After switching round all mobile networks looking for fast and reliable data services, a friend introduced Spectranet to me in January 2015. It was the best Internet experience I've had since I was born. I was the king, I could do all I needed to do and the kids could stream their animations and educational videos. I was the most reliable when making Skype video calls. If you come to my house, I don't offer you water or drink, I give you wifi password.
Despite having just two bars of signal around Durumi area, I streamed videos like they were stored on my tablet or laptop.
suddenly I became an apostle to spectranet. In fact somebody in the central area nearly cursed me once on Facebook for praising spectranet. His honeymoon oerios was over! I never knew Spectranet has a honeymoon period for everybody and every area in Abuja.

My/our honeymoon period expired January 2016 when they started their double offer promo. From that time, despite my steady signal strength, I have been using about only 2 or 3 gig out of almost 40gig I have every month. It became so poor that as bad as Glo network was, I preferred Glo data cos spectranet would not even open a page on a browser talk less of using VOI calls or streaming videos.
If you need to open a website now, you better start boiling beans at the same time, you page will open when you are done from the kitchen.
I went round my area asking apither subscribers and they all have the same story to tell. I mailed their customer service and an engineer was sent to my house and area. He confirmed that their service was no longer optimised there just like those people in the central area .
I have tried on a few occasions to subscribe again but I ended up wasting money every time. I tried Smile too but their own data costs an arm and a leg.
my options now:
1. Unlock the wifi device for a more customer friendly broadband provider
2. To give out my wifi device for free.
3. Seems as if I will try NTEL oh

Sad situation. It's a Nigerian problem, the ISPs here sign up more people than their network can handle all in a bid to rake in maximum profit. When their servers can't handle the load any longer they close shop, amassing quadruple and oftentimes tenfold their projected profit after break-even.
Jumping ship would only put you on the same cycle. Sorry OP, I can't tell you to endure but always expect the worst when it comes to ISPs here.

Sorry man i understand how frustrating that can be. I am also a victim of such on ntel network. When they first launched, thier speed be like usain bolt. I could download files like say tomorrow no dey. But lately, its like they are after my life with the slow and erratic network.
Although, others say its my location in jabi and they still experience high speed using ntel in other areas. You may wanna try them in ur area. But ask the staff first before you make purchase.

for now, am managing my etisalat.

Trunaijian:
Sorry man i understand how frustrating that can be. I am also a victim of such on ntel network. When they first launched, thier speed be like usain bolt. I could download files like say tomorrow no dey. But lately, its like they are after my life with the slow and erratic network.
Although, others say its my location in jabi and they still experience high speed using ntel in other areas. You may wanna try them in ur area. But ask the staff first before you make purchase.

for now, am managing my etisalat.

from this, I can conclude that they are all born of the same mother and the law of diminishing returns catches up with them all.
But I'm shocked that MTEL will be having issues in some areas already, when dem launch self we diabetes eggs bag don de swell! na wa oh.
Charix made a very good point here, it is better for me to just stop chasing the shadows. When I abandoned Spectranet, I followed Smile. If I continue at this rate, will have a house filled with all sorts of useless Wifi. Maybe our destiny in Nigeria doesn't support broadband ni. Afterall, bros Okupe said we cannot use superfast trains because we are not ripe for that.
The annoying thing is that Spectranet keeps advertising with mouth watering unrelasitc bonuses. Some other people will fall prey too sha.
I shall just enter my shell and continue with my Etisalat jeje, not so fast, not so slow.

We use swift 4g in my place (lagos) and these days since swift started this their double your data promotion, the internet hasn't been so good. But im sure its way better than spectranet. My issue with them now is that , in a day for like 2 hours i wont have any internet connection. And this occurs multiple times in a day. But between the hours of 1am and 7am, i get speeds of 1.3mbps which for some people its slow but in Nigeria here, thats really fast. I think their strategy is to find means of not allowing us to finish our data before it expires.

ezzylee:
We use swift 4g in my place (lagos) and these days since swift started this their double your data promotion, the internet hasn't been so good. But im sure its way better than spectranet. My issue with them now is that , in a day for like 2 hours i wont have any internet connection. And this occurs multiple times in a day. But between the hours of 1am and 7am, i get speeds of 1.3mbps which for some people its slow but in Nigeria here, thats really fast. I think their strategy is to find means of not allowing us to finish our data before it expires.

you got the drift, Bro. They give a gift you you cannot reject but cannot use at the same time!
This snail speed started with Spectranet when they started their own double data promo in December 2015-Jan2016. I for nor even worry but they keep pursuing me about with phone calls urging me to subscribe.

alstacs:


you got the drift, Bro. They give a gift you you cannot reject but cannot use at the same time!
This snail speed started with Spectranet when they started their own double data promo in December 2015-Jan2016. I for nor even worry but they keep pursuing me about with phone calls urging me to subscribe.

Me, I have no choice. I just have to stick with them coz the devil you know, is better than the angel you dont know. Dont wanna go and enter another ISP'S trap.

ezzylee:


Me, I have no choice. I just have to stick with them coz the devil you know, is better than the angel you dont know. Dont wanna go and enter another ISP'S trap.

I rather be wit an angel I don't knw dan a devil dat will destroy my life

Nigerian products and services..

Nah so.

Asuokaa:


I rather be wit an angel I don't knw dan a devil dat will destroy my life

Dey there dey jonz....Even with the way airtel dey Bleep up for my area on top my phone, i never switch. Glo is giving some really big amount of data. I know say na the time wey i go decide join Glo, na that time dem go start dey fool around.

Same ship as yours. I stay in wuse 2. Our specranet used to be fast also. But all of a sudden, it becomes so slow. Had to wait till midnight, before I could do any serious browsing.

