₦airaland Forum

iliyande:
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I just acquired my 3rd glo sim today for just weekend 3gig for 500 that's more reason why I won't trade glo for even mtn talkless of airtel 3G

I wouldn't know why one would need three SIMs, but I use the same Glo SIM for both normal and weekend subs... the weekend sub actually pauses any pre-existing normal sub during the weekend, so one can safely use the weekend sub during the weekend, thereby preserving any pre-existing normal sub until the weekend is over.

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iliyande:
The only advantage the airtel plan got over glo is to those who do alot of downloads (3g speed). If I am choose between the 2, I will gladly roll-over my data because I don't download much, but I livestream a lot. To me, it is of less benefit.

Ah, this is another dimension, and sure, that's fair enough.

For that dimension you've brought up, in my own case, I don't fancy leaving any balance from my data in the hands of a provider - anything can happen! In any case, I have a need for lots of data; IMO, that's why we're talking "unlimited" plans, to start with.

Again, I see your own point.

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minniekennie:
These are the reasons I will stick to Glo very objective

Sorry, but you've lost me here... Glo's packages are NOT unlimited, and cut you off completely from access to any more data, once you attain the allotted bundles. Finish. Shikenan.

On the other hand, Airtel's 'unlimited' packages allow you to continue to have access to more data even after you've exhausted the main allotted bundle, provided you can live with a severely reduced access speed, until through the last day of your plan.

So, apart from the LTE speeds attainable on Glo (and attained speeds on Airtel are pretty good in most areas, by the way,) how do Glo's packages offer better value amongst the two based on your presentation?

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mikron:
nothing beats NTEL 4G ADVANCED LTE UNLIMITED PACKAGES, the best for me so far .

In your experience and area, what are the maximum download and upload speeds obtainable and sustainable on the ntel advanced unlimited packages?

Kindly state which particular package(s) you're on, and whether or not the service has been rock solid?

Your response may just influence my decisions on ntel subscriptions moving forward. TIA.

(I've been on the regular N12.5k monthly unlimited bundle; the service had gone off for more than a week in my crib. The service was extremely irregular and essentially unusable long before it went off, anyways.

However, it got restored two days ago, and so far has sustained the d/l speed now capped for the plan - about 1.3MB/s, which is about 10mb/s.)

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fibonacci2526:
Not a bro, LOL!

Oh, my bad! (Sincere apologies.)

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Lexusgs430:
Umidigi are really testing my resolve. After unbricking my Z1 Pro, I receive the same notification that an update is available.

I would jejely let it slide away .......

Methinks it simply means your complaint has actually not been treated/reproduced - yet.

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fibonacci2526:
Thanks for the insight.

FWIW I use MTN 4G and it's blazing fast.

My pleasure, bro.

Enjoy.

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fibonacci2526:
How many phones support that outdated band? They did zero feasibility studies when employing that band.

LOL; Well, I used to have that mindset, until other early adopters (such as dustmalik) on this forum, pointed out that Band 28 has about the best wall/barrier penetration qualities of all the LTE Bands adopted for use in Nigeria, followed, in my own opinion, by Band 8. And in a country where signal strength is mostly at a premium, that factor seemed a no-brainer to me...

I quickly latched on and grabbed Glo's 4G MiFi while it was on a promotion for ₦5k — best investment I've ever made on Glo! Most users — including yours truly — are reporting solid performance on Glo's LTE band every where. I get on it a solid ~ 16-23mb/s (about 2-4MB/s) and about 95% uptime (by my estimation) virtually every where in my crib. So, there you are, Glo actually got this one right, and is handling it well this far.

Of course, Glo's 3G is still crap in my own zone as well, but thank heavens I don't have to deal with that anymore/whenever I have the option of Band 28.

Just to be clear, MTN's 4G services still beats Glo's for speed, but Glo's is better in terms of signal penetration and therefore quality. (I use both.)

(There were some recent reports [which I have not personally verified,] that MTN might have switched off its 4G services in several parts of the country outside Lagos. The service is still solid for me in Lagos. Just thought to throw this bit on MTN in here.)

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After a service outage over the last one week or so, ntel services returned to my crib along the Lekki axis yesternight (intermittent) and through today so far (rock steady.)

The steady D/L is just about 10mb/s (attached) but, hey, I'll take it, especially as it's in line with the new D/L speed policy, and provided it remains rock steady.

