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philtrum: it's understandable but let them still come up with a fair and reasonable subscription plan.

abi.... I did reply ncc.... if na 500mb self for 1k, make them tell network providers to do for us...

DATA CONSUMPTION ON
ANDROID AND BLACKBERRY PHONES

The NCC as a regulator is responsible for
promotion of fair competition in the
communications industry and protection of
communications services and facilities providers from misuse of market power or anti-competitive and unfair practices by other service or facilities providers or equipment suppliers.

The issue of data usage on Blackberry and
Android smart phones has been generating a
lot of comments lately and the Commission has
a duty to protect and inform all stakeholders in
the industry on all issues of concern.

RIM, the manufacturer of BlackBerry, utilizes a
special compression algorithm to serve users of
Blackberry handsets who have subscribed for
Blackberry internet service. Whenever such a
subscriber browses the internet and opens a
webpage, a request is sent via the handset's
browser requesting for the page to be
downloaded to the phone. This request is
channeled to RIM’s gateway in Canada, which
fetches the webpage, compresses it and sends
the compressed data back to the BlackBerry
phone as a download.

On an Android phone, the request to open a
webpage by telephone subscribers is sent to the gateway of the network operator which then
processes the information and sends back the
page to the Android phone as a download (the
data is not compressed - thereby requiring more bandwidth).

The amount of bandwidth uploaded is identical
between both Blackberry and Android phones,
the difference lies in the fact that most of what
subscribers do on their phones is to download
content which varies on both. BlackBerry is
indirectly subsidizing bandwidth by compressing the content downloaded by subscribers.

In effect, an internet subscriber using an
Android smartphone to open a webpage may be downloading 100KB of data, while a subscriber using a Blackberry opening the very same webpage would be downloading 25KB due to the compression of data by RIM.

Bandwidth in Nigeria is an expensive resource,
because most data is transferred wirelessly. This
is the reason why the NCC is promoting wired
infrastructure around the country through such
projects as WIN (Wire Nigeria) as well promoting
a Broadband Roadmap for the country which
will greatly reduce the cost of bandwidth
thereby reducing the cost of browsing the
internet on smartphones.



d above was NCC response to my query on why can't network providers make other data cheap instead of on blackberry............

what do u think of nokia asha 210.... how much does it go for.... I want to get it for a young phone user

@op..... what is ur own..... AIRTEL BIS still works on android after 3rd December..... u know y.....because people complian on nairaland, Facebook and twitter.... so u see.... complaining on nairaland without paying vanguard for advert work....

o boy u gada strent to post all those many pictures... I love d real pix sha... nairaland suppose shortlist u for award in 2013

Dear Customer, effective 3rd Dec 2013 AIRTEL BB Plans will cease to function on non BB devices or used as a modem . Thank you

Dear Customer, effective 3rd Dec 2013 AIRTEL BB Plans will cease to function on non BB devices or used as a modem . Thank you

stop d noise dat he has apologies publicly....the woman does not have money to buy newspaper ....she may not have tv at home... so, oshiomole shd go to her house and apologised, and pay back what he destroyed from d woman...and empower her... dats d only reasonable adress to dix issue...dat any reasonable person shd b saying...

First John 5:16 has been very confusing to many Christians... here is a simple analysis... read with open heart... u will catch something...

"If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them
that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death : I do not say that he shall pray for it." 1John 5:16...

First of all....note dat dre is a difference between between Forgiveness and Repentance... to repent is to change entirely... while forgiveness is for born again, those who have changed....repentance is for those who need to b born again.... dre4, for u to enjoy forgiveness, u must have repented... and what makes u to repent is Salvation shown to u...

Back to 1john 5:16... the sin unto death is dos who refused to accept Jesus Christ as Lord... they deliberately enjoy sin and want it like dat... for this people... John is saying don't pray for forgiveness for them... it is not for them...(de cannot be forgiven because they will repeat sinning ).... what they need is prayer of salvation and repentance only...
when they now become Christians... de will make some mistakes which is sin not leading to death because God will forgive them as forgiveness is d children heritage... they must only confess d sin...(with intention not to continue in dat sin,born again dont enjoy repeating same sin ).... fellow chriatians shd dre4 pray for God's forgiveness for their brother who sin .... and pray for salvation for dos who have rejected Jesus by their lifestyle...

In summary... u sin unto death if u have not accepted Christ.... if u have accepted Christ and u born again... u dont sin unto death...

u make mistakes (sin )....such mistakes is not unto death... cos u have the Master... only ask for forgiveness with intention not to repeat it...

NOTE: Sin unto death is sin leading to hell directly.... sin not unto death is not leading to hell unless d person did not ask for mercy...

I lost 1gig to airtel poor terrible data service.... in up to 90 location in Nigeria.... airtel is abysmal........ I think de make bis on android not to work well...

join d ash tag.... OMG meaning #OwelleMustGo# on Facebook and twitter

I don laff tire... permission to copy and paste...

d news na joke o....some people don take am seriously

owelle anayo rochas okorocha... d worst governor imo state has ever had.... am ashamed of those supporting him....

Airtel Nigeria
Subscribe to a BBM plan on your android and iOS phones at ease.
Simply dial *440*22# @ N300 for a monthly plan

serious issue raised here.... and it didn't make front page... is d mod a Catholic?

dix post was first made in 2005....and now... dr balogon is no longer here.... ye others preferring solutions... are ye also doctors....

I 'enjoying cooking ' oil rice.... easy and somehow.......

pls... am running a research on whether it is male that are more in nysc or it is females... if u remember, kindly tell me how many males were in ur camp compared to females ...
in mine, batch A, edition state... it was males 1275
females 1113..

if u can't remember the number, tell say whether females were more or vice versa.
thanks

d last one is my number one fire wall...I set an automatic alarm on it and it ring a bell every day on my mind... I MUST NOT DO THINGS THAT BRING SHAME TO THAT OLD RUGGED CROSS... my greatest wish....

like Paul, I will also declare.... I have fought d good fight of faith, I have finished my cause and now, dre is laid up for me, a crown of glory...

go for s3.... or sony xperia Z1

go for s3....

d 5mb daily DO NOT WORK in d first place...

I have two challenges... How can I drive sound, my friend format my system and forgot to restore d sound... 2. how can I configure d laptop to browse with my hotspot, I use it before d formatting but now the icon I use to REFRESH for network is not available anymore... after formatting, he installed windows xp... I think it was windows 2000 dat was dre b4... my system is DELL... ANY help shall b appreciated

like how many minutes does d 5mb reach with opening fb and twitter and watsapp ??

kingwiz: Jeezz Can't believe am watchin my ex classmate playin 4 naija fifa under17 world cup__the 4 goals hero__ iheanacho kelechi__my classmate all the way 4rm emmanuel college owerri__

dat mean d boy don pass 20 years...

watching super eagles has not always been easy for every true Nigerian... even if super eagles are playing well,tension still hold one......just as it is to all other countries... football watching when ur beloved country team is involved is not easy...

RIP

if its sahara and premium times that reported it against pdp with unnamed and close sources, u people would have accepted it as true abi... now its tribune u don't believe...

BORN AGAIN... dats all that matters... every other thing na secondary...

must I remove my memory card?