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litaninja:
The 400w na tithe

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senator282:
Gtbank is working for the past 6 months till today still working.

Maybe I'll move back to Gtb.
I swapped from Gtb when they stopped working over a year ago. Guess they've rectified it

There was a time Gtbank card stopped working for starlink.
Is Gtb working again?
My Ecobank works but expiring next month and I can't renew card till June.
I only have Gtbank and Zenith card remaining. Poster above is complaining again that Zenith isn't working.

Anyone using Gtbank or Zenith?

Only in Nigeria the party of the governor and LG chairman determines who wins the election and not the people.

Election by humans in Nigeria is a waste of time. The leaders prepare the results for the people under their territory before elections begin. The people staying under sun and rain to vote is just a waste of time.

This is why APC will rejoice about leaders moving to them not if they have won the confidence of the people.

I spit on this country and her flag, tweeeh

One is known without anyone knowing his father.

One is known, not because of his wealthy father, but because he made a name for himself.

The other one is only known because of his father. No one knows anything he has achieved on his own.

oaice:
Guys, Can I get the starlink on Ebay. Can I buy directly from the US?
I do not want to buy from these Nigerian sellers offering cut throat prices.

Just be patient. You'll soon buy from starlink less than 600k

twosquare:
I'm not in a hurry. Waiting for Chinese satellites' SpaceSail (Qianfan and Guo Wang) to roll out...I may not buy into American expensive stuff. Go China!

OK sir

oluwapoju:
Yeah I got the 7664ELR

So far it's been great, at least for the outdoor coverage. I got some signal, but not that strong at 256m. I'm still testing is though.
I plan to increase the height to see if I can get better strength.

250m is already too much. Why would you want it beyond that? This is impressive though.

senator282:
Just to confirm, the device you bought is the Grandstream GWN7664ELR?
Have you started using it and does it meet your expectations in terms of range, stability, performance etc?

Lol... That's what I use. Performance is great. I tested range of 150+m but just because there's a big wall in front of the access point and front of wall is a big cluster of trees. Yet, it penetrates them and gets to extra 150m. It'll be reached the documented 300m if I had no obstacle I believe. That's a super long distance.

My only problem with it is that, once power goes off, coming back on, the captive portal somehow stops working and everyone can connect freely. The solution I got was to enter the SSID, remove the captive portal and add it again and it's back to normal. They need to fix that.

oluwapoju:
rapidbts. ng, their office is at allen avenue ikeja

There are many versions.
Which one did you get?
GWN7664ELR or another?

oluwapoju:
I just got the Grandstream access point and the poe+ switch... I will need some guidance from you sir, how can I reach you

Connect the poe+ to starlink via Ethernet cable. Then poe+ to your access point.
Go to gdms.cloud to create an account. When they reply, you log in and add your access point to the cloud management. When successful, reset your device and it'll be managed by cloud and you can do all your settings as you wish from the cloud site or mobile app GWN.

I learnt it all from YouTube tutorials oh. You can search and watch videos there and get to know what to do. If I could, you will too very easily.

brightk:
this is not a direct activation via starlink. I want to believe it's either 75k monthly n men de use 15k de press. D question is u go do abi u nor go do

Nigerians ehn.
I'm sure it's Nigerian workers with starlink that are pressing this secret buttons to update/activate guys.
Nigerians go use your business do business.

seunpayne:
After this write up, na idea you dey use argue no be fact and that one no dey help anybody. Read the spec sheet line by line for the two and leave your calculations alone. That’s not how MIMO signals are measured.

If na so 25W POE+ access point dey beam signal reach na only one people go dey buy for hotel na.

I forgot to add the fact that we are comparing an indoor AP (Unifi) with an Outdoor AP (GS)

E say na hectares. No worry. Nothing to lose if I concede. Grandstream na the best AP for this world.

I know how MU-MIMO works.
No be theory I de use talk oh. I know range the access point dey give me.
I put am for a spot surrounded by compound walls, then very thick trees vegetation behind the walls. This should normally reduce the range coz of obstructions. Yet, 150m behind the tress people are still browsing with same access point connected to my starlink that's far away which is super impressive. If not for the obstructions, it could get to the stated 300m.

