₦airaland Forum

adeibi:
Naija is so backward, we still dey use blackberry?
u can not see a blackberry in a phone shop here not even a torch when everyone is anxiously waiting for an iphone5
, and to think my friend is dying to have one cos it is the 'best' smart phone to use in naija.
naija na dumping ground for blackberry (ex) users worldwide

EuroMeko:
I don;t see how one can guarantee up-time without supplying their own power, but still have to talk to Maintenance Engineers on the ground.

Additionally I don't see Lagos proper being a secured area due to the proximity to water and all the flooding nonsense that abounds.

But yah'all are contributing very positively and I am enjoying this discussion.

4llerbuntu:
young man, i have had this your so called manual for over a year now.

this your theory, i want to see it in action chikena!


what/who does your uplink?

thats just one of four technical issues. serious fails.

so simply, as a man who is not thomas, i want to see proof of concept.

i have met a sizeable number of e book marketers who dont even own a decoder much less know nada abt it

proof!!!! simple scientific logic

naijatoday:
is the 2k per second correct?

what is the migration code?

samir101ng:
To further break it down, 512 is your downlink speed and 256 is your upload speed.

However since the speeds are in kilobits - 512/256 kbps, i have converted them to kilobytes.

This gave me a downlink speed of 64 kilobytes and 32 kilobytes uplink respectively which is poor in my opinion

considering the amount you are paying per month.

I have an HSPA modem with a connection speed of 7.5 Mbps. That's mega bits per second. when converted to

kilobytes, i get 937.5 Kilobytes per second. I can confirm and you can check the internet screenshots thread but i

have reached upto speeds of 1.02MB (Megabyte) using IDM (Internet Download Manager) on MTN 3.5G network. My

normal average speed is above 350 Kilobytes per second. My only problem is the latency issue (300ms & above)

and network stability (it sometimes disconnects or hangs).

@tomcat

Could you please post a screenshot of your speed using speedtest and IDM ? Will really appreciate it.

naijatoday:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/technology/29wifi.html?_r=1&ref=business

Wi-Fi Overload at High-Tech Meetings

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samir101ng:
See what Main One is up to while Glo is sleeping. Can anyone in Lagos confirm the speed ?

There is no need for comparison between glo and MTN or glo1 and main 1. They're all babies.

samir101ng link=topic=224341.msg7419824#msg7419824 date=1293508827:
Imagine an 802.11g wireless network with a througput of 54Mbps on a fibre-optic backbone . That's a theoritical speed of 6.59MB/S download speed . With a latency of less than 150mls, it's an online gamers dream. Download freaks go download fill hard drive. This is all possible because of Main One. Please guys, check it out and tell us the experience.

Dont forget u're on a shared platform, no dedicated access here. If 20 users are on the same cell then u divide by 20 and when u look at the overhead, not really impressive.

samir101ng:
http://www.mainonecable.com/pressreleasefull.php?pid=11

[quote author=samir101ng link=topic=224341.msg7424827#msg7424827 date=1293581267]Lol.

Nigeria is in a very good position to deliver true broadband speeds to its citizens. We have 3 Submarine cables :

1. SAT3 - 340 Gbit/s

2. Main One - 1280 Gbit/s

3. Glo-1 - 640 Gbit/s

Nigeria is NOT in a very good position to deliver true broadband speeds to its citizens. You should know the definition of broadband and its subjective stature. California as a state has more than that capacity that u beloved country will rely upon for the next decade.

With the fate of Nitel/SAT3 currently unknown and the wuru-wuru that Glo is doing with Glo-1, the only one we can rely on is Main One.

On the terrestrial side, our ISP's ( IPNX, Swfit Networks) and Mobile networks (MTN, Etisalat, Starcomms) are deploying nationwide fibre-optic cables to connect to these submarine cables. The problem with our people is pure wickedness and lack of human kindness. Am not against a company making profit but mixing it with poor services and exploitation is something i have seen peculiar to Nigerian companies. This kind of thing cannot happen in Europe or US. These companies have bought Min. of Information/Communication, Special Advisers on Communications, Senate/Reps Members on Communication, NCC and other regulatory agencies why would they not act with impunity. I have a friend that works at Galaxy Backbone here in Abuja. We went to install a 1.2M ku band vsat at a Senators house in Apo Legislative Qtrs in Abuja. Why ? Because the useless senator had received an Apple Ipad as a gift and wanted 24 hrs internet connection. This guy to add salt to injury is not paying a damn because the MD of Galaxy Backbone is a "friend". I was like WTF

main one tarriffs is not as friendly as u think it is or as they say.

Now u feel my pain. We're being over-charged on tarriffs and nothing is going to happen about it, if all continues the same.

samir101ng:
Has anyone seen the new MTN advert of their Tele-presence service (powered by Cisco) ? You can see MTN is already rushing ahead to make use of the Main-One cable while Glo are still twiddling their thumbs. I can't wait for MTN to finish UNN's wireless network with fibre-optic backbone.

COMPAQ:
Is it really much of a reduction by Airtel? I guess they have figured that the average conversation is about 2 minutes. The blended effect of 60k/sec for 1 minute and 20k/sec for 1 minute results in N24/min which isn't much lower than current rates.

naijatoday:
Etisalat did buy Dangote Group’s Alheri license. The CEO stated this in the interview with Vanguard.

They are already planning the roll, Glo and MTN should be worried.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/11/it%E2%80%99s-waste-of-money-duplicating-sim-registration-process-etisalat-boss/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+vanguardngr%2FdIeb+%28Vanguard+News+Feed%29

puskin:
U just don't give up. . . . . . .do U??

4llerbuntu:
nope, etisalat bought Alheri's (dangote) 3g licence last year or was it early this year, so they have a 3g license

rolling out a 3g network no be beans, esp when that level is about to become old tech. the world is shifting to 4G

guess they are at a cross roads, do a 3g network that will take like a year or two to complete, by then the competition is announcing 4G trials and rollout!