Transworld Enterprise Services (TES) - GPON - Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad

USUF

Dont use -blam!-™
Jan 19, 2007
9,955
1
43
33
Karachi
The Transworld customer respondent dropped by my house and collected his payment. I must say the initial investment is extremely steep (22,000 pkr). I expect the internet to be installed by the end of this week.

I've been wanting to shift from PTCL for a few months, and the good impressions from @mafiadog in this thread, and the suggestions by @frazgta compelled me to finally make the jump.

Ab agar service achi nahi huwi tu aap dono ko bohot sari Abuses will lead to bani Abuses will lead to bani batain bolon ga me.
 

USUF

Dont use -blam!-™
Jan 19, 2007
9,955
1
43
33
Karachi
waise, so far, in Pakistan, steep price usually is for god service, see zong 4g's packages and wateen 4mbps service.
I'm banking on that.

Can't wait to have it installed and see how much of a difference I get on the pings versus PTCL.
 

murtaza12

Global Moderator
Global Mod
Oct 27, 2011
10,749
128
69
I'm banking on that.

Can't wait to have it installed and see how much of a difference I get on the pings versus PTCL.
Please do post some pings and a real speedtest. Would love to know how good it actually is.
Believe me, all FTTH operators in PK are worth it.... except PTCL. PTCL is NEVER worth paying for.
 

USUF

Dont use -blam!-™
Jan 19, 2007
9,955
1
43
33
Karachi
Please do post some pings and a real speedtest. Would love to know how good it actually is.
Believe me, all FTTH operators in PK are worth it.... except PTCL. PTCL is NEVER worth paying for.
I will remember to post in this thread with a couple of speedtests for everyone. If you'd like me to test on certain international cities, list away.
 

murtaza12

Global Moderator
Global Mod
Oct 27, 2011
10,749
128
69
I will remember to post in this thread with a couple of speedtests for everyone. If you'd like me to test on certain international cities, list away.
Quebec Canada
Florida, USA
Dubai, UAE
 

USUF

Dont use -blam!-™
Jan 19, 2007
9,955
1
43
33
Karachi
Posting the PTCL tests now before I cut off the service.

4Mb connection.
Ideal SNR margins.

Tests conducted roughly 8:30 PM. I'm assuming this is peak time.







Surprised by the Dubai result. Just a couple of days ago I did a test on Dubai and got 149 ms on it.
 

murtaza12

Global Moderator
Global Mod
Oct 27, 2011
10,749
128
69
Posting the PTCL tests now before I cut off the service.

4Mb connection.
Ideal SNR margins.

Tests conducted roughly 8:30 PM. I'm assuming this is peak time.







Surprised by the Dubai result. Just a couple of days ago I did a test on Dubai and got 149 ms on it.
Your ping to Quebec and Dubai is quite good tbh. I get 250+ on Dubai and 350+ on any Canadian / US server.

Expect even lower pings with TW.

Thanks for the screenshots btw.

Sent from my HTC One_M8
 

USUF

Dont use -blam!-™
Jan 19, 2007
9,955
1
43
33
Karachi
Your ping to Quebec and Dubai is quite good tbh. I get 250+ on Dubai and 350+ on any Canadian / US server.

Expect even lower pings with TW.

Thanks for the screenshots btw.

Sent from my HTC One_M8
I suppose being physically close to the submarine cable has its benefits. I've had such decent pings with Dubai even as far back as 2008 when I first took up PTCL's 1MB connection.
 

maxyy

Newbie
Aug 17, 2015
24
0
1
Karachi
Internet only:

- 10,000 for the device
- 3,000 for first month service + taxes
- A variable amount for cable installation (In my case it was 6,300)
Thank you.. And can you tell me khow many days they take to complete the setup..

Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk
 

USUF

Dont use -blam!-™
Jan 19, 2007
9,955
1
43
33
Karachi
Thank you.. And can you tell me khow many days they take to complete the setup..

Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk
They came by to collect the payment yesterday. I expect their installation team to visit tomorrow or day after. May be even today.

All in all, from your first call to setup completion, you can expect 7 - 10 days for the whole thing.
 

USUF

Dont use -blam!-™
Jan 19, 2007
9,955
1
43
33
Karachi
Well that went less than smoothly as I would have liked.

They came to install the internet and TV connection today and right out of the gate the lead guy informed me that they're using World Call's cable. Awkward silence ensued as I told him that I'm already using World Call and why the hell didn't anyone tell me this before when I mentioned it several times during the payment exchange process?

One of the biggest reasons I wanted to shift to Transworld was because their analog channel list online showed Discovery and Natgeo. Apparently that's false advertising since World Call doesn't give you these channels on Analog.

A lot of phone calls and disheartened family members later, we decided to drop the TV installation and go for the Internet alone. I must say I'm still depressed about the whole situation. They outright lied, and in other cases, kept information from me about their TV service.

The internet itself is installed and working. I did speed tests on the countries [MENTION=42544]murtaza12[/MENTION] requested and their pings are almost exactly the same as my PTCL connection. The gains are marginal and nothing to write home about. Though Im happy to report that the speed is sticking close to 20Mb so there's that.

Really in a 'mehh' mood right now because my father won't get Discovery and Natgeo after all this shit anyway.
 

murtaza12

Global Moderator
Global Mod
Oct 27, 2011
10,749
128
69
Well that went less than smoothly as I would have liked.

They came to install the internet and TV connection today and right out of the gate the lead guy informed me that they're using World Call's cable. Awkward silence ensued as I told him that I'm already using World Call and why the hell didn't anyone tell me this before when I mentioned it several times during the payment exchange process?

One of the biggest reasons I wanted to shift to Transworld was because their analog channel list online showed Discovery and Natgeo. Apparently that's false advertising since World Call doesn't give you these channels on Analog.

