Comments on: Pakistan’s net connection to the world goes down http://tech.one.com.pk/2005/06/27/pakistans-net-connection-to-the-world-goes-down/ Exploring Pakistan's Technology Frontier Sun, 20 May 2012 18:57:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Aqeel http://tech.one.com.pk/2005/06/27/pakistans-net-connection-to-the-world-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Aqeel Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-117 No planning, No backups!Goverment of Pakistan is with no planning, every body here in Pakistan is suffering from this problem, I'd got disconnected 9 times in last one hour. No planning, No backups!Goverment of Pakistan is with no planning, every body here in Pakistan is suffering from this problem, I’d got disconnected 9 times in last one hour.

]]> By: chowkidar http://tech.one.com.pk/2005/06/27/pakistans-net-connection-to-the-world-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-118 chowkidar Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-118 RE: ISPAK commentsI pity the call centers in Pakistan. Wonder how they are coping up with the traffic? Fortunately the problem is no more than ~40 miles out. RE: ISPAK commentsI pity the call centers in Pakistan. Wonder how they are coping up with the traffic?

Fortunately the problem is no more than ~40 miles out.

]]> By: aahalai http://tech.one.com.pk/2005/06/27/pakistans-net-connection-to-the-world-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-119 aahalai Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-119 ISPAK commentsISPAK's general secretary Mr. V.A. Abdi (a great source of info) has just informed me that they've only just located the problem... in his own words: "as you know that the link is down since 8:45pm 27th June and is out till now. The fault, as reported by the GM ITR is a power-supply failure and the power to the fiber from Karachi end is not available. It has been discovered at about 12 Noon that the trouble is at a site 35 NM (42 miles) in the sea. A maintainance company by the name E marine have been asked to repair and their ship is starting from UAE now." gahh... ISPAK commentsISPAK’s general secretary Mr. V.A. Abdi (a great source of info) has just informed me that they’ve only just located the problem…

in his own words:

“as you know that the link is down since 8:45pm 27th June and is out till now. The fault, as reported by the GM ITR is a power-supply failure and the power to the fiber from Karachi end is not available. It has been discovered at about 12 Noon that the trouble is at a site 35 NM (42 miles) in the sea. A maintainance company by the name E marine have been asked to repair and their ship is starting from UAE now.”

gahh…

]]> By: Anonymous Coward http://tech.one.com.pk/2005/06/27/pakistans-net-connection-to-the-world-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Anonymous Coward Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-120 RE: ISPAK commentsShoot... I'd be wondering how they were coping with the <b>lack</b> of traffic... RE: ISPAK commentsShoot… I’d be wondering how they were coping with the lack of traffic…

]]> By: Iceman http://tech.one.com.pk/2005/06/27/pakistans-net-connection-to-the-world-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Iceman Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-121 Fixed!I dont have the confirmtation from other ppl but in my office its working fine now. Getting 60kbps download speed! Fixed!I dont have the confirmtation from other ppl but in my office its working fine now. Getting 60kbps download speed!

]]> By: haq_unverified http://tech.one.com.pk/2005/06/27/pakistans-net-connection-to-the-world-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-122 haq_unverified Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-122 RE: Fixed!I don't see this in Karachi. Connectivity is still very shaky, though it has gotten better than yesterday. I think they setup some more backup bandwidth through satellite connections. RE: Fixed!I don’t see this in Karachi. Connectivity is still very shaky, though it has gotten better than yesterday. I think they setup some more backup bandwidth through satellite connections.

]]> By: haq http://tech.one.com.pk/2005/06/27/pakistans-net-connection-to-the-world-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-123 haq Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-123 ptcl's monopolyPreviously ISPs in Pakistan did have redundant satelite connections which they used for 2-way bandwidth. When the GOP and PTCL invested money into the Pakistan Internet Exchange (PIE) they were dismayed that ISPs were not using the exchange. So, with the help of the Government of Pakistan, PTCL enforced a law which stated that ISPs <strong>must</strong> use PIE for their upload stream and that they can only use their satelite connections for their downloading stream. This law, combined with PTCL's overwhelming reliance on the SEAMEWE cable makes Pakistan's entire internet connection funnel down to a single point of failure. Smart move by PTCL, eh? The ISPAK (Internet Service Providers of Pakistan) made a huge row about the single point of failure about a year back, if I had the bandwidth, I'd link the story here. ptcl’s monopolyPreviously ISPs in Pakistan did have redundant satelite connections which they used for 2-way bandwidth. When the GOP and PTCL invested money into the Pakistan Internet Exchange (PIE) they were dismayed that ISPs were not using the exchange. So, with the help of the Government of Pakistan, PTCL enforced a law which stated that ISPs must use PIE for their upload stream and that they can only use their satelite connections for their downloading stream. This law, combined with PTCL’s overwhelming reliance on the SEAMEWE cable makes Pakistan’s entire internet connection funnel down to a single point of failure. Smart move by PTCL, eh?

The ISPAK (Internet Service Providers of Pakistan) made a huge row about the single point of failure about a year back, if I had the bandwidth, I’d link the story here.

]]> By: immum http://tech.one.com.pk/2005/06/27/pakistans-net-connection-to-the-world-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-124 immum Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-124 frustrationsHaving just moved back from NYC and transfering part of our business operations to Pakistan, I missed my first net teleconference with my partners overseas thanks to the outage. The whole point of the internet is to provide alternative routes for data exchange rather than burden a single pipe. Half the phones at my new office are as it is dead (thanks to the recent strike) and now the internet outage really rubs the salt. atleast the ISP has their backup bandwidth in place (be it at a crawl) frustrationsHaving just moved back from NYC and transfering part of our business operations to Pakistan, I missed my first net teleconference with my partners overseas thanks to the outage. The whole point of the internet is to provide alternative routes for data exchange rather than burden a single pipe. Half the phones at my new office are as it is dead (thanks to the recent strike) and now the internet outage really rubs the salt.

atleast the ISP has their backup bandwidth in place (be it at a crawl)

]]> By: chowkidar http://tech.one.com.pk/2005/06/27/pakistans-net-connection-to-the-world-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-125 chowkidar Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-125 RE: frustrationsYou might want to look into solutions like <a href="http://www.dm.net.lb/zaknet/">ZakNet</a> but they don't come cheap. RE: frustrationsYou might want to look into solutions like ZakNet but they don’t come cheap.

]]> By: Junkyard Willy http://tech.one.com.pk/2005/06/27/pakistans-net-connection-to-the-world-goes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Junkyard Willy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126 Pay Yo Dam Bill!Maybe if you paid yo dam bill you wouldn't be looking at a blank screen! Pay Yo Dam Bill!Maybe if you paid yo dam bill you wouldn’t be looking at a blank screen!

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