HELLO PEOPLE,
THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN HAVING HUGE PROBLEM WITH THE INTERNET FOR SOMEDAYS NOW,
PLEASE WHO KNOWS WHATS WRONG WITH SAT3 PLEASE, WE NEED TO FIND SOMETHING TO DO IN ORDER T SOLVE THIS PROBLEM,
LETS SAVE OUR PEOPLE FROM THIS DARKNESS,

FROM


Michael

am worry about dis situation as well, is there a way out of this problem?

I'm confused: If the problem is with SAT-3, then how come so many people are browsing right now?

yes ofcourse so many people are browsing because --- some other ISP's has thier backup with V-SAT and all others, but SAT-3 is the best,

Apparently there was a broken fiber cable. Normal services should resume soon.

Ok, I've just realized that my browsing speed has been slower than usual for a while
Thought it was just the usual Nigerian poor service, but now I know why.  Thanks for the info.

Tshew. Thing has been down since last week.

i believe u guys are browsing faster now.SAT3 had a major fibre problem and most providers switched to their back-up,thats y browsing speed slowed in the first place.then SAT3 was shut down to repair the damage,thats why there was like a total beakdown in internet communications.

by now, i believe if u guys have not reached optimum browsing speed,u will get there asap. destruction of cable pathway underwater is by no means the fault of Nitel or should i say Transcorp.blame the ships on highseas dropping their anchors indiscriminately.

watsoever the cause of the problem,hope it gets attended to on time.

The SAT-3 fibre cut happened along the Marina coast line and from info reaching me, its been sorted and thats why Internet browsing is back and faster now.
Its amazingly wonderful to know how much we'have grown - internet wise, but on the other hand we sooo depend on it for carrying out our daily activities that it impacted so much on businesses these fews day SAT-3 had issues.

One thing that worries me is, whether there are no laws governing at points - location, these ships should be allowed to anchor, thereby preventing invents as this. NCC / NITEL should take note.
Hope it doesnt happen again without a backup plan.

hi it was bad the whole of yesterday I use IPNX and the thing went gaga
honestly it wasn't funny at all

wish something good will come out

i couldnt even come online for most part of the day yesterday and just decided to enjoy most of the day with my girlfriends who have badly missed me, glad to be back here today,

I have been browsing, use Cobranet which gets its bandwidth from Intelsat.

Guyz SAT-3 fibre optic has been fixed and all internet speeds are back to status quo unless ure using something else!

guys SAT-3 fibre optic has been fixed and all internet speeds are back to status quo

I'm sorry, but that's not the case with my own connection. The speed is still awful. Very awful.

The SAT-3 problem has not been fixed.
I learnt it would take 3-4 weeks for it to be restored.

well it might just take dat long because, last i heard they were getting a portuguese company to come n fix it as the cable is underwater,

Mine is still crawling like Snail.

nawa oooo .Download n upload na prob nw

infact e, the thing don tire me o, especially for those of us whose businesses depend solely on the internet connectivity.

its slightly better today, but not all that.

i hope they find a lasting solution to whatever the problem is. for the sake of national peace ooo.

Abeg GLOBACOM should speed up their Optic fibre Cable.

This is a matter of national security. We should have redundant access

my starcomms is down. the only site i seem to browse well now is nairaland, on google chrome.

I think the problem is the link.

the nig sat3 issue hasnt been fixed.i use visafone's evdo and i cant even browse the speed of 1x talk less of broadband. since u said its an optic fibre issue, it might take longer than we think.newayz, new info about this will be really appreciated!

As far as i am concerned, SAT3-WASC does not exist in Nigeria. Sure, some of these PTO's "might" be using it but it hasnt affected my internet usage. Majority of the isp's in this country use vsat technology by the way so i wonder how SAT3 breakdown affects them seriously in any way. 99.9% of the internet cafe's in this country also use vsat technology so for them its business as usual. I wonder why you guys are complaining. I use vsat for all my internet needs and the journey has been tumultous at best. If SAT3 was really working in Nigeria, we should be getting faster speeds dedicated connections and not the shitty bandwidht that people are paying an arm and a leg for as the status quo. They can roll up the entire fibre optic cables  from portugal to india and blast it to mars for all i care. I hate seeing a valuable piece of technology and a national asset being left to rot.

I heard the problem is actually with the interface between Nigeria and UK, and not marine. The Nigerian end is in good shape. This means that the people working to fix it are the whites while NITEL (or is it Transcorp?) is being kept informed.

Expected time of restoration: by tomorrow.

Meanwhile, nairaland appears to be the fastest site to access,

It appears SAT-3 has been fixed ahead of schedule? My connectivity is no longer timing out!

Yes it looks like it's been resolved.
My connection is faster.

Same here.

& HERE TOOO,

INSHORT ALL OF US