PTCL Launches Broadband Entertainment Portal – gets closer to Triple-Play

March 1, 2008 4:29 pm 177 comments

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PTCL has made some interesting moves that the amazing community at Telecom Grid Pakistan has been discussing.

First has been a recent announcement via Dawn and other papers that starting from March they will be reducing their broadband charges significantly – Rs.2k for 1Mbps and Rs.5k for 2Mbps.

These are very competitive rates. In our experience with PTCL Broadband, if you can choose to look past the poor customer service and lack of support for small businesses (static IPs etc.) the actual service quality is pretty good. Added to that a good price point and this should be a very nice choice for people whose phone lines can support 2mbps connections etc.

Now they’ve announced the launch of a Broadband Entertainment Portal which gives access to music, movies, sports and more free of cost to PTCL Broadband subscribers.

It seems like the company is picking up, but I’d like to see their triple-play plans to be implemented soon – those plans are quite disruptive.

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177 Comments

  • aashba siddiqui

    i used ptcl service about 1 mnth…its not so good not so bad…..bas guzara hai
    i m here bcoz of ptcl buzz….ptcl buzz open hi nahi horaha….yeh sirf mera prob hai ya yahan aur bhi hain jinka yeh prob hai????
    jinta time inka advertisement pai spend hota hai agar thora bht internet service pai bhi laga lain to bht bht behtar hojaye inki service…

  • i used ptcl service about 1 mnth…its not so good not so bad…..bas guzara hai
    i m here bcoz of ptcl buzz….ptcl buzz open hi nahi horaha….yeh sirf mera prob hai ya yahan aur bhi hain jinka yeh prob hai????
    jinta time inka advertisement pai spend hota hai agar thora bht internet service pai bhi laga lain to bht bht behtar hojaye inki service…

  • YA RIGHT IT”LL GO SUPER FAST FAST FOR THE 3MONTH TRIAL THAN IT SUCKS BALLS MAN FUCKING SHIT TALKER PTCL IS NOT WORTH A SHIT I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY FUCK ALL THERE WOMEN WHO BEEN FEED OF OUR MONEY….

  • salam to all

    bhai hai koi allah ka bunda jo in PTCL waloon ko shifarish krey DSL connection key liye,

    mujhe DSL internet connection chahiey……………………

    regards,

  • yaar ye ptcl kitna bora hai uffffff koi use na kary khuch nahi ho raha

  • salam to all friends

    yaar phir kon saa DSL connection achha hai..?

  • yar main nay evo lia soch k k speed achi hogi but have a very bad experience of it

  • my broadband DSL whose user name is 4285282 work very slow internet light turn of after every 10,5 minutes so please solve my this problem as early as possible the downloading speed will become very slow

  • Due to ptcl’s move there is an immediate tariff reduction from linkdotnet as well

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    1MB RS.735
    2MB RS.1295
    4MB RS.2625
    iNTALLATION
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    MODEM/WIFI=150/350
    RAZA HYDER LINKdotNET
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    YE LINKdotNET KA TARIFF HAY AUR PTCL KA TARIFF HAY YE.
    1MB STUDENT-RS.839 AND NORMAL RS.1200
    2MB NOT available AND NORMAL RS.2000
    4MB NOT available AND NORMAL RS.4999

    Ager kisey aur koi information chahey ho tuh is no ya Email kardey zuror support melay gi ok
    Allah Hafiz
    Taimoor-awan2008@hotmail.com
    03009292708

  • I am a Sales Executive from WATEEN.
    If anyone wants a WATEEN connection please do call me on this number..
    0303 4285967
    free delivery any where in lahore
    Thanx.

  • Farzan Saeed

    Since last three days my internet is not working properly! Iam not a noob at networking and I can bet that the problem isn’t from my side! 1218 operators don’t attend call! Is anyone having same problem??

  • hi my name is umair ptcl movis link plz

  • Hello, all
    i just want to warn you all, dat plz dont buy any thing from this guy, adnan, who is giving his number above in comments, he is just a fraud, a lier,
    there is no , 15 days money back guarantee from wateen, this guy claims every where that wateen will return all the initial amount which was 3100 in my case,
    there were no good signals, but thus guy said me, that u check this for 15 days, at any time, u want to return the device, u will get full amount back,
    but when the 2nd day, when i wished to returned device, that guy just kept me telling stories, dat m coming in 1 day,today, tomorrow,in 2 mins, etc,but never came
    and when disappointly i went to wateen frunchise, i came to knw dat wateen has no such policy,
    once the account is activated,there is no money back thing,
    and this guy just told lie to me, just to make his sales commission,
    and i returned device now, with half price, and with 10 days tension juzt because of this guys cheat,
    stay warned,
    His name is adnan mirza
    and his number is 0303-4285967

  • hey ptcl Rocks …
    ausam speed awsam pakages
    in short .. chak dey phatey :p

  • Some time ago there was rumors circulating that PTCL was in talks with Nayatal for the acquisition of the latter. Apparently the talks fell through in the middle. According to inside sources, PTCL could not match the minimum bid price that Nayatel was looking for.

    For those who have been living under a Rock, Nayatel is a Fiber to the User (fiber to the home) triple play provider servicing residential and corporate customers in Islamabad/Rawalpindi

  • why dont you guys give a try to LINK DSL, i have it and its working good.

  • bladdy baster salley ulley k phattey hian sab k sab corrupted loag

  • Yar bilkul bkwas service he kuch bhi dhang se na to browse hota he na hi kuch download hota he! Broad band bus name ka hi he warna speed to wireless ke compatible he. (sohaibi_113@hotmail.com) contact me anyone who want to friendship. I`ll be waiting 03006543113.

  • Sub se acha ptcl hai, thori problem to aati hai, lakin phir bhe sub se acha hai.
    Ptcl intizamia se bhe guzarish hai k jo aarzi problem hai is ko solve karne k leye koi special force banae ta k logo ki problems dooor ho sake. thanks a lot
    Shahid Faridi
    +92 322 7056788

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