But are they activating residential plan or something else? And why 90k

seunpayne:
Sorry o. E go be like say I dey find trouble but I have been a network engineer for almost 10 years and I can tell you the comparision isn't complete sir. They are closer than you have implied.

To start with the grandstream in question is the long range (LR) variant. To compare properly, you should compare to the U6 Pro-LR. It also has 4 x 4 mimo on 2.4Ghz bands.

Also the grandstream range is 300m (the data sheet doesn't specify in square meters). The U6 Pro-LR is 185 square meters. Grandstream has more range but its 2x at best not 2000...(you sef, try dey calm down...even grandstream go shout for that claim).

The grandstream is a very great device (especially when you consider it's price) no doubt. But Unifi didn't become the silver standard in enterprise grade networking by mistake.

To be clear, side by side comparison, the U6 Pro-LR is better than the Grandstream GWN7664ELR. In actual use, a person might not need up to half of the features crammed into the U6 and the grandstream is cheaper and does the basics very well so I would also recommend it for most non-enterprise setups.

Lol... I only did Maths. I didn't exaggerate.
Grandstream GWN7664ELR does 300m range. Let's use maths to calculate the square meters.

300 m omnidirectional refers to a radius in all directions — it's describing a range, not area directly.

300 meters of omnidirectional coverage is only a radius of a circle (not diameter):

Area = πr² =3.14 x (300)² ≈ 282,743m²

The unify access point I compared it with covers only 140m². That's literally 2000 times better in coverage/range.

You were right in saying I did unfair comparison. I didn't know unify had an outdoor enterprise level access point. Let's compare the Grandstream with the U6-PRO-LR then.

U6-PRO-LR covers 185m² as you claimed. I think you are confusing meters with meter square. You need to convert to same unit to compare. You compared Grandstream 300m which is in meters and not m² to unify that is in m². 300m radius = 282,000+m². That's 1500 times better coverage than your suggested unify LR.

A unify LR can't even cover quater of a hectare, but the Grandstream covers over 28 hectares. No comparison.

Unify is just like apple iPhone that's the cool thing to use, and so the company keeps giving low specs and people pay too much for it like iPhone. I even heard that to use cloud management you have to pay and subscribe montly. Something that's free with grandstream and tp-link. Chai.

I agree with you that unify has many services and features more than Grandstream, but they are mostly gimmicks that 98% of users won't need for an enterprise level access point. There settings options are cool though. Grandstream gives you basics.

Then you insulted Grandstream by saying you will recommend it only for non enterprise use. 😭😭😭😭🤣🤣. Something that takes 750+ clients compared to lesser for unify entreprise Access points. Chai... That insult enter sha 😁😁.

Mariangeles:
Okay. Let me use that phrase you used Cancelled it in my house.
A single person would just say I cancelled it.

House or home usually means family, especially in our Nigerian understanding, you get?

😁😁😁
I no get. That's just what you think. But that's not what English language and I think. My house simply means my house. There's no F involved in the sentence not to talk of Family 😁

Mariangeles:
You said my house, a phrase commonly used by a family man to exert authority.

If, according to you, only family men commonly use that to describe their house or home, what do single men use to describe their houses apart from the same "my house"? I would love to know.

oluwapoju:
As regards the POE+ switch, will Grandstream GWN7700P 4 Port Unmanaged PoE+ Switch work better OR you have a recommendation for me. Thanks sir

Any poe+ will work sir. Just choose what works with your pocket.

studyless123:
Sir, like I stated earlier calm down and learn. Life is not only about you, I know you use it for business but everyone else should not burn because of you. Starlink signed regulatory policies and if they can't keep up with it, they can pack and go. Price increase should be approved and whatever price they set is the least of my issue.

I don't care about the price. I know many individuals that pay more that that monthly. I can't use it because it's a CGNAT and I don't like their implementation because they use semi-static blocks of ports for connection. I was paying about 1k USD for ISP over 15 years ago and wouldn't have issue paying same today. You also don't have to tell lies to prove a point. The reason for the waitlist is clearly stated on their website, any other reason you're giving is your opinion.
Concentrate on your last mile connections which was what I did 20 years ago. People will appreciate you for that.

