[PP] Internet Speed in Pakistan Plunges Due to Fault in SMW4 Submarine Cable -- Update: Cable repaired

[StrikerX]

If you are facing slow internet speeds in Pakistan then you aren’t alone. Almost whole of Pakistan — including 3G users — are impacted with slow internet speeds due to a fault that is developed in SEAMEWE4, one of the the major submarine cables that connect Pakistan with rest of the internet.

According to sources, the fault is of physical nature and occurred near Karachi in the sea. Officials said that location has been identified however rectification efforts are taking longer than what officials had expected earlier.

Sources at PTCL — which relies heavily on SEAMEWE4 — confirmed the issue and said that since the time taken for restoration of SEAMEWE4 is taking longer than they had earlier thought, bandwidth is now being shifted to other submarine cables to make sure that country’s demands are met adequately.

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[MENTION=129983]Umair2000[/MENTION] Don't post cancer please. Properly format the article and give source at the end (which in this case is Propakistani.pk)
Update (4/7/2015): I've formatted the post myself since the original poster didn't after my request.

 

[Khan2014]

My eyesssss!!!!

 

[fayaz99]

ahhh my eyes.. aaj blue kitna worst color ha rayyyy:giveup:

 

[xtremegamer132]

so bad colour :fp1:

 

[shahbakht]

Any update on this? Has the issue been resolved?

I am still facing issues with browsing and downloading. I am in Karachi, johar mor...

 

[StrikerX]

Any update on this? Has the issue been resolved?

I am still facing issues with browsing and downloading. I am in Karachi, johar mor...

No, will take another 2 weeks.

 

[Behrox]

ik he bar me tabah kar do na is line ko har waqt kharab hi rehti ha

 

[RAJNI]

i have been facing VERY SLOW WEAK downloading speeds PTCL DSL

been changing my TORRENT settings - enabling disabling OPTIONS checking to see if it works

sometimes i mean for a short period of TIME speeds gets GREAT - but after a while again come back < 100 KB

Desperately waiting for ZONG WIFI MOBILE DEVICE @ PESHAWAR LAUNCH --- PLZZZ

 

[shahbakht]

I am not getting much speed from the zong device at the moment. It was brilliant before 25th june...

 

[Mr Kay]

Update on PTCL twitter says that the work on the cable will be done aprox by July 15th. Lets see.

 

[shahbakht]

^Fuck. That's too late.

 

[ahmed6]

Is it me or everyone is facing speed issue AGAIN? I was getting 100-300kb download speed on 4mb connection from 3-4days but suddenly its down to 10-20kb?

 

[shahbakht]

I got good speed last night but today is slow again.

 

[StrikerX]

 

[shahbakht]

^Finally! I am already fed up with the slow speed. Since 25th June, I've had good speed only two or three times and that too late at night.

 

[StrikerX]

 

[StrikerX]

Update

 

[Journeys End]

I think it's restored becoz I m getting 430kb+ on torrents. My connection is ptcl 4mb

 

[StrikerX]

I think it's restored becoz I m getting 430kb+ on torrents. My connection is ptcl 4mb

Tbh my speed never went below my conn. speed i.e. 4mbps :tv:

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[Journeys End]

Tbh my speed never went below my conn. speed i.e. 4mbps :tv:

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Well I was getting 120kb-ish last nite