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josielewa:
Afternoon to you all,

I will like to give an honest review of the airtel smartbox router. The airtel smartbox router was advertised as one of the cheapest mobile alternatives for unlimited internet in nigeria. A first i was skeptical, but at the end i made a purchase through a marketer

PRICE OF ROUTER IS[b] 25K[/b]
MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION IS 30K

SERVICE DELIVERY IS 55%
VALUE FOR MONEY IS 60%

WILL I SUBSCRIBE AGAIN, YES & NO.

Everything depends on what you want to use it for. I bought the box to be used in our small office of 5 people. The service delivery has been with many outages within a day. If you plan on using it as your day to day internet, you will be disappointed. At times, the services just disappears, it appears again but internet very slow. Atimes, you connect your tv and your tv is streaming but your phone and other gadget will not connect. Its not advisable to be used as your full time internet because of constant disappointments. Even to make whatsapp call will become annoying. You have to switch it on and off like 10 times ina day or you have to factory reset before your internet comes back.

If you plan to use it for just downloads, then i will say its worth it., but mind you, your downloads will be very slow during day but very fast during late night from 10 pm. The funniest thing about airtel is that my phone will have good network and fast internet but the router will be completely out unless you restart it, or atimes, the internet becomes very slow on the router while it will be blazing fast on the phone.

VERDICT: If you are big time download freak, you can buy the router, but your downloads will mostly be fast at night or midnight.
Avoid it as your go to for a full days reliable internet. If you work on the web i.e, online jobs, just avoid it as the netwoek will always disappoint you.

I will advise you to just subscribe to your local isp like cobranet, ipnx etc than subcribe to this airtel unlimited plans.

ARE THE PLANS TRULY UNLIMITED?.. Yes i think they are unlimited with a catch. if you use upto 250gb, your speed will be slowed down, so you cant really do much on it except to browse the internet.

This is my honest review given after 2 months of using this router.

josielewa:
Afternoon to you all,

I will like to give an honest review of the airtel smartbox router. The airtel smartbox router was advertised as one of the cheapest mobile alternatives for unlimited internet in nigeria. A first i was skeptical, but at the end i made a purchase through a marketer

PRICE OF ROUTER IS[b] 25K[/b]
MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION IS 30K

SERVICE DELIVERY IS 55%
VALUE FOR MONEY IS 60%

WILL I SUBSCRIBE AGAIN, YES & NO.

Everything depends on what you want to use it for. I bought the box to be used in our small office of 5 people. The service delivery has been with many outages within a day. If you plan on using it as your day to day internet, you will be disappointed. At times, the services just disappears, it appears again but internet very slow. Atimes, you connect your tv and your tv is streaming but your phone and other gadget will not connect. Its not advisable to be used as your full time internet because of constant disappointments. Even to make whatsapp call will become annoying. You have to switch it on and off like 10 times ina day or you have to factory reset before your internet comes back.

If you plan to use it for just downloads, then i will say its worth it., but mind you, your downloads will be very slow during day but very fast during late night from 10 pm. The funniest thing about airtel is that my phone will have good network and fast internet but the router will be completely out unless you restart it, or atimes, the internet becomes very slow on the router while it will be blazing fast on the phone.

VERDICT: If you are big time download freak, you can buy the router, but your downloads will mostly be fast at night or midnight.
Avoid it as your go to for a full days reliable internet. If you work on the web i.e, online jobs, just avoid it as the netwoek will always disappoint you.

I will advise you to just subscribe to your local isp like cobranet, ipnx etc than subcribe to this airtel unlimited plans.

ARE THE PLANS TRULY UNLIMITED?.. Yes i think they are unlimited with a catch. if you use upto 250gb, your speed will be slowed down, so you cant really do much on it except to browse the internet.

This is my honest review given after 2 months of using this router.

playboy99:
n you are on point very accurate. Disposed mine after a while but want to get another since it can be unlocked now .

sofiscatedmoron:
that router has a poor network connectivivity direct from factory
get a better huawei router and put your airtel sim in it , you will engoy the airtel unlimited package

playboy99:
n you are on point very accurate. Disposed mine after a while but want to get another since it can be unlocked now .

sofiscatedmoron:
that router has a poor network connectivivity direct from factory
get a better huawei router and put your airtel sim in it , you will engoy the airtel unlimited package

Segun2222:
it's not the router it's artel network,,,,,,,you need off and on airplane every now and then Even on phone

josielewa:
Afternoon to you all,

ARE THE PLANS TRULY UNLIMITED?.. Yes i think they are unlimited with a catch. if you use upto 250gb, your speed will be slowed down, so you cant really do much on it except to browse the internet.

