New PTCL Packages (free upgrades)

fariskhl

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Dec 12, 2017
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They are also feeding me the same bull crap for 1 week. Maybe its because I am on VDSL.. it takes them weeks to change package on normal days while on ADSL my package would upgrade/downgrade in seconds. Funny thing is that for weeks they are calling it "technical error"every time I call them and the call gets dropped mysteriously when I start asking them questions. I am currently on 8MBps for 4k+. Maybe they don't want me to get better speeds since I am already paying them the same price lol.

I don't know why they are doing this to me then. Had another talk with the livechat and now they said they can't upgrade my 8MB to 20MB due to a 'systematical error'. Said I should follow-up after 48 hours.
 

TheGoldenTouch

Gran Fantasy
Jan 19, 2007
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Talked to ptcl representative he told me for 20MB bill will be 4K including taxes which were around 800 and for 10Mb bill will be around 2800 got my 4MB connection upgraded to 10MB and it took roughly 5 minutes and my connection upgraded

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2800rs with tax for 10mb? I went to Ptcl office and they told me 10mb with tax will be around 3360rs.



 
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Baber Kamal

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2800rs with tax for 10mb? I went to Ptcl office and they told me 10mb with tax will be around 3360rs.



Bro I think it is because u asked for the package which has call minutes like unlimited ptcl calls + minutes to other networks. What I asked was a basic package just with dsl

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Baber Kamal

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Bro I think it is because u asked for the package which has call minutes like unlimited ptcl calls + minutes to other networks. What I asked was a basic package just with dsl

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Again reconfirmed yup u r right bill will be 3500. The guy at the time of upgrade told me 2800 with taxes and now they're telling 3500 with taxes for 10Mbps

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exist2inspire

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Aug 18, 2014
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i was using 8mb ptcl and upgraded to 10mb recently. my old bill used to be ~4100 with all taxes, now it is ~3400. feels good to get more speed and stability for cheaper price haha.

also, i upgraded my copper wire to fiber optic myself 4-5 years ago, it was a high quality australian fiber topic costing ~5000. can i upgrade to a faster connection? does it matter if i have dsl, vdsl2 or gpon? i live in clifton karachi...
 

Tiger Ace PzKpf

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Jul 3, 2017
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i was using 8mb ptcl and upgraded to 10mb recently. my old bill used to be ~4100 with all taxes, now it is ~3400. feels good to get more speed and stability for cheaper price haha.

also, i upgraded my copper wire to fiber optic myself 4-5 years ago, it was a high quality australian fiber topic costing ~5000. can i upgrade to a faster connection? does it matter if i have dsl, vdsl2 or gpon? i live in clifton karachi...
from where do u get fiber optic wire..
 
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fariskhl

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Were/are you on VDSL? I have been requesting/begging them to upgrade mine too from 8mb to 10mb but the "technical error" is very severe and can't get resolved even after 2 weeks lol :D

i was using 8mb ptcl and upgraded to 10mb recently. my old bill used to be ~4100 with all taxes, now it is ~3400. feels good to get more speed and stability for cheaper price haha.

also, i upgraded my copper wire to fiber optic myself 4-5 years ago, it was a high quality australian fiber topic costing ~5000. can i upgrade to a faster connection? does it matter if i have dsl, vdsl2 or gpon? i live in clifton karachi...
 

Greed

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Dec 26, 2008
574
4
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Saddar. Lahore.
Just got mine upgraded to 20mb from 8mb after seeing this thread. Took 5 min. My SNR has gone down to shit but the 2mb download speed is so satisfying. I might downgrade to 10mb if there are too many disconnections.
 

masters1001

PG Supervisor
Supervisor
Nov 23, 2012
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Karachi
Just got mine upgraded to 20mb from 8mb after seeing this thread. Took 5 min. My SNR has gone down to shit but the 2mb download speed is so satisfying. I might downgrade to 10mb if there are too many disconnections.
On Cooper? I am also on 8 mb dsl with smart tv and current downstream is 11 mb with snr around 20. Upgrading to 20 mb (downstream of 23 mb (3 mb for smart tv) might make my snr drop to around 5. They should not upgrade if snr go much below as they should know what minimum SNR should be maintained to have stable connection.
 

