lynxnoon:

hmmmm
I ges u'd decide 2 travel out of d country den or suscribe 2 a foreign satellite company

its either that or i will just bone browsing though i will have serious withdrawal symptoms its better than heart break!

Double N:

its either that or i will just bone browsing though i will have serious withdrawal symptoms its better than heart break!

i had dat a while ago wen i cudnt browse ofr ova a month(wit/on my laptop i min ) i almost went nuts
i dont tink an heart attack can stand dat oh!^{(just kidding )}

Starcomms had better get their act right sha but if you look at it the Devil you know is better than the angel you don't see.

Double N:

Starcomms had better get their act right sha but if you look at it the Devil you know is better than the angel you don't see.

my guy u r rite oh,,,,,,,,,,,at least i know even wit dia recent poor performance i stil get guaranteed avg dwnld rate of 28-45KB/s
I started downloading an iso file for ubuntu8.10( abt 699MB) 2 nites ago n am sure it wil be tru in an hr or two dis nite sha,,,,,,,covered abt 81% i.e571MB ( nb: i've only bin downloading at nites oh)

starcoms is somhow sweet dis nite oh
hv bin geting stedy rates of 45-60KB/s for about an hr now

it's a shame we get speed like that from a mobile " broadband provider". nothing to cheer up about. i was in a hotel for 3 days in ikeja, the wifi remained constant at a download rate of 44kB/s. not that the speed is so good but i just liked the consistency. something starcomms can never do.

oh screenshot

no sc. shot. my point is consistency. we all can 't be night browsers.

@lynxmoon is your bandwidth meter the full version? i once used the trial version till it expired

flyuche:

no sc. shot. my point is consistency. we all can 't be night browsers.

my guy dats naija for u oh!!

blackweaver:

@lynxmoon is your bandwidth meter the full version? i once used the trial version till it expired

yep

Funny enough my starcomms has not been doing to badly.Iv gotten rates of even up to 130KBPS at night.I will post a screenshot soon.

lynxnoon:

yep

what is the benefit of the bandwidth monitor?

Double N:

Funny enough my starcomms has not been doing to badly.Iv gotten rates of even up to 130KBPS at night.I will post a screenshot soon[b].what is the benefit of the bandwidth monitor?[/b]

u r able to monitor d amt of data u've used, dis comes very handy wen using stufs like mtn3G
also able to allocate bandwith to particular apps n etc

HERE is a copy of The Bandwith Manager



EnJoY!

hayprof:

HERE is a copy of The Bandwith Manager



EnJoY!

Thanks for the share,i appreciate.I will install and observe.

k, no problemo

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IPNX is pound for pound the best isp I've ever used. Get em if you have a steady power supply.
I thrashed my starcomms evdo for them and I have absolutely no regrets whatsoever.
Dem steady, Dem fast, Dam Damn Goood!!!!!

C_JAY:

IPNX is pound for pound the best isp I've ever used. Get em if you have a steady power supply.
I thrashed my starcomms evdo for them and I have absolutely no regrets whatsoever.
Dem steady, Dem fast, Dam Damn Goood!!!!!

And don't forget to mention the download limits as well. 

@hayprof
I'm sure that upload speed lasted for 2 seconds.

dis kind of speeds only occur in the early ams (2-6)
its very rare to see this sort of speed by 12 midnight or even
it appears dat a considerable ammount of people are willing to stay up dis late (12-1)

this isn't bad

based on my current experience, i am going to tell anyone who will listen. . .insist on an evdo modem!


the starcomms genie is CRAP ! this easter break, i have been switching it with my own ie 9am to 9pm, 9pm to 9am. the fking modem keeps going off. imagine starting a download, going to do something else. . .coming back and the bloody thing has switched off. switching on is wahala, and then iit starts complaining of low battery . if i'd gotten madam an evdo modem. . .i'd have prolly finished m y dl yesterday

stupid fking piece of shit! you can't leave the bloody thing for 30mins without its going off. if i'd bought one, i'd be waking up every hour to ensure my downloads are still up

@oyb
But Genie is an EVDO USB modem.
I also noticed it has compartibility problems on Windows Vista and that's why it keeps going off sometimes. I wonder why Starcomms did not stick with their Novatel wireless.

obinna5000:

But Genie is an EVDO USB modem.

yes it's a USB modem, but it's also a mobile phone which means that unlike your regular usb modem
it has its own power source - battery in fact it's just like using your mobile phone to browse;
nothing drains your phone battery faster except (maybe) voice calls (i virtually killed the battery of my nokia mobile phone that way)
and most starcomms phones (at least the mobile ones) are not known for long battery lives

@oyb
Told you the genie was crap.thumbs down for the programmers.wonder if they got paid

And see me about to complian about my Novatel,i better keep quite.I have always hated externally powered USB devices.Can anyone remember those big blue boxes they issued when they first commenced their EvDO service? I just pray they get things right before they loose all their customers.

Double N:

And see me about to complian about my Novatel,i better keep quite.I have always hated externally powered USB devices.Can anyone remember those big blue boxes they issued when they first commenced their EvDO service? I just pray they get things right before they loose all their customers.

me too cos rite now hv bin logged out while i stil hv 9hrs left of d 250hrs i bought( imagin!! since thursday) cald d customer care n dey said till tomorow because d technicel crew r not on duty today, i.e afta goin to dat stupid toyin str office on sat oh!!

aieromon:

@oyb
Told you the genie was crap.thumbs down for the programmers.wonder if they got paid

i saw som1 @ toyin str off. u was complaining bitterly abt dis yeye genie i adviced him to get an express card, out of frustration he said he wud go for zain
hhhhhhhmmmm strcoms watch out oh!!!

@lynxnoon
Lynx, how far? Happy Easter.
You ought to know that the hourly packages are not meant for people that spend very long hours on the net.
I hope the starcomms guys or fellas or whatever they call themselves come up with another good EVDO USB modem.
Maybe they should get the Huawei type used by Zain, Visafone and MTN.