The Tricks ISPs Play

Internet access is a wahala in Nigeria, and it is simply because of the tricks ISPs play. They

promise heaven, but you dont even get to see the moon.

The problem is bandwidth. short and simple. Bandwidth is very expensive, and none of them is ready

to make the investment to give customers true broadband experience. They are afraid people will not

be able to pay. It would have been much better if they laid all the cards on the table, rather than

play tricks.

They bring in too many people, and choke up the whole place, and nothing moves. I love the analogy

someone gave to explain bandwidth. it is like a two lane bridge, like the one near mobil house VI,

with cars passing. The more cars you try to pass through the bridge, the slower the lane will move.

The solutionis to reduce the number of cars, or widen the bridge to 6 or 10 lanes.

ISPs like starcomms will have a two lane bridge, and try to force ten thousand cars through it

(everybody come inside, 10K a month for 24/7 internet access), without widening the bridge so that

traffic will flow better. that is why the speed is getting worse and worse. To get good speed, you

have to be up while the world is sleeping, which means fewer people consuming bandwidth.

I am just using starcomms as an example. All the isps are guilty, including MTN, Zain etc, they are

economising bandwith, going for quantity rather than quality.

Their basic assumption is that most people are light internet browsers. That is wrong, more and

more people are browsing, especially the youth

The solution is more bandwidth and higher access charges, but who will pay

I think it is better to tell the public the truth rather than play tricks. In an aircraft, there is

first class, business class, and different classes of economy. Let water find its own level rather

that punish everybody. Enough of going to take your bath while waiting for the page to open. Give

us broadband jare...