About a month ago PTCL announced dial up Internet to be free of cost in Pakistan. Well, it's not actually free---there is an upper cap on the number of free hours but it's more than what most of the ordinary users would need.
Many people thought that this would kill all the ISP's which are not yet into the broadband and Wimax market. An email on Pakgrid mailing list by the CEO of Micronet says that Internet billing is soon going to be change for all dialup users regardless of their ISP. No more scratch cards! And no extra charges except for a local call charge! Every 20 minutes of usage will cost a local call, and customers would get charged in their regular monthly PTCL landline bill.
Pakistan's telecom industry is surely much mature than one would think of.
Showing posts with label bandwidth. Show all posts
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Monday, October 01, 2007
PTCL Broadband
A few months ago, PTCL offered broadband connections at comparatively very low prices. I finally thought of giving it a try. Below is my experience as a consumer. In addition to this, you should also consider reading "Mohtashim's Verdict" on IT Tazee; he compares several broadband service providers.
Ok, regarding PTCL: I got a 512Kb connection at home. It costs Rs. 2000 per month and the download speed I get is around 25KB/s. Though it's less than what's advertised (64KB/s), at the least it's consistent. I am not very sure of my upload speed. Hint: If you wonder, how 512Kb/s is equivalent to 64KB/s, you really need to know the difference between bits and bytes.
What impressed me most about PTCL is the ease of applying. I just went to the website and opted to Order Online (it's a pity that the website doesn't work in Firefox). The guys called me within three days and a lineman was at my house in half an hour after that. The package comes with a modem and free installation; uptil now, I have paid nothing as the cost will be reflected in the monthly bill. It's extremely hassle free.
The modem installed by PTCL is a Huawei SmartAX MT880. Just for the sake of record, below is a screenshot showing how you can enable port forwarding for Shareaza through the web console of the ADSL modem:
A detailed step by step article can be found here, albeit with a different firmware version.
Roti, kapra aur bandwidth!
Ok, regarding PTCL: I got a 512Kb connection at home. It costs Rs. 2000 per month and the download speed I get is around 25KB/s. Though it's less than what's advertised (64KB/s), at the least it's consistent. I am not very sure of my upload speed. Hint: If you wonder, how 512Kb/s is equivalent to 64KB/s, you really need to know the difference between bits and bytes.
What impressed me most about PTCL is the ease of applying. I just went to the website and opted to Order Online (it's a pity that the website doesn't work in Firefox). The guys called me within three days and a lineman was at my house in half an hour after that. The package comes with a modem and free installation; uptil now, I have paid nothing as the cost will be reflected in the monthly bill. It's extremely hassle free.
The modem installed by PTCL is a Huawei SmartAX MT880. Just for the sake of record, below is a screenshot showing how you can enable port forwarding for Shareaza through the web console of the ADSL modem:
A detailed step by step article can be found here, albeit with a different firmware version.
Roti, kapra aur bandwidth!
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