(I had exchanged quite a couple of email messages with the ntel help desk a couple of days ago.)

I'm on the N12.5k monthly limitless plan.

Good luck, crew!

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Lexusgs430:
Which screen and which UI? Post pictures of an example of what you require........

This your post triggered so much laughter in me ehn...

But you sef, just put your "face" on the "screen" and ROM them into the "UI," then show us the combination na, haba! That should ingeniously cover every angle of the requests and put the matter to rest...shikenan!

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lonelydora:
In as much as I pray for good health for our President; but we don't need pictures. Buhari should just make a speech on television to douse tension in the country. He is not ruling trees but human beings. He should talk to us.

Why do Nigerians hide everything about them? In developed countries, they update their citizens on the activities of their leaders.

What's the problem with you my people, for God's sake? Buhari is NOT the one ruling at the moment; as prescribed by the constitution, Osinbajo has, and is executing full presidential power, and Buhari should have nothing to do with real governance until he again notifies the NASS that he has resumed as President.. Why don't you accept that? Why this much stress on yourselves? I tire o!

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oodua1stson:
looks delicious.



Can you please also post pictures of the face of the phone and UI

Poor you, may be the pictures already posted look too good to have also included the face...

But seriously speaking, in the pictures posted by Lexusgs430 of his own copy of the phone as unboxed, the front/face is the one in black, the back is the one in red.

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Martux100:
Can smile Sim work in an unlocked mtn 4G LTE mifi?

MTN issues a couple of them MiFi's; which one in particular?

Smile uses Band 20, so you could also google whether or not the particular MiFi you have in mind supports 20.

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Lexusgs430:
Thank You. I know you would soon post your own Umidigi ownership soonest .......

I am expecting my Umidigi Z1 Pro (tomorrow or friday). Once I receive it, would post some juicy shots, more emphasis on how slim the device is.....

Okey-dokey.

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Lexusgs430:
The volume icon is hiding the massive 4G icon, for those that are usually offended by it's sight ......

LOL at your 4G icon sound bite, Otherwise I believe this thread is at the verge of a treat from you. Well done so far.

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hodonuu:
Please don't quote me if you have nothing meaningful to say

You're too assuming at every turn, and so quarrelsome... So, you and only you get to define/determine what's meaningful to say? Just carry your wahala go. You're now on my ignore list, just like was done to your other fellow troll. Bye.

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hodonuu:
firmware version : 21.236.03.00.1158 is the customised firmware that came with the Spectranet branded Huawei e5372 mifi

I was simply asking if yours was a Spectranet or a swift Huawei e5372, so I was not misrepresenting anything, you misrepresented my simple question

And btw if yours still used the customised firmware that originally came with the device, then you still will have problems connecting with ntel, so obviously your software version isn't : firmware version : 21.236.03.00.1158

And neither was I talking about nor mentioned SIM unlock code, which basically has nothing to do with firmware versions

God bless 4llerbuntu — and the likes (no pun.)

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Stanley08:
Is this not stress?! SMH!

Whoa.

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4llerbuntu:
Ntel: A trial will convict you


i think i should mention that if you unlock a device and leave the OS intact like it was from the people who locked it, it is trivial for them to re-lock it if you ever put their sim back in it.

i think i recall someone say spectranet relocked some desktop modems sef one time sef

this is why its usual practice when you unlock, to change the firmware to un-customised version from Huawei. why it is sometimes said an unlock process is incomplete if it was only sim lock that was removed

This is reference material. Thanks for posting, because some of these nuances can be missed by some of us — including myself — who tend to think we're some sort of quasi geeks.

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olurotimi1:
But am not understanding o. Is it ntel blocking abi spectranet, it can't be ntel.

I tire.

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hodonuu:
Yeah and I just checked the picture and an older pic he uploaded and realised his device doesnt use the customised Spectranet firmware that came with the device

Original software version for Spectranet e5372: Spectranet : 21.236.03.00.1158

His own version is : 21.236.03.00.414

And yours isnt Spectranet huawei e5372mifi but swift Huawei e5372 mifi right?

And that is the main issue here

Seems the problem everyone is experiencing has to do with Ntel blocking access to Huawei e5372 with firmware version : 21.236.03.00.1158
That is the customised Spectranet firmware that came with the device

"Customized" firmware? Maybe.

