It looks like you are using a branded Huawei modem. MTN-branded perhaps? Glo settings do not work on MTN-branded modems – at least the ones we have tried out. Surprisingly, Zain and Etisalat settings work fine on them.

The full APN is gloflat. An APN does not have to be a fully qualified domain name.

For the benefit of others who keep asking, this package has no proxies or ports required for configuration. Just the APN, username and password.

Does anyone know the full name of the apn? gloflat.xxxxxx.xxx? mtn’s is web.gprs.mtnnigeria.net. this is a fully qualified name of the access point.

any help would be appreciated. i currently have to use joikuspot to turn my phone into a wireless accesspoint

Let’s see if we can eliminate some factors one after the other.

Question 1: do you have airtime on the line after activation?
Question 2: have you attempted browsing at a different location? This can help tell if the cell site at your location is having issues

these are the settings i used:

APN: gloflat
US: flat
PS: flat

and customer care guyz are’nt helping the matter at all.

I wanted to purchase a digital SLR camera (photography is a hobby) and used the internet for research. Several sites had video review and believe me it was much much better watching the reviews than reading them up. Afterwards, I called my sister abroad and we had a video chat. Ah yes, she showed me a couple of stuff on video to make my choice of christmas presents.

There are other illustrations but I will stop here. And to think I will go back to GPRS? Or even EDGE? TUFIAKWA! *snap my fingers in the air* Maybe etisalat sha. You get my point. Once one taste a good thing, thats it. We become junkies. Broadband junkies. No rehab for this one.

In a sense, it wouldn’t be strange if Etisalat’s EDGE-based service is the most stable now. The average internet user is drawn by the appeal of broadband speeds – which the 3.5G services lay claim to. As such, the majority of users may be flocking to those. This would leave relatively fewer people settling for EDGE.

Of course, there are other factors behind network stability besides subscriber uptake. I just pointed out one of the factors.

Back to topic, would you believe that Zain GPRS has outperformed Glo 3.5G at my end for about a week now? Zain GPRS! The stone that the builders rejected?

Sad

House, is it not strange that Etisalat that offers only EDGE is now the most stable, reliable but most expensive network. Imagine etisalat selling just 500 MB for N3000. Well, I just have to disable the images on firefox and opera to conserve bandwidth.

Looks like the honeymoon is indeed over. For a 3.5G connection, the average I have been getting on Glo’s prepaid bundle in the last two weeks is below 40 kb/s. Just so everyone understands, 40 kb/s is the theoretical maximum speed of Glo GPRS.

Now, I have to stare at a blank screen for minutes while waiting for the simplest of pages to load. I am posting this comment on a Glo 3.5G/HSDPA connection with full bars, and the speed I am getting hovers around 6.1 kb/s. Sigh.