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pheranme9:
First review and personal observation so far.

The ODU router pulls better network than the regular router and it's 5G enabled.

I don't have 5G in my area so I'm not getting the full speed.

The battery last around 2-3hrs as it powers 2 devices simultaneously the indoor and outdoor unit.

It presently cost 25k from Airtel office but it's really scarce. (They're currently on promo).

If you're getting the ODU you need to subscribe directly from the mobile app for atleast Months after purchase.

When you want to purchase be careful not to get the esim alone variant. Get the physical sim so that you can remove the sim and put in another router or your tweaked mifi that works with Airtel unlimited.

I didn't do any proper installation I placed it somewhere in my room the last speed test I did got around 18mbps.

I think that would be all for now

pheranme9:
First review and personal observation so far.

The ODU router pulls better network than the regular router and it's 5G enabled.

I don't have 5G in my area so I'm not getting the full speed.

The battery last around 2-3hrs as it powers 2 devices simultaneously the indoor and outdoor unit.

It presently cost 25k from Airtel office but it's really scarce. (They're currently on promo).

If you're getting the ODU you need to subscribe directly from the mobile app for atleast Months after purchase.

When you want to purchase be careful not to get the esim alone variant. Get the physical sim so that you can remove the sim and put in another router or your tweaked mifi that works with Airtel unlimited.

I didn't do any proper installation I placed it somewhere in my room the last speed test I did got around 18mbps.

I think that would be all for now

Ex0rrcist:
Did you get it at their Ibrahim Taiwo office in Ilorin?

dustmalik:
The emboldened is the reason why you are getting poor speed. In my own case, there's no Airtel base station anywhere near my estate. In my house, I bearly get 1 bar of 4G. When I first tested the device in my compound, I was getting 10Mbps, I even thought they erroneously subscribed a 10Mbps plan on the device because it wouldn't go past 10Mbps. But the moment the installer installed the ODU by the roof's face board, facing a base station that is kilometers away, I started getting constant 50-60Mbps. Fortunately, the base station has 5G, so I am getting 2 to 4 bars of fluctuating 5G reception.

pheranme9:
Got it from my cousin (my sure plug 4 Airtel office) from Lagos. Paid 27k to him and he sent it down to ilorin and I paid for logistics. He sent some other package together with it that was why I got it in Lagos since ilorin own is always out of stock and it might be esim can't take chances

Ex0rrcist:
Ilorin been out of stock is shocking, I'll try my luck with them next week. thanks.

pheranme9:
Alternative you can try Facebook market some sell new one around 27-30k it's still fair considering but na you go find installer yourself sha. Because if you keep waiting you might end up not getting any or end up getting esim variant

pheranme9:
First review and personal observation so far.

The ODU router pulls better network than the regular router and it's 5G enabled.

I don't have 5G in my area so I'm not getting the full speed.

The battery last around 2-3hrs as it powers 2 devices simultaneously the indoor and outdoor unit.

It presently cost 25k from Airtel office but it's really scarce. (They're currently on promo).

If you're getting the ODU you need to subscribe directly from the mobile app for atleast Months after purchase.

When you want to purchase be careful not to get the esim alone variant. Get the physical sim so that you can remove the sim and put in another router or your tweaked mifi that works with Airtel unlimited.

I didn't do any proper installation I placed it somewhere in my room the last speed test I did got around 18mbps.

I think that would be all for now

Czsamanie:
There's really no way to make sure one gets the hard sim one na.. Abi how.

When you pay, they don't give you the box na. The installer brings it with him.

I just paid at their office in Ikeja, and they told me their installer will call me.

Wanted to even tell them that it's the one with hard sim I want o, but I'm sure they'll just say it's what they send from their office bla bla that I will see, or they may not even know about it sef.

Airtel keeps changing the process around this ODU thing, one staff told me they just change the payment and registration method yesterday again. I got a payment link via my email, then proceeded to Paystack on my phone. I guess it wasn't like that before.

adibo:
Just paid for the airtel ODU router this afternoon. The installer called few hours later and is currently in my house fixing it.

My house is very high, so, getting a way to fix it outside was hard for him. So, he said we should test if the network is strong inside the house, which we did and it was over 53mbs. So, we fixed it near my window.

This is the esim version as well

Czsamanie:
There's really no way to make sure one gets the hard sim one na.. Abi how.

When you pay, they don't give you the box na. The installer brings it with him.

I just paid at their office in Ikeja, and they told me their installer will call me.

Wanted to even tell them that it's the one with hard sim I want o, but I'm sure they'll just say it's what they send from their office bla bla that I will see, or they may not even know about it sef.

Airtel keeps changing the process around this ODU thing, one staff told me they just change the payment and registration method yesterday again. I got a payment link via my email, then proceeded to Paystack on my phone. I guess it wasn't like that before.

dustmalik:
I don't think this is true.

dustmalik:
They don't give this particular device to you to go home with it after registration. They will send an installer to your place to install it. They're very strict with this ODU, unlike the initial one. You can't find it with agents or resellers. Even their registered distributors don't have it. Their head office here in Abuja also has a quota they're allowed to sell per day, just so they don't pile up devices for installation.

dustmalik:
I installed mine some 40mins ago. Unfortunately, there's no Airtel base station in my estate. The nearest Airtel base station is far from my location, so the installer had to mount the ODU close to the roof's face board, facing towards the base station.

I am getting different speeds, depending on the speed test service i use. What has been consistent is the upload, which has been very poor. For instance, on speedtest.net, I get a constant 50+Mbps download and 1 to 2Mbps upload speed. On fast.com, I get an average of 20Mbps download and 5Mbps upload.

KingOfC:
I am in a Enugu Airtel office and they're telling me 37,500 o😭 I keep telling them I don't need the midi but they insist. Omo what can I do?

dustmalik:
They originally registered an Esim variant for me, but it failed to come up, even though it was up on their system. I had to return for a swap, that's when they changed it to a physical sim variant.

At the point of registration, you can let them know you want the physical sim variant.

pheranme9:
Airtel unlimited server is under Maintainence U might experience slow network or no data balance

Pls bear with us

EduTechTainMent:
Good afternoon. Which Abuja office location did you buy your ODU from?

Mykcool:
Please where’s their office in Abuja? The one close to me is calling 70k. I am considering changing the hertz6 I got a month ago as I get really poor speed.

pheranme9:
Airtel unlimited server is under Maintainence U might experience slow network or no data balance

Pls bear with us

Hullabaloon:
I'm in Enugu too. Is it the staff inside the office or Marketers outside you met?

NSEstudent:
Happening here. This is the second time it's happening. Funnily enough, their customer service said I should load data that it's been exhausted 😁

dukeo:
Didn't reach out to customer care though but I'm getting this

NSEstudent:
If you check your Airtel app, you'd see it is no longer showing as having data sub to expire on the original due date.

KingOfC:
I went to their office in Ebeano estate near new haven junction, that's where they're telling me to pay 37,500. Which office do you plan to go to?

morikee:
Airtel don convert our unlimited sims to regular sim even though the date not due yet

Hullabaloon:
I spoke with a vendor at that same office today. He said I should come with 25k tomorrow morning by 9am

pheranme9:
Na server downtime cause am once it's up it will start working

KingOfC:
Are you serious? Then I'll be there by 9 too because I don't know the kind of person that attended to me. Thank you for the information.