Greed

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Dec 26, 2008
574
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Saddar. Lahore.
On Cooper? I am also on 8 mb dsl with smart tv and current downstream is 11 mb with snr around 20. Upgrading to 20 mb (downstream of 23 mb (3 mb for smart tv) might make my snr drop to around 5. They should not upgrade if snr go much below as they should know what minimum SNR should be maintained to have stable connection.
Yes on copper. I had 26 SNR before the upgrade and now it is around 5. I get disconnections when I'm downloading at about 2.1mb/s. Normally it's not that bad.
 

exist2inspire

Beginner
Aug 18, 2014
26
0
1
Karachi
Were/are you on VDSL? I have been requesting/begging them to upgrade mine too from 8mb to 10mb but the "technical error" is very severe and can't get resolved even after 2 weeks lol :D
i think i was on adsl or adsl 2 because that was what the router said. ptcl changed my router when upgrading connection so now i have the vdsl2 router. i dont mind paying ~620 rs extra and doubling my speed to 20mb but i dont wanna mess anything up seeing as my 10mb connections always give full speed with zero disconnects since Jan 2018.
 

exist2inspire

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Aug 18, 2014
26
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Karachi
Finally figured out how to check my line stats. the numbers look good to me except for the zero upload attenuation. is it safe to upgrade to 20mb connection?

Statistics -- xDSL

Mode:VDSL2
Traffic Type:PTM
Status:Up
Link Power State:L0
DownstreamUpstream
Line Coding(Trellis):OnOn
SNR Margin (0.1 dB):367300
Attenuation (0.1 dB):1350
Output Power (0.1 dBm):93-22
Attainable Rate (Kbps):5854548478
Path 0Path 1
DownstreamUpstreamDownstreamUpstream
Rate (Kbps):11000349300
B (# of bytes in Mux Data Frame):311500
M (# of Mux Data Frames in an RS codeword):1100
T (# of Mux Data Frames in an OH sub-frame):376400
R (# of redundancy bytes in the RS codeword):101600
S (# of data symbols over which the RS code word spans):0.09210.14470.00000.0000
L (# of bits transmitted in each data symbol):3648176900
D (interleaver depth):887900
I (interleaver block size in bytes):423200
N (RS codeword size):423200
Delay (msec):20000
INP (DMT symbol):9.500.000.000.00
 
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HiperJZ

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Dec 28, 2010
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Finally figured out how to check my line stats. the numbers look good to me except for the zero upload attenuation. is it safe to upgrade to 20mb connection?

Statistics -- xDSL

Mode:VDSL2
Traffic Type:PTM
Status:Up
Link Power State:L0
DownstreamUpstream
Line Coding(Trellis):OnOn
SNR Margin (0.1 dB):367300
Attenuation (0.1 dB):1350
Output Power (0.1 dBm):93-22
Attainable Rate (Kbps):5854548478
Path 0Path 1
DownstreamUpstreamDownstreamUpstream
Rate (Kbps):11000349300
B (# of bytes in Mux Data Frame):311500
M (# of Mux Data Frames in an RS codeword):1100
T (# of Mux Data Frames in an OH sub-frame):376400
R (# of redundancy bytes in the RS codeword):101600
S (# of data symbols over which the RS code word spans):0.09210.14470.00000.0000
L (# of bits transmitted in each data symbol):3648176900
D (interleaver depth):887900
I (interleaver block size in bytes):423200
N (RS codeword size):423200
Delay (msec):20000
INP (DMT symbol):9.500.000.000.00
your line can easily support 20mb.

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wannagamer

Intermediate
Dec 23, 2016
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Finally figured out how to check my line stats. the numbers look good to me except for the zero upload attenuation. is it safe to upgrade to 20mb connection?

Statistics -- xDSL

Mode:VDSL2
Traffic Type:PTM
Status:Up
Link Power State:L0
DownstreamUpstream
Line Coding(Trellis):OnOn
SNR Margin (0.1 dB):367300
Attenuation (0.1 dB):1350
Output Power (0.1 dBm):93-22
Attainable Rate (Kbps):5854548478
Path 0Path 1
DownstreamUpstreamDownstreamUpstream
Rate (Kbps):11000349300
B (# of bytes in Mux Data Frame):311500
M (# of Mux Data Frames in an RS codeword):1100
T (# of Mux Data Frames in an OH sub-frame):376400
R (# of redundancy bytes in the RS codeword):101600
S (# of data symbols over which the RS code word spans):0.09210.14470.00000.0000
L (# of bits transmitted in each data symbol):3648176900
D (interleaver depth):887900
I (interleaver block size in bytes):423200
N (RS codeword size):423200
Delay (msec):20000
INP (DMT symbol):9.500.000.000.00
Actually your line can even support 100 mb. Up to 20MB absolutely no problem at all. For 50 and 100 MB packs, they will upgrade your card from the cabinet; and possibly install another high speed pure copper wire for you too.

Don't worry about line stats. It's their effing headache, not yours.
 
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