Monthly Archive for October, 2007

Internet experience in Korangi Industrial Area, Karachi

My office is in the beginning of Korangi, which is Karachi’s (and hence Pakistan’s) premiere industrial area. Email and the internet are a essential part of any business, and thus to ensure reliable internet connectivity we’ve got eight different internet links. Eight, you might ask incredulously, but that is the sad truth.

What prompted this post is that even after have eight internet links;, in the recent rains all of them went down - most of them don’t work anyways, and of the one which did, the isp’s wireless tower collapsed!
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Internet access only available to 3.3 percent of Pakistan

A recent news report once again laments that internet access is only available to 3.3% of the countries population. An insightful comment on Slashdot on why internet access is so restricted in developing countries: Continue reading ‘Internet access only available to 3.3 percent of Pakistan’