i think MTN shouldn't even come in at all if what you need is broadband for downloads, following the picture posted by hayprof, he downloaded 2.7GB in 9hrs, if it were MTN, "he would av been finished"

Starcomms is still better than most internet service providers we have, from personal experience, I think Visafone deserves to be in the zoo, i wasted 22k to those guys and it is very painful.

from personal experiences with these ISPs
normal starcomms rate is 35kB/s
normal DOPC rate is 25 kB/s
normal visafone rate is 7 kB/s - thats why they should be in the zoo, or freezer, or dustbin or pantry or anywhere alike

I don't know about others but take my words for it

I took a snapshot of starcomms night download
www.nairaland.com/attachments/93506_wbdzy_148kb_jpg4ecd82fcafba0a12cba83ff2c97f255a

1:30am @ Ijesha

Dual Core:

good thing u know the bad news, so mind the amount of characters u post
cUz your every KB counts
hehe

The 1st time I got the Starcomms EvDO internet, I downloaded a Total file of up to 40GB+ within a Month only, ya'll Want prove?

fotodaddy:

Who is Starcomms For 16k per month, its ridiculous.

I got the MTN 3G!! UNBELEIVEABLE!!!!!

I get speeds that peak at 1167kbps (thats been today's peak). I watch movies on the internet without buffering. Now thats what I call speed. There have been about 2 or 3 days when it wasnt so great but for the 3 weeks I've had it, its been mindblowing. Calls on skype are like using a normal phone. All all that for a month access of 10K!!!

DUDE, Pls Get me a Screenshot*

-Remember, i beat starcomms Cu-care hands down @ their office with dat Only*

@ Webdizzy, Do u mine using dis as ur Illustration screenshot to the the One u posted

You Desktop needs some privacy, so also Nairaland space

Shyne ur eyz well well 4 dat izap ooh !

personally, the starcomms izap is ok,
i do believe they need to work on improving the speed anyway,

Dual Core:

good thing u know the bad news, so mind the amount of characters u post 
cUz your every KB counts 
hehe

You didnt answer the later part of my post:

fotodaddy:

Can you tell me of one person who has been 'suspended' on account of using up his quota??

Either way I am quite happy. I have a service that is avaialble 'every where I go' and I am not a high volume user like you guys here (where would I keep 40GB of downloads to start with?? And that, every month??)

To each his own. 

@hayprof. Haba, 40GB! Wetin u de download sef. Movies? U no get TV for house? Na guys like u de cause problem for network. No wonder my starcomms speed de reduce. Abeg try de watch tv on tv not pc.

Do u uys av Issues wit 40GB Data transfer?

I Download OS'es . .(including Ubuntu nd the Likes)

I Download what ever Software I need Online* {Computer village can keep em' crap}

I Download Music, . . {Latest nd my likes}

I Download Movies . . .{And in this cases, mobile Movies i watch on my 320x240 Nokia E61i screen}

Sorry, I don't watch TV on PC. . {I barely av time for dat not to talk of the T.V}

I help pple to acquire needs frm the Internet too? You need any >>Contact me

And i asked, Do u want Prove?[color=#990000][/color]

personally i think starcomms is ok. but they have a tough competition in mtn now that it has come up with flexible data packages for both prepaid and postpaid customers, and the speed is nothing like i have experienced in any network:ultrafast! starcomms should upgrade and expand their EVDO rev O to rev A and to more areas. the market is just there. i don't know what's holding them back. right now i am sticking to mtn 3.5G. they have won me over.

flyuche:

personally i think starcomms is ok. but they have a tough competition in mtn now that it has come up with flexible data packages for both prepaid and postpaid customers, and the speed is nothing like i have experienced in any network:ultrafast! starcomms should upgrade and expand their EVDO rev O to rev A and to more areas. the market is just there. i don't know what's holding them back. right now i am sticking to mtn 3.5G. they have won me over.

Tolded them

flyuche:

personally i think starcomms is ok. but they have a tough competition in mtn now that it has come up with flexible data packages for both prepaid and postpaid customers, and the speed is nothing like i have experienced in any network:ultrafast! starcomms should upgrade and expand their EVDO rev O to rev A and to more areas. the market is just there. i don't know what's holding them back. right now i am sticking to mtn 3.5G. they have won me over.

it all boilz down to personal preference and internet usage.
if all u do is check mails, surf sites, chat, download latest music, watch tubes, then go for the mtn thingy
like i said b4, if u be massive downloader, no just go near mtn. i'll stick with starcomms until mtn lifts their 3gig embargo, lol.

I just updated my Vista to SP1 nd Sierra Aircard Wireless refuse to work. .

Straight I went to Google. . I got a solution. .

I will post for ur Guys just in case u get ur Self caught up On this

LATER!

Just Download this 53kb File

Run It nd Your Device should Work well nw.

This solution is for Vista SP1 users only*


Terms and Conditions apply.


N.B: There r some other drivers with issues on SP1 . .

See Microsoft statement HERE

@Hayprof
Sierra Wireless has a vista compatible AirCard 580 watcher application on their site. thought i gave u the link months back. or e no work for u? tht's what i'm using on vista though.

@ Dual,  . .  I clearly stated that this is a Vista SP1 issue,

You try upgrade from Vista to SP1 nd see if your AirCard works. .

