Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 10:48pm On Nov 14, 2025 |
NSEstudent: Has anyone tried pairing the ZTE G5F with any other IDU like ZTE MC801A? I have MC801A, which was bought as cracked MTN 5G router. I might try experimenting with it when my ODU arrives. It is a Wi-Fi 6 device. This worked, maybe because they are both ZTE devices. But I also think many of the regular 5G routers would work as IDU for these ODU/IDU pairs. |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 11:09pm On Nov 13, 2025 |
Has anyone tried pairing the ZTE G5F with any other IDU like ZTE MC801A? I have MC801A, which was bought as cracked MTN 5G router. I might try experimenting with it when my ODU arrives. It is a Wi-Fi 6 device. |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 10:48pm On Nov 13, 2025 |
Osyxcel: Well, I think it's okay. I do get full 5G and 4G bars. The 5G works well during the day but unstable evenings and the latency is high. More of a reception issue anyway.
Luckily I found a 4G band that works well. I locked to that and it's been working well. Getting the 50mpbs steady and the latency is much better.
The IDU has single SSID option for 2.4ghz and 5ghz (which you can disable) and it has been working flawlessly.
The powerbank should do at least 3 hours at least. Not fully tested. The performance is stable while on powerbank.
There are so many functions you can adjust on the IDU.
This is my experience so far. Nice. Like someone said on this thread and I agree, it really boils down to Airtel and their service quality. So irrespective of the device, when Airtel decides to happen to you or your location, you will feel the negative impact. That said, they are trying with experimenting with the devices. These devices are not cheap. I have checked more on the new ODU, the OEM is Zowee Technology, said to be a reliable manufacturer. They made it for Huawei and it ships as 5G CPE MAX 6. It's slightly below the ZTE ODU in some comparisons but we'd never reach those extremes with our paltry 50mbs subs. This one also comes with WIFI 6 IDU, so makes sense a lot. We'd see. Airtel cut corners on the ZTE ODU because incorporating the Wi-Fi 7 capable IDU (G5 Ultra) for it would have been quite expensive and probably won't make business sense. |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 8:34pm On Nov 13, 2025 |
[quote author=Osyxcel post=137459491][/quote]This one is looking interesting.
Has anyone read the specs? I will try to search for it again. When I casually searched earlier, it seems both IDU and ODU are Huawei devices. Huawei makes good routers.
Abeg make una dey update us on the performance going forward. |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 3:23pm On Nov 13, 2025 |
Osyxcel: I think they now use physical SIM only now. They've ditched the eSIM. Very good, for the culture  |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 2:47pm On Nov 13, 2025*. Modified: 6:27pm On Nov 13, 2025 |
Osyxcel: They'll probably still bring in more variants. They'll continue to look for price and performance balance. It's mostly not the devices but their own services. They need to up their game, and fast. I have been trying to register the ZTE G5F which they insisted to register via esim. The thing has been saying my NIN failed validation... nin I have used severally. This kept happening and stalling my acquisition of the ODU I already paid for, for almost 2 weeks. I even had to go NIN office to do NIN validation that shouldn't have happened... Wasted my money! Today Sha, I went there and insisted and one of them tried my advice of using the physical sim, which worked. They did well by keeping the device for me as they have run out of devices. I just took the sim and left. They should come install it any day they want. If it expires, I go acquire that Huawei own.  |
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by NSEstudent: 9:36pm On Nov 12, 2025 |
ositadima1: Agba is like Michael Burry, after predicting the housing bubble in 2008 and making some money, he hasn’t made any meaningful prediction since. In fact, he’s even worse than Agba; he’s currently betting on an AI bubble burst. All his calls are about market crashes, while others are out there making money.
By the way, what kind of fixed deposit pays 20%?
