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ntelassist:
Hello friend. You are very correct. Most operators,users, engineers etc.are makimg the same mistakes.
We are no different.
The generally accepted unit of measurement for speedtests is kilobits per second.

I'm afraid yours is the sort of misinformation guys fall for. There is no generally accepted single unit of measurement for speed tests, friend.

Test sites and others either set a convenient unit as their own preferred defaults which remain constant no matter the throughput (e.g. Mbps at speedtest.net, which a user can change particularly if registered,) or base readouts on the class of speed. With the latter style, fast.com provides kbps if one's throughput is under 1 Mb/s, otherwise its output is in Mb/s; IDM, on the other hand, defaults straight to KB/s (8Kb/s) if under 1 MB/s, and jumps to MB/s (8Mb/s) if over. Still, testmy.net tries to present at least two of the units of measurement per test.

With the above reigning scenario, misinformation - some in fact deliberate - w.r.t speed test results, are not likely to go away any time soon. Those consumers who love themselves and value their hard earned money, should just try to arm themselves with correct, non-distorted or misrepresented information regarding products they buy into.

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junduphat:
In Nigeria today, we do have so many Internet Service Providers with different strengths and weakness. It will be wrong for us to compare Tier 2 networks with Tier 3 Networks. Ex. Comparing MainOne Cable (Tier 2) with Spectranet 4G LTE (Tier 3) (Though Mainone is a Tier 2 as well as a Tier 3 Network). They do have their major differences and different audiences. You do not expect a multinational Company to depend on 4G LTE dongles for Internet, They would definitely go for a Fixed dedicated Internet. Having made some clarifications above and based on factors like Speed, Link Deployment, Coverage and Customer Service Convenience.

Here's how i Would Rank the Top Best Internet Service Providers in Nigeria in 2017

eStream Networks

Swift Communications

Wifi Ng

Spectranet

IPNX

Layer3

Smile

CyberSpace



BACKBONE INTERNET PROVIDER

ACE (Africa Coast to Europe)

MainOne Cable

MTN

DOLPHIN TELECOMS

Glo SUB MARINE CABLES


NB: It should be noted that this aren't the only internet service provider In Nigeria, There are quite a number of them In Nigeria. The speed of all networks are dependents on so many factors such as your closeness to their base stations, Mode of connectivity, etc

May be some would find this useful. As for me, I would appreciate it if you'd provide the empirical data on which your selections were made? For example, what are/were the various throughputs/download/upload speeds on which the rankings were made, where, and by who?

Arming readers with such info will be inherently useful, and should certainly help an end user such as yours truly make informed decisions as to which Internet service provider(s) to next pitch my tent with, for instance.

Thanks in advance.

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honsule:
This Topic was meant to be on PHONE SECTION. Who moved it to Science/Tech?

I was wondering about that as well. But, @honsule, you sure can effect a correction na, no?

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Lexusgs430:
An open source software should not be that difficult to marry.
Get quality testers on the case, fix one bug on Nougat, replicate Nougat on a host of devices with very similar internals, the bugs would quiet easily all be squeezed out.
Umidigi does not skin their version of android, hence Google done almost all the wahala for them......
They do not test at all thoroughly. They are only keen on flogging their units....
Well, if this rubbish business model and mentality works for them. I wish them Goodluck......
NB: I hope my umidigi note c, is also not a disaster...

All of those cost money o... that's part of what princetom1 alludes to. At the end of the day, most of those Chinese companies/vendors have to penny-pinch to make sustainable profit.

Having said all of that, some of the companies do make success of it.

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ntelassist:
The speed is not 65kb after FUP.. but you need to know that several factors affect your speed including your destination and source locations/capacity to push or pull data.

Unfortunately for we real world consumers of ntel products, you're either in self-denial, or uninformed, or just being mischievous. More troubling, however, appears to be that you haven't bothered to at least read through the last 20 pages, say, of Stanley08's ntel thread in which thread you first introduced yourself.

On that thread, you'd see the tales of woe that consumers of ntel's products have had to grind through in the past couple of months! It will also reveal to you that the 64KB throttling issue is real — and kicking.

I humbly advice you to please sit up on this assignment, if you have the genuine goal of making a success of this thread for ntel and consumers of its products.

As for me and my household in the meantime, we've had it up to "here" with the unreliability of ntel's services — the least of which are very frequent "No Service" returns. Therefore, I shall not be renewing our subscriptions to ntel services once the current ones start running out in a few days.

