Comments on: GPRS In Liberia – Feb 2009 Update

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:34:53 +0000

Hi
I am just back from a week in Liberia at Thinkers Village Hotel
I went to Cellcom to get a SIM for my Galaxy Tab
They sold me a Smartphone service for 1 months with “all the data you can use” for $20
It worked great for a few days then cut off
When I called them “all the data” means 100Mb and after you have used it you need to top up again $20 for every 100Mb
Unbelievable
I will try the others next time as I saw they are run by MTN who should know what they are doing in Africa – maybe.
Thanks for your web site
Either that or they dont know what they are doing

By: etherton

etherton — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:43:27 +0000

http://johnetherton.com/2008/04/01/lonestar-cell-rolls-out-gprs/

By: etherton

etherton — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:43:04 +0000

Lonestar APN info can be found here: http://johnetherton.com/2008/04/01/lonestar-cell-rolls-out-gprs/

By: DAVIS

DAVIS — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:57:11 +0000

Thanks for this info, Do you have Lone star APN, IP Address, Username and password for their GPRS service.

tumsky

By: Mama Shabu

Mama Shabu — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:08:19 +0000

John,

I hope you are still in Monrovia. We have the opportunity to set up internet access on the farm in Gbarnga, but don’t know how to begin. What would you suggest? We will be using a laptop computer for sending and receiving emails.

Sincerely,

Mama

By: El Oso » Archive » Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Liberia (And More)

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:38:18 +0000

[...] his readers to John Etherton, a student at Georgia Tech who has been here for a year, has in-depth knowledge of Liberia’s mobile networks, and is currently managing a fascinating Story Corps-like project here called The Mobile Story [...]

By: Chris Tolles

Chris Tolles — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:46:44 +0000

Thanks for the information – I’m trying to get data on my cell in Liberia, and have had a hard time finding details on each carrier’s plan. Do you know if any of the other operators offer per-unit rates (MB or hour, as with Lonestar)?

Obviously we’d all prefer per-MB, but any other information you have about the various choices would be helpful. Thanks!

By: Get Lingala » A Whirl Through the Liberian Tech Community

Get Lingala » A Whirl Through the Liberian Tech Community — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:21:59 +0000

[...] stuff with GPS-enabled PDAs in rural Liberia, and is the only guy I’ve met who could give me true rundown of all things mobile and internet in the [...]

By: A Whirl Through the Liberian Tech Community | White African

A Whirl Through the Liberian Tech Community | White African — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:13:18 +0000

[...] stuff with GPS-enabled PDAs in rural Liberia, and is the only guy I’ve met who could give me true rundown of all things mobile and internet in the [...]