Yes, the app u provided is the one i use, ,

But still on SP1 u need to add this fix to get thing going right* 

DC DC u no go kill me oh wit ur limit stuf but wit time 1 crack go cme out on hw 2 by pass d limit i trust nija boyz

lol, all u guys think of is crak, lol

Izap abi na EVDO performance depends on the area. I am at Ebute Metta now and below is the speed I got,
something I never got close to at my own base

Hayprof pls give me ur yim i wan talk wit u

well, I enjoy my Zoom Mobile Wirelesss,

leuelliot:

Hayprof please give me your yim i wan talk wit u

Yahoo handle: hayznet

viceb:

well, I enjoy my Zoom Mobile Wirelesss,

I recommend Reltel Wireless to anyone that just need to Browse (Not massive downloads)

Their Intenet connection is very Reliable, and u get Incredible speed in the nite too*

ma brodas!
who will save us from dis pple hands o! Ive used multilinks, starcomms now am on visafone this their EVDO (EVen Though we promised high speed DOnt bet on it) is fraud. If I had money i would invest in real broadband. The market is crying to be served. What a country!

Honestly, what shall it profit a man, to download the greatest pieces of files and lose it because you refused to back 'em up.

Thats a good piece for leechers, u know wham saying

@stanloki

Visafone is a big mistake, expect 1kbps on their broadband, trust me, no jokes here


hayprof, i'll meet u on yim

Ma broda Webdezzi u no lai at all dis visafone dey trek. So where do i run to now? is it MTN? from wat ive seen on this forum its not bad. Am confused jare!I noticed no body mentioned Glo. That in itself is a statement!Big disappointment, all they do is make noise and launch jibiti promos!

Please does starcomm EVDO works in Ibadan around ring road and up to apata area? And is it as fast as Ebute-Meta's? Ur contribution plssss.

most the posts here correct about starcomms, but lets look at it from the other side,


1: if starcomms is the worst ISP, what will u say about the likes of multilinks, visafone, onet etc?

2: if you did not get great attention at the toyin street ikeja office ( due to much crowd ), have you tried their other offices ie hostel b/stop ikotun?

3: EVDO was rebranded as IZAP,  correct, but there is no Izap coverage in all the cities they are now.

4: if you are not getting the broadband speed as advertised, and even if you post your screen shot, how do nairalanders comfirm that you are actually posting them within the broaband coverage area?

5: Starcomms Do not have broadband coverage all over lagos per-say, but they have the broadband and 1X coverage maps pasted in most of their offices, isnt it our responsibilities to verify our individual locations correctly before buying their data terminals? afteral we are the ones parting with our hard earned money,

6: do we lso realise that " another isp ( aside starcomms ) is using same sierra wireless 580 terminal ( as EVDO ). " so how do nairalanders differentiate which ISPs' AIr card watcher snapshot is bein posted, since the sierra wireless cards are show exactly same wathcer when in use?

7: its quite unfortunate and fustrating when we are not getting the best from Starcomms as an ISP, but in the naija of today, do we have a better alternative? i have lots of friends that has roamed round all the ISPs, and at the end concluded that starcomms happens to be the most reliable.

8: here we have people saying lots of trash ( even lying ) about starcomms on this thread while same people recommend/prefer starcomms to multilinks, visafone etc.

i am using starcomms IZAP and its working well for me and lots of my friends.

the question that needs and anwer is, Is It Really Fast As Starcomms Claim?

my candid answer to this quetion is, YES if you are withing IZAP coverage area.

NB: If its not fast go back to their office so they can check it up.



There is no EVDO/IZAP coverage in Ibadan, all you have there is 1x ie dialup, for more enquries call

*123---for voice complaints
*121---for Data complaints, though you may need to be very patient to reach them



i can give you more helplines if only you request "nicely"

i use starcomms and it has never failed me since i started. unless there is general network failure.

I'm impressed,STARCOMMS SERVICE IS DA BEST  

@Oj6.2002, Well I mite need your Help in by-passing all the Crap engineers prensent @ various Starcomms Office. .

I av been tryin to make some things clear to them. .

I get 1x Speeds everytime i use my Starcomms In Ikeja Allen Avenue {Oshopey Plaza to b Precise}

But when i get to there Office they just connect the watcher, go to Internet explorer and check on the Connection settings. . Opens a Yahoo Page nd Says to me Ok now. .  IT'S Working You can Go!

[center]Some ONe tell me please AM I DUMB?[/center]

THATS ABSOLUTE CRAP!

When i get back to my Office, even if i connect to EVDO [/b]only OR [b]Automatic . .  I get speeds just like 1x, while i pay for Evdo Subscription Every Month?

I Pray I get a Starcomms Official to Read this On the Forum. .

Because I plan to write their Head Office . .  on this Worst situation. .  even with Printed Screenshots* 

Oh! and visiting their Other ofices like the Ikotu u mentioned. . will just be a minus on my side because noOne will beleieve me when i say i get worst speeds @ my ususal Location nd one of the Engineers @ Ikotun connects my Internet nd it connects wit Incredible speed @ their end. .

I did that @ their Surulere Office once, I was online to convince them with Screenshots of about 20mins of less than 50kb* 

But still they had nothing to do for me because It connects in their Office nd the Guy even used my Evdo to download a 50mb+ file rite in front of my eyes 

[center]NOW WHERE ELSE DO I LAY MY COMPLAINS!?[/center]

[center][size=30pt]HELP !! [/size][/center] 

@hayprof,

is this problem peculiar to you, or d you know any one having same problem in same location? whats your izap card no and the ESN HEX no?, i ll need to make some enquiries.

hayprof, i had this problem last month and glory be to God, i have this other starcomms land line so i call them up every 30 minutes until they connected me to the right network

maybe they try to play tricks on users who care only about checking mails, but ppls who are into downloads should not accept that. u've got brains man