BTW, mine is also a Spectranet-branded E5372s-601 which I unlocked myself using codes yanked free off the Web, so you were almost misrepresenting my situation as well, but, notin spoil sha.

Good luck.

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Stanley08:
12K5 Plan.
Spectranet.
Not Unlimited.
10am
Don't know about speed change

Ur questions too much

Lol, your answers are sufficient in your case, thanks.
(BTW, your answers too much too — I already saw/stated it was Spectranet na.)

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pafra:
Nothing will happen to her in Nigeria.

This case will lack evidence.

Trust Nigerian judiciary the case will be thrown out for lack of merit.

She will be discharge and acquitted.

The reason will be efcc lawyers didn't present the case well or efcc don't have quality lawyer's

Well, good luck to her, but please let her first escape the noose presently around her neck in the UK, and now possibly in the US too. As for the Nigerian bridge, the system will cross it when it gets there.

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pafra:
Nothing will happen to her in Nigeria.

This case will lack evidence.

Trust Nigerian judiciary the case will be thrown out for lack of merit.

She will be discharge and acquitted.

The reason will be efcc lawyers didn't present the case well or efcc don't have quality lawyer's

Well, good luck to her, let her first escape the noose presently around her neck in the UK, and now possibly in the US too.

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...Nothing like abuse. Unlimited is Unlimited. I will get angry if i pay for unlimited and can't download 500GB in one day.

I won't get angry if i pay for 50GB and it stops working after i download 50GB. Get my drift?

Stanley08;

Is your current plan on Spectranet - from which you displayed that ~5MB/s screen shot - truly unlimited? Whether or not it is, which plan, and what time of day, was it? Any appreciable deviation from that speed during the other half of the day? (I think your response will influence my own next set of data plans.)

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hodonuu:
Your Spectranet Huawei e5372 mifi is being blocked to connect successfully to Ntel too?

I think you've totally misunderstood 4llerbuntu, LOL. He's always maintained his own E5372 has never been blocked (same here, BTW.) He was just reiterating his earlier posts/point that his has never come up blocked.

All he's been saying as well, is that he's been suffering from a terrible snail speed performance on ntel in his crib, and that the situation has not abated.

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eagleeye2:
Typographical error.

You typed it that way more than once in the same statement, but, I take your word for it. Thanks for posting.

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sunnyb0b0:
She should be tired and if found guilty, do the time.


When are we going to investigate the ownership of Oriental Hotel, TVC, LCC, Falomo shopping complex etc.?

I fully agree with the first part of your statement (assuming you mean, "tried..."

The second paragraph, however, doesn't seem to have a link to Diezani or the thread?

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eagleeye2:
Jude Omokore and Kola Aluko, thought Igbos are the normal thieves and greedy people.
Please before quoting me wrongly, Diezani is not Igbos. Rather she married an Igbos.

I honestly don't understand you... can a single person be "Igbos," anyway?

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mars123:
Nobody is claiming her as their daughter anymore

Not so fast, I think; those who support her come-what-may may soon show face — here and/or elsewhere.

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Okoroawusa:
how did we recreate dis kind of monster?

Beats me.

As some fair-minded commentators already saw during her reign, though, the signs of who she really was were always there, as she defied every legislative oversight and judicial scrutiny, because she was under the complete protection of President Jonathan.

Make of it what you may, but I thought the same sort of paradigm shift was beginning to manifest itself under President Buhari at the time the currently suspended SGF Lawal was essentially thumping his nose at legislative efforts at scrutinizing how he was handling public funds and contracts. Hmm.

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obinna4Jesus:
Oh God have mercy upon us as a nation. She has the hubris to make a bold declaration that she wants to go to jail? Methinks that is a clear cut acknowledgement of her participation in the mismanagement and sleaze that took place under the last administration of GEJ. If it were in other climes, the Omokores and Alukos of this world should be having a wonderful time in prison but ours is a nation where impunity thrives . Urgently needed in Nigeria are leaders Who are selfless and are ready to serve without any modicum of personal aggrandizement. Where are they? Who knows where they are? Can they be found in Nigeria? Are there still few names that are left in sardis who have not defiled their garment? Your guess is as good as mine. Buy the truth and sell it not

May Nigeria's/Nigerians' prayers be answered along the lines of your thoughts and wishes, @obinna4Jesus.

Our country needs to breath!

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