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 Politics › Re: INEC Commissioner Suggest Five Parties For Nigeria by jdoss: 8:24pm On Dec 12, 2012 |
This is one of the worst ideas I have ever heard, Someone in his position should not be spouting this nonsense. What he should be saying is we should have X number of Major parties. INEC should then make it more difficult to get listed on the ballot. It should be based on the amount of demonstrable grass-root support you can muster. Something along the lines of getting X% of registered voters to endorse your candidacy in whatever election you are looking to produce a candidate. Ultimately, you should get the electorate to identify themselves with a political party. This way, the need to demonstrate support every election cycle will not be necessary. Only new parties will have to go through the stress. I should have the right to run under whatever banner I want for what ever position I want, as long as I can show that I will get some support. I should not have to deal with the politics of someone else's political party. 1 Like |
| Computers › Re: Yahclick Internet Service by jdoss(op): 11:36am On Sep 20, 2012 |
@Djcn I'm not really sure why my post was hidden, but what I essentially said was that: *For the speed and data allowance(plus a free daily download period), the price is actually good. *The real issue is the cost of getting on the network. For the 10Mbps line you are looking at 160k(install+service) in the first month. *With that sort of entry barrier(not mass market pricing at all), those that do have the service will probably get what they are paying for(network wont be crowded) |
| Computers › Re: Yahclick Internet Service by jdoss(op): 9:39pm On Sep 19, 2012 |
@Djcn I wish there was somewhere I could go to test the service. Seeing a speedtest would be really cool. I don't think the prices are the issue, I think the major problem is the cost of the equipment and installation. I live in Lagos, and my home ISP options are: Swift Mobitel Spectranet Cobranet Dopc Unwired The fastest service you can get of all those is 2Mbps. All day plans range from 12k for 7Gb and go up from there. Yahclick is offering a 10Mbps line with 18GB for 28k with unlimited download between 1am and 6am(with that speed, i could download most of the 18GB in one night). For the speed, I think the price is reasonable. I would have called someone to install this thing in my house, but that 130k installation no easy. If the installation price was lower, this service would be a real problem for most ISPs. As it is, I think those that can afford the install will really enjoy the service. |
| Computers › Re: Yahclick Internet Service by jdoss(op): 12:23pm On Sep 18, 2012 |
@ukachimo Thanks a lot, really appreciate it. The installation costs seem a little high for home users when you compare what else is on the market. Although, having a 10Mbps line in Nigeria would be really nice. Are you a reseller? |
| Computers › Yahclick Internet Service by jdoss(op): 10:47am On Sep 18, 2012 |
Coollink seems to be doing a lot of advertising of this service on the radio, and it sounds very interesting. I have been doing a lot of reading online, but I have been unable to find reviews of the service. I am interested in what speeds people actually get and how it compares to the plan one is on. I have spoken to 4 people at coollink, and they all refuse to send me a price list. The most I could get out of them was that the equipment might cost around N75,000 and that the 10Mbps service might cost between N30,000 and N35,000. Please if anyone has any more concrete information on the service, it would be appreciated. I would be interested in Hyperias prices as well. Has anyone actually used the service? |
| Computers › Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by jdoss(op): 1:57pm On Aug 27, 2012 |
I am looking for info on Glo's broadaccess.It looks as though only Tomcat is on the service. Does anyone know if in the past two years, Glo has gone beyond ikoyi and VI in lagos? Also, Does anyone have any idea what their prices are like now? |
| Literature › Re: Which Novel Has Made You Crack Your Rib With Laughter? by jdoss: 2:46pm On Jun 25, 2012 |
Big trouble by Dave Barry |
| Computers › Re: 4G LTE Network Coming Abuja (and Maybe Nigeria Overall)? by jdoss: 9:51am On Jun 03, 2012 |
I found this article, not sure if same, but it talks about Abuja. Never heard of Zoda Fones: http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=216497 |
| Computers › Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by jdoss(op): 3:22pm On May 11, 2012 |
WACS went live earlier today. There was a ceremony in SA. Anyone using MTN see any improvement? Anyone with pricing info on wholesale bandwidth to isps. |
| Computers › Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by jdoss(op): 10:02pm On Mar 02, 2012 |
Saw an article that says WACS will be up April/May, and Ace is expected to be up Q2 2012. Question, does anyone know when WACS landed(if it has landed) and where? Also, who is the landing partner for ACE in Nigeria? |
| Politics › Re: Bankole Arrested Again ! by jdoss: 11:47am On Feb 24, 2012 |
