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City-wise service quality of different cellular networks of Pakistan
Posted by K. Shahzad in Infrastructure, National, Technology on December 27th, 2009
PTA previously conducted a survey of service quality of different cellular networks in different cities. This survey checked the service in terms of different factors which include service availability, service retain-ability and speech quality. This was a great effort by PTA in order to protect consumer rights, the standards were set against each factor which must be followed by telecommunication companies and finally to let consumers know about current situation of services city-wise results were posted on PTA’s official website few days ago.
We have grabbed them in order to let more people know about it, see following results prepared and published by Pakistan Telecommunications Authority.
City-wise Cellular networks Service quality in Pakistan (Image Credit: PTA)
Such measures show that the regulatory authorities like PTA are doing their job well, and in interest of people of Pakistan.
Darkness follows the nation, administration unable to fulfill promises
Posted by K. Shahzad in Basic Needs, Infrastructure, National on December 27th, 2009
31st Dec 2009 was the third deadline given by ruling party in order to finish off the electricity load shedding from the nation once and for all. But few statements from the officials and on going load shedding in winter seasons when the electricity usage is very less in compared to the summer made it clear that current ruling party would unfortunately will not be able to do it.
One thing this country kept seeing right from beginning to date is unfulfilled promises. Current ruling party who claim to have vision to change things and put the country on the way of economic growth have been in government many times but unfortunately they have not been able to tackle with small internal issues.
Its just three days to their deadline and the low electricity usage season, but they have not been able to do it this time as well. I hope they will not embarrass themselves once again by giving another deadline for this. Up till when people of Pakistan will be becoming the fools by the hand of wrong people in power. When do we will realize who is right and who is wrong, when will we choose the right people to be in power.
We do not have the need to go for any specific political party but have to realize who have done what for country when they were in power last time while we vote next time. God Bless Pakistan!
The dark age continues, Govt still says, lights ahead
Posted by K. Shahzad in Basic Needs, Infrastructure, Inside Story, Pictures on October 14th, 2009
In 2008 first time the ruling party had claimed that the load shedding will be taken away from the people of Pakistan once and for all on 31st Dec, 2008. But they didn’t make it, in fact they were not able to bring any improvement. The things were better before, as compared to their rule.
Soon after the ruling party changed their statements, probably they would have checked and planned on back-end, they came up saying the issue of power shortage will be resolved till the June 2009 and the people would have to bare with them. This time this seem to bit realistic and people thought, ok believe them.
But again, as history repeats itself, ruling party was unable to fulfill the promise this time again. But you know what, after letting them down about two times only on this issue our brave leaders came up again with a third promise to cope with power shortage till end of 2009. Actually, according to them it was 31st Dec, 09.
Now its already mid October and ruling party is left with just 2 and half months to fulfill their promise but people of this country observing the load shedding of 6-8 hours in all major cities and even more in the rural areas. Now this thing requires a bigger imagination about how government is going to fulfill their promise in just two and half months.
Other nations have built the space stations and we are not getting able to cope with the basic problems like electricity shortage on national level.
The question is, will the leading party be able to fulfill their promise this time or will always keep telling us to bare with them, showing the public the imaginary lights coming up in their way. Special thing about these special lights is that they move further away from you as soon as you move towards them.
Electricity and Phone Line poles distracting Nature
Posted by K. Shahzad in Infrastructure, Pictures on September 21st, 2009
The concept of having the underground lining and underground piping really rocks. In that case you don’t have mess of wires everywhere but unfortunately in Pakistan nothing have been thought about this and all the cities and areas other than Islamabad run on concept of overhead lining for Phone and Electricity.
This mess of over head wires sometimes just mess with nature but other times they are dangerous for lives in areas where they are slightly old. Looking on the traditions of corporations here, most of them would say they can’t do anything about existing infrastructure but my suggestion is that they can at least think of using underground lining concept for infrastructure yet to built. Of-course this post is related to Wapda and PTCL infrastructure.
PTCL operations go on halt, strike continues
Posted by K. Shahzad in Infrastructure, National on September 2nd, 2009
After having my land-line phone dead from several days, when I just visited the nearby PTCL exchange I came to know that strike by PTCL employees is still continued. The people who are really on strike are the line-men, means no one can have their phone-line fixed if you get the problem in these days.
I had visited the exchange after there was no response by PTCL on my complaints from last few days, but came to know can’t get my phone-line fixed till strike by line-men get over. Not only me there were few other people complaining same thing that they need to get their lines fixed as soon as possible.
Reminding that this strike was started few days ago when PTCL employees gathered in front of PTCL headquarters early morning for protest. Also some of these protesters were arrested by the Islamabad police and in incident one of them was fell down from third floor while protesting and was seriously injured.
Their demands were to also give the benefits to them which are being provided to the people of other Govt organizations, these include the recent increase in salaried of all govt employees which was being provided all over the government organizations. They were demanding about 20% increment to their salaries. Reminding the PTCL was privatized in recent past so new management not willing to keep up the benefits according to other government organizations.
Now despite the all claims by PTCL that things have been changed at their end big time, how can someone trust on services provided by the PTCL. The organization which can’t fulfill the needs of their employees and can’t have them satisfy their employees how can they satisfy their customers. Also how can the unsatisfied employees work any better. Despite they have changed their wrapper by putting some new logos, the inner condition of PTCL services in not any better in my opinion. In such a time when they are unable to satisfy their employee and in result their customers how can some one risk using their services like PTCL Broadband and other. And if you go for it, probably you will be just sitting and complaining, and you will be told by PTCL officials that wait we can’t do something on this because our staff is at strike at the moment.
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