Good luck!

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ntelassist:
Need information about ntel product and services? we are here to support you. All fault resolution and escalation can be routed to us via our customer care on 0700-ntel-live. Now keep the questions coming and I will respond to you promptly. The official position of ntel products can change at anytime but will be communicated via this medium as necessary.

That's one good first step. In addition, I'll strongly suggest you open and manage a dedicated thread on ntel matters/Customer Services on here and provide a link to it.

Good luck.

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Singapore1:
I get 2mb/s or more when downloading.. Lagos surulere
I get more than 3mb/s anytime I am in Ibadan
I will share screenshot once I am able

Thank you for sharing this experience.

Any experience with throttling? Will be on the lookout for your screenshot.

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Singapore1:
I can't believe I trusted NTEL .. Thank God For Competition
Using spectranet in peace sha

Sorry if I missed this earlier, but could you please indicate the highest consistent speeds you're obtaining on Spectranet, if and when throttled or not, and your location? I'm trying to ascertain whether the highest speed is indeed limited to 8Mbps (1MBps) as stated on the site, and how stable the service is along the Lekki axis in Lagos. TIA.

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Alsayer:
Maybe if it's popular enough, they'll make it a permanent thing. I sure hope they do that though. 512kbs throttling is better than this pos 65kbs.

These networks are just playing with semantics! The real issue is that, like others and me have stated here and elsewhere, the 64 being bandied about is actually 64KBps, not just 64Kbps; 8Kb=1KB. 512Kbps is the same as 64KBps!

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Reading further on the Spectranet offer I posted on earlier, I came by the following (among the Terms and Conditions,) and I quote (Source: https://spectranet.com.ng/q10.html ) :

Q: Does this plan have any Fair Usage Policy (FUP), if yes after how much of data consumption it applies and what will be the speed after FUP?
A: Unlimited burstable speed is assigned to all customers between 0-100GB and speed reduces to 512 Kbps after 100GB is utilized.

Q: Are there any other condition which I should be aware of, as a Spectranet user on UNLIMITED GOLD plan?
A: Spectranet reserves the right to limit download speed to 8 Mbps for the first 100GB in view of maintaining uniform service levels for all customers. UNLIMITED GOLD plan can be subscribed on or before April 30 2017.
Customer which have subscribed before April 30 2017 will need to change plan back to original data capped plan or other data capped plans after expiry of UNLIMITED GOLD plan validity. When Spectranet user changes back to original data capped plan, the “Stored” data will get added to user’s account after renewal.

End of quote.

Looks like it's a one-off, anyways.

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Has anyone jumped on the bandwagon yet of the new Spectranet Unlimited speed 18k/month offer depicted in the attached images?

https://spectranet.com.ng/promooffer.html

Please share your experience(s), if any, with respect to its usability, stability, and maximum sustainable d/l speed(s) in Lagos.

My current ntel sub expires before April 30, and I might just jump on this new Spectranet offer if justified by experiences that may be shared on this thread or elsewhere.

Thanks, guys.

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olurotimi1:
Too know. ITK. What am saying is that they should throttle between 512 and 1mbps.

Thanks for the dressing down - even as you had to resort to explaining yourself. Good luck with your type of skin.

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spreado:
The best way to root android 6.0 is by flashing TWRP custom recovery into ur fone nd use the TWRP to install a .zip version of SU

This has indeed been the case for me thus far (LeEco/LeTV.)

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olurotimi1:
it should be like 512Kb/s or 1Mbps

512Kb = 0.512Mb = 64KB = 0.064MB.

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purplekayc:
when do they start there unlimited downloads?
What time?
What do you mean by 10gb large for 50 GB?

You should simply visit the link posted - if not already. While there, further poke around.

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oyb:
Apparently we are supposed to be throttled to 512kb/s, but this is clearly not the case.

512kb/s = 64KB/s.

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Dam5reey:
Seems it's better, but the cap is annoying, allow me use 80mbps, finish the 10GB or 3 GB fast then I can do other things... Time na money...

Well said, @Dam5reey, that's the koko of the matter.

One reason I can think of that wouldn't make ntel commit to that kind of speed, would be limitations in the sustainability of that sort of speed, which, in turn, is most probably dictated by the current state of the network's infrastructure.

So, ntel needs to offer a lot more to earn my own 60k per three months.

