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dawny
Joined: Nov 11, 2004
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@2tek tanks 4 d info.i sch in gwags dats in abj where the telecom operators dont offer evdo,even mtn 3g dat is present it abj town is absent here.we re stil on gprs.cant wait 2 leave d God forsakin town.so d mtn is stil my best bet.heard d network is stable after 12 mid night.
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abubakar
Joined: Sep 15, 2005
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@brym: the gsm companies are still charging a .megapremium for mediocre service. For less than $30 in the US I was getting a package that gave me 500mins of calls within the US, UNLIMITED data access (not like our unlimited access that is limited to a few gigs), some free international sms, free on-net call, and more. That is abt the same mtn is charging for the late hrs browsing package. Its ridiculous. In uk i left abt 10 days of free browsing on my sim! Thats after loading only £5 on it! Is our NCC still thinking that our gsm is in infancy? |
abubakar
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@2tek: my bros, im also behind the times with current affairs. As i got back into the country, i dashed to pick up a newspaper just to be disappointed with the headline reading something like "Yaradua to spend holiday in Nigeria". If that is headline news then nothing is happening here.
With regards to ur map problem, that is the issue im having with all incarnations of google maps. None store buffered maps u've downloaded. They expect u live in aworld where there is cheap, easy and reliable internet acces everywhere! Before i got my phone access, i was just using hotspots to move abt with the googlemaps. It was hard to find a place with absolutely no hot spot. I dont know if google maps or google earth have a downloadable map u could store. |
brym!
Joined: Jul 08, 2003
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On 2009-02-18 10:35:00, abubakar wrote:
@brym: the gsm companies are still charging a .megapremium for mediocre service. For less than $30 in the US I was getting a package that gave me 500mins of calls within the US, UNLIMITED data access (not like our unlimited access that is limited to a few gigs), some free international sms, free on-net call, and more. That is abt the same mtn is charging for the late hrs browsing package. Its ridiculous. In uk i left abt 10 days of free browsing on my sim! Thats after loading only £5 on it! Is our NCC still thinking that our gsm is in infancy?
Abu, we will get there someday. While Gsm is not in infancy here, mobile internet is. It is barely a year since we moved from GPRS to 3G in selected cities. And to be honest the networks are offering us cheaper deals/ access than dedicated ISPs. I believe as network infrastructure and capacities increase, data rates will fall further.
Until recently do you know our data plans were quite cheaper than that of Canada?
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dawny
Joined: Nov 11, 2004
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I really cant understand y all d networks cal their 3 gig limit unlimited data package.is it dat al the staffs of d different telecom companies cant understand wat it means 4 something 2 b unlimited.unlimited means limitless,no end.
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2tek
Joined: Nov 08, 2004
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@dawny try to check if there is no evdo coverage in gwags. I remember thinking that the evdo was restricted to d central districts, but to my surprise evdo is live in maraba which is nasarawa state,though a border town.
@abu i'm even suspectin if that yaradua's hols is not one. It might be a for medical check up, maybe for dialysis or something.
As regards d limited unlimited crap, i was checkin out d data plans of some UK operators. Some of them too have d data cap. I think it was only t-mobile that didn't have limits. But some of them had 6gig limit. But since regular internet is 2nd to air there one wouldn't rely solely on 3g or evdo for connectivity. My folks there pay like 50 quid for a package of cable tv (with more channels than dstv,hitv,fstv and 9ja local channels put together), internet wit download speeds in excess of 8mps and telephone wit all the free minutes in d world. Here we are still battling for electricity to charge our phones.
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dawny
Joined: Nov 11, 2004
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@ 2tek which network has evdo in maraba?if its starcomms,dey dont even hav service in gwags not 2 talk of evdo.internet is stil over priced in nigeria.can u imagine payin 400 naira 4 an hour in cool cafe,is dat not over priced.its not like d internet is @ d speed of light,its only fair.glo has bin makin noise dat wen their sub marine cable project is completed,internet access wil b cheaper nd d speed faster.i think dats al hype,cos dats normal wit anythin naija.take daarsat for instance,b4 they launched service they talked about revolutionizing pay tv in nigeria nd how they wil give DSTV a run 4 their money.but they launched nd nothin 2 write home about.imagine 40k for decoder,5,500 for subscription.if d channels made sense would hav bin reasonable.more than half of d channels re rubbish.y cant they take a cue from a cable tv operator in d UAE,showtime.they hav lots of channels dat include movie,sports,comedy,nd lots of oda channels.their main catch is dat they re operatin on high definition,who cares?
