Huey380:
Hi. I stay at Alapere, very close to ogudu orioke, I was really considering getting this. Is it still bad?

Hello Huey380 I'm towards Ogudu Ojota I don't know how connectivity is over there, the downtimes have reduced seriously its been constantly working for about 3 weeks now, you get 5-10 minutes of downtime several times in the a day but its manageable. As for the speed its up and down also, still faster than Ntel that I was using before which has even slowed down patapata, so fingers crossed it is ok.

prophecy:


Hi, how's the service doing in Ogudu is it still running well?

Now let me answer my own question and update anyone thinking of going to this network.

First of all let me say it is fast, you get bursts of up to 2.5mbps at times, I am coming from Ntel which was good and fast but has slowed down a lot these days, just spent N49,500 for a fresh installation, BIG MISTAKE!

My issues:
They have this thing on whatsapp called ted who will answer you when you want to enter one chance, but the moment you start having issues which they know about as constant, he will not say pim

3 days in a row now there is no internet connectivity in the mornings, so if you have to work at 5am, forget it, it starts working later in the day, but this seems to be a constant thing every day, I complained about it on twitter, they went through the motions as usual and said one technician is scheduled to come, no one showed up and it started working, they know about this, its either deliberate or its a known issue to them.

Another user on twitter said its a constant thing let me quote him...."Kindly note that is what we have been battling. it never gets better and im ashamed of how low we have gone to allow dis happen in Nigeria"

My question is this, if so many people are having this issues, why don't they take to social media and expose it so that whoever wants to sign up would be fully aware and perhaps write a petition against these guys?

Well I'm going to keep going till someone listens, I've done it before and trust me there are offices in Nigeria who will go after these people, its just that we as are people are too quick to accept the status quo.

I've done my bit to let anyone searching for the current status of this network in Ogudu, I have no idea how it is elsewhere, but this is not acceptable.

In the interest of justice and fairness, if they do improve over a decent period, I will come back here and post an update.

Ciakpan:
I had this installed .I live in ogudu 40thousand for initial set up .but subsequently 9500. I am really impressed with their service so far .I stream movies live and have up to 6 devices hooked up and it is still going strong .but I heard that they do not have full coverage of Lagos so call to confirm if ur area has coverage

Hi, how's the service doing in Ogudu is it still running well?

Ayo25:
PRIVATE should be one year. Cost should not be more than N5500 at most. If the person have done a genuine job for you, there should be no issue since you agreed on the price with him

Thanks.

sooperrescue:

Does it have the red plate number? Then it is not private. You have to take your car there, no proxy anymore

Thanks. Unfortunately they're still proxying all over Lagos....

Can someone verify, I just sent for the road worthiness for my private pickup truck to be sorted and they're billing 7k and its for a period of 6 months, this doesn't seem to correspond with that list, seems like its business as usual because there's no receipt provided either

Nairalanders beware of this quack! He ruined my $30 key blank, yes that's 15k for a key blank and this guy butchered it! I don't know what I was thinking to imagine that this guy could do this, see what he did to my key below! Boasting that he could do it no problem till he butchered it, beware of this quack!

Mr Kokoro the butcher!!!

Either way, this is not a nice thing to happen to anyone and indeed very hard for the children. As someone that comes from a broken home, wait, more like shattered home for want of a better word to describe it, none of us here would desire this to happen to us, so we should look and learn and pray that our lot would be better.

Yeah, yeah some people would be saying they're men/women of God etc like they're perfect, yes we expect them to be a lot more perfect than we are as "role models", but then I've learnt from the wisdom of scriptures not to rejoice when anyone falls, and to resist the absolute joy of seeing men of God I don't gel with fall and ridicule themselves, but rather learn from the situation and hope and pray by applying lessons learnt and experience to make mine better!

O yes, for those of us who are "bible believing Christians" lets chew on this a second shall we?

Galatians 6:1 Living Bible (TLB)
Dear brothers, if a Christian is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help him back onto the right path, remembering that next time it might be one of you who is in the wrong.

Just to let you know, justice has prevailed! After I made a whole lot of noise and sent emails to CPC, twitted NCC, CPC took it up and Spectranet refunded me kia kia!

I'm starting this thread for Spectranet subscribers who have been ripped of one way or the other to vent, and also to do something about it.

I have just been cheated of 12 days due to their upgrade programme, I never got an email even though they claim they sent me one. This notwithstanding, the moment you're taken offline, you're no longer being supplied with services, so why, why should you have to lose those days? Out of those 12 days, it took 6 days for them to activate my new device. When I called them, they basically said "sorry bros no show go renew"!

I recall a few months ago when their base station was down for 2 weeks, I was given back like 3 days or something, and I know lots of people who have had this experience, this has to stop. The likes of Airtel, MTN and Etisalat would never dare do stuff like this because they have a lot more to lose.