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tonio2wo:
You still dint answer anything.

Why don't you do your own research and provide a credible answer?

Your other alternatives include to:
a) wait for the security agencies to conclude their investigations and reveal the rightful owners or charge any offenders to court, or,
b) wait for any one/body to come before the judge who already ordered the interim forfeiture of the humongous cash found in the apartment, to prove ownership of the cash. This process may further lead to the identity of the owner(s) of the apartment itself - whether or not different from those that would lay claim to the stash.

The court hearing for anyone to lay claims to the money before the judge will come up in two weeks, give or take. So, you guys should just hold your horses.

Good luck!

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BERNIMOORE:
Mods pls the Topic is clearly misleading, what is on the Op page is clearly 'a mere warning letter of retraction' and not a "writ of summons" of lawsuits lalasticlala abi do your job. It is a letter of retraction

The probable purpose for allowing the misleading/clever by half headline to fly as is, is to get your attention and more viewers. Just deal with it.

On a side note, it's not just a "mere warning letter." It is required by law to be issued before the offended party can actually sue, according to legal minds.

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turawafett:
https://www.nigeriadriverslicence.org/

Your drivers licence number and the date of birth your have on your drivers licence is your username and password.

I applied online and paid the official 6000+ at FCMB the palms branch, I proceeds to Iru Victoria Island office the one at waterways for capture, I captured same day and was given the temporary one, I've since collected the original one from same place.

However for you to apply online but must be an existing Driver's licence owner.

You must have photocopy of you old driver's licence
I advised you scan you driver licence and keep it inside your email, as I've misplaced mine but I just print the scan copy from my email.

You can captured in different parts of Lagos don't know of other states just click on the location want to capture from on the form.

After payment at the bank log on to your application process on your phone to confirm payment.

Set aside 2k for sort out, 1k for VIO they will conduct a small test for you and you will need to buy a Road sign CD from them the 1k covers that.

The other 1k is for FRSC to enable you capture same day. They will normally give you a two weeks date even when they have less than 10 people on queue. Just give them 1k and capture immediately.

They always have less crowd in the local government capture centre.

Learn to do it yourself, as for fresh applicant, the compulsory driving school from accredited driving school makes it impossible for you to apply online individually, the accredited driving school will do the application on your behalf.

Yours is a very good post, @turawafett; it sure should come in handy/useful for people.

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sirfee:
Don't mind the bigot,some people are sick in the head smh! These guys are thieves,they are just playing their normal politricks. Why did he exclude Wike from the list? Polithiefcians and deceits...

Amaechi excluded Wike from the list obviously because Wike has immunity for as long as he remains in office as governor, and so he cannot be sued - yet.

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chris31:
Osibanjo is the choice of most Nigerians but i dont no if they will give him the opportunity also i fear that he may lack total power to call d shot....All d same he is tested & trusted he proved it under few months

Who are the "most Nigerians?" Some relatively low population guys on social media - majorly the noisy ones from the South - who swarm and control the narratives? In any case, Osinbajo himself or his party would not dare run against Buhari, anyways.

Even at that, and on the main subject of the thread, let's just put sentiments and chest-beating behaviour aside for one moment. Doing that, anyone without an attention-deficit disorder can deduce from results of the PDP-initiated and parented Twitter poll of recent as posted by the OP, that Buhari is the person to beat if he runs.

'Nuf said.

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okonja:
I subscribed to the new plan of 60,000 and it's still as useless as the old ones

Mehn, you must be equipped with some kind of alien balls, LOL.

I posted two or three pages ago ain't gonna risk that ish until ntel can guarantee like 10MB/s (~80Mb/s) on it. I added that's not likely to happen, though - at least not anytime soon. I also added that, should things totally come down to it, my own best alternative to ntel at the moment is Glo's 4G 48GB@8k/month plan. (Two/month of that should fetch one a rock-solid 3GB/day, for those into that class of requirement.)

One can come close to that Glo strategy on Smile, but the Smile network reportedly attains less speed compared to Glo.

Good luck to you the rest of your 90-day journey, though.

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Mcnuel:
Contact me on 08173429330 for unlocking of modems and Router. You can also reach me on WHATSAPP through 08136664179.

Unlocked SPECTRNET4G b310s-927 router for sale at give away price with the complete accessories like charger, power bank, antenna and LAN cable.

