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MTN3.5g Rumuomasi Portharcourt averages about 500-600Kbps, but can bump up to 2mbps when the need arises.

Glo is 90% crap

Airtel is 70% crap

haven't tried Easyblaze yet

Don't know why there are so many MTN haters. It seems most people propping Glo stay in Lagos. I hear Glo is about the fastest there, but when you are outside Lagos, Glo sucks. The signal keeps breaking every other minute and changing from 3G to EDGE to GPRS like twice a minute. I have tried Glo in Ibadan and PH and I know what I'm talking about. MTN is the most consistent and reliable overall! Was on the verge of trying Etisalat for their new Easyblaze, but now that MTN have responded to offer lower prices, I might as well just stick with MTN. Been clamouring for a 1Gb allowance in the N3k region for a while now as I don't usually use much more than that a month since I browse at work also and MTN has finally answered. Besides MTN is fast enough anyway for watching video. Can't remember the last time i watched youtube or yahoo movie previews and experienced any buffering.

Absolutely useless without valid means of human and vehicular identification!!!

Absolutely useless without valid means of human and vehicular identification!!!

ugotuf:
MTN is not performing badly in my hood.see the speed i get even with just 1 bar of signal strength.with 4 bars i get up to 5 point something Mbps a times.i use a 7.2 mbps modem though.cheers.

Ugotuf, where are you located? Most I have experienced with my MTN in ph is 2.1mbps which was afew days ago sef, while watching yahoo movie previews.

Hmmmm, is MTN deploying HSPA also? Cos the MTN picture above showed HSPA, which is faster than HSDPA. If so, maybe no need to move to Etisalat then, cos MTN is constant and relaible in PH. It will then come down to who is cheaper and more reliable. Glo in PH is horrible for instance (both in my office and my home at least)

check your sent messages. I won't be surprised if you see 107 there!!

mrjingles:
If you are a drinking man I would have bought you TWO cold ones, most of us just adopt cliches and kneejerk responses.

Mr Jingles, I can take you up on that next time i'm in Lag o!!!! Lol!!

Masses, masses, masses!! Kerosene is already deregulated, so if the masses are not dying on the road because of that, what will change. Diiesel is already deregulated, so those who travel by luxurious bus and those who transport food have nothing extra to pay. Not saying it won't make things more difficult, but we should argue in a more focused and economic manner.

honeric01:
because we like beta thing, but mtn has been shitty for a while now.

Yeah, i agree. MTN had been pretty poor for a week or two, but they seem to be back now. Was watching a couple of yahoo movie previews yesterday and the thing hit like 2.1Mbps steady for about 10-15secs, then dropped to about the average 500kpbs when it had obviously downloaded enough of the video to ensure there would be no buffering, and I watched about 3 previews and all of them played with no single interuption.

Come to think of it, do we really need blazing speeds? Abroad they clamour for more speed because of all the digital content they consume (online movies, music, skype, video calling,loads of apps etc), but here in Naija we consume very little of that. By and large MTN satisfies all my needs at the current speeds.

Dangote is not the "evil" one many Nigerian's make him out to be. Blames for every monopolistic tendency, high prices, insufficient competion etc must rest with the government. It's like townsmen in Niger Delta going to camp infront of Shell gate saying shell has not provided us with light, water and road!! But the point is that is Shell now the LG,SG or FG!!?? As apeople we should direct our grieviances at the right source. Government!!

praises99:
I disagree with the poster, to God be the glory i manage a cafe my average daily sales is N20,000 anytime i make below that i know there's no sales. sometimes i make over 30,000 to 40,000 daily

Is that revenue or profit??

A well thoughtout and designed National ID card and identity database is long overdue. We need to harmonise user identity and records in one place for use by FRSC, FIRS, Police, Customs, INEC, NCC and the rest.

However, can someone explain why all those who have wasted our funds on similar projects in the past still walking free?

Millitants are now becoming more powerful than the police and even the Nigerian state!!

Double N:
If they don't work on their pricing, nothing for them. They need to have far more flexible plans than they have at present.

You think so! I don't agree. Their prices are comparable to Glo and MTN and since they offer potentialy 5times faster speeds, then which one offers more value for money to you?

I wonder what the response from Glo and MTN will be. Airtel seems to have dropped out of the game. MTN and Glo have to either upgrade their network or reduce the prices for their existing 3.5G, which will suit me fine cos MTN is fast enough for me in ph. At least I can watch youtube and yahoo movies previews with almost no breakage per clip.

sauer:
Though I am not advertising for Etisalat, I must say you'll experience better with their uploading. I have run tests on their current 3G network for optimization purposes. Uploads can go as fast as 4Mbps for regular users.
The network is not yet fully accessible. They are still working on it, I believe

where were you when you tried it? Lagos? Cos it doesn't seem like they are live in ph yet. I can only see edge on my phone.

This link provides useful info for all those interested in the different technologies out there

http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=376&p=2707

The data roll over by Etisalat makes sense o!!! That's a really good marketing move!!!!

That would be really great. Cos we definately need better upload speed. My MTN 3G which gives me fast enough download speeds (average of about 800kbps), uploads ridiculously slow (about 80kbps) that takes me almost 15mins just to upload a 4Mb picture from my digital camera to flickr.

