Avoid modems from Chinese companies if you have a choice. Always known the Genie was no good for anything.

evanox:

Hi everyone,
i live in Port harcourt. i bought Mtn 3 G, it was going cool but lately it's sucks. the last 3 weeks it was so bad. i can connect only for max 4 minutes.and each time i make call on skype i get dc. it's not just abt me, cuz m friend also had it n he said tht he's facing the same problem; so he bought starcomm USB net. he lives in Kano, n he said it's great there.
so guys, i need a professional advice; the starcomm usb net will b cool in Portharcourt? cuz i dun wanna go on wid mtn , it's sucks. i dun care abt downloads or videos, i only want a connection to call on skype. tht's all,
so plz, give me feedback, i'll b thankfull!!

If you can wait on MTN, the better. Those others, I have tried them all and MTN still comes out tops. MTN's problem is probably temporary. I heard they are doing an upgrade.

how long will they do upgrade? a fellow sufferer called their customer care and asked about compensation for their downtime and the guys had no mercy.

The Starcomms Genie device does not work very well with systems running on Windows Vista. Its better to get a different USB modem device or a PCMCIA or Express data card.

But if you are really in a hurry to bail out on MTN, look out for Zain's 3G or Edge Coverage in your area. Zain's 3G is next to MTN in terms of speed. Starcomms is only ideal if you are a night user.

If Zain cud adjust dia package a little, enuf pple wil move frm mn & starcoms
Am stil looking 4 a gud day-tym plan i can combine wit starcoms nyt plan

[b][/b] i have an IZAP, i bought it around NOV. 2009, i used it for one month. I was at Festac during the time, i wouldn't say that the speed is upto what they claim, but it surpases all dail up connection to be sincere, i paid 16000 naria for it. Am saying its ok for me, thay risk me and my laptop been found the the cafe all the, [b][/b]But now i want to sale my own Izap, cos my laptop changed ownership am asking only 12k if you are interested call me on 0706 8448 129 . i can help you configure it, call for more details

@fra84n20
Welcome to NL!

fra84n20:

[b][/b] i have an IZAP, i bought it around NOV. 2009, i used it for one month. I was at Festac during the time, i wouldn't say that the speed is upto what they claim, but it surpases all dail up connection to be sincere, i paid 16000 naria for it. Am saying its ok for me, thay risk me and my laptop been found the the cafe all the, [b][/b]But now i want to sale my own Izap, cos my laptop changed ownership am asking only 12k if you are interested call me on 0706 8448 129 . i can help you configure it, call for more details

Plz make the correction on the date "Nov. 2009". And the N16000 is the 24-hrs subscription fee not the modem.

starcomms evdo service has been very terrible nowadays. i switched from visafone because they were connected to nitel sat3 as bakbone n anytime nitel had a problem visafone too has

i was using starcomms n enjoying it cos nitel sat3 seems not to be affecting them so i tot until recently.

i called customer care n i was told that they were mandated to hook up to nitel too. so dats why we have been experiencing such inconsistency. i dnt knw how authentic this info is. but dat makes starcomms no longer different from all the others like visafone, ipnx, etc dat are hooked up to nitel.

how on earth will regulatory bodies force them to use the national bakbone, i realy dont want to believe that, mayb they are just trying to cut cost.

i wonder wen we go get cheap and affordable broadband for this naija dats consistent

If u r waiting 4 consistency, hmmm dat may tk 4eva
Imagin 4 almost a week i've bin loggeg out even tho i stil hv abt 9hrs left frm d 250hrs i paid 4!!!
All dis, despite goin 2 dia Ikeja & Mushin outlets & spendin heavily on calls 2 dia USELESS customer care!!!!
Men!! I dunno am alredy tired; maybe i shud jst get a gen & go bk 2 using DOPC

@lynxmoon
To think that i want to reconnect on monday.how are we sure starcomms is not laying down their inefficiency @nitel's footsteps?they have no excuse for their recent network issues

i hope say them neva thief nitel sat3 cable like them thief nigcomsat satellite for space

I await wen Zain 3G modems nd tariff wil become price considerate den i can happily migrate to it. .after being a tru-starcomms user for say a yr nd half nw.