A lot of phone calls and disheartened family members later, we decided to drop the TV installation and go for the Internet alone. I must say I'm still depressed about the whole situation. They outright lied, and in other cases, kept information from me about their TV service.

The internet itself is installed and working. I did speed tests on the countries [MENTION=42544]murtaza12[/MENTION] requested and their pings are almost exactly the same as my PTCL connection. The gains are marginal and nothing to write home about. Though Im happy to report that the speed is sticking close to 20Mb so there's that.

Really in a 'mehh' mood right now because my father won't get Discovery and Natgeo after all this shit anyway.
That sucks.
The pings being the same as PTCL is surprising though. Did you have PTCL GPON or DSL?

Also, didn't it say Digital TV? Why are they using analog?
I was excepting them to have a Nayatel like setup where the STB is connected to the ONT through ethernet.

This all seems really odd.

Sent from my Nexus 6
 

USUF

Dont use -blam!-™
Jan 19, 2007
9,955
1
43
33
Karachi
That sucks.
The pings being the same as PTCL is surprising though. Did you have PTCL GPON or DSL?

Also, didn't it say Digital TV? Why are they using analog?
I was excepting them to have a Nayatel like setup where the STB is connected to the ONT through ethernet.

This all seems really odd.

Sent from my Nexus 6
I had PTCL DSL. I firmly believe that me being close to the submarine cable has a lot to do with the pings being roughly the same on both services.

Also they offer digital and analog TV services. I opted for the analog service since it had the 2 channels I wanted for my father. Turns out that was a white lie.

I still have to do some port forwarding to get an open NAT on my Xbox One. The download speed so far is excellent.
 

maxyy

Newbie
Aug 17, 2015
24
0
1
Karachi
I had PTCL DSL. I firmly believe that me being close to the submarine cable has a lot to do with the pings being roughly the same on both services.

Also they offer digital and analog TV services. I opted for the analog service since it had the 2 channels I wanted for my father. Turns out that was a white lie.

I still have to do some port forwarding to get an open NAT on my Xbox One. The download speed so far is excellent.
What is the average download speed you're getting and is it consistent or is it drop on some hours?
 
General chit-chat
Help Users
We have disabled traderscore and are working on a fix. There was a bug with the plugin | Click for Discord
  • No one is chatting at the moment.
  • L LegacyGamerGuy:
    Still, I don't like either Sony or Microsoft as they are focusing more on corporate greed than delighting customers. PC gaming is best of gaming and worth every penny.
    Link
  • L LegacyGamerGuy:
    PC Gamer score of 58/100 for Hellblade 2??? Is it really worse than Gollum that was 64/100? Microsoft games can't even come close to high scores of Sony exclusives apparently.
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    Chandoo said:
    Hellblade 2 83 OpenCritic, not bad at all. 2 points higher than the first game.
    first one is 84 Opencritic. Saga dropped to 82.
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    Saeen abhi tak to first one was better in every way. Atleast the first hour-ish
    Link
  • Chandoo Chandoo:
    Hellblade 2 83 OpenCritic, not bad at all. 2 points higher than the first game.
    Link
  • L LegacyGamerGuy:
    About the Microsoft (and Sony) debate, I feel both have become too greedy and losing their minds over corporate greed. Personally, I will never buy any console next gen and switch to PC gaming where democracy reins.
    Link
  • L LegacyGamerGuy:
    No news about Google Play Store hacking. What is the source?
    Link
  • Link
  • Aciel Aciel:
    This is the error.
    Link
  • Aciel Aciel:
    Online session is enabled for UBL. I have an active subscription with my NayaPay card (it is already added to Google Payment Methods).
    Link
  • B Baghi:
    did you try setting up Google Payments? For UBL you may have to get it enabled for internet transactions, Naya should work without it!
    Link
  • Aciel Aciel:
    I tried both NayaPay, and UBL, but I keep getting "correct country selected..." error. I already have PK set there 🤦‍♂️
    Link
  • Aciel Aciel:
    Baghi said:
    Link
  • B Baghi:
    Yes
    Link
  • Aciel Aciel:
    Does your VISA Cards work on Google Play Store?
    Link
  • M murtaza12:
    XPremiuM said:
    Why? Was the site hacked or something?
    Yes
    Link
  • XPremiuM XPremiuM:
    GloriousChicken said:
    Everyone, please change your passwords.
    Why? Was the site hacked or something?
    Link
  • GloriousChicken GloriousChicken:
    Everyone, please change your passwords.
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    The only valid thing from his pov he said in the video is AC dead since Black Flag. According to woke police that game was woke too. Welsh man in West Indies. So atleast he's consistent I guess lol
    Link
  • Link
  • XPremiuM XPremiuM:
    Necrokiller said:
    It's based on an actual real life person so I don't think the woke police have a valid case here.
    Nope. They have a very valid case. The above video explains it all.
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    It's based on an actual real life person so I don't think the woke police have a valid case here.
    • Like
    Reactions: SolitarySoldier
    Link
  • XPremiuM XPremiuM:
    Meanwhile Ghost of Tsushima PC version is out now. Looks 100 times better than ASS Creed already.
    Link
  • XPremiuM XPremiuM:
    Did y'all see the new Assassin's Creed trailer? They finally made a AC set in Japan & then they put a negro as the male protagonist. Ubisoft is taking cues from Disney, and it isn't gonna end well for them, just like Disney. Go woke, go broke!
    Link
  • Necrokiller Necrokiller:
    First Fallout 4 update and now this 🤡
    Link
    L LegacyGamerGuy: Still, I don't like either Sony or Microsoft as they are focusing more on corporate greed than...