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On 2007-01-29 11:24:00, brix25 wrote:
Why is it taking so long for Nigerians to get stable data services.
Because nothing seems to work well in Nigeria.
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Posted: 2007-01-29 15:07:51
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@mamba: That was not a good answer. Why aren't things working?
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Posted: 2007-01-29 19:30:00
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yes oh! why are things not working? Guys that's food for thought, so contribution pls....
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Posted: 2007-01-29 21:27:29
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On 2007-01-29 19:30:00, brix25 wrote:
@mamba: That was not a good answer. Why aren't things working?
Nothing seems to work in Nigeria because the necessary infrastructure, institutions and social amenities that should aid other things to work properly are missing..
Electricity
Fuel
health care
water
Education
security
politics
leadership
Employment
transportation
judiciary
Every sector is in chaos so therefore, even if Tmobile, Orange or vodafone comes to Nigeria, i bet you things will never still work the way they do in advanced countries.. As long as they employ Nigerians in customer service, marketing, maintenance e.g. things will never work.. bureaucracy is the order of the day.
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Posted: 2007-01-30 00:42:36
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Ah ah mamba, thats a bit extreme. Some things do work in Nigeria. Despite the chaos is the public sector, the private sector aint doing badly.
Glo gprs has been stable since commercial launch, MTN hasn't been all that bad. The major problem is within the nation's administrative circles that creates bureaucratic bottlenecks which hinder the smooth flow of activities in the private sector. Remember also that gsm is barely 5yrs old in Nigeria.
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Posted: 2007-01-30 11:56:07
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ambyz: come on! i'm tired of people saying its only been XX yrs so we shouldnt expect more. 5yrs is more than enough to get the ball rolling.
with regards to the private sector, they have done a woeful job also, but thats due to lack of govt regulation, absence of any consumer advocacy and the weakness of our judiciary. even banks which give the best service dont match up with any global standard
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Posted: 2007-02-01 11:08:04
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234hay: IBB has no good intentions. he had 8yrs and put us where we are now. he can only bury us deeper in the grave.
who on this thread recommended flurry?
angel: too bad about the book. was hoping to come to lag for the launching!
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Posted: 2007-02-01 11:21:01
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Guys lets be realistic. The developed countries you talk about took years to develop the robust telecoms service they have today, & all this occured under the right conditions. Nigeria does not have the enabling infrastructure for industrial growth, yet in 5yrs our telecoms sector has become virile.
Remember guys, less than 5yrs ago we were buying Nitel cards & queueing to make calls at phone booths, while acquiring phone lines cost 150k minimum
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Posted: 2007-02-01 12:44:12
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Celtel has no excuse for running a "trial" for over one year. Though we all love them for it. I would love to see amby's TOTAL upload/download count. Boy! Imagine if he paid Celtel for it.
I think we also have to clarify what "working well" is. The networks are making a lot of money... so things are working well for them. We pay for the services with our blood... so things are NOT working for us. We don't have the same Promised Land!
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Posted: 2007-02-01 13:51:03
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So we've moved slightly away from my initial question on the availability of GPRS.
Now the question is how do you guys suppose all this nonsense gets remedied?
I think there's two ways...either government can pour all it's resources into building capital infrastructure or out-source this job to foreign company.
For a complex country like Nigeria I prefer that government play a stronger role in the econnomy but within a clear legal framework.
Also I dunno much about the management of the economy but government needs to set itself targets within time frames.
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Posted: 2007-02-01 13:57:46
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