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MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months - Politics (2) - Nairaland

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Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by weslay: 9:41am On Aug 03, 2025
That is really Impressive. However, they need to do more to improve the quality of service. Most times I regret using both networks due to poor service. If I had my way it would have ported to Starlink
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by AlbertNewton: 9:52am On Aug 03, 2025
Lukuluku69:
Expected.

Drop calls, Weak/Bad Internet Connection all get charged.

And why must Data I subscribed for "Expired" and I need to buy more to use it? I bought it already and in just a Space of Weeks/Days?
This is actually a brilliant thought.
I think Nigerians should protest against the traditional idea of data having an expiration period. Buying of data should be the same like buying airtime for calls. Once you buy it, it should be yours until you finish it and buy a new one.
Perhaps subscription based data should be for UNLIMITED DATA that you use within a particular period, just like we subscribe for cable TV and different online services. But when you buy a specific quantity of data, then it should not expire until you finish it.
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by Lukuluku69(m): 9:57am On Aug 03, 2025
AlbertNewton:
This is actually a brilliant thought.
I think Nigerians should protest against the traditional idea of data having an expiration period. Buying of data should be the same like buying airtime for calls. Once you buy it, it should be yours until you finish it and buy a new one.
Perhaps subscription based data should be for UNLIMITED DATA that you use within a particular period, just like we subscribe for cable TV and different online services. But when you buy a specific quantity of data, then it should not expire until you finish it.
Your point of view has been my opinion for like forever now. I mean why should the Data I paid for Expired in a Space of One Week/One Month? I mean I have paid for it! The same way I can call it my Airtime is exhausted should be the same way Data should be Priced.

The National Assembly are in a better position to rectify this since the Consumer Protection Agency is not doing anything.
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by Honestey: 10:17am On Aug 03, 2025
And they will come online and say Tinubu government don't let them eat food again. Dey play, oya more policies jor Jagaban
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by Maj196(m): 10:23am On Aug 03, 2025
MTN with their shitty network, you can't even use it for remote work... Nonsense
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by Emzedz: 12:07pm On Aug 03, 2025
Mtn has trippled the prices of data n calls withoutenhanced service delivery. very wicked n greedy of them..
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by ufotunang: 12:29pm On Aug 03, 2025
MosakuAW:
2.5 trillion Naira. Hmmm! And how much was stolen by the network providers from the subscribers of the 2.5 trillion in six months due to drop calls, poor internet, unused data, and wrong connection to other line instead of the line you called.

They are milking us and paying huge taxes to their Kings men who ought to have defended our rights to better services.

DSTV has been doing anyhow on quarterly basis increasing fee and providing repeated program and the govt folded arms. Nigeria is for the highest bidder.
.and the MTN data are very expensive nowadays
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by Adeoye11(m): 12:49pm On Aug 03, 2025
davades:
Abajo, I kept getting messages every 20 mins , yo have used 5gig of data, I shout yaaaay so Tay my wife no fit connect to my wifi o na fight cause na YouTube straight once she connect
Same here o brodaly , my Gen z bae no dey allow me rest nasoso YouTube full movies and tiktok she dey always connect too I say yeeeh!
You wan send me go village .
Omoor these networks dey suck data like mad.
My work is mostly research based so I'm always on VPN and so d thing I don't know how e dey suck my data.
I don off background data tire
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by Bigchris01(m): 1:02pm On Aug 03, 2025
adenigga:
Source: https://punchng.com/MTN-Airtel-users-spent-N2.5tn-on-calls-data-in-six-months-Report
Have you all noticed how these networks service providers extort customers of their data and air time? NCC need to regulate their speed of extortion
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by Watcharena: 2:01pm On Aug 03, 2025
helinues:
Hahaha. Apart from my monthly unlimited sub, I hardly buy data as it's expensive

When I see people, watching videos, streaming event live, my curiosity is, if you are not making money from this, why are you wasting your data?
which networks gives you that unlimited plan and what is the cost
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by CodeTemplarr: 4:57pm On Aug 03, 2025
DSTV and PayTV loss is MTN n Airtel's gain.
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by muyico(m): 5:28pm On Aug 03, 2025
valdetino:
Why not do yearly unlimited data of 150k?
By doing that u will save a lot of money and time the only probleming coughing out that money once but u can do it u will enjoy it more.
the 50k not once, 8/10k weekly
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by DeOTR: 5:31pm On Aug 03, 2025
dollytino4real:
MTN dey suck data like winch but e dey give u wetin u click unlike the rest
Have you tried Airtel? MTN dey learn work where Airtel dey suck data. 100gb finished in 3 weeks and it's not even the only data line I use.
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by DeOTR: 5:35pm On Aug 03, 2025
Tohsynetita1:
I pray starlink work on their mobile devices data very fast.
Please is this in the offing? I can't wait to ditch MTN and Airtel altogether.
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by DeOTR: 5:37pm On Aug 03, 2025
valdetino:
Why not do yearly unlimited data of 150k?
By doing that u will save a lot of money and time the only probleming coughing out that money once but u can do it u will enjoy it more.
It's not unlimited. It's capped at 800gb if I'm correct. And please, run from anything unlimited, be it from MTN or Airtel. Throttling will frustrate you so much that you'd be better of subscribing to the plan where you know what you're getting.
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by Tohsynetita1(m): 5:37pm On Aug 03, 2025
DeOTR:
Please is this in the offing? I can't wait to ditch MTN and Airtel altogether.
I don’t understand you boss.
Can you rewrite your statement
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by DeOTR: 5:44pm On Aug 03, 2025
Tohsynetita1:
I don’t understand you boss.
Can you rewrite your statement
I mean starlink on mobile devices, is it something the company is working on?
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by TeamXola(m): 6:43pm On Aug 03, 2025
That’s what happens when an absolute thug is running the affairs of the country.
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by Tohsynetita1(m): 8:14pm On Aug 03, 2025
DeOTR:
I mean starlink on mobile devices, is it something the company is working on?
yes
Starlink is working on how to use the network to browse on phone I think without SIM card.
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by Dalohad: 8:23pm On Aug 03, 2025
Only me sef don spend up to N2 million for Data this year.

Anyway, something must change soon.
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by Ishilove: 8:42pm On Aug 03, 2025
Why won't they spend that much when the tariff costs have increased by over 300%
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by Mypeople2(m): 10:36pm On Aug 03, 2025
adenigga:
Source: https://punchng.com/MTN-Airtel-users-spent-N2.5tn-on-calls-data-in-six-months-Report
Etisalat customers have decamped to either MTN or Airtel that is the reason for this increment
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by dollytino4real(f): 2:53am On Aug 04, 2025
DeOTR:
Have you tried Airtel? MTN dey learn work where Airtel dey suck data. 100gb finished in 3 weeks and it's not even the only data line I use.
really
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by dollytino4real(f): 2:53am On Aug 04, 2025
femi4:
Still the most reliable compared to other networks
na true o
Re: MTN, Airtel Users Spent ₦2.5 Trillion On Calls, Data In Six Months by Opportuneke(m): 9:37pm On Aug 04, 2025
We didn’t spend it, we were debited unlawfully. Yes!!! I mean bold to say this.

There is too much injustice in the land, these companies are ripping us off. ☹️
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