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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  • has any body heard about ptcl broadband DIALUP ………
    hope you wouldnt
    ‘cuz only i am subscribed to it :P
    with the package of 512kbps i get download at 800 bytes to 15 kbps
    hai na broadband DIALUP
    kaisa…………………lol

  • @ mirza
    mirza he is very right .
    nahi to meri tarha sirf wait hi kartey reh jao gey
    i hav been complaining about slow speed for almost 4 months but no reaction
    now i am planning to change the service.
    if u hav directly contacts in the exchange they will listen to u otherwise i am an open example

  • i got installed Broad Band on phone 2780759, with COE Serial no.2477074938624,Registration no.20812050292088,Broad band is not working, written message comes ” u are using proxy server, i cant use internet.Made complaint to Mr. sajjad,who installed the broad band at my residence,Pl. send some one to solve this problem.> hassan shaikh

  • well well well my prob is totaly different from all the people above i m trying to get a conection of ptcl phone nd also broadband services from Eid-ul-azha nd still i don’t get the conectiong nd braodband service this fucking bullshit ptcl fuck them all

  • The service of dsl is not satisfied, why??????????? i need your answer,…… you all are able to fuck, lofar k bacho, sharam nahi ati apni maa ko chodte ho saara din……….
    >>>

  • i want to fuck the owner of ptcl

  • i love ptcl broadband
    here r my statistics for last 20 day
    Downloading 104GB
    Uploading 89GB

    so for me ptcl rocks

  • Hi
    ptcl very fast service.

  • Guys the fact is Lucks ive used LinkDotNet mch better than LinkDotNet…its 256k connection is more satisfying than LinkDotNet 512k,trust me!! im regretting because i disconnected my PTCL connection

  • Ptcl Kah Enterenment tuh chaltah hey nahey hay.
    Very Very bad servicr ptcl.Ager ptcl nay kuch pahnah hay tuh woh enterteiment har isp per allow kar day jis koh dehk kar har User luftendoz ho gah aur ptcl BroadBand leh gah .
    ok
    Thank you

  • PTCL ………will rock you guys………hay do u forget the studennt package of PTCL…….if your service is slow you have to check your line, there is no fault in service, the fault is in your line (wires)…….and new entertainment section ….goood step for PTCL

  • hey guyz….don’t to worry now ,,ptcl upgrades their packages with the same rate and other thing pls don’t use ptcl service with their router use your own and feel the differnece….

  • Amjed Ali Khan

    what a sorrow, i did not get entertainemtn from ptcl, it seems they are nothing doing for their customers, hope for the best..

  • MUHAMMAD AMIN

    1MB with Student package……………………brilliant excellent result……be DSL partner with PAkistan telecomunication limited….it has proved that …..we want relaibility with low cost…..

  • Awesome PTCL doubled the speeds after 23rd Mach, 512k now gone to 1Mbps. Enjoying it at 100 kbps download and pretty stable service!

    :) Had a hard time visiting there exchange convincing people for connection, when i got one there was a lot of noise they helped me and once it’s here it’s working fine :)

  • wow really it luk’s gud!

  • i like the upgrade of 512kbps to 1mbps…

  • hi,
    i ordered a 2mb package a month ago which was to b shared between mine and another system..i have been patiently waiting and have gotten no results..cal anybody explain the pros and cons of this service + has anybody tried sharing the service?

  • @ waeed, what do you think companies do, take a separate internet connection for every employees pc?

    Obviously it’s shared and you need a router or witch for that :)

  • Hello Every one.
    I am using PTCL DSL Since almost 1 year. I find it much battar thn Wateen or link dot net. I ave also experienced OPENSKY sattelite system but infact PTCL is much battar thn all i have experienced.
    Now from 2 Days there Entertainment Portal service is totally down…..
    When I asked about that, they said that this is due to update process.
    It was a nice joke. 4 days passed and there service is still not be corrected.
    But as if we are talking about downloading and uploading, they are doing well.
    So overall we can say ptcl is a good service.
    And I hope mobilink infinity WiMax will be big boost in market…

  • Amjed Ali Khan

    such a jurk site of ptcl not even open the web pages, rubbish so rubbish, ptcl need , what they need they better know.

  • PTCL announced double bandwidth on 23rd March,its been a month now but still my internet connection is not doubled.

    PTCL entertainment is fail, when you can download/watch unlimited content on internet, why would anyone go to the PTCL CRAP CORNER, just like their all offices/exchanges and their nice hearted staff (Everyone knows how good ptcl staff actually is)

  • Taimoor Awan

    This is to informe you that, I have using the D.S.L on this Number (021-5316962) Services 2 M.B but last 7 days the services is incomplete or very slow.
    And My D.S.L Complain no (62) I have face many trouble.
    I hope that you will see this matter as soon as possible.

