Fadajasi:

Wow, mtn has finally launch 3.5G service today,celtel and glo will launch theirs next week or so,it may be 3.8G this time around for celtel

Glo already launched theirs the day before MTN, its officially known as GLO 3G PLUS

Na u knw dat 1 o, cos its another 1st from mtn,was what they were saying@maxjax

Its not about who launches it first but about the quality of the service and the cost of delivering it to subscribers.

Its not about who launches it first but about the quality of the service and the cost of delivering it to subscribers.

I hope it will be great, expecially from celtel

As mentioned already, the question that needs to be asked is can they reliably provide 3G service. I could barely maintian a connection on GPRS/EDGE when I was there last year. The curent infrastructure in place has to be improved first. These companies can hardly provide consistent and reliable voice service. Also, 3G will not be free. It will defintely be a big plus if it can be deployed and it's very reliable. But that needs to be seen.

Come o!.MTN said that they were unleashing 3.5G and Globacom(approx 3.5 hr later) issued a statement saying that they too were unleashing 3G "Plus".Abeg which kain battle dis people dey battle so!.And which one is 3G plus(never heard of it).
While all this is going on,Celtel has decided to do the BIG BOY style by sitting back and watching as MTN and Glo do WAR using 3G and the theme of their fight.
Personally,i will chose Glo's 3G Plus.at least you know that you will get something out of it,unlike MTN's 3.5G-which im sure they are not ready to start operating it now,maybe until ending 2008.remember this country,obodo Nija,is having "general lighting problems"

All i know is that celtel will provide the best

3G+ is just a range between 3G to 3.5G theres realy no diff btw wat mtn launched and that of glo

How fast is the MTN 3.5G?

I have to wait to test this. It will be useless paying for a less promising service.

I will wait till others release, then I will test all and compare which will be suitable.

Note: They announced that they tested 3G and not 3.5G. When did it come to 3.5G when we haven't even perceived how their 3G works.

Though 3.5G is much more faster than 3G but how are we sure that customers won't be reaped off. Well can't wait to test the speed.

It should be whole lot faster than that. 3G should be (at least on this end it is) on par with broadband speeds. I consistently get above 700 kbs.

I just ran a test on my samsung blackjack it reported 783 kbit/sec.

Fadajasi:

Its as fast as 128kbps

How fast sef be computer? 700kbps ke

Yes! Ask anyone that's using 3G on AT&T to post their speed test. You'll be surprised. 3G is broadband speed. Was at a friends house last weekend. I connected my laptop via cable to my blackjack and was surfing at even higher speeds. We were watching videos on youtube with complete ease!

I just did a spped test right now on my treo 750. Clocked 647kbit/sec. BTW, these tests were done while in my basement where signal is marginal.

See folks in the US talk about/post their speed tests then you'll know it's for real.

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1291781

Fadajasi:

How fast sef be computer? 700kbps ke

Wow

i m comming
just wait

Wait 4 what?@vowiski

3.5G is good but how affordable?

It will be affordable,i asure u dat

There free videos on the homepage wap.mtnonline.com,s0mething like '3.5g alive'. Try it

What is the point of 3G anyway, when basic service is still lacking. The operators have to crawl before the can walk. They vast majority of Nigerians just want to be able to make and complete calls effortlessly.

Nigeria: GSM - Huge Market, Poor Service

http://allafrica.com/stories/200712180698.html

Failure is bound to happen sometimes,even in other countries

you are all still learners when it comes to knowing more about 3G networks and phones.never the less i am still your host if you need to know more about  3G ,just holla back at your main man ceejay80s

texazzpete:

Great. another pompous arsehole.

We'll try wikipedia if we need to learn anything, thank you.

whos an ass hole,ass hole!! by the way which school you go,you can't even spell ass hole.my guy go back to primary one,nairaland administrators should come up with a new system of asking any body who is signing up to present his or her pry or secondary school leaving certificate before he or she can join nairaland forum.some people no fit even spell

Bossman:

What is the point of 3G anyway, when basic service is still lacking. The operators have to crawl before the can walk. They vast majority of Nigerians just want to be able to make and complete calls effortlessly.

Nigeria: GSM - Huge Market, Poor Service

http://allafrica.com/stories/200712180698.html

Bo$$man, profit, profit profit those guys are making a killing!! they know Nigerians like foreign and new things
some will pay through the nose to get these stuff even if they don't need it
mtn has been barred from selling sim cards probably due to bad services
but they know its just shakara, they'll even roll out new services

Make una dey una sef

Ceejay, arent u suppose to 4llow nland's rules.
****NB: You're nt suppose 2 spell a$$ fully. So texapete is right****.

Starcomms's EVDO is one kind of 3G tech

@ceejay80s
ass = US English
arse =British version. You'll never catch an englishman saying 'ass'
I hope you're appreciative of the education you've just received, slowpoke.