You are all deliberately being blind to the point I made. That I'm doing business with it is just the last point I made, and you ignore the first point which is that we live in a bush where there's no mobile mtn, glo, airtel, Etisalat or anything at all. Starlink is our only hope which I know is not an only hope for you. Don't ignore that and focus on the added point I said that I do business with it.

I'm lying and not following what's on their site? Lol. There site literally says lite blue means there's capacity and dark blue means no capacity. 90% of Nigeria is on light blue but still says no capacity and that's simply because it's not about capacity. I'm sure you didn't know it's not only Nigeria. Benin Republic has no dark blue yet entire country is on no capacity until they introduced gen 3. Entire west Africa from Nigeria to Sierra Leone was like that with no capacity because they had yet to bring in gen 3 to West Africa. Today all of them have gen 3 and services restored, except Nigeria.

Again, November/December they literally sent an email to everyone saying their service will be interrupted in Nigeria till they settle with NCC. It's literally there. May be you didn't get the mail. So I won't blame you of lying as you blame me.

brightk:
i think u should check out specs of their hardware dat incoporates 4x4 and higher spatial streams

I get you, but there's no room for comparison.
Unify enterprise level access points don't offer 4x4 mi-mimo on all frequencies. They do on 6ghz and 5ghz but hardly do on 2.4ghz which, truth be said, is what 90% of clients will use since only 2.4ghz travels far. Mine has 4x4 on all frequencies.

Also there enterprise level access point is boasting of just 140m square of coverage when my Grandstream offers 282,000m square. That's literally 2000 times better.

Unify, as a big name, are super costly when you can get Grandstream cheaper and does 2000 times better. Grandstream is an American company. Not Chinese incase you tempted to say Chinese make cheaper and less quality.

Mariangeles:
Well, you said it like you're a family man.

Nah, I said it like a single man. Na you go dey see family for where dem no write am. 🤣😁😁

seunpayne:
While we argue about who cannot afford what the policy of the NCC is building in the current phase of the expansion plan that starlink is doing for DSTVs benefit, make una help me abeg.

I currently am one of the "priveledged elite" that can "afford" the 38k sub. Thing is, I would be moving to a new apartment this weekend (about 7km from my current place) and I wanted to know if I could change my service address and retain my current residential plan. That business plan is not for "elite" people like me abeg.

I think you can as long as you are privileged to still be in residential.

Advice: the day you are about to move, set the address to the new place from your present location and see if it works. If it doesn't work, then you just take it to the new place like that. 7km could still keep you connected to your account.

studyless123:
5. The US is their largest market, some people were on wait list for about 2 years and now they charge a congestion fee of $100 in addition to the cost of equipment. They also place Nigerian orders on a waitlist stating they're congested and when they're ready, they'll fulfill the orders.

Sir, don't think only about yourself and that will help you to reason better.

You are getting it all wrong again. US has never been congested for starlink. Only parts of US are congested, not USA. Don't confuse part with whole.
If entire Nigeria is indicated as congested on their site it tells you the reason isn't about congestion but something else. So as not to speculate Starlink Nigeria literally confirmed they are pausing their service for conflict reasons with NCC. You don't need to cook up another reason apart from that which they confirmed.

I'm thinking selflessly?
In same message to Nigerian they said if it isn't resolved they could terminate their service in Nigeria (which I know isn't gonna happen though). But it's you who is also being selfish. Some of us live in forests without mobile network. We will do anything to pay for starlink to come online. If its 38k for all, we are happy, but if 75k is only way out to help me get Internet like everyone, then I'm ready to pay that too. I just don't want starlink getting pissed off and leaving Nigeria and I'm offline while you just simply switch to mtn coz you've options.
You are also being selfish for wanting someone's business to fail because you want cheap prices. He's not the one depreciating your naira. How can he run his business with $20 per client when in other places it's $43 or even $150 for Europe. They are destroying the man's Tesla everywhere too and you want him to do father Christmas for you.
Blame your govt, not Elon Musk or starlink. They can't give you a service at a loss.

If you can't afford starlink, move to the option you can. If not, you can also fight for lamborgini to be sold for 2m naira so that every Nigerian can afford it

bukatyne:
Why would you cancel something because you don't like it.

Are you the default cook or allergic to it?

I have a cook but live alone.
Why won't I cancel food I don't like?

Spaghetti.