This is my honest review given after 2 months of using this router.

ToshComputers:
I only experienced throttled network after using 900gb above
I used 1.2T last month though

As for the router, get the Cat6 router, with 1 antenna. I have both but inserted the sim inside the cat6 while i shared the network with the smart router

ToshComputers:
I only experienced throttled network after using 900gb above
I used 1.2T last month though

As for the router, get the Cat6 router, with 1 antenna. I have both but inserted the sim inside the cat6 while i shared the network with the smart router

numtums:
can I get pictures of the router?

josielewa:
okay sir, i plan on buying the outdoor unit router with outdoor antenna for 25k for device and 25k for monthly sub of up to 50mbps

ToshComputers:
Which network?
Not sure I'm aware of this, Airtel ODU & MTN fibre are something similar shaa

josielewa:
airtel will not kill me o...imagine early monday morning frustration. i just dey laff, will get the ODU this month tho, if there is no difference, then bye bye to airtel

Hullabaloon:
You later buy am?

sofiscatedmoron:
that router has a poor network connectivivity direct from factory
get a better huawei router and put your airtel sim in it , you will enjoy the airtel unlimited package

Ceenachi:
I have the Huawei router, can i use any airtel sim on it

How can I subscribe on the data plan

sofiscatedmoron:
U have to buy Airtel home broadband plan first, comes with sim and router

sofiscatedmoron:
oga ive been using airtel unlimited for the past one year, i have all airtel routers for the unlimted packages,
ranging from 5g tower unit, to nokia 5g out door unit, the 4g tower unit, android smart box,

the good ones is the first 5g tower unit released and nokia outdoor unit

this airtel smart android box , is the worst case
just put your sim in an authentic Huawei router, and you wlill experence stability from airtel, unless your area has poor connectivity issues

im talking from experience

josielewa:
Afternoon to you all,

I will like to give an honest review of the airtel smartbox router. The airtel smartbox router was advertised as one of the cheapest mobile alternatives for unlimited internet in nigeria. A first i was skeptical, but at the end i made a purchase through a marketer

PRICE OF ROUTER IS[b] 25K[/b]
MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION IS 30K

I just bought this last month and I subscribed with 30k. To my amazement it didnt connect after a week then customer service says it’s 100gb. I was mad at the agent the airtel smart box isn’t unlimited it’s just 100gb this is all scam marketing it as unlimited.

SERVICE DELIVERY IS 55%
VALUE FOR MONEY IS 60%

WILL I SUBSCRIBE AGAIN, YES & NO.

Everything depends on what you want to use it for. I bought the box to be used in our small office of 5 people. The service delivery has been with many outages within a day. If you plan on using it as your day to day internet, you will be disappointed. At times, the services just disappears, it appears again but internet very slow. Atimes, you connect your tv and your tv is streaming but your phone and other gadget will not connect. Its not advisable to be used as your full time internet because of constant disappointments. Even to make whatsapp call will become annoying. You have to switch it on and off like 10 times ina day or you have to factory reset before your internet comes back.

If you plan to use it for just downloads, then i will say its worth it., but mind you, your downloads will be very slow during day but very fast during late night from 10 pm. The funniest thing about airtel is that my phone will have good network and fast internet but the router will be completely out unless you restart it, or atimes, the internet becomes very slow on the router while it will be blazing fast on the phone.

VERDICT: If you are big time download freak, you can buy the router, but your downloads will mostly be fast at night or midnight.
Avoid it as your go to for a full days reliable internet. If you work on the web i.e, online jobs, just avoid it as the netwoek will always disappoint you.

I will advise you to just subscribe to your local isp like cobranet, ipnx etc than subcribe to this airtel unlimited plans.

ARE THE PLANS TRULY UNLIMITED?.. Yes i think they are unlimited with a catch. if you use upto 250gb, your speed will be slowed down, so you cant really do much on it except to browse the internet.

This is my honest review given after 2 months of using this router.

josielewa:
Afternoon to you all,

I will like to give an honest review of the airtel smartbox router. The airtel smartbox router was advertised as one of the cheapest mobile alternatives for unlimited internet in nigeria. A first i was skeptical, but at the end i made a purchase through a marketer

PRICE OF ROUTER IS[b] 25K[/b]
MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION IS 30K

SERVICE DELIVERY IS 55%
VALUE FOR MONEY IS 60%

WILL I SUBSCRIBE AGAIN, YES & NO.

