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Nollie254:
No I didn't but it is a fragmented chip with lots of different components with the chip area larger than that of x17m and additional two antennas on top like it has two more antennas compared to x17m

Wow. This description should have otherwise sounded like it's an upgrade but quality of those extras needs to be ascertained.

Unfaized:
Most people easily forgets how unreliable Airtel is, although it can be subjective.

For instance in my case b4 I found this thread, I tracked my conversation with Airtel CC on X and realized that for about 2 years, I'm almost in their dm every 2wks complaining of bad network.

Even with the work arounds, you cannot deny the fact that Airtel will reduce your quality of life when solely depending on them.. Because tell me why '3G only' will give more speed than 4 & 5G in the evenings especially. And the 3G only is unreliable for streaming 🤦🏾‍♂️

in my own situation, only 5G works and everyone knows how unreliable 5G can get. So in a day,I can spend an hour or two just rebooting and turning on airplane mode

michlins:
in my own situation, only 5G works and everyone knows how unreliable 5G can get. So in a day,I can spend an hour or two just rebooting and turning on airplane mode

I spend more time rebooting and switching bands in the evenings than actually being productive. It's so frustrating.

Unfaized:
I spend more time rebooting and switching bands in the evenings than actually being productive. It's so frustrating.

I had my MTN ODU up and running yesterday. It's funny that the download is just around 50mbps while upload speed is around 100

williams85:
Exactly my point.
I lost two projects just because Airtel wanted to be unfortunate.
MTN with its 5G has been stable in my area.
Having a package like ODU is almost same as fiber x.

MTN is strong in my area in Enugu but I don't have 5G. Should I still go for it? Abi make I stick with Airtel? For context, Airtel used to be horrible once it's 7pm but during this world cup it's been mostly excellent. So what do you recommend?

michlins:
I had my MTN ODU up and running yesterday. It's funny that the download is just around 50mbps while upload speed is around 100

How would you rate your experience? Stable so far?

Hullabaloon:
MTN is strong in my area in Enugu but I don't have 5G. Should I still go for it? Abi make I stick with Airtel? For context, Airtel used to be horrible once it's 7pm but during this world cup it's been mostly excellent. So what do you recommend?

Airtel will soon have your time haha..

Just get the mtn by the side, no harm in having both.

Unfaized:
How would you rate your experience? Stable so far?

I'm not really using it because I still have an Airtel subscription running. Funny enough,it has been very much stable and blazing

michlins:
I'm not really using it because I still have an Airtel subscription running. Funny enough,it has been very much stable and blazing

How long did it take to activate from day of purchase, and what steps did you take to activate?

Unfaized:
How long did it take to activate from day of purchase, and what steps did you take to activate?

took two months with lots of calls and whatnot.

I called them yesterday to request a refund and the person I spoke with said I should put the ODU SIM into a feature phone without any other SIM card and send 5GODU to 312. Immediately,it started working

michlins:
took two months with lots of calls and whatnot.

I called them yesterday to request a refund and the person I spoke with said I should put the ODU SIM into a feature phone without any other SIM card and send 5GODU to 312. Immediately,it started working

Thanks for this update 🙏🏾

Hullabaloon:
MTN is strong in my area in Enugu but I don't have 5G. Should I still go for it? Abi make I stick with Airtel? For context, Airtel used to be horrible once it's 7pm but during this world cup it's been mostly excellent. So what do you recommend?

If you have 4g+ on mtn, you are good to go. I have one of the best stable network on Airtel, but I always have downtime. My MTN ODU has been running for two days now without issues..

Yes this is nice product I allready used since 2 year

michlins:
took two months with lots of calls and whatnot.

I called them yesterday to request a refund and the person I spoke with said I should put the ODU SIM into a feature phone without any other SIM card and send 5GODU to 312. Immediately,it started working

The ping is so so high , I expected far better since it's an ODU or is it because of the time you ran the test ?

Unfaized:
Airtel will soon have your time haha..

Just get the mtn by the side, no harm in having both.

Lol, I've been using the Airtel ODU since October last year. I've seen all there is to see. My number one priority is streaming Cos I used it to replace my DStv. Before this world cup, when the league seasons were still on, I wouldn't dream of streaming a live match in HD. Champions league nights were even worse.

