Best (vsat) Internet Service Provider In Nigeria

hi,

dunno if you've had my kind of experience. You see, im into a lot of tech-consulting, computers, telecoms and networking....and so i walk up to this client-to-be or maybe he gets my contact#/vice-versa and we start talking about him/his business(usually a cafe)/his office or even residence getting hooked up to the internet. So i put together a proposal on the best ISP to meet his needs.

Usually, a VSAT is purchased. If you dont know that, its called a Very Small Aperture Terminal. Lemme give an example of cafes, you know this idea of bandwidth is becoming a problem. For example: a company says they are selling 64kbps/128kbps or 32kbps/32kbps or any other combination they may fancy, and maybe for a cafe, the proposal goes well, the client pays me and I go and pay-up at the ISP or wherever, i set up the cafe, the VSAT equipment gets delivered and the company's engineer comes to do the installation, or sometimes, i might do it myself.............okay, later the client starts complaining.....the usual......"my internet is slow"

so for a while, i try to do some checks here and there to make sure that the client-side, his Local area network is not at fault. You know sometimes, even on a single computer, the connection/browsing speed is slow, how much more on 5 or 10 computer systems.

i sometimes had to set up gateways, firewalls etc., at least to manage the connection, but really several times ive discovered that the internet connection is not as fast as stated.......as in im getting lower than what i paid for. And the whole thing is becoming a nemesis already.......

just to ask, if youre into this same kinda dilema, what are the ISPs you use that have met your expectation about this bandwidth-paid-for and bandwidth-gotten issue?

AA

Tell you customer also that if he needs more bandwidth for ten PC's the price is different for one PC.  You can not have 10 cars running parallel on a single lane road.  You'd need ten lane road to run 10 cars.

As an engineer, you need to configure yoy customer backbone network as a hierarchal star topology.  Use switches NOT Hub. Have many gateways.

For example if you internet cafe guy has 10 PC and in the building, the physical arrangement is 3 PC's per row with 3 colonms then you had need:

1. 1X4 router
2. 1x2 switches
3. Terminate your RJ45 (Dont buy terminated ones)
4. Make sure that you are using STP cable
5. NIC card (10/100Base -2T)
6. Make sure the cable from the VSAT is on 100/1000Base -5e


Three PC's go through different gateway, each gateway is connect to another gateway through switch

In the UK, telephone lines can be converted into ASDL.  This translate into having voice line and data line in one line, if i am making sense to you.  i.e. In a typical house in the UK, the developer MUST put a telephone line probably BT (British Telecom) line.

You can have a dialup (56kbps), the problem with this is that your line is tire up for voice calls unless you disconnect from internet.  Even worst incoming calls can disconnect your internet (in the middle of download)

Broadband was the solution to divide your existing BT line into ADSL.  Hence having voice call whilst on the internet on one line.  Here in the UK we can enjoy 1Mbps to 8Mbps on ADSL line (braodband).  I m using 2Mbps in my house.  It cost me £24.99 per month.  To get a T1, BRI,PRI line it would cost you £1000 setup fee and £34 per channel, minimum channel is 8 port.  This lines are for commercial use like Hosting and serious IT related business and internet cafe in the UK.


I would like to see more evidence to this claim.  If there are ways to communicate dedicated bandwidth to customers then, I think VSAT is the better solution for Nigeria.

I would like you to take time and go through these link and this

To be more precise VSAT is good solution for WAN and MAN solution not for private use for internet connection.  If you want to communicate two offices together i.e. One in Kano State and another in Lagos State, the best solution is VSAT.  That was the original purpose.  But you know Nigerian with their technical ideas.

wow, that must be some speed man, for how many computers in a house? is that a T1 or any in the list of what you mentioned or on your broadband?

pretty cheap if you ask me

Am interested in your project.

The cybercafe i work with began with a dial up NITEL connection then moved on to a microwave connection using a mast and dedicated frequency utilizing a hybrid indoor equipment and california antenna plus transceiver. Instability in Communications Trends Limited forced us to move to a different ISP called NETXPRESS LTD which uses a wiman II radio to connect. Again due to some internal problems encountered we had to move to our own VSAT using a 2.4m dish 5w buc and linkstar modem. Again there was a drop in the quality of service. Imagine paying $800 a month for a 64k dedicated bandwidth which could not support 25 client systems. We then tried to move to another Provider using the Idirect Net2modem only to get duped so we are back to the Wiman II radio connection which is proving to be quite good. At $345 a month it is carrying 25 client systems well.

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Hi Everybody ,
I need the VSAT bandwidth monitoring tool. In my company we are using the VSAT connection. we need to check the bandwidth for VSAT.

Please send me the tool.

Thanks,
Balaji.V.

What satellites are you using?
Have you considered the new NIG-COMSAT?
Why Teleport not in Nigeria?

i have been thinking about what to do to improve the internet providers in nigeria. and i have been looking for adsl (isp) internet service provider in nigeria
                            before i stumble on this forum.
          what i want you guys to know is that the internet age have gone above those level we are loking at we need to have ADSL service provider because if you should look and research in all europe and america india and many other countries we have up to 24mbps line which you only need just your land line and nothing more.
    and after you suscribe for for the adsl the router will be deliver to you in which if you know little about computer you can seup your connection and enjoy your internet and you will have a fixed monthly rate for your internet and  you can use your phone anytime you want.
            if we are talking about internet caffe i know about internet caffe with 10 dsl line and with a good switch you can make each computer to connect to any line you want is just by specifing which  will be the default gateway ip .       
       to have a fast internet line in nigeria  our telecommunication have to be reliable first ( NITEL)and after we can talk about many things because vsat is not for common man and not for domestic use because of the equipment involve because there is alway a rediation from the sat and the equipment.
    we want a internet that a common man will be able to afford because internet is becoming food for many people and we have to make it posible for all people of nigeria so that they will have information in their finger tips.
like in my house i have 24mbps and just 29 euro per month and we have pricelow up to 19 euro for about 7mbps which is very good fro home so see.

I have a project I want to conduct if people would help; I know someone will run with the idea to start it by their own.  We can actually use a VSAT from London and beam data to another VSAT in Nigeria and provide a more cheaper or even free Internet access with lots of bandwidth.


Can we get talking? Planning of setting up Wifi in somolu soon. You can email me at lateeph@gmail.com or laticares@yahoo.com. Hope to read from you soon.