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Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by coogar: 6:31pm On May 17, 2011 |
buzugee: the infrastructure is in place over here. in my area, there are about 12 different unsecured networks i can log on to any-time of the day. bt's hotspot is growing massively and it will get to a point you won't even need to subscribe to use the internet. internet usage here is the equivalent of owning ceiling fans in nigeria. |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by 2muchlogic(m): 6:32pm On May 17, 2011 |
buzugee: now you're saying:== buzugee: come on! It NOT FREE! Despite all Nigerias hiccups with their broadband its still probably one of the best if not the best in Sub-saharan Africa if we do not include South Africa. The problem seems to be the same old "lack of strong institutions", where are the telecommunication regulators? |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by isalegan2: 6:40pm On May 17, 2011 |
buzugee: Awun. You just told on yourself. If shows you don't send any money home. N16,000 is closer to $100 than $160. Go on now, Western Union is open 24hrs. this is insane. whats going on in that country are you guys that rich ? in the western world they pay the equivalent of N1000 per month. hmmm. N1000 = $7. In USA? Typically, Broadband/DSL/Cable internet all run $30-50. Sometimes you'll get a $20 fee if you do a long term contract or they're desperately doing promotions for new customers. Some dial-up ISPs do promotions of $5/monthly though. Anyway, what's with alternating pounds-sterling and dollars? I can never tell whether you are currently in Yankee or across the pond, undercover man. |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by buzugee(m): 6:44pm On May 17, 2011 |
coogar:exactly. its everywhere. go to the library self, its free. this is 2011. it should never be a luxury but a necessity. heck without it you are incapacitated. but naijas dont care. they want to extract the ultimate profit from something. i also hear shoes in naija sometimes sell for N50,000. this is like 500 dollars or like 300 pounds, can you believe that ? |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by buzugee(m): 6:48pm On May 17, 2011 |
2muchlogic:its not a contradictory statement. i live in a block of 5 flats. the person in charge of the grounds and the garden and the upkeep of the building also provides the talktalk for everyone of us. he pays 6 pounds for it and gives it to all of us for free. we all have the same password. just log into it with your password. wireless. but ermm yeah it might be the best in sub-saharan africa but the prices are definitely the worst. an oxymoron |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by buzugee(m): 6:53pm On May 17, 2011 |
isale_gan2:send money home kee ? i am poorer than all my people at home. my people at home dont need me to send them money. in fact they can send me enough money to pay my rent here abroad for 5 years sef if they wish. i thank the lord that he has not bestowed on me the problem of sending money home or else i will be wilting under that kinda pressure. lol i was in yankee for 5 years until april 1st this year (6 weeks ago). now i am back in england |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by Kilode1: 7:03pm On May 17, 2011 |
^^ Your people: are they in government or they own phone companies too? @Isale, Yes, you did smoke him out, apparently Buzugee is not one of those good folks contributing to the Nigerian economy through Western Union remittances. |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by isalegan2: 7:04pm On May 17, 2011 |
@Buzugee All right, my broda. I hope you like it there. Just don't try to look up Cap28; I doubt he's a people person. |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by texazzpete(m): 7:05pm On May 17, 2011 |
buzugee: In which universe did $7 become 6 pounds? Also, at an exchange rate of 1 pound = 250 Naira, explain how 6 pounds = N1000. |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by enyojo(f): 7:08pm On May 17, 2011 |
-yawns¬ |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by buzugee(m): 7:09pm On May 17, 2011 |
Kilode?!:lol i dont do western union. at least not in a while anyway. my people are not in govt or phone company oooo lol. they are honest self made business people. huge real estate holdings etc and other businesses (all legit). |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by isalegan2: 7:10pm On May 17, 2011 |
Kilode?!: Ah! Kilode?! Where have you been? Yeah, Buzugee is a man of many talents, who blends in, flies under the radar and swoops in when you least expect him. Hey, Buzugee, Kilode is the [i]brutha [/i]I was looking for. lol. (You'll understand, if you check my post in the last place you+me+Cap talked. ) |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by buzugee(m): 7:11pm On May 17, 2011 |
isale_gan2:lol i gotta get together with cap28 sometime sha. sounds like an interesting guy. but i suspect he is in london. me i am like 4 hrs away |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by buzugee(m): 7:13pm On May 17, 2011 |
texazzpete:all na ballpark figure my brother this bruh just dey split hairs |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by buzugee(m): 7:17pm On May 17, 2011 |
isale_gan2:you and all ya nairaland-CIA moves sef. |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by ektbear: 7:22pm On May 17, 2011 |
So is this N16k unlimited broadband or something. . . ? If not, then sounds like an insane price to me. My neighbor and I share internet access for N7500/month (I pay half.) |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by dayokanu(m): 7:27pm On May 17, 2011 |