But I noticed all that has changed recently. Been streaming all world cup matches in HD without any buffer. I don't know if they improved by themselves or their hands were forced by MTN's competing ODU. Or is it even the servers I'm using to stream World Cup. I just know there's been glaring improvement

Hullabaloon:
Lol, I've been using the Airtel ODU since October last year. I've seen all there is to see. My number one priority is streaming Cos I used it to replace my DStv. Before this world cup, when the league seasons were still on, I wouldn't dream of streaming a live match in HD. Champions league nights were even worse.

But I noticed all that has changed recently. Been streaming all world cup matches in HD without any buffer. I don't know if they improved by themselves or their hands were forced by MTN's competing ODU. Or is it even the servers I'm using to stream World Cup. I just know there's been glaring improvement

From midnight till day time I get up to 50mbps consistently and can stream anything. But between 6/7pm till 12 a.m it's dead, we're talking kilobytes. Unfortunately most of the World Cup games are played at this hour so I've been suffering.

Unfaized:
From midnight till day time I get up to 50mbps consistently and can stream anything. But between 6/7pm till 12 a.m it's dead, we're talking kilobytes. Unfortunately most of the World Cup games are played at this hour so I've been suffering.

This is horrible. I know you must be itching to lay your hands on the MTN ODU

Tover:
It depends but most times 6 hours minimum of 4 hours 30 mins

It depends on which ODU.

The G5FA + MF296A may not last up to 3 hours.

Mattt106:
The ping is so so high , I expected far better since it's an ODU or is it because of the time you ran the test ?

As long as it is wireless, same difference, whether ODU or not. The only connection where pings are naturally expected to be low is fiber.

Mattt106:
The ping is so so high , I expected far better since it's an ODU or is it because of the time you ran the test ?

they said they will send an installer

99thEnemy:
It depends on which ODU.

The G5FA + MF296A may not last up to 3 hours.

Mine lasts 4hrs plus

Unfaized:
Mine lasts 4hrs plus

I am starting to wonder why I have ill luck with mine.

dustmalik:
As long as it is wireless, same difference, whether ODU or not. The only connection where pings are naturally expected to be low is fiber.

That's not true. My airtel ODU has never had a ping of 70ms since I began using it. I actually wanted to switch to MTN or get MTN as a back up to use along with the Airtel. Airtel goes off on its own at times that's the only issue I have with it.
My ping / latency is always between 12 and 30ms for my airtel ODU. Only once has it gone above that

Hullabaloon:
MTN is strong in my area in Enugu but I don't have 5G. Should I still go for it? Abi make I stick with Airtel? For context, Airtel used to be horrible once it's 7pm but during this world cup it's been mostly excellent. So what do you recommend?

go for it. I don't have a great network in my area and yet it's much better than Airtel

99thEnemy:
I am starting to wonder why I have ill luck with mine.

If you have any of the 4G routers that has a cpu you can use it to power the IDU separately.

Y

dustmalik:
As long as it is wireless, same difference, whether ODU or not. The only connection where pings are naturally expected to be low is fiber.

Don't always generalise
That's the screenshot from my airtel ODU speed test. As you can see going by the time I just did it now.
Check the ping carefully.
This isn't even the best of times, would have been far better if it was done at midnight.

Unfaized:
If you have any of the 4G routers that has a cpu you can use it to power the IDU separately.

I do have the Airtel ZLT x25 (base not pro).

But I noticed that when the power isn't full or near full, the UPS doesn't power the IDU.

michlins:
go for it. I don't have a great network in my area and yet it's much better than Airtel

How's you experience with its streaming?

williams85:
Just picked MTN ODU at their Enugu HQ.

Where in enugu, shoprite?

Getting max speed in the evening for the first time in a long time... Streaming comfortably.

Be like Airtel don see as Mtn dey pick up momentum 😂

99thEnemy:
It depends on which ODU.

The G5FA + MF296A may not last up to 3 hours.

He was asking of zlt

Tover:
He was asking of zlt

If it's that, the Airtel ZLT x25 I was using before changing to ODU lasts approx 8 hours.