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Posts Tagged ‘ptcl’

051 - *******?

By Ayaz Ali • Sep 12th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Getting your Landline Phone installed or getting it fixed is more adventure seeking than the adventure of the Hollywood release “Terminator-3”. Truly, if PTCL isn’t the worst division in Pakistan, it isn’t even anywhere near the finest. Immense monopoly of the officers, indisputable indolence of the linemen and the substandard cabling make PTCL one of [...]



V-fone Cheating Customers

By Guest Blogger • Aug 29th, 2009 • Category: Technology

My article is in respect of the three new post paid packages announced namely, standard, Value and Premium. Earlier I had the view that these packages are developed and announced after much thought, research and brain storming but the vfone post paid packages deny my understanding. In the ensuing paragraphs I will highlight the short [...]



PTCL DSL and Smart TV: Curse for Pakistan

By Fatima Tassaduq • Apr 12th, 2009 • Category: Misc

If you are thinking about having DSL or smart TV for your home or  business then you can go for even dail up but don’t even think about the PTCL as an option. You will weep, you will repent and you will commit suicide in misery and frustration. It’s so bad, it’s so evil, there [...]



PTCL 0800 Service

By Rohail Butt • Sep 15th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

Pakistan Telecommunication Limited is the white elephant which ought to die as soon as possible. But sadly enough instead of dying it is there sprouting more and more garbage out and forcing it upon the people of Pakistan. The clueless and greedy administration, inept and inefficient staff, pathetic and non-working services and extremely disgusting support [...]



PTCL Smart TV

By Fatima Tassaduq • Aug 15th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has started the Smart TV services from 14th August, through which people would be able to see numerous channels by using their existing telephone lines. Reversing the programs, parental control, clear and speedy signals, and no-installation features make the smart TV services very much the option to consider for.
But given the track [...]



PTCL Workers Woes and Etisalat

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jul 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Etisalat has 40 per cent share and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has got 60 per cent share in the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL), which has been privatized and Etisalat is now running the management of the PTCL, and since the time of privatization, the plight of PTCL has gone rock bottom, and both [...]



PTCL Employees Protests : Fire Them

By Rohail Butt • Jul 16th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Along with the WAPDA, SNGPL and other state and semi-state service providers, Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited (PTCL) has contributed a lot in adding to the miseries of the common people of Pakistan in the name of the service. The exorbitant and error billing, dismal service and rogue and unwilling-to-work workers of PTCL have given lots [...]



The Growth of Cell Phone Industry in Pakistan

By Talal Hussain Malik • Jun 14th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Telecommunication is, perhaps, the only field in our country which has improved and got cheaper at the same time with the passage of time. When PTCL first launched its services, getting a telephone connection was quite a task. Connections were given on priority basis but today you can get the PTCL Wireless connection without getting [...]



LINKdotNET Sucks Big Time in Pakistan, its LINKdownNET

By Amna Gilani • Mar 5th, 2008 • Category: Misc

I am not a telecom guru, and neither I am any IT expert. Far from it. I am a regular user of Internet, who has become a volley ball between different Internet Service Providers. From Micronet to Paknet to  Comsats to WOL to  PTCL to LDN, I have tasted all the flavours of Internet and [...]



Hellish PTCL : Phone n Net, DSL, VPhone

By Ghazala Khan • Nov 20th, 2007 • Category: Entertainment

Here is a trivia for you. If you guess it right, you would get a rare pleasureable oppurtunity to let your anger out, and if you dont guess, well you get the same reward of letting your steam out. So the question is, Guess which is the most disgusting, useless, screwed-up service in the world?
Ok [...]