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Oh My. Never knew something like this existed, Similar to Wifi Dabba which was here a few days ago. As a Nigerian, this will definitely make life a whole lot easier but a particular Achilles heel for startups in your line of business is pricing. What do you charge? and how do you intend to convince Nigerians that you are better than the likes of Spectranet, Swift, mainone, telcos like Glo, Mtn etc

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We charge $100 for setup and $30 monthly subscription. WRT convincing Nigerians, our product sells itself as we offer unlimited internet with no caps.

To whom does your product sell itself? ie, for the average (including less central/wealthy cities) Nigerian, this is about 10% of income.

Is Lagos just that much wealthier than the rest of the country? Is there a wealthy professional subset that can afford this? Or is it mostly business users who need lots of bandwidth?

Can customers share their connection by using n devices e.g. a router and share it with their neighbours?

Looks like the monthly plan is ₦1500, or $30 USD.

Even at official rate, $30 is ₦9307.50. At actual rate, $30 is ₦12,000

Where did you get that from? Not Google or XE, obviously.

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