It's apity that our universities have become so intelectually poor. I would expect the relevant dept in say unilag to conduct a study as the actual costs of a household using kerosene vs gas. I have always suspected that the poor masses who always struggle to buy kerosene, might actually be better off using gas. They are just too illiterate to do the math and probably too poor to afford the initial set up cost for gas( cylinder and cooker)

However, if it is proven that gas is cheaper, then LASG could help the poorer residents migrate to gas by either provision of grants to buy cylinder and basic table top cookers or provision of the cylinders /cookers directly.

agitator:
Ajaokuta Steel is also functioning very well after it was privatised.

It is the responsibility of the government, not mine, to ensure that it pre-qualifies and pre-selects only competent investors who are willing to operate the companies on the guidelines as set out by the government ab inito!! If whoever bought Ajaoukuta bought it with the intention to break it up and sell the pieces for more money and our government in its usual stupidity didn't put a clause in the transaction that the companies were to be operated for Bleep number of years, can you blame the company!!? The company has done nothing illegal. Asset stripping is actually a normal part of business. We need to decide which form of economy we want to run - communist, socialist or capitalist!! In a capitalist economy, I can decide to buy a non performing company for whatever reason. Ideally, if i want I can buy NiTEL not for the purpose of operating it, but for the purpose of gaining access to all their landed property all over Nigeria and selling all those for a profit. It is only illegal if the sale contract expressly forbids it! Or the laws of the land forbid it!

I am unashamedly in support of privatisation and deregulation. The private sector is 1000 times better at capital formation and efficient allocation than the government. An investment decision that takes the MD of a private company 1 hour can take government 6months. Even the Minister of Power admitted as much when he said a few days ago that isn't it odd that even the new plants built by govt (Geregu, Omotosho etc) are operating at less than 40%, while the IPP's built by Shell (Afam 6) and Agip (Okpai) are operating at 85-90%!! Doesn't FG have Afam 1-5 at the same location as Shell!!??

Think of all the government companies that have failed over the years Nigerian Airways, NITEL, Hotels, Banks, PHCN, NNSL, NRC, and so many more. How come private airlines are working, GSM companies are working, thousands of private hotels across the country are working, private banks are working et al!! Think how many jobs would have been created if a private NRC (railway corporation) was working today? Not to mention lives that would have been saved as the roads would be better since so much of the haulage destroying the roads would have been transported by rail!!Isn't MM" much better to use than the crap terminal that Arik uses? MM2 is miles better than Port Harcourt "international" airport!!


Dude, I rest my case,

This is an article I wrote last year on our educational system in general and university system in particular, happy reading. I'd like your comments as well please.

http://wayforwardnaija..com/2009/10/nigerian-university-system-which-way.html

Regards

Ijogz K:
God bless You for this words of wisdom, In fact its been a while i last saw someone as smart as this, Am gonna copy this words and save them somewhere for future use. Gbam!!! this is the simple truth. Tuaaaaaale Baba

Thanks for your kind words. If you think what I wrote makes sense, perhaps you might like to read some articles from my blog and lease your comments

www.wayforwardnaija..com

Thanks

No doubt the masses will cheer this news, but this is just probably one of those populist announcements that governors like to make. While reducing fees is not a bad thing, but where will the money to run the university come from?? Contrary to popular belief in Nigeria, university tuition is not free in the UK or US. UK university tuition for British citizens is anywhere between £3000-£5000 per session. Yet we make noise here over increases from N25,000 to N50,000. No doubt, scenarios are different, but we need to put our money where our mouth is. If we want a very good education, we have to understand that it won't come cheap. We Nigerians talk with both sides of our mouth:

We want 24hr electricity, but we don't want to pay for it.
We want a deregulated downstream petroleum sector, but we want the prices to remain at N65.
We want jobs to be created in this country, but we want govt to hold on to every sector because they are strategic to "national security"
We want corruption to reduce,but many of us who work in corrupt ministries, agencies and parastatals have never thought to copy these documents that clearly show illegal transfer and send them to efcc anonymously.
We all want to go to heaven, but no one wants to die.
We cry out about flooding and filth, yet we citizens throw gala wrapper and rubbish unto the roads without thought.

We are really a largely illiterate and hypocritical society.

Stupid govt. Is Dangote's Obajana cement plant not "world class" enough? So why the emphasis on "woeld class"?? Just say Another cement plant will be established next year. Besides we all know it won't be anyway!!!! Just talk as usual.

When will Port Harcourt's Shoprite and Game come up? Well actually, I hear they would have been ain ph by now, but for the inability of the PH govt to finish it's Rivmall!! From what I hear, the interior of RIVmall had to be re-designed cos it did not have large emporiums which Shoprite and Game would need, besides the regular sized shops.

I hope that will be the case though. Can't wait to be able to shop in one location. Tired of going to 3 different places to get all of what i want. Hope KFC comes too. Would add a bit of spice to PH the way silverbird did. Before Silverbird, there was nothing to do in ph if you didn't drink or chase women.

Yawn!!! Next!! The newspapers are always full of "Govt to, ", "FG inaugurates, ", "Govt earmarks, ", "FG discusses with, ", "Govt intends to, "

When are we going to start seen "Govt commissions, ", "FG completes, ", "Govt opens, " and the like, which indicate project completion and not project take off!!

I hope the babe hasn't laced herself up again. Perhaps the testing procedures are not very stringent. I find it odd that she couldn't do better than blessing in Daegu and all of a sudden she's so much better than her in Maputo, to the extent of clocking 10.90!! Where was the 10.90 in Deagu? She barely made 11.30 there.