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dawny
Joined: Nov 11, 2004
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Hi @all,i was Ait news nd saw d news dat nigeria is ready 2 host west africa police games.is dat not d must stupid 2 host?wit al our problems in dis country,we wil spend billions again 2 host police games wen we re spendin billions 2 host d junior world cup later dis year.i think al dis hostin rights nigeria is winnin every where re avenues 2 steal money.cos wit al d issues d nigerian police have is it hostin police games dat wil improve d average police man who is underpaided, who lacks d basic equipment 2 prevent or fight crime.funny enough mike okiro said he needs 3 trillion naira 2 take d nigeria police force into a standard police force.is dat not madness?
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brym!
Joined: Jul 08, 2003
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We really have no business hosting any competition given the current economic downturn. We will continue to get it wrong until we have visionary leaders who are committed to uplift this nation.
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abubakar
Joined: Sep 15, 2005
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@brym: i have to disagree with you with regards to the mobile data infancy. Its in infancy all over the world, not only naija. The difference is while thier own infants are eating ceralac, our own is suffering from kwashoko! The technology is on ground. Its just that they refuse to expand the services to take on plenty subscribers. In the west, their regulating bodies enforce that any service being offered must be made available to a certain minimum number of subscribers at a certain level of proficiency. Hence if u r forced to have the minimum capacity to take on, say, 20m subscribers simultaneously for mobile internet, u wont start by charging a premium when that might attract only a few thousand. That is why its cheaper there. Competition will never bring the price down in naija. See how much we still pay for calls! |
abubakar
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@dawny: daarsat are not serious. Upon the fact that dstv is so over inflated, they are currently offering a deal for the decoder for abt 24k and 3 months free access. And they actually have good packages as "low" as N2500. But like i said earlier its still to expensive. In the US, comcast was offering HDTV cable tv, broadband internet and a few other perks for abt $30! Meanwhile, cool cafe wants to charge a tenth of that for one hour of mediocre browsing! I go pack myself go yankee o! |
dawny
Joined: Nov 11, 2004
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@ abubakar , yankee here we cum.since 1960 til date, e go beta.wen d rich keep exploitin d poor nd get richer.i hav always argued dat it would hav bin beta d white colonialist exploited us dan our fellow nigerians exploitin us.talk about Glo is it not a nigerian company re we not bin exploited by dem,talk about Daarsat is it not a nigerian company?talk of d banks re dey not nigerian companies re we not bin exploited robbed nd cheated by dem?talk of d multinational companies re dey not run by nigerians who dont care dat dey re exploitin their brothers nd sisters.yankee here i cum!
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brym!
Joined: Jul 08, 2003
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@abu and dawny: I hear say this na wrong time to migrate to Yankee O!
Also, remember, ONLY NIGERIANS CAN CHANGE NIGERIA!!! 
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ambyzown
Joined: May 11, 2005
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Hi all, I'm so happy to see this thread beat the odds and remain alive.
@Brym: Good job
I use the MTN daily data plan whenever I need an emergency use of the internet. If I connect using GPRS, its very stable but slow, despite the availability of EDGE networks. 3G however is largely unusable as it keeps disconnecting. But from 4am it becomes stable and is quite fast.
Funny, but I remember so many people lambasting SE for their QW-ER-TY style keypads on the M600 and the P1, but on the new Nokia E55 its being praised. What did I miss?
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ambyzown
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From: Lagos-Nigeria
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Guys, remember also that the cost of running a telecoms operation in Nigeria is the highest worldwide, so if 35% of their budget is for power, levies and community relations how much do they have left for actual infrastructure to improve the network? The Mobile phone operators in Nigeria are currently working under the most horrible conditions anyone can think of. Do you know how many cell sites are vandalised across the nation daily? Do you realise how much they spend on importing generators and buying diesel? when diesel was being sold for N170per liter did the price of calls increase? Give them some kudos first, them ask for more later.
Just my own 2pence on the matter
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