For Unlimited talk text and web in the US, Tmobile (Which is a high end carrier) offers it for $80. If you go with cricket, metro PCS US Cellular or those lower end ones its usually cheaper. For cable, Broadband and Home phone you can get for $100 So for $180 you get Broadband, Home phone, Cable, Unlimited talk, text and Web on your phone $180 is like N25,000 per month |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by buzugee(m): 7:36pm On May 17, 2011 |
ekt_bear:not sure what service she is getting but this is her right here https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-667323.64.html she says she spends N16000 on her wireless internet |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by buzugee(m): 7:38pm On May 17, 2011 |
dayokanu:sounds too much to me. i was getting comcast cable (all channels) and internet for $50 per month. |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by isalegan2: 7:40pm On May 17, 2011 |
dayokanu: Don't those lower end Cell Phone companies find a way to get you too? A company like Metro PCS will also sell you a crappy mobile phone at an exorbitant price and charge $40-50 for unlimited call and text. While you can get a very nice and updated mobile phone from TMobile for nothing if you sign a one or 2-year contract. I think it all evens out to be the same. Plus you get better service with a TMobile/ATT/Verizon/Sprint than you would with Metro and the other ones. Just my experience. |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by isalegan2: 7:49pm On May 17, 2011 |
buzugee: Buzugee, I see you do not handle the money or the bills at your home at all! Are you sure your apartment/condo/subdivision didn't have free cable tv? That's the only way your monthly bill could have been that small. My cable tv is free with the home association, and my internet is supposed to be 26.99 but of course, when Comcast adds up all their fees for rental this, modem that, the bill comes to $40 every month. And you can't get cable tv for $10 buddy! I'm going with ATT DSL as soon as I can. You get less hassle, less interruption and less equipment - just one little modem/router all built into one pretty looking gadget. lol. And you can get it for half what I curently pay for Comcast. And I still get to keep my cable tv since it is free for the community. So long, broda. All this talk about money is making me feel poor. |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by Fhemmmy: 7:51pm On May 17, 2011 |
Good question . . . . But those that have and use it, they know what they gain from it |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by dayokanu(m): 7:57pm On May 17, 2011 |
I use ATT High speed, where up to 8 PC can be connected and pay about $42 I use it to stream a lot but its unlimited so a fixed rate. I use Tmobile cos I travel a lot and those lower end providers tend to have crappy services. Buzugee, i doubt you can geta bundle package lower than that $100 per month unless you are using some low end providers maybe Charter or whatever |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by Odunnu: 8:02pm On May 17, 2011 |
Do we pay that much? Thats crazy! N16k? Thats not true! |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by buzugee(m): 8:15pm On May 17, 2011 |
isale_gan2:lol trust me i paid the bills myself. you know the trick with comcast ? you have to always ask for their specials. they always have some specials going. special rates. they give you the special rate for 1 year. once the specials is about to be over and your bill is about to jump to $100 a month, you request for another special deal. works all the time the thing i hated about comcast, the bills are not the same every month. fluctuates by a dollar or 2 or 3 or even more. lol you feel poor ? welcome to the club. |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by Kobojunkie: 8:19pm On May 17, 2011 |
dayokanu: Someone dey play you wayo there. I am also using ATT Highspeed and it cost $24 bucks a month for all machines in house and on the road(you also get wifi connect) to connect ! You probably did not sign up for their one year contract deal or something. Also, if your EGO is not the big deal, you can get a good BoostMobile account now with unlimited talk, text and web for $35 a month. Book has national coverage and also offers international too. |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by paddylo1(m): 8:23pm On May 17, 2011 |
My Internet bill is N6,500 a month with starcomms. . .and its pretty fast and snappy too. . . |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by buzugee(m): 8:25pm On May 17, 2011 |
dayokanu:special deals bruv. always ask them about it. comcast always has some promotional deals going. try to get on it. Fhemmmy:gaining the same thing someone who pays 6 pounds a month gain from it |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by Seun(m): 8:28pm On May 17, 2011 |
Nigerians who can't afford 16k pay much less for night browsing or hourly browsing. Or they use Glo which costs just 7,500. |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by hercules07: 8:28pm On May 17, 2011 |
@paddy There is nothing fast about starcomms service o, u are probably on 2.5G service. |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by Kobojunkie: 8:29pm On May 17, 2011 |
But then, I think it is silly to try to compare the cost of internet and amenities in Nigeria to that in UK or US or anyplace else where the average base pay rate is still at least 10-20 times higher than what is obtainable in Nigeria. hercules07: I definitely know the 2.5G is not as cheap as Naira 6500 |
Re: How Do Nigerians Afford The N16,000 Per Month Internet Bill. This Is Like $160 by hercules07: 8:32pm On May 17, 2011 |
I am the internet access space, the prices are crazy o and the services are crappy, but wetin man go do. Internet access will not be fast until our ISPs peer and services are local, as it is now, all the popular sites are hosted outside. |
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