Beaf:I have never dealt with the government, and I might be wrong, but I have heard that before you can perform any contract you must be pre-qualified. Can they prove that Bankole did something to help these companies get past the vetting, if so there's your crime. That would open him up to all they are looking to charge him with now. It was someones job to make sure these companies were properly registered with CAC, they need to tie Bankole into that job not getting done. The burden of proof is on the prosecution not the defense. If he simply says it was not his job, and it turns out to be true, then they have no case. The EFCC needs to be smarter about this. We all know he is corrupt, the EFCC needs to get better at proving it. |
| Politics › Re: Bankole Arrested Again ! by jdoss: 11:20am On Feb 24, 2012 |
Maybe I am missing something here, but this seems to be following the same pattern as the last case. It does not look as though they have him dead to rights on this crime. This looks like it is about contract inflation, and I don't think it is the responsibility of the speaker of the house to go to the market and check the prices of TVs. The last case was dismissed because the "crime" that was committed was by the clerk of the house(or something like that). The same thing will probably prove true in this situation. Whose job is it to vet these contracts and make sure they are not inflated. That is the guy who should be charged in place of Bankole. I think that if the EFCC wants Bankole, they needs to prove that the companies that benefited from the contracts then went ahead and gave Bankole money or that he interfered with the job of the guy that should have vetted the contract. |
| Gaming › Re: Xbox Live 2012 by jdoss: 10:11pm On Jan 13, 2012 |
There's a bunch of gamertags here: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-171533.0.html most of them are still on live. |
| Phones › Re: Glo Data Bonus Offer by jdoss: 4:13pm On Oct 13, 2011 |
@ Valto. It was just a little over 41Gb  . |
| Phones › Re: Glo Data Bonus Offer by jdoss: 3:40pm On Oct 13, 2011 |
@ Valto Thanks, it worked. |
| Phones › Re: Glo Data Bonus Offer by jdoss: 11:45am On Oct 13, 2011 |
@OP Please let me know how you found out what the available bonus was. Is there anyway to check what one has? Thanks. |
| Phones › Re: Etisalat 3g Network Hsupa? by jdoss(op): 8:28am On Sep 27, 2011 |
babaearly:Hsupa has to do with upload speeds While HSDPA deals with download speed. Upload on all the other 3g networks is 384 Kbps. Etisalat might be the first to go higher than that, maybe around 5.76 Mbps |
| Phones › Re: Etisalat 3g Network Hsupa? by jdoss(op): 9:58pm On Sep 26, 2011 |
It looks like they launched today: http://www.etisalat.com.ng/easyblaze/data_calc.php 42Mbps |
| Phones › Etisalat 3g Network Hsupa? by jdoss(op): 4:08pm On Sep 25, 2011 |
I walked into an Etisalat center, and was informed that they will be launching their 3G service tomorrow(26th September 2011). I also came across this on the ZTE website: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwwwen.zte.com.cn%2Fendata%2Fmobile%2FNigeria%2FNigeria_Instruction%2F201108%2FP020110826325535493699.pdf&rct=j&q=etisalat%20nigeria%203g%20hsupa&ei=SEJ_TuWUDuKm0QWNmpHJCQ&usg=AFQjCNE1mHHaa6jRdSc3iOiMC2TavyKFuw&cad=rja I wonder if this means they will be launching the first HSUPA network in Nigeria(the modem is 7.2Mbps down and 5.76Mbps up). The guy said they had some big launch plans, but he would not go into detail If anyone has any info on this(network specs and new plans), please let me know. |
| Computers › Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by jdoss(op): 1:01pm On Jul 25, 2011 |
Hold on, don't you guys mean Mbps or MBps. As I understand it, The K-Kilo, M-Mega, and G-Giga should always be in capital letters. What changes is b-bits or B-Bytes. No Commercial home network is working in Gigabytes/Gigabits to the consumer anywhere in the world. The most I have seen in Nigeria is MTN with theirs 7.2 Mbps masts on the Island in Lagos. Someone said glo broadaccess was offering 24Mbps/3MBps on Adsl, but that is the absolute highest i know about. |
| Business › Re: N150,000 Withdrawal Limit: Court Can’t Stop Me, Says Sanusi by jdoss: 10:15pm On Jul 12, 2011 |
I'm not the biggest Sanusi fan(I wouldn't even call myself a fan), but his lawyer said this, not him. The article should read Sanusis lawyers have argued, as opposed to sanusi has said through his lawyers. I doubt it went "tell those idiots at the court they don't have the right to reverse my decree, let it be written, thus written let it be done" This is not about the withdrawal limit which is asinine in my opinion, this is just about this stupid article. |
| Computers › Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by jdoss(op): 9:01am On Jun 02, 2011 |
A list of Glo 1 clients A spokesman for the company disclosed this following the recent signing of an agreement between it and an oil firm. Some of the companies are PCCW, Airtel Ghana, Airtel Nigeria, C&W (Nigeria & Ghana operations), IPNX, Swift Networks, Shell, TotalElf, Chevron, United Bank for Africa, FinBank, Nigerian Bottling plc, P&G, and almost all the major media companies.I know Swift and IPNX are also on Main One, but I don't know which is cheaper? Last I heard, Glo was undercutting Main One by 25%. Does anyone have the cost of bandwidth on both cables? http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/markets/companies-and-market/22439-glo-1-signs-on-companies-across-industry-segments http://www.mainonecable.com/clients.php |
| Politics › Re: Lagos State Nass Elections Updates by jdoss: 5:32pm On Apr 09, 2011 |
