4llerbuntu:
It's not MIUI.
It's ntel and their funny network configuration that isn't compatible with majority of devices.

Smile network nko? It only works with custom rom and not miui

Fast this morning, I did 1gb in about 30 mins, but it was very very slow before now, even at home yesterday night when I took the modem home I didn't get more than 1.1 Mbps. This happens whenever it rains, I wonder when they will get it right.

oyb:
na real wa. been stuck on 100kb/s all evening

GrandMufti:


Wow! Thanks man! It seems miui still has a long way to go!

I also have a Kate and I have tried to no avail to get data only 4g Sims to work. Network just appeared for a few seconds then disappears again.

So obviously, the issue is from miuI. Unfortunately for me I'm addicted to miui. I wish we can get a solution to make it work out miui.

If you ever find any, please do let us know.

bily:


I also have a Kate and I have tried to no avail to get data only 4g Sims to work. Network just appeared for a few seconds then disappears again.

So obviously, the issue is from miuI. Unfortunately for me I'm addicted to miui. I wish we can get a solution to make it work out miui.

If you ever find any, please do let us know.

No wahala. I hope miui 9 will solve all this. So pathetic

THEIR NETWORK IS SO SLOW THESE DAYS. IMAGINE AM GETTING 55Kb on UTorrent . This is unlike NTEL

GrandMufti:


Smile network nko? It only works with custom rom and not miui

The curious aspect of this is that radio/modem file isn't included in the custom roms. You still have flash a miui firmware file, which contains a radio/modem file, in order to get mobile network and WiFi working. So, it's like you are still running miui in the background, just a different rom.

4llerbuntu:
It's not MIUI.
It's ntel and their funny network configuration that isn't compatible with majority of devices.

Yeah.. I don't know why a network will be selective of devices

dustmalik:

The curious aspect of this is that radio/modem file isn't included in the custom roms. You still have flash a miui firmware file, which contains a radio/modem file, in order to get mobile network and WiFi working. So, it's like you are still running miui in the background, just a different rom.

Ah! I see

pheesayor:
Fast this morning, I did 1gb in about 30 mins, but it was very very slow before now, even at home yesterday night when I took the modem home I didn't get more than 1.1 Mbps. This happens whenever it rains, I wonder when they will get it right.

i suspect they are throttling. i have full bars and i STILL have 100kb/s and below this has been going on for over 48 hours now.

I doubt, at times even with three bars I get as low as 15kbps, right now it is at 9.8Mbps, one of the best since I've been using them. Might remain the same until it rains again

oyb:


i suspect they are throttling. i have full bars and i STILL have 100kb/s and below this has been going on for over 48 hours now.

and maybe if you're still having 100kbps then it has to do with location, I learnt Festac has never been good with ntel

oyb:


i suspect they are throttling. i have full bars and i STILL have 100kb/s and below this has been going on for over 48 hours now.

pheesayor:
and maybe if you're still having 100kbps then it has to do with location, I learnt Festac has never been good with ntel

more like yoyo service

two days ago i was downloading at 1.1mb/s

when i first started with them in festac, i was getting 3mb/s .

oyb:


i suspect they are throttling. i have full bars and i STILL have 100kb/s and below this has been going on for over 48 hours now.

maybe its ur location, used on my console yesternight and the speed was quite good. console is always slower than IDM

malikalhaj:

maybe its ur location, used on my console yesternight and the speed was quite good. console is always slower than IDM

it just keeps yoyoing. for two hours this morning, i had 1mb/s. now its back to 100kb/s.

only good thing is i cleared most of my download queue

malikalhaj:

maybe its ur location, used on my console yesternight and the speed was quite good. console is always slower than IDM

I will take a wild guess and say you must be in Abuja to get 10MB/s.

alt3r3g0:


I will take a wild guess and say you must be in Abuja to get 10MB/s.

Lagos, except i am missing i can see 10Mb/s not 10MB/s

malikalhaj:

Lagos, except i am missing i can see 10Mb/s not 10MB/s

My mistake

It seems they have not learnt from their first GSM episode. A service, no matter how cheap in relation to its competition stops being "value for money" when the value is missing.

dustmalik:

The sim has no issues. I had an RN3 SE myself, and i experienced same on miui, whether on dev rom or global stable. Trust me, i did everything possible to get it to work, but to no avail. But it worked perfectly without hassles on LineageOS, AOSP and CAF based custom roms. I'll be getting a new RN3 SE by Friday. Will make similar video to show that it works on custom roms.

