anyone visited the Zain website? On the GPRS page, it says that both WAP and full internet are currently available only for Postpaid subscribers.
I think you've got the whole thing wrong. Its not gprs thats restricted to post paid lines, its the toll free customer care number 131. Its been free for post paid subscribers for a while now.
Its strange how Zain would change APN without informing its subscribers. But stranger still is the fact that the old APN still works. Confused bunch |
OluYom
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@amby: Here's what that page says:
For further enquiries or assistance on how to activate the service, call customer care on 131 toll free.
The service is currently available to postpaid subscribers only
If my conclusion is wrong, then Zain needs to hire a good copywriter.
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adrusa
Joined: Sep 25, 2005
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Its strange how Zain would change APN without informing its subscribers. But stranger still is the fact that the old APN still works. Confused bunch
For me the new APN did not work. But the old one is still okay. It is like their mouth works ahead of their brain. |
kwabs2006
Joined: Sep 12, 2006
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hello my naija brothers,
greetings from ghana. i just wanted to ask u guys to give a briefing about the services of zain and glo so that over here we have a little info
thx...
does Zain have 3g too?? and is 3g costly over there??
jus give us any useful info about the 2 networks.
thx
the best thing that ever happened to me: http://spinglo.com/i/kwabs2006 |
ambyzown
Joined: May 11, 2005
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@Oluyom: I couldn't agree more with you. Zain definitely needs the services of a good copy writer. There are so many grammatical flaws strewn all over the website and that phrase is very misleading. They could lose potential subscribers just by that phrase.
@All: Seems like Zain now charges N10 for every me2u (airtime transfer) transaction. They are the only network that charges for this service.
@Kwabs: Oluyom will be the best person to give u a full review of the two networks you listed, but if current quality of service is anything to go by, Zain is rubbish. Its quite strange that this is coming from ME of all people on this forum, cos for over 4years I was a staunch "believer" in Econet/Vodacom/Vmobile/Celtel/Zain, but they let me down. |
brix25
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What's with the identity crisis at Zain/Celtel/V-Mobile/Vodacom/Econet? I guess the marketing department must have pissed when they were told they would have to change tack once again.
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OluYom
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An MTN official confirmed to me this morning that usage of GPRS/EDGE/3G/3.5G on the MTN network now attracts a tariff of 15 kobo per kb (as against the old price of 60 kobo per kb).
Full Story from http://www.MobilityNigeria.com: MTN packet data now officially 15 kobo per kilobyte
@kwabs: Zain NG offers NOTHING that stands out at the moment. Call quality is nothing to harp about, and data is at least a decade old. All that Zain runs now is GPRS, while both Glo and MTN have 3.5G (HSDPA) active already.
Let me know what else you may be interested in.
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