Why Is Fast Internet Only A Dream In Nigeria

The Good news though is that we have at least 2 new underwater cables on their way to Nigeria Main1 and Globacom and this will drastically change the Internet and connectivity game in the country as there will be more players in the market.
Then and only then can we start  our journey to cheap and fast internet connectivity in Nigeria.

this absolutely correct my frnd, 

yes its confirmed once ,  main1 and globacom is launched  ,  the internet thing will be solved.

yes ISP's in nigeria are OK,  but all get the same INTERNET ,  so it boils down into one thing thats service, 

i guess DOPC, cobranet, swift ,  all are same ,  but it depends upon the people u dealing with,  my company has two off these service provider,  and service both are gud, 

anyway , cheers and lets wait for the fibre,  will be the happy one to welcome them in nigeria.

i will pretend you refered to me as sunny_bang and then add that my email is there now.

The prices being quoted on this thread for fast and reliable internet connection in Nigeria are too high for comfort. Those companies are rip-offs. They need to bring down their prices and make it available for the average Nigerian to use. In Britain, Virgin Media is making internet services available at good prices. All the telecoms companies in Europe are offering good bargains for internet usage. I know the companies in Nigeria have to cope with the lack of electric power, but their prices should be scaled down.

@  babzyshe

but we also have the foundation. the problem is that we are not using it well. this is my point.

nitel had the chance to atleast provide nigeria with at least 700kbps per home.

if we had that kind of consistent speeds, we wouldnt be having this kind of conversation.

as a matter of fact, i think the topic would be HOW CAN NIGERIA GET 10mbps.

NCC deliberately killed NITEL.  That's why we are in this mess.

@ poster :i really appreciate this topic cos it has informed some of us that our country is taking a positive step to alleviate the suffering we use to encounter then when trying to check nd send mails.
lets just pray that nija factor does not come in so as to fully complete the aforementioned project.

@ moonraker

I will have to agree with you there, we do have more capacity than what we are using right now. we just need better management

Hopefully we will get there at a faster pace than we are going now. slowly but surely

There are a lot of fast internet stuff in  nigeria.i personally use SWIFT NETWORK and i watch all live matches using the internet.i have 750kbs on my account and i pay N8400monthly,
i can boldly say that the SWIFT service is the same with SKY internet in UK because i used SKY while i was in the UK and i must confess that nigeria has come of age in terms of internet services,just that the cost might still be a little bit prohibitive,

@ eric2k2

thats what i have been trying to say. this problem is not just with whether

or not we have the cables. its generally difficult doing business in nigeria.

how can we expect an invest billions of naria into something that has k-leg??

Richard brason is secretly regreting for investing in nigeria but i must say he was

bold to even try,

'they' are robbing us like crazie in naija. 

na because big men no dey use internet. if they did, things for change. 
for instance, if webcast was the 'thing' instead of telecast, aso rock for don hala for all them telecomms peeps milking us flaky-dry. 

but hope dey sha. 

please,when is this happening?I heard such things when they said that by the time Nigeria puts up a satelite, then the mobile phone tarifs will go down. who sai? Its still very dear. and which century will they finish laying the cables?

Also, Please for those of you paying for overseas internet, is it really as fast?and EXACTLY how much are you paying?
thanks guys

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dats hardly helpfull 2 most of us
but tanks for the enlightenment
P.S equipment is neva spelt with an "s"

3 isnt that fast is it?and I've used starcomms and mtn while in Nigeria and I can assure you it took decades to check ordinary yahoo mail. had to switch back to yahoo classic so I could check my e-mail before the century ends.

While 3g datacards are nice and convenient, they were never meant as a substitute for a hard-wired broadband connection. The data rates and latency are not even comparable.

@op, I was also disappointed in connection speed when I visited Naija. It was downright awful. I went to cybercafes, universities, and other businesses, and I almost wanted to gouge my eyes out waiting for pages to load. The mtn 3.5g connection was alright but somewhat expensive.  I will guess the problem is infrastructure. Optical fibre cable capable of enabling high data transfer rates is needed.