*av been out of starcomms evdo subscripion for close to a week nw, lol, just aving a break. .chai, i enjoyd starcomms during d use, nd u all can testify to that.

take peepz.

hayprof:

*av been out of starcomms evdo subscripion for close to a week nw, lol, just aving a break. .chai, i enjoyd starcomms during d use, nd u all can testify to that.

Good ol'days my bro. Days that we would never see again for starcomms.
R.I.P Starcomms.
(High speed downloading) life goes on . . . (with MTN, for now).

Dual Core:

Good ol'days my bro. Days that we would never see again for starcomms.
R.I.P Starcomms.
(High speed downloading) life goes on . . . (with MTN, for now).

i gess its back to mtn den
starcomms, sorry to say dis but u guys SUCKKKKK!!!!

oh no guys, please stick with starcomms

whoever thinks mtn sucks, look at this.


if i'm getting tht under this hot sun, i'll leave it to ur imaginations to figure out wht i'll be getting at night when the humans (who still know how to sleep) have gone to bed.

@ dual core

Please chill with this MTN publicity. You know that if the Starcomms crowd starts moving over, MTN will become messed up too. 

yea and by then i'll have moved back to starcomms or something else. u think i like seeing my starcomms modems dormantly looking at me?

i was wondering why my speed has improved lately. did not know hayprof has been off the network.

tht's the point: lure y'all into the mtn den, then shift back to starcomms.

Starcomms is good today, tomorrow its bad. 
MTN is good today, tomorrow its bad 
I'm getting tired and confused with Nigerian ISPs.

get the non-nigerian ISPs naw
u're not happy we can all seat at home and see internet. u've forgotten so soon how we all used to go and buy time in cafes, looking at those wicked clocks ticking away, sometimes we had to save some minutes to use the next day. . . other times we would try some used tickets to see if the good Samaritan who bought the ticket left anything in it. . . yet at other times we'll rub shoulders with the cafe attendant so we can be friends and get some free time from him. . . or we try to get the admin password of the cafe (oh lordy at tht time most cafes in my area used the default admin/admin login sequence). 9ja is progressing joor!

@DC
Mehn! I hated those cybercafe dayz.
The Nigerian ISPs should improve on their services in terms of browsing speed consistency.

wil starcoms eva giv dis speeds??LAI LAI!!^{(not wit d messed up network dey hv now )}

or dis

or

@lynx. is that MTN?

@Dual Core, i want 2 ask u something very important. Let me get ur contact, either fon or email. buchyz@yahoo.com

I got a message from Starcomms this morning:
"Dear Customer, due to ongoing problem with SAT-3 fiber, your Internet browsing experience maybe affected.
Regret the inconvenience.
Thank you."

Dual Core:

get the non-nigerian ISPs naw
u're not happy we can all seat at home and see internet. u've forgotten so soon how we all used to go and buy time in cafes, looking at those wicked clocks ticking away, sometimes we had to save some minutes to use the next day. . . other times we would try some used tickets to see if the good Samaritan who bought the ticket left anything in it. . .  yet at other times we'll rub shoulders with the cafe attendant so we can be friends and get some free time from him. . . or we try to get the admin password of the cafe (oh lordy at tht time most cafes in my area used the default admin/admin login sequence). 9ja is progressing joor!  

yes o!

the fuckers running the cybercafe close to my crib practically banned me the downloader who kept hogging their bandwidth. and towards the end, their connection was so slow. . .
big downloads (anything over 30mb) were completely out of it. another cafe . . . 30 mins for a 2mb download . . . . with the connection consisitently breaking. . .

i can knock starcomms, but i am now free of the tyranny of cybercafes, it assholes in my company who lock download ips, and friends etal who i have to cajole to help me download big files.

thanks starcomms for windows 7. . . autocad mep 2010,autocad 2010 and a whole lot of other big dls. your genie still sucks big time ! and we would all appreciate more bandwidth  

thanks starcomms for windows 7. . . autocad mep 2010,autocad 2010 and a whole lot of other big dls. your genie still sucks big time ! and we would all appreciate more bandwidth

LOL