    Cell no. 0300-9292708

  • yeh same thing is happening with me since last 2 weeks i have been using 1 mbps i complain it again & again but the staff of ptcl keep on bamboozle me.this service makes me aggressive and m totally feedup!

  • hey guyssssssss iam network engineer many problems u guys have and i will solve it 4 u

    it is totally wrong to say ptcl is bad or hving bad service

    some probs solved by the common sence and some to queries

    Q:many computer joint by (bay lan) or hubs switches

    ans:you have the 1st conputer joint hub and gives it automatic ip and dns server

    and other to gives static ip adress and dns server
    dns e.g 203.12.167.256
    give every computer different ip other wise may conflict the ip adresses

    please keep distance shorter to the main connection if distance increase to use repeater to improve the bandwidth
    its short and selective anws
    4 more queries please contact
    i will help you 4 any network,computer,problems

    rajaliraza@yahoo.com
    rajaliraza@gmail.com
    rajaliraza@rediffmail.com

  • Ali raza .. u can’t change anything kid.. jab ptcl kay pass bandwidth hi nahi toe phir problems wo khud creat kartay hain.. i am using ptcl service from 3 years and i am also network engineeeeer so… don’t bother..

  • sajjad kaloi

    it,s realy nice point.

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  • imran every thing is possible u r saying bcoz u didnt do that okayyyy every thing is possible

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  • unknownkiller

    hmmmmmmmmmm that’s right

  • hi friends kia ye posible he k ptcl movies kisi other net work per watch ki ja sake if posible so pls tel me .

  • Salam. Iam a PTCL broad band user and iam using it since 2008. Kia PTCL walay apna package update kab ka karein gay koi krnay k chances hain.
    farzansaeed07@hotmail.com

  • I want to contact to PTCL authoroties can any one tell me link(ceo or some thing like those)
    or email id.
    iam using ptcl 1mb connection and my download speed is not exceeding for more than 80kbps. while it’s supposed to be a minnimum of 100kbps.

  • main ptcl ki buzz wali site jis par movies download ki ja sakti hai open nahe horahi hai plz let me what to do????

  • I LIKE PTCL BUT ITS NOT GOOD SEICE NET

  • yst mujhe ips chaye ptcl k servers ki

  • I LIKE PTCL BUT ITS IS VERY GOOD SUPPORT SERVICE.

  • PTCL BROADEBAND SERVICE IS VERY VERY FAST.

  • .
    iam using ptcl 1mb connection and my download speed is not exceeding for more than 80kbps. while it’s supposed to be a minnimum of 100kbps.

  • dear ager speed fast karni ho to kia karo, dear ma na 1mb pakage hai ,aur ager koi book read karni ho to kia karna chiya plz tel me

  • Ptcl Service is good. I like ptcl service.

  • yar ye ptcl walay kitnay jahil hain

    in ka media server daikho aik dum thakal

    online movie play kro lakin koi player he nhi show hota

    bus chal rhi hai movie na rok sktay na frwd na backwrd

    lanat hai in ki shakal per

  • ptcl brodband service is very good but when i read above comments some freinds asked their question those had not recived answers.

  • koshish krin main connection se aap ka distance short ho taar me koi joor na ho
    zada distance ho tu repeater use kro yeh signal ko regernate krta hai

    svchost.exe computer host file hai jo k network data me help krta hai agar 4 se zada svchost.exe a jayin jo virus hai jo k number of increment krta jata hai aur processor ko buzzy kr deta hai usage 100% tk ponch jati hai is se b net ki speed kam ho jati hai tu process killer use krin

    svchost.exe aur other process aap ctrl+alt+del press kr k deakh sakty hn

    books aap kis kisam ki chahity hn mjy dobara mail kr dena me aap ko bata don ga ok

  • Dear officer Customer services
    I am suffering from ptcl fever since 5th of october when i placed an order for Broadband and ptcl smart T.v. The installation was completed on 19 october from gulshan-e-iqbal exchange till that time i am waiting for uninterupted use of broad band and to see smart t.v. Your staff is unable to solve this techniqal problem, I think its better first u provide training to your techniqal staff who can resolve our problems then advertise your product. your service from 1218 is also pathetic and person can memorize the word INTIZAR FARMIYA and nothing else. It is my request to PTA and honourable information minister take necessary action to resolve the problems of consumers. When ptcl is failed to start a connection then they must not book an order.

  • aashba siddiqui

    I used ptcl service about 1 month….its not so good not so bad…..bas guzara hai and ptcl buzz to open hi nahi horaha…jitna time yeh advertisement mai spend karty hain itna time agar service behtar katny mai laga gain to bht bht achi hojaye inki service…

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