Did you get volte on any of those custom roms
?

i strongly suspect its throttling of some sort

it seems between 5 and 8 am i get normal speeds, but any other time i am stuck on 100kb/s
or is it because validity is about to expire?

Service is generally unreliable here on the island. Fast sometimes, then unexpectedly, you get a massive drop in speed. Service outage occurs too often. It's been a daily thing since the rains started this week.

Coverage is also irregular. Some parts of Admiralty way and Freedom way in Lekki 1 have zero coverage.
Fastest download speed I've recorded so far is around 12Mbps (At Ajah) and all through this morning, it's been bouncing around a measly 0.3 - 0.4Mbps.

It's my 2nd week on the network and every day, I either have to call customer service or send a message to them on twitter.
If anyone from Ntel is monitoring this thread, you all need to step up!

If you don't have the infrastructure to support an unlimited service, then take it off the table. We'll prefer to pay well for a reliable service.
For now, I'm getting set to return to Smile.

So I tried something today.

I have access to 2 separate Ntel lines so I decided to check performance

So different lines in the same location.

Same test hardware, same file download.


On the first line I was getting 1.2Mbps

On my 2nd I was getting 320kbps


I checked 3 times.

Definitely believe something is wrong somewhere......

downloading speed of 30kb/s These clowns called ntel are hilarious. and this is suppose to be a 4G LTE network
considering i just renewed my subscription (10k) just this morning

4llerbuntu:
So I tried something today.

I have access to 2 separate Ntel lines so I decided to check performance

So different lines in the same location.

Same test hardware, same file download.


On the first line I was getting 1.2Mbps

On my 2nd I was getting 320kbps


I checked 3 times.

Definitely believe something is wrong somewhere......

wtf. . . .

i am presently stuck on 50kb/s [working around satellite town]
if i get home, it will move to 100kb/s
seems 4am to 8 am is the 1mb/s time for me

abi the throttling has begun?

hancock:
downloading speed of 30kb/s These clowns called ntel are hilarious. and this is suppose to be a 4G LTE network
considering i just renewed my subscription (10k) just this morning

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This ntel performance not encouraging at all.

miki2014:
, you all need to step up!

If you don't have the infrastructure to support an unlimited service, then take it off the table. We'll prefer to pay well for a reliable service.
For now, I'm getting set to return to Smile.

You are funny o. So what will be their selling point if they remove the unlimited tier. Have u even checked their other plans?

People wey never make 10% of their investment. U want them to close shop within 3 months,

They are not better than any other Telco in anything. Not coverage, not QoS, nothing.

Their issue isn't congestion. Im sure they barely have 1 million regular subscribers now.

Ntel glo spectranet smile mtn which will u advice in PHC? Max speed of 2MB/s is ok for me.

amblors:
My phone has band 3 and the ntel rep said twas fluctuating on my phone. So I ddint take the SIM

amblors:
Ntel glo spectranet smile mtn which will u advice in PHC? Max speed of 2MB/s is ok for me.

For 4G only networks, Check offices around you and find out the speed of each of them. For Glo and Mtn, ask people around you. Test-run the sim before you buy any.

GrandMufti:




For 4G only networks, Check offices around you and find out the speed of each of them. For Glo and Mtn, ask people around you. Test-run the sim before you buy any.

i finally went for spectranet. i got a huawei E5573Cs-609.

anyone knows the suppported bands?

amblors:


i finally went for spectranet. i got a huawei E5573Cs-609.

anyone knows the suppported bands?

LTE 800/900/1800/2100/2600MHz

4llerbuntu:


LTE 800/900/1800/2100/2600MHz

thanks much

amblors:


i finally went for spectranet. i got a huawei E5573Cs-609.

anyone knows the suppported bands?

Spectranet supports band 40 (2300mhz)

amblors:


i finally went for spectranet. i got a huawei E5573Cs-609.

anyone knows the suppported bands?

Spectranet supporta band 40 (2300mhz)