Tel. 08173429330
Whatsapp contact . 08136664179

I'm reading conflicting info/specs online. Which specific bands does your 927 variant support?

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Just searched for "UMI Z Pro Specifications" and got the following link with the offer at $249.99. Haven't bothered yet to check for the genuineness of the site/seller or any hidden charges, though.

http://www.pdevice.com/product/umi-z-pro-specs

(The site provides links to known, reputable online merchants at that price, so the offer is most probably genuine.)

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Lexusgs430:
I was thinking of upgrading my Note 3. From the moment I bought my Note 3, I always knew I would use the Note 3 till i got too tired of it or it got tired of me .........

Almost 4 years later, the phone started to hang unnecessarily, getting so hot, camera not functioning well, flash not turning on again. I thought the time had finally arrived for that upgrade.

Looking at the smartphone market - The S8 was about to launch (cannot justify the huge price tag, that samsung would place on the S8 or S8+). I started looking and hunting for flagship killer devices on the market. I went from oneplus 3T, Axon etc etc etc. Watched loads of youtube reviews, read loads of press releases etc etc etc.

Cost of device + specification, would play a big role in my final decision. Then I stumbled on the Umi Z PRO (and i was hooked). For $299.00 (some sellers sell for less), I could get a flagship killer device, with fairly high specification and at a price point I was not willing to exceed.

Placed my order and awaiting delivery...........

NB: Attached are a few features of the UMI Z PRO .......

Good thinking - and good eyes, @Lexusgs430.

All the best with your purchase, and looking forward here to your review/user experience as well.

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If ntel kills the current Ulimited@10k plan - or as much as makes it less affordable - then I'll be off the network in an instant...

... Unless, of course, ntel can guarantee a solid 10MB/s (~80Mb/s) on, say, that new Unlimited@60k for 90 days plan. Such a guarantee's not likely to happen, though, and I may begin to consider Glo's 4G 48GB@8k 30-day plan ... that's a reasonable 167 Naira/GB.

Both services deliver about the same speeds in my crib. Glo is more solid, of course, and I already use the network's 10GB@2.5k 30-day ish to automatically fill up those unpredictable holes in ntel's Ulimited@10k service by stringing the modem routers together.

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dustmalik:
If your phone supports both bands and it's rooted, and you want to be sure of the bands available in your location, download Network signal guru. With that, you can lock it to any of the available bands. That's assuming your device uses a Qualcomm SoC. If MTK, use MTK Engineering mode to lock it to any of the bands.

NSG is indeed a darn good tool for Qualcomm devices; thanks for outing it. It previously flew under my own radar partly because of the relatively non-stellar rating it has so far garnered on the Play Store.

For MTK devices, LTE Discovery - along with MobileUncle Tools - is probably the one to beat.

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4llerbuntu:
... i think band8 no longer works in that area. my mifi supports only band 8 and it doesn't get signal anymore. only the phone that also supports Band 3 gets signal

This is very good thinking/info — and it may pertain to even some other areas — for all one cares to realize.

Thanks for posting.

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emmatony:
please how do I send you the number?

Click on his username to get to his profile page. On the profile page, scroll down and click on "Send E-mail message to..." The email you so send is what's termed PM (Private Message) here on Nairaland.

Good luck.

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Mynd44:
This is the type of silly reporting we expect from Vanguard not Thisday.

Oh well, for the love sales sha

Whoa... You're giving ThisDay undeserved credit, my friend. The publication has been way below the Vanguard in terms of factual and unbiased reporting, and for a while now already, IMHO.

ThisDay has become an expert publication in terms of suppressing the aspects of a story — or simply totally ignoring to publish some — that are not favorable to the east or PDP, while unfairly magnifying those that favour that demographic. Besides, the comments sections to its stories are brutally doctored and unfavorable comments promptly censored/blocked from appearing to the public, including some comments by yours truly.

I can't claim to be 100% correct, but I've not observed such gross acts of suppression of reader comments by the Vanguard in the last nine months, or so, plus, it features virtually all stories, even if some show up incomplete in a way as to lead a casual reader to an inaccurate conclusion.

Anyways, ThisDay has not stopped being an Obaigbena publication - for whatever that's worth.

By the way, I read all mainstream publications — including the versions of their stories Nairaland choses to propagate. A lot of them are just for the fun of seeing how a story changes color across publications, then seeing how the real stories pan out eventually.

I'm getting off my soapbox now...

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