@Honsule, even if we upgrade to 6G (when that is available), it wouldn't really make a difference if the bandwidth is still poor. 3G as it is can deliver way more than they're currently giving us.

-[n3rve]

@Sayso, it really depends on your use, 100 mb can take you for a month, you shouldn't pay for 100MB and stream / download videos / songs, leave auto updates enabled, etc

-[n3rve]

omimi:

The code is actually *229*2*1# for 100MB, *229*2*2# for 500MB. I work for the company dats why i know the code. The validity is 30 days frm the day you get the plan. Its called easy flex. Enjoy

Me i don't work in their office,but i know more.This is coded.I hv the browsing sim(Easy net)
For daily access on the easynet time plan @N500, dial *229*3*1#; for unlimited access @N10000, dial *229*3*2#; for night & weekend access @N5000, dial *229*3*3#

thanks for the post, but network not good in my area at egbeda

i THINK THE TRUTH IS THAT SOME NETWORKS WORK BETTER IN SOME AREAS THAN THEY DO IN SO OTHER PARTS.
SO WHICHEVER IS WORKING FOR YOU, THEN USE IT.

Zain is faster, but smtimes it do fluctuate bw 9:30pm to 11pm.

pay 1 k for 100mb -

will go bankrupt sharp sharp

Well guys why not also try MTN plan, i.e N500 for 50mb for 1 day. Try it out, I am using it now. send 103 thru sms to 131. works with web browser.

I have been using it for close to a month now. It can work with any phone so long as it is GPRS enabled. You can download with it. There are no restrictions. So load and enjoy.

@ honsule, i wasnt trying to brag but was trying to correct the info passed to people, could be dat d poster made a mistake typing d code, so wat were you trying to prove? why didnt you give correct code b4 now? u know more koooo, never knew u were the person in charge of the package

MTN data plan
N500 - 50MB
N2500 - 3Gb

so which is better?

Why can't all these people let Nigerians have access to what has come to be history in other parts of the world.  I thought the telecomms companies in Nigeria should have reached the stage of giving Nigerians unlimited access for as low as 6k-10K by now.

MTN started with unlimited access @ 12k/month, later came down to 10k/month, then it seemed as if Nigerians have had access to what they are not created for, then it turned to be 10k/month/3Gb.  What is all these for goodness sake? I get sadder each time I think about all these. What is really the problem?

Do they reap off citizens in the lands they came from like this? Let someone be candid please.

It disgusts me, I tell you the truth.

anddrewz:

Well guys why not also try MTN plan, i.e N500 for 50mb for 1 day. Try it out, I am using it now. send 103 thru sms to 131. works with web browser.

It doesn't make sense at all.I can finish the 50mb under 20 minutes

ruffhandu:

MTN data plan
N500 - 50MB
N2500 - 3Gb

so which is better?

Why can't all these people let Nigerians have access to what has come to be history in other parts of the world.  I thought the telecomms companies in Nigeria should have reached the stage of giving Nigerians unlimited access for as low as 6k-10K by now.

MTN started with unlimited access @ 12k/month, later came down to 10k/month, then it seemed as if Nigerians have had access to what they are not created for, then it turned to be 10k/month/3Gb.  What is all these for goodness sake? I get sadder each time I think about all these. What is really the problem?

Do they reap off citizens in the lands they came from like this? Let someone be candid please.

It disgusts me, I tell you the truth.

make them remove the limitation,i will subscribe.what will MTN do with the excess bandwidth that they have.10k=3G for wetin

So people still pay to browse these days ? Na wa o

Lol! Not everyone goes FBTing like u

Deep Soul:

Zain is doing this already.

I load my Zain modem with N1,000 and I get 100MB which is valid for 30 days
They also have the ONE GIG plan which can be gotten for N5,000 and is also valid for 30days

Kini big deal Etisalat?? Zain is better jare, plus they have better coverage

is this now a debating thread?

Just curious to know

Zain's simply d best,

i dont know how much u guys pays for internet services at the moment and credit,

but what if i can fuse the both together for u guys were all u pay is a certain amount and i provide both services (calls and internet services to any network) all in one package for a month

response pple i wanna know what y'all think

I use MTN monthly for 10k,is really reliable.

Different strokes for different folks. I have an Etisalat SIM and i am really loving it. . I get the flexibility of being online any time i want to without ripping a hole in my pocket and depending on FBT's.

i believe this is good competetion, At least the other carriers wld sit up.
Etisalat is doing well interms of the value added services, BTW, i wanna ask if this plan wld work on an iphone 3G wiv safari web browser?

I use Etisalat and its okay.Anyway I have a universal browsing modem which you can insert your Etisalat,Zain,Glo or MTN sims and browse anywhere and anytime.THE SMART CHOICE FOR SMART PEOPLE.Its a USB modem--just like your flash dive,you just insert your SIM into it and you are good to go.It goes for 8K for nairalands. call 080212231

MTN is the best 3G 4 2,500 10-5, why makin noise of Etisalat nd Zain is also doin the same 4 1000

All these Gsm internet services are not impressive. I use Etisalat and it is frustrating most times.They are licenced only to 2.5G Network and thier coverage is not wide as the others.make sure u check the effectiveness of their network in ur area before u subscribe to their service.
MTN is better of but also has its own epileptic periods.

Infact Nigeria is not yet there in terms of speed in wireless internet service.

What we need is a complete fiber connectivity in these Networks to step up the speed of browsing.

With the Glo fiber to house service coming up soon we will get there.

