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Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by rookidmart: 7:25am On Nov 22, 2016 |
oyb:Go to the same location then. |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by pheesayor(m): 11:34am On Nov 22, 2016 |
Finally I'm testing ntel on a swift modem I unlocked, I'm in Yaba and with extra antenna on the modem I'm getting one bar and moderate speed. Speedtest is attached. @4llerbuntu is yours similar to this? I will test for two days before deciding to fully deploy Who else is using ntel in yaba?
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Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by pheesayor(m): 11:42am On Nov 22, 2016 |
another test
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Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by 4llerbuntu(m): 11:44am On Nov 22, 2016 |
pheesayor: speeds average that TBH. But SPeedtest is not showing your real speeds. Its just testing the ISP servers connection to you. If you want to know your real speeds, use testmy.net or fast.com is this a MiFi or router? if MiFi, what does the antenna look like? can i see a picture? where did you get it? |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by 4llerbuntu(m): 11:47am On Nov 22, 2016 |
oyb: i get etisalat 4G almost everywhere i've been in lagos though. weird that you don't |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by Nobody: 12:05pm On Nov 22, 2016 |
4llerbuntu: Must be my Windows phone which is supposed to be 4g, but isn't |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by pheesayor(m): 1:13pm On Nov 22, 2016 |
4llerbuntu: Testmy is showing 449kbps but I have only one bar. I'm using a router, I removed the antenna from the one on the right to the one of the left which ordinarily would not not need an antenna except for areas of low coverage like this one. Without the antenna it is no bar. Later I will take it to the penthouse to retest
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Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by dustmalik(m): 2:11pm On Nov 22, 2016 |
pheesayor:Always remember that ntel supports two bands; band 3 and 8. Band 8 has better in-building penetration and travels farther than band 3. I've tested this theory and I'm convinced that it is 100% practically so. I tested this on my Huawei E5573s-606 and Huawei E5573s-320, and the result is same everywhere. The Huawei E5573s-320 always have better reception since it supports band 8. When it comes to speed test, speedtest.net remains the better option, because it allows you to choose test servers. That way, you can choose the best, nearest server to you. In internet speedtest, the only way to determine your true speed, is to test it on a server nearest to you. Other speed test services default to servers in the U.S. and so on. You can never determine your true speed that way. |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by 4llerbuntu(m): 4:14pm On Nov 22, 2016 |
dustmalik: this is completely false. i'm sure if you think about it a bit, you will see the error in your logic. i don't know why you guys on NL repeat this fallacy all the time the sites you are going to visit, download from, stream from e.t.c, are not located around you, nor are they hosted on those servers. testing them will ALWAYS give you better figures than real life usage will give you. this is like running 10 meters in your sitting room, timing it and then extrapolating to say you are faster than Bolt. you are only testing your connection to ISP. under normal use, your internet traffic is YOU --------> ISP ---------> iNTERNATIONAL GATEWAY ------------> DESTINATION GATEWAY --------> DESTINATION SERVER So how can you be testing your speed at just the 1st hop? funny thing is all the servers you test in nigeria are owned by ISP's. do you know how ridiculously easy it is to fool a speedtest? that is why you will be doing speedtest of 25MBps, but downloading on IDM (multithreaded) for 1.5Mbps same connection, same time if you are in doubt, change your speedtest.net server to one located abroad and see if your figures don't immediately halve. Even those Local servers, test different ones and see how the results vary wildly. you can't compare mainone server to airtel's server for instance..... PS: i learnt of testmy.net from an network engineer working for an ISP. that is what even they use to troubleshoot their service
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Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by Nobody: 7:27am On Nov 23, 2016 |
Ntel has been slow lately. It gets the job done though but not close to the speed of LTE. From Ikeja to Agege to OGba, the highest i ever get is 4mbps. Most of the times 2.5mbps. Anyone experiencing this? 1 Like
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Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by Dam5reey(m): 8:50am On Nov 23, 2016 |
greenhulk: Seems that's the average speed.. I noticed i don't get more than 599kb using browser to download.. But on torrent its very fast.. i got up to 5 MB/s on a particular torrent.. but on other 300k some 900k.. I think it also depends on the server you're downloading from... |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by tomisinobm(m): 12:27pm On Nov 23, 2016 |
pheesayor: Hello. Please Can you link me with those who unlocked your router. I want to unlock mine? Thank you |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by Nobody: 3:13pm On Nov 23, 2016 |
Okay
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Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by 4llerbuntu(m): 3:29pm On Nov 23, 2016 |
greenhulk: Story of my life. its been like that for me for 2 months+ now... Guess the honeymoon is over. Its not even as fast as 3G on MTN and ETI anymore, its buffering Mobdro that works fine on MTN 3G, which means its probably time to seriously consider porting somewhere else. Unlimited is very unattractive, if too slow to be useful. Otherwise we'd all be using Glo 1 Like |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by pheesayor(m): 4:55pm On Nov 23, 2016 |
My Verdict This is the second day of testing NTEL against swift, the speed I'm getting on NTEL with one bar is similar to what I'm getting with swift on 2/3 bars. NTEL is 10k for unlimited/mo while we are on swift 125gb/mo for 25k. All things remaining equal, I'm switching to NTEL once this swift subscription expires but will retain the swift sim for backup. NTEL speed is okay for me, two systems even stream on youtube simultaneously while another is torrenting and it still doesn't affect others. Heavier data users can demand more from NTEL which I'm sure will be much faster in areas with more bars |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by Nobody: 4:56pm On Nov 23, 2016 |
4llerbuntu: If it continues this way I might end up dumping it. i can get 20gb from mtn for N5,000 and 40gb for 10k with my double phone bonus. Mtn is a lot faster and have more coverage . |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by pheesayor(m): 5:23pm On Nov 23, 2016 |
His name is Sam at computer village, meet those guys selling modem near the police post, they will take you to his place tomisinobm: |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by pheesayor(m): 9:35pm On Nov 23, 2016 |
I brought the modem home to test, placed near the window I get two to three (full) bars and the speed test result is very impressive, I tried fast and test my too
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Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by alt3r3g0: 9:53pm On Nov 23, 2016 |
pheesayor: There was a time when average speed on ntel was ping of 14ms and 30mbps. Now its 110ms. 3.4mbps is really, really slow for a 4g lte. Glo has stepped up their game and now average 20mbps. If ntel does not improve...dumping them till further notice once ma plan expires. Seems complacency has started to set in.