But etisalat is very okay too. Maybe u shld hack ur WiFi, den put etisalat sim inside. Since u re a heavy data user, subscribe the 42gig, for 18k. U can be rolling it over with smaller data plan.

Trunaijian:
Sorry man i understand how frustrating that can be. I am also a victim of such on ntel network. When they first launched, thier speed be like usain bolt. I could download files like say tomorrow no dey. But lately, its like they are after my life with the slow and erratic network.
Although, others say its my location in jabi and they still experience high speed using ntel in other areas. You may wanna try them in ur area. But ask the staff first before you make purchase.

for now, am managing my etisalat.

Guy u wan use laff assassin me abi...abeg nobody is after ur life! ;DAbeg abeg!!

alstacs:
After switching round all mobile networks looking for fast and reliable data services, a friend introduced Spectranet to me in January 2015. It was the best Internet experience I've had since I was born. I was the king, I could do all I needed to do and the kids could stream their animations and educational videos. I was the most reliable when making Skype video calls. If you come to my house, I don't offer you water or drink, I give you wifi password.
Despite having just two bars of signal around Durumi area, I streamed videos like they were stored on my tablet or laptop.
suddenly I became an apostle to spectranet. In fact somebody in the central area nearly cursed me once on Facebook for praising spectranet. His honeymoon oerios was over! I never knew Spectranet has a honeymoon period for everybody and every area in Abuja.

My/our honeymoon period expired January 2016 when they started their double offer promo. From that time, despite my steady signal strength, I have been using about only 2 or 3 gig out of almost 40gig I have every month. It became so poor that as bad as Glo network was, I preferred Glo data cos spectranet would not even open a page on a browser talk less of using VOI calls or streaming videos.
If you need to open a website now, you better start boiling beans at the same time, you page will open when you are done from the kitchen.
I went round my area asking apither subscribers and they all have the same story to tell. I mailed their customer service and an engineer was sent to my house and area. He confirmed that their service was no longer optimised there just like those people in the central area .
I have tried on a few occasions to subscribe again but I ended up wasting money every time. I tried Smile too but their own data costs an arm and a leg.
my options now:
1. Unlock the wifi device for a more customer friendly broadband provider
2. To give out my wifi device for free.
3. Seems as if I will try NTEL oh

is their wifi unlockable?

a different kind of rubbish in lagos. i am getting 50kbps. at 3am

i am suspecting that they are throttling at night. it used to be 1.2mbps. a real mess. . glo is actually faster.

edit, its 7 am, and speed is up to 800kbps.

almost definitely throttling by spectranet

macdon4all:
is their wifi unlockable?

I susncerely don't know if it is unlockable but I know I will unlock immediately I notice it's possible

and i just buy spectranet yesterday

Nothing Good last in this country, except corruption of course. Same with Smile Network.

Lmao....... U no see smile buy Pele Oh

ikombe:
and i just buy spectranet yesterday

.

This reminds me of Starcomms (of blessed memory) . Spectranet is really not as fast as it used to be but I think the speed is still dependent on location tho. It's not as slow as you've said in my area.

no be small thing again o

Anybody with pin mouth blackberry charger?
Please assist.

Abeg how much is garri 1paint in your area

Trunaijian:
Sorry man i understand how frustrating that can be. I am also a victim of such on ntel network. When they first launched, thier speed be like usain bolt. I could download files like say tomorrow no dey. But lately, its like they are after my life with the slow and erratic network.
Although, others say its my location in jabi and they still experience high speed using ntel in other areas. You may wanna try them in ur area. But ask the staff first before you make purchase.

for now, am managing my etisalat.

What do you expect from ntel when they have named Danjuma as their chairman. I just knew it that this ntel of a thing is another sham. Am still sticking with my airtel, it rocks in my area. I stream live matches and browse with ease.

Trunaijian:
Sorry man i understand how frustrating that can be. I am also a victim of such on ntel network. When they first launched, thier speed be like usain bolt. I could download files like say tomorrow no dey. But lately, its like they are after my life with the slow and erratic network.
Although, others say its my location in jabi and they still experience high speed using ntel in other areas. You may wanna try them in ur area. But ask the staff first before you make purchase.

for now, am managing my etisalat.

Probably they have applied the caps in their terms and conditions, the one that applies to daily fair usage policy

Trunaijian:
Sorry man i understand how frustrating that can be. I am also a victim of such on ntel network. When they first launched, thier speed be like usain bolt. I could download files like say tomorrow no dey. But lately, its like they are after my life with the slow and erratic network.
Although, others say its my location in jabi and they still experience high speed using ntel in other areas. You may wanna try them in ur area. But ask the staff first before you make purchase.

for now, am managing my etisalat.

Probably they have applied the caps in their terms and conditions, the one thathas to do with daily fair usage policy

Why should i worry when i have airtel?
Check out www.worldfunfacts.com

All these isp's and their wahala. Glo will keep advertising super fast Internet and its a lie. Any time I watch that RMD advert I am always very angry. I have spectranet and its ok here in my area. But sometimes I do have to put it on the window. I also use glo and that can be very very frustrating sometimes. The network will just keep dancing shoki. Just yesterday the mumu network make me lose a bid for a player on top eleven after I have used like 7 tokens. E pain me walahi.
I use spectranet because of the free night browsing and i do really enjoy it. I used 237gb last month, I'll use more than that this month . Immediately it's 1am I wake up queue my downloads and go back to bed. 10k no be small money na.

ezzylee:


Me, I have no choice. I just have to stick with them coz the devil you know, is better than the angel you dont know. Dont wanna go and enter another ISP'S trap.

Whether you know him or not, a devil can never be better than an angel