After I Finish this post, I'm off to lodge a complaint online with the Consumer Protection Council. For those of us who feel the same way, kindly email cpcnigeria@yahoo.co.uk or cpc.lagos@yahoo.co.uk

Then I'm going to write a letter to NCC, the last time I did that, NCC responded and the MD of the company sent people to come and beg, needless to say the problem was rectified pronto!, then I'm going to start an online petition.

For those of us thinking that there's no point, think about the millions of Naira they're earning from supplying nothing. Think about it, they pay for bandwidth and resell to us, so if they're not selling for 2 weeks and you have paid them already, you have dashed them your money. Its already bad enough that they tell you lies like 2mbps burstable downland speed and your download speed never and I mean never passes 100Kbps that's if you're lucky, average is always dial-up speed at 32kbps.

Most people on their so called 4G are getting like 10kbps, come on this is ridiculous! SPECTRANET, THIS CHEATING HAS TO STOP

@Ugoch
Usually there's one trademark like the manufacturers brand name such is Pfizer, Beechams etc, then there's also the brand name of the drug like Panadol, Ampiclox etc. If you have plans to really grow this business to the max, you would register all respective trademarks from the manufacturers logo to the brand names and logos. If you will be marketing under your own name, then you register your own trademark.

I hope you know you will need to pay some money to NAFADAC for every product you import and get necessary approvals.

The answer to the question of whether the products would sell in Nigeria is, anything will sell in Nigeria if the price is right, it works even to the barest minimum, as long as manufacturing output in Nigeria remains low.

You need to carry out a thorough market research and plan your entry strategy properly.

I was under the impression that you have started, if you haven't then your problem now isn't really with trademarks just yet, your main issue is pricing and NAFDAC approvals, signing an agreement with the manufacturer is the easy part, there's very stiff competition in that industry.

The Pharmaceuticals industry is relatively well developed and growing with lots of foreign companies represented here, a whole lot of indigenous guys, and too many trading companies importing especially from India where production costs are very looooowwwww!

Private message me and I can give you some marketing tips for free if you really want to do this, nothing is impossible but jump in eyes wide open!

@Ugoch
The trademark registration does not safeguard who can and cannot import into Nigeria, it only means that name in terms of the words and font type, the design, associated graphics and colours cannot be used to trade. For instance someone decides to use the same name, words font type etc to trade another or the same product as their own within the territory of Nigeria. If your trademark is not registered in Nigeria, then they pretty much can.

With regards to importing your medical supplies from Canada the manufacturer cannot stop anyone importing into Nigeria as they are not the Nigerian customs, but they can refuse to sell to anyone planning to ship to Nigeria, that would come under a different agreement called an exclusive distribution agreement, again for the territory of Nigeria.

The trick is, you're left to enforce this by yourself because pretty much anyone that gets the same drug from another part of the world that Canada sells to can bring it into Nigeria and trade. This you can counter with the proper marketing strategies (my field of endeavor by the way)

I had this same issue in 2001 when i imported phones, there was a dealer from Ghana sending phones to Nigeria and he was selling them, even though i had the exclusive distribution agreement signed, he was getting used phones from a dealer in Italy and sending them into Nigeria, and i could do nothing without spending a lot of money to mobilize the proper authorities to block him and seize his stocks and even that is not without some serious legal battles.

But if you have your prices right and know how to establish yourself in the market, then you're ok since you're buying direct from the manufacturer.

Now the essence of having the trademark registered is quite simple. If your products gain a serious market share in the future and its well known, someone else can make the same thing here (or from lets say india or china) and theoretically call it the same name, same logo design, same trade mark and use it without any hassle if your trademark is not registered locally. (i'm sure a lot can be argued out in court if this happens, but why risk it getting to this level). This is like taking advantage of all your effort to establish your brand and riding on the waves you created and eventually running you out of business.

So the bottom line is, if you have a long term plan for this product in Nigeria, register the trademark now!

Apparently for your trademark to be recognized internationally, the country you register in has to be a member of the Madrid Protocol, relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, the you file the trademark under the Madrid agreement you can find this here http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/law/madrid/index.jsp. Nigeria is not a member of the Madrid protocol as of today.

I reckon all major companies coming into Nigeria will most definitely carry out local registration of their trademarks, since Nigeria is not a member and i'm quite sure they would know this.

Just to chip in since the real answer to the main topic has not been fully dealt with, i'm trying to get 2 trademarks registered and the lawyer has billed me 85k each, i'm still shopping to see if i can get it cheaper, she's in Lagos, i'm sure someone in Abuja can do it cheaper.

Also using the ™ has no legal backing it just says you're laying claim to that trademark, usually used when you have started your registration exercise and its in process and does not mean ownership till the process is complete.

I did a trademark registration for an Italian brand of mobile phone in 2002 and it cost me like 40k i think back then.