Hate that stuff.
Cancelled it in my house.

brightk:
unify anytime any day. But I like d flexibility. I have had some running for yrs # difft site covering guests up to 60 users.

One unify access point ran 60 clients concurrently and it was smooth? Would love to know which particular access point did that. Most unify and tp-link omada will start to slow down especially as they are only 2x2 mimo or max 3x3. They are not enterprise level access points. You can't use them in a large setting like a stadium of thousands of people.

My Grandstream is 4x4 mi-mimo. Can theoretically take 500+ clients at a go, though the highest I've seen mine take is 72 clients at a go with smooth experience for all.

Unify is great for hotels where many won't be connected at same time to one access point. But not for a public commercial use that could draw 100s of users to one access point.

oluwapoju:
Thanks sir.. which enterprise level access point do you recommend... Electricity isn't a problem

Grandstream GWN7664ELR

Its not the big names like unify or omada, but this is an unpopular access point that is enterprise grade which I doubt any omada or unify is. I used it to replace my omada outdoor which was making my clients complain every time when only 20 people connect simultaneously.

oluwapoju:
Whats devices do i need to start this Hotspot business. I have have the starlink router already

Ethernet adapter, enterprise level access point that offer voucher codes for clients, a poe+ switch to power it, electricity. That's all

studyless123:
If the NCC told them to stop accepting new subscribers that will be a good move, because the service is subpar compared to other countries so adding more subscribers will make it worse. The last time I checked you have to be on a waitlist which is common when they're out of capacity.

If I knew the native language you spoke I'll type in it and repeat that starlink didn't stop receiving new subscribers because of over capacity but because of NCC price regulations that doesn't favour them. Starlink charges all African countries $43 which is 75k today of which we are lucky coz outside Africa it's $130 montly. NCC forcing them to maintain 38k which is $22 or so isn't good for their business.

An entire country can't be over capacity. Only cities and particular areas based on the congestion of many users in that one spot.
Right now, even Sambisa forest can't sub for starlink and maybe there's only 1-3 starlinks there used by Boko haram. That usage can't put borno over capacity.

Its only about price regulations and that's all.
If you give me your local language I can use Google translator and convert it to your language for better comprehension.

numericalguy:

I hope you realise the unity beggars are Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ben Nwabueze, Aguyi-Ironsi and Emeka Ujukwu

Nnamdi Azikiwe and Ben Nwabueze wrote the aspects of the constitution that prevented any part of Nigeria from separating. Nnamdi Azikiwe and Ben Nwabueze went further to make it a treasonable offense for any region or anyone to seek separation from Nigeria.

Aguyi Ironsi ensured that Adaka Boro was arrested and disgraced and jailed for treason when he tried to create the Niger Delta republic.

Aguyi Ironsi ordered Emeka Ojukwu to arrest Adaka Boro whem he tried to create Niger Delta republic.

Aguyi Ironsi with the help of 4 other Igbos promulgated decree 34

I can equally type any falsehood here with good English and consider it as historically correct and people will believe.

Your own attempt to propagate falsehood is a failure sha

CuteMaro:
Good, I also experienced this as soon as I switched, here is what I did to solve the problem;

1. Tweet @AirtelNigeria on X or whatever their handle is laying your complaint about the poor network connection.

2. They'll send a dm, make sure u're following their handle, in the dm describe the nature of ur problem, if they ask u to send ur number so they can look from their end, tell them it's a general issue with ur area that u would like to fill out the form with full details of ur area e.t.c

3. If they give u the list, it's usually like 10 things to fill out, just provide the details and in 2 days u should be blasting at full speed. I only had to do this once and for like 3 months now no issues at all.

Mind you I have recommended 3 people to try this out too and fortunately it worked for them. I hope it works for you.

Bro, enjoy your airtel.
Many of us can't switch from enjoying 200-350mbps speed to airtel's 20mbps that's not guaranteed.

In my place, I sell 100mbps to neighbours and still have about 150mbps to myself. I make around 400k monthly selling that 100mbps to people. Wetin I go do with airtel slower speed.

Enjoy yours.

Waiting for same northerners who said justice for Edo to come say justice for plateau.

All killings are bad. You can't be quiet when your brothers kill innocent people and then only seek for justice when others kill your innocent brothers.

Let's pray all killings stop in Nigeria.