Everything depends on what you want to use it for. I bought the box to be used in our small office of 5 people. The service delivery has been with many outages within a day. If you plan on using it as your day to day internet, you will be disappointed. At times, the services just disappears, it appears again but internet very slow. Atimes, you connect your tv and your tv is streaming but your phone and other gadget will not connect. Its not advisable to be used as your full time internet because of constant disappointments. Even to make whatsapp call will become annoying. You have to switch it on and off like 10 times ina day or you have to factory reset before your internet comes back.

If you plan to use it for just downloads, then i will say its worth it., but mind you, your downloads will be very slow during day but very fast during late night from 10 pm. The funniest thing about airtel is that my phone will have good network and fast internet but the router will be completely out unless you restart it, or atimes, the internet becomes very slow on the router while it will be blazing fast on the phone.

VERDICT: If you are big time download freak, you can buy the router, but your downloads will mostly be fast at night or midnight.
Avoid it as your go to for a full days reliable internet. If you work on the web i.e, online jobs, just avoid it as the netwoek will always disappoint you.

I will advise you to just subscribe to your local isp like cobranet, ipnx etc than subcribe to this airtel unlimited plans.

ARE THE PLANS TRULY UNLIMITED?.. Yes i think they are unlimited with a catch. if you use upto 250gb, your speed will be slowed down, so you cant really do much on it except to browse the internet.

This is my honest review given after 2 months of using this router.

Badb0y4lyf:
I bought the router last month and the initial data given was exhausted happily I proceeded to buying the 30k unlimited after a week usage it just wasn’t connecting i called customer service only for them to tell me my data is exhausted how isn’t it unlimited they said it’s 100gb.
I proceed to X(twitter) @airtel Nigeria this is the screenshot of our conversation. I am taking them up as this is pure fraud.

Badb0y4lyf:
I bought the router last month and the initial data given was exhausted happily I proceeded to buying the 30k unlimited after a week usage it just wasn’t connecting i called customer service only for them to tell me my data is exhausted how isn’t it unlimited they said it’s 100gb.
I proceed to X(twitter) @airtel Nigeria this is the screenshot of our conversation. I am taking them up as this is pure fraud.

josielewa:
SORRY FOR YOUR SITUATION. HOW DID YOU SUBSCRIBE IT..IS IT THROUGH AIRTIME OR FROM YOUR BANK. I STILL DID THE 30K UNLIMITED 3 DAYS AGO AND ITS UNLIMITED. MAYBE YOU DID NOT CHOOSE THE RIGHT OPTION OR SOMETHING ELSE IS AT PLAY..HOW DID YOU SUBSCRIBE IT

HawkTuahGirl:
Let us know how this matter take solve, I have unlimited pack that will expires on 3/1/2026

You can also create a separate thread concerning this matter, hopefully if will hit homepage.

Let's warn others, no gree for Airtel . For that twitter, copy NCC and some influencers. Make the matter viral

josielewa:
Afternoon to you all,

I will like to give an honest review of the airtel smartbox router. The airtel smartbox router was advertised as one of the cheapest mobile alternatives for unlimited internet in nigeria. A first i was skeptical, but at the end i made a purchase through a marketer

PRICE OF ROUTER IS[b] 25K[/b]
MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION IS 30K

SERVICE DELIVERY IS 55%
VALUE FOR MONEY IS 60%

WILL I SUBSCRIBE AGAIN, YES & NO.

Everything depends on what you want to use it for. I bought the box to be used in our small office of 5 people. The service delivery has been with many outages within a day. If you plan on using it as your day to day internet, you will be disappointed. At times, the services just disappears, it appears again but internet very slow. Atimes, you connect your tv and your tv is streaming but your phone and other gadget will not connect. Its not advisable to be used as your full time internet because of constant disappointments. Even to make whatsapp call will become annoying. You have to switch it on and off like 10 times ina day or you have to factory reset before your internet comes back.

If you plan to use it for just downloads, then i will say its worth it., but mind you, your downloads will be very slow during day but very fast during late night from 10 pm. The funniest thing about airtel is that my phone will have good network and fast internet but the router will be completely out unless you restart it, or atimes, the internet becomes very slow on the router while it will be blazing fast on the phone.

VERDICT: If you are big time download freak, you can buy the router, but your downloads will mostly be fast at night or midnight.
Avoid it as your go to for a full days reliable internet. If you work on the web i.e, online jobs, just avoid it as the netwoek will always disappoint you.

I will advise you to just subscribe to your local isp like cobranet, ipnx etc than subcribe to this airtel unlimited plans.

ARE THE PLANS TRULY UNLIMITED?.. Yes i think they are unlimited with a catch. if you use upto 250gb, your speed will be slowed down, so you cant really do much on it except to browse the internet.

This is my honest review given after 2 months of using this router.