 Rates were as high as 26% some months ago; I think last year. Maybe oga Agba got those decades-tenored FGN Bonds. |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 2:22pm On Nov 11, 2025 |
Obviouslyblunt: Also please anyone using the ODU, how much is unlimited 20mbps renewal? No 20mbs for ODU. Only 50 and 100 at 25k and 45k respectively. |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 9:11pm On Nov 08, 2025 |
morikee: No that underground method na Oh. Na to contact your plug be that. |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 8:09pm On Nov 08, 2025 |
morikee: Omo them no gimme my complementry 20Mbps Unlimited i activated the 5G router i'm supposed to get 20Mbps for 1 month but Airtel lockup You bought the X25 Max? I thought you have ODU Why dem no give you one month sub na? Shey na 50k dem dey sell am? |
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by NSEstudent: 10:35pm On Nov 07, 2025 |
Streetinvestor2: So u don't know wike boys control the judiciary though called judges. If u need any matter resolved over night at the court. All u need to do is settle wike and is over.That is why we are surprised he has not gone to get restraining order on trump..lol Oh, now I get the joke. |
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by NSEstudent: 9:57pm On Nov 07, 2025 |
Streetinvestor2: This guy dey funny. Something chinko go don settle wike and wike would have called his boys to order..lol That one na forgotten story by now Na Wike boys been take them to court? I no know o |
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by NSEstudent: 9:56pm On Nov 07, 2025 |
Sunrisepebble:
lol, they’ve changed board and appointed new CFO and you’re waiting for outcome of court case So no more buying out. Interesting.  |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 9:03pm On Nov 07, 2025 |
pheranme9: Its not going at the moment, to the best of my knowledge only Airtel staff can activate it for you I was there today and they couldn't activate it. They did say they activated for someone else though. |
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by NSEstudent: 8:45pm On Nov 07, 2025 |
I have been searching for the outcome of WAPCO court case scheduled for October but nowhere to be found. Apparently the case was adjourned and not made public. |
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Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 9:28pm On Nov 06, 2025 |
paparazy06: If I switch to physical SIM, Will it work on normal phone if not, will it work on Airtel 5G router.
Kindly Note: The esim is for Airtel ODU Normal phone, no; 5G router, yes. It will even work on some 4G routers through 'the other way'  |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 9:26pm On Nov 06, 2025 |
Gshems: Don't put the odu sim in a 4g device. The sim will stop working as a router sim. Your unlimited 50mbps will be cancelled. You don't know why is going on  |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 7:20pm On Nov 05, 2025 |
bbally: Na nin issue because I was to do a sim swap today at a roadside and it was same excuse of no network Subscription and sim swap no be the same. NIN issue affects swap but not sub. |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 1:24pm On Nov 05, 2025 |
Mykcool: 🤣 I have been unable to do a new subscription since Saturday. That one no be NIN issue na |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 12:34pm On Nov 05, 2025 |
Na today wey I squeeze time enter Airtel office wey Nimc no dey work, according to them. |
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by NSEstudent: 4:37pm On Nov 04, 2025 |
mikeapollo: Are you referring to the tax law or what Taiwo wrote? Shey na him be the chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms in Nigeria |
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by NSEstudent: 4:36pm On Nov 04, 2025 |
chimex38: The tax act itself says 50m for CIT exemption. This man has been going about saying 100m  That's confusing.  I am focusing on CGT sha |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 3:12pm On Nov 04, 2025 |
Gshems: proton That proton na better VPN. Open Source too. |
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by NSEstudent: 3:10pm On Nov 04, 2025 |
Streetinvestor2: That is what the French has always been. The bench mark is making 10 million profit No. If you use >= 150M make any amount, you will pay too. |
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by NSEstudent: 2:54pm On Nov 04, 2025 |
Agbalowomeri: OR is even worse  Yes. Because now if you use 1 kobo make 10m, you go pay CGT. If you use 150m make 500k, you go still pay CGT. |
Investment › Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by NSEstudent: 2:42pm On Nov 04, 2025 |
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Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 12:31pm On Nov 04, 2025 |
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Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 12:30pm On Nov 04, 2025 |
Hopez456: My absolute conclusion derived from experience. I see |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 12:18pm On Nov 04, 2025 |
Unfaized: I can confirm that the ZTE variant does not experience that thing with the network going bad after disconnecting from electricity. The ZTE is a superior device compared to the ZLT. The problem is that Airtel didn't include its own IDU, probably to save cost. So they install it with a slightly inferior IDU...but that will not matter since the data is capped. |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 8:19am On Nov 04, 2025 |
Ex0rrcist: Not yet, but that's my plan today. Doing a SIM swap, and unlock the router to use Airtel unlimited. Not 5g Router, zlt s20 4g router. OK. Good luck. |
Phones › Re: Airtel Unlimited Data Thread! Best Data Plan In 2024!! by NSEstudent: 7:13am On Nov 04, 2025 |
Ex0rrcist: This thing is consuming so much battery, I can’t keep up. I’ll have to unlock my Mtn router, and do sim swap to use it with peace of mind. You mean you use the ODU Sim with MTN 5G router? |