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Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by Nobody: 10:04pm On Nov 23, 2016 |
pheesayor: Meanwhile, mtn 4g LTE. It now looks like ntel LTE is no longer relevant unless someone needs really heavy downloads.
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Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by Dam5reey(m): 10:59pm On Nov 23, 2016 |
alt3r3g0: At 3.4Mbps You get about 600kbps.. that's okay.. for an unlimited data.. at this speed im still Downloading about 10GB in few hours... Streaming is cool... |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by pheesayor(m): 11:09pm On Nov 23, 2016 |
greenhulk: Neck breaking speed but wait till it gets congested. I can confirm ntel is congested with the rate they sell devices and the way people unlock modems these days to use ntel. Ntel will get better with competition but they are slow with expansion, quite a number of old mtel/nitel base stations are wasting away. For me sha, I've succeeded in reducing my workplace monthly internet from 25k per month for 125gb to 10k per month for unlimited Internet 2 Likes |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by Nobody: 5:05am On Nov 24, 2016 |
pheesayor: I also love that it is unlimited,. But I kinda find myself using mtn more even though it is capped. First because ntel doesn't have a wide coverage Secondly it is just not fast enough. For example last week PlayStation sent a 1.9gb update for the ps4, I was using ntel to download and to was taking forever to download.... Estimated time of about 80 hours. I switched to mtn and downloaded it under 40 minutes. Also the last time I updated my pc to windows 10 anniversary.... About 5gb it was taking ntel forever, mtn did it under 1 hr 30 mins. Ntel is only good for downloading smaller files and torrent files, or when u have the patience of waiting. |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by Dam5reey(m): 9:37am On Nov 24, 2016 |
greenhulk: Yes ... The unlimited thing is the only edge... seems they did it intentionally... If NTEL speed is like MTN.. then It is possible to do 500GB in less than 1 week and you are paying just 10k In terms of Speed and coverage MTN got the edge.. My MTN 7GB got exhausted On NTEl I have done over 40GB in less than 3 days with the 3k weekly subscription ... 22.82 GB in the last 12hours.. with average speed of 800Kb/s that is 4Mbps I'm going back to mtn once this plan finishes....
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Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by malikalhaj: 11:12am On Nov 24, 2016 |
i keep hearing people complain about Ntel, i get an average of 33mb/s tho when they started i used to get an average of 52mb/s, so i guess it all has to do with location 1 Like |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by alt3r3g0: 12:28pm On Nov 24, 2016 |
malikalhaj: Whats your location? I hear its better in Abuja. |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by malikalhaj: 12:54pm On Nov 24, 2016 |
Ojo, Lagos but i only make use of it saturdays and sundays |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by 4llerbuntu(m): 1:05pm On Nov 24, 2016 |
December i'm definitely spending the 10k on MTN. AT least i'll watch football in peace Thing is that because the service is so poor, it ends up crappy. yesternite i couldn't even watch 240kbps and 360 kbps streams football. and this is becoming a regular thing Even if they were throttling to 600KBps it shouldn't struggle with that quality, after all i use 3G for those before now.... and this happens more or less all the time these days especially when its time for football I turned on the meter on my MiFi this month and still haven't crossed 70Gb with just 1 week left.......... This unlimited talk is fast losing its appeal. |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by Nobody: 10:51pm On Nov 24, 2016 |
plus ntel is definitely throttling file sharing sites i am presently downoading via uptobox [52kbps] ifichier 40kbps . on other networks i would be getting 700 to 1mpbs on these hosts this is occuring even with vpn not cool at all |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by purplekayc(m): 8:30am On Nov 25, 2016 |
4llerbuntu:every one has a choice Don't think mtn does unlimited ,do they? Except for their hynet services which costs like 22k,30k monthly |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by Nobody: 10:32am On Nov 25, 2016 |
purplekayc: For smart users u can get 40gb from mtn for 10k. Yes its not unlimited but unless u run an office where network is shared among many users, then 40gb should be enough for an average user at an incredibly fast speed. If u really care about unlimited then ntel is the best solution. Last month I disnt even use up to 30gb on my ntel, it was slow espeially for streaming and most of the times I found myself using mtn. I love streaming a lot, ntel sucks at streaming. I play ps4 online, ntel WILL NOT CONNECT TO PSN, so for me its no longet worth it paying that 10k when I can get 40gb with 10k from mtn. |
Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by malikalhaj: 10:58am On Nov 25, 2016 |
greenhulk:it works on X1 but always on strict (though i can play some games online), i tweeted @ntel regarding the PSN issue they said its been worked on for over 2 months now |
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