Glo 10GB Data Plan Details

Ten gigabytes is the size many Nigerians settle on when they are tired of counting megabytes. It is big enough for a month of music, regular video calls, social media and a few movies, and still small enough to fit a normal airtime budget.

On Glo there is no single 10GB plan. There are three or four, and they behave very differently. One lasts seven days and is sold in the app. One lasts a month and has a big bonus for night use. One gives 10.5GB for a month on the standard menu.

Read on for a clear comparison, a guide to buying each one and notes on who should skip them. Always confirm the details on your own menu, because Glo adjusts its bundles from time to time.

• Seven days, bought in the app: about 10GB for ₦2,000.
• Thirty days, campus booster: about 10GB for ₦2,000, with a big night portion.
• Thirty days, standard monthly: about 10.5GB for ₦3,000, with a small night portion.
• Seven days, standard weekly: about 9GB for ₦2,000, with a night portion.

The 10GB plans in a table

Always compare the anytime figure, because that is the data you can use during the day.

The Café special

This plan is bought through the Glo Café app and gives about 10GB over seven days for ₦2,000. That is about ₦200 a gigabyte, among the lowest on the network, and the reason many heavy users prefer it. The trade-off is the short life. If you will use 10GB in a week, such as for streaming, study, work uploads or hotspot sharing, it is outstanding value.

The campus monthly bundle

For students on a covered campus, the monthly booster at ₦2,000 shows a large total, but 3.5GB is night data and some of the bonus works only at listed campus sites. Spread over thirty days, that is not a lot of daytime data. It is a good plan for hostel life, where the bonus applies and nights are long.

The standard 10.5GB monthly

The most balanced of the group is the ₦3,000 monthly plan. About 8.5GB works at any hour and 2GB is for the night window. That averages around 280MB a day, which supports regular messaging, music, maps and a short video most days. It costs more per gigabyte than the Café special but gives you a whole month to spend it.

The standard 9GB weekly

The weekly plan at ₦2,000 suits people who can finish about 6.5GB of daytime data in a week. It is also the plan to choose if you want to test heavy use before committing to a monthly bundle.

Price per usable gigabyte

The monthly plan costs the most per gigabyte but provides the longest cover. If you are likely to waste a weekly plan, the monthly one can be cheaper in the end.

How to buy

What 10GB can do

• 100 to 150 hours of standard-quality music.
• 30 to 50 hours of low-quality video, or 6 to 10 hours of high quality.
• Thousands of web pages.
• Weeks of video calls at low quality.
• Several large app and game updates.

Using 10GB as a hotspot

A hotspot shares your plan with every device that joins. A laptop can use several gigabytes in a day if it is allowed to update and sync. Turn on metered-connection mode on the laptop and close cloud apps. Keep an eye on the counter, because the bundle can run out faster than you think.

How to make 10GB last

1. Set a data warning in your phone settings at about 70 percent of the plan.
2. Use low or automatic video quality.
3. Download music and maps over Wi-Fi.
4. Stop auto-updates on mobile data.
5. Check which apps are using the most data every week.
6. Keep night downloads for the night window if your plan has one.

Who should not buy a 10GB plan

If you use less than a gigabyte a week, a 10GB plan is wasteful. If you use more than 20GB a month, a larger bundle gives a better price per gigabyte. Look at your last month’s usage in your phone settings before buying.

Common problems

Questions people ask

Final view

The right 10GB plan on Glo depends on how quickly you spend. Use the Café special for heavy weeks, the standard monthly bundle for steady months and the campus bundle only if you live in range of the bonus. Open *312#, check the anytime figure and choose with your calendar in mind.