MTN's Internet service Plans are trickish and unfriendly.

-N-1,000 for 100MB = daylight robbery!

Where there's decent 3G/3.5G coverage, MTN still has the fastest speed. I'd rather pay 2k5 for mtn all nyt and get 3Gig/month

First, ANY MODEM can be made UNIVERSAL by "unlocking it".
Modem Unlocking is free and many people have offered to assist in unlocking the Dongle for free and YOU can do it yourself if you download the software and connect your dongle to your USB port.

Thats by-the-way sha.

@The Builder

I have three etisalat cards for my three offices. I can tell you that the link is very unstable and speed outrageously frsustrating. At a time I allowed my staff to load only one.
Yesterday, I sent my staff to go and load the second one. He came  came and still could not log on. I could not do what I needed to do untill about 3 hours later.
More worrisome is the fact that I started with Glo, then the very disappointing MTN before I moved to Etisalat.
I use zain on my blackberry and most times, it is always "communication with server error". Communication in this part of the world is really frustrating.

Stay where you are please. All these networks are one and the same.

I feel you bro.
Its really pathetic and frustrating when you pay for something and you dont even get what you paid for!
We should not be struggling on who provides better service among these operators in Nigeria, THEY ARE ALL FRAUDS, believe me!

Like someone has just shown above, see how they downgraded the service from 10K/month (24/7) to 10K/month (3G!); and what happened? NOTHING
Someone else has also reminded us that it costs "nothing extra" for these operators to give Nigerians better service at a cheaper price and l know this is true; BUT THEY WONT!

Question is: WHY?
I need not mention that they cant do all these their nonsense in some African countries like S/Africa, Ghana or any of the North African countries but in Nigeria, anything goes!

QUESTION AGAIN IS: WHY?

For example, you will get a 3G broadband, min 3MB download speed anywhere in Europe for about 20Euros/month (24/7). That equates to just less that #4,000! So why should Nigerians pay #10,000 and cant get just that same thing? (even after paying two-and-half times over!)
In U.S, its even cheaper, Sprint or Verizon will do you unlimited B/band, 24/7 @5MB download for about $20/month = #3,000.
But in Nigeria, they tell us it is impossible!

The truth is two-fold
1.) Despite the fact that it will cost nothing  more, in practical terms (since economics of large-scale and spread due to our huge population, will nil-out any marginal cost), to implement a system that would give Nigerians such bandwidth as experienced in Europe/U.S for 40.Euros/ $50/month (twice the cost, factoring-in our poorer infrastructures like power and roads).
But ask me, since "everyone" has recognized Nigeria as the country where you can steal the people dry, who would not 'gather free money", if it is available for the taking?
If America allows it, "Verizon" will like to charge $100/month for the same thing they charge $20 for BUT it is some people's job/responsibility to see that it doesn't happen They are called REGULATORS

In a situation where the Nigerian Regulators collude with those they are supposed to regulate, what you have now in Nigeria is the result.
Except those that cant see it, the truth is that they bribe our regulators to look the other way while making life a hell for us.

Same thing happens when a Policeman "loans out a gun" bought with tax-payers money, to armed robbers or collude with thieves by giving out security info or refusing to respond to distress calls on time, so that the armed robbery can succeed! Its our way of life now!  

So, we are our own greatest enemy! Before you start blaming MTN or GLO or Etisalat or Zain, ask yourself: why is it possible here and not elsewhere?

2.) Second point:
While l understand that "abject poverty" can make a man loose his soul, endure inhuman degradation and do what they would not "normally do", in a normal circumstances.
Having said that, when l hear my brothers arguing that "MTN is the best or Zain is better than Glo or if you're smart, you will go for Etisalat", l weep internally and for my brothers.
I can understand those who have "entrenched interest", like Salesmen, staff (under a hidden identity), e.t.c but l cant understand "an abused customer" who does not even know that he is being oppressed, when compared to what these same companies do in other countries!
Instead of a public outcry, what we see most of the time is a public argument !
Something like "in the country of the blind, where the one-eyed becomes a king!

Instead of protesting that we are being treated like second-class humans in our country (the way slaves are treated in those days), that we are being ripped-off in our own country, especially by foreigners, we are the same ones that spring-up to defend those that loot us dry, from bad leaders to exploitative factories operated by these foreigners, especially from a particular part of Asia/Middle East.
Instead of boycotting their services, even if it is just for one week (l am not even asking for a hunger strike or a month-long sit-out as some would do in advance countries!), just to show that we know the evil they are meting-out to us, even if we seems powerless because our govt officials have sold us out!

HEAVEN HELPS THOSE WHO HELPS THEMSELVES.
This companies/operators know they are cheating Nigerians. Just like our looting politicians, they believe WE CANT DO "JERK"
Mobile phone and internet is good and useful but before it came, we survived naaah?
Yes, we did so, if we boycott their service for just one week (and they will not only loose BILLIONS of Naira,) they will most importantly, get the message: WE ARE NOT THE FOOLS YOU TAKE US FOR!

Really, you may not know what percentage of your "productivity" you're loosing by the acts of these ingrates called "Telephony operators" until you have the opportunity to see how they treat others outside our country and you would wonder!

In all, it is sad to watch these operators toy with and exploit the life out of our people and its even worse to observe the way we are taking it!
Surely, we must be the "naturally happiest" people on earth otherwise, WHO ELSE CAN TAKE THIS S*H*I*T from the operators?

Just my 10cent.