AFFORDABLE DATA PLANS IN NIGERIA

Day by day, the rate of data
consumption in Nigeria
increases and for the service
providers, they keep on inflating
the price of data plans leaving
the most affected internet
freaks with no other option than
going into research for cheap
internet data plans.
After reviewing the data plans
offered by Nigeria’s four (4)
Major Network Providers (MTN,
Airtel, GLO and Etisalat), I was
able to come up the most
affordable data plans they
provide that can easily serve PC
users and also not sidelining the
smartphone users who tend to
have a higher percentage in the
country’s data consumption
rate.
Below are the best cheap
internet bundle plans for your
smartphones and PCs in Nigeria.
I’ll list them under subheading
of the four major internet
service providers.

Airtel
Airtel offers the cheapest plans
in Nigeria in my view, though
they are Blackberry plans, they
also work on other devices
unlike other network’s. You can
get their Unlimited BB data
which is capped at 2GB for
N1,500 in a 30days validity
period by dialing *440*16# .
If this doesn’t work for you, just
subscribe an additional 10MB
daily data plan just once (goes
for N100 – Check their plans
here) and you’ll have your BB
plan activated. Also, you can get
3GB for Night plan only at
N2,500 Naira by dialing
*141*12*6# – It also lasts for
30 Days. The Airtel Blackberry
plan works on all devices
ranging from smartphones to
Personal Computers.

MTN
MTN offers one affordable plan,
though its a night plan, but
currently, it works during the
day. You can get 4.5GB at a
rate of N2,500. The MTN Night
plan gives you 3GB for N2,500
with an added bonus of 1.5GB,
making it 4.5GB all-together.
The 1.5GB is given for day usage
and once it gets exhausted, you
are automatically switched to
the night plan for the remaining
3GB data. You can subscribe to
MTN Night plan by sending
102 to 131 in an sms or simply
dialing *102# .

GLO
GLO internet data plans are
actually not cheap, but they are
currently on a promo which lets
you Enjoy double the data every
time you subscribe to “ My
Phone ” Bolt Plan. You now get
1.6GB instead of 800MB when
you subscribe to this plan.
Dial *127*55# or send ’55′ to
127 and get double the volume
instantly. Plan costs N2,000 for
30 days.

Etisalat
I really would not recommend
this service provider for heavy
internet users like myself as I
don’t find any of their plans that
suit me. You can get 200MB for
N1,500,now you see what I’m
talking. Actually, this is the
cheapest on Etisalat.
So far so good. These are the
cheapest internet data bundle
plans around for smartphone
and PC users in Nigeria. Feel
free to add any plan you find
and think should be added to
this post. Your comments are
highly welcome and
appreciated.