These telecom companies need to be checked / myLot

January 15, 2026 3:56pm CST

two days ago, I was trying to convert a certain amount of airtime to data to surf the internet.. Unlike in the USA where subscribers pay for a monthly data plan, we convert airtime to data in Nigeria which often comes with an expiration period for example 200 naira airtime for 1gig , which you must exhaust within a certain amount of days (1 day, 2days and so on) depending on the data plan So, I tried converting 250 naira to 1gig data based on the two options available but the telecom company ended up converting a larger amount of airtime 2500 naira to 6 gig data which wasn't even part of the options I saw..that caught me off guard.. I decided not to call support because I know they won't be of any help..they would just give me the runaround..It really got to me because I wasn’t expecting it at all

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Jimbo45

@Ineeddentures (18699)

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15 Jan

So there are 1900 Naira in £1. So 2500 Naira to 6GB of Data sounds like a really good deal if that's what someone wants How much internet data do you normally use in a one month period? Here in Scotland I use about 300GB. I have an unlimited call time, text messages and data , unlimited tethering, all included in the plan for £20 monthly. I have no broadband in the house

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Michael Duff

@Wrexxo (159)

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16 Jan

Data is expensive in my country..so , I'd say I use roughly 30gig and that's because I manage data..if data wasn't expensive, I could use up to 300gb

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Jimbo45

@Ineeddentures (18699)

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16 Jan

@Wrexxo Data is really easy to use lots of. I am glad we have packages of calls , texts, data and tethering which makes it quite cheap to use