State : lagos Lga : eti osa Ward : ikoyi 1 Polling unit : wahab folawiyo Code : la Code : 08 Code : 08 Code : 013 Total registered - 654 Total accredited - 167 Total vote - 141 House of reps P.D.P - 29 C.P.C - 7 A.C.N - 85 A.N.P.P - 1 D.F.P.F - 1 Labour - 15 Void - 3 Senate P.D.P - 34 A.C.N - 91 N.C.P - 2 A.P.G.A - 2 D.F.P.F - 2 A.L.P - 4 S.D.M.P - 4 Void - 2 |
| Computers › Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by jdoss(op): 8:27am On Feb 12, 2011 |
Its on their website Public Announcement |
| Gaming › Re: Xbox Live Gamertags by jdoss(op): 12:55am On Jan 22, 2011*. Modified: 11:42pm On Nov 27, 2012 |
I am not the sort of person that would normally ask for money in any sort of forum, but I feel as though I have no choice. I need your help, I need you all to dig deep and give whatever you can (nothing is too small) towards buying lungwun a new Xbox 360 . |
| Phones › Glo Launches N10/min To International Destinations. by jdoss(op): 9:52am On Dec 25, 2010 |
I heard this on the radio, but have not been able to find information about it any where else. Does any one have anymore information on this? |
| Phones › Re: Glo Has Slashed Blackberry Service Rates! by jdoss: 1:24am On Dec 15, 2010 |
@Mr. official MTN stopped calling it a promo a while back, I think it was around the time Airtel also dropped their rates. Say what you will, but MTN still deserves credit for being the first to take the plunge. All Glo seems to do these days is wait for someone to innovate, then make theirs slightly cheaper. They did the same thing with 3G. Waiting for someone to show their hand and the beating their hand by N200 is not much of a business plan. I thought glo was meant to be the innovator, the leader, not some primary school student with a "you show me yours, I'll show you mine" mentality. |
| Phones › Glo Launches Dstv Mobile by jdoss(op): 12:59am On Dec 11, 2010 |
http://marketingworldmag.com/wp/globacom-launches-dstv-mobile-on-glo-network.html Subscribers of major West African mobile service provider, Globacom, can now watch DStv programmes on their mobile phones as the company rolls out the DStvMOBILE service on Glo. |
| Phones › Re: Now It's Official. Nigerians Are To Pay To Register Their Sims by jdoss: 3:37pm On Dec 08, 2010 |
I would completely agree with you if I did not hear that the telecoms companies are getting paid for registering users. They have been involved in this process from the very beginning, and were part of the decision that the government should pay for the exercise. The choices were to charge the user N100, to have the government pay N100, or have the telcos pay for it. Based on where we are, you can see how that discussion ended. What the Telcos are saying is "You(the government) should not allow these third party companies to access our info, We(the telcos) can do it ourselves and you can pay us." What most people are hearing is "We(the telcos) can do this ourselves, why is the government wasting money." I have no Idea which option is best for the government, but I know no matter what that N6.1 Billion issue will still be there. |
| Phones › Re: Now It's Official. Nigerians Are To Pay To Register Their Sims by jdoss: 2:52pm On Dec 08, 2010 |
I don't think the issue is that the government wants to pay for the registration, I think the problem is that the contract is inflated. As I understand it, this exercise is going to be the base information for the national ID scheme. This is not about Sim card registration, it's about citizen registration. The Nigerian government is embarking on the biometric capture of most of Nigeria, using what they know will make the people come out. If they say you cannot use your phone unless you register, then you will register. If they say all Nigerians should come out and register or else, most people would not bother. It needs to be done by the government so the information captured will belong to them. If I am not mistaken, even the Telecoms companies are being paid N100 per user registered. Using third party companies makes it easier to negotiate their "cut". This does not change the fact that to truly claim ownership of the information, they need to pay for it. |
| Phones › Re: Airtel Nigeria Drop Calls To N12 by jdoss: 4:56pm On Dec 01, 2010 |
If they are charging N9/min and not 15k/sec then It can actually pay them. Correct me if I am wrong, but the interconnect fee is the fee for terminating a call on someone network. So if Etisalat is charging 25k/sec on a call to MTN that last 10 seconds, they will make N2.50 and owe MTN N10.21. But in that same scenario, Airtel would make N9 and owe MTN N10.21. And if the call goes over 1 min, then the interconnect cost is covered. Compared to the cheapest per second option on ground, they Will be losing money between the 36th/41st second and the 60th. The question becomes how many seconds does the average "less than a minute" user stay on the phone? *disclaimer* I am not sure if my definition of interconnect fee is correct. If it is wrong, then please disregard. |
| Gaming › Re: Xbox Live Gamertags by jdoss(op): 10:47am On Nov 19, 2010 |
Let's try this again. I have seen a few people on-line, but not more than one or two at a time. I want to organise an on-line meeting of all the Nairaland members on Xbox Live(or any Nigerian gamer you know). I was thinking this Sunday, the 21st of November at 9pm. We can setup a Nairaland party, and everyone can break up into whatever games they have in common. My gamertag is "Jbankole" |
