Monthly Archive for April, 2008

Internet Recommendation for Karachi, April 2008

Published
by
KO
on April 22, 2008
in Internet
. 10 Comments

I get asked this question frequently - What is the best ISP in Karachi?

My recommendation to everyone these days is Maxcom. It’s a Karachi only ISP at the time being, but has great service and prices. I’ve switched to Maxcom, was happy with CyberDSL, but Maxcom is much cheaper now, and has good service too. Cybernet remains good, but at the present moment they’re priced themselves out of the consumer market.

The next question everyone asks is why not PTCL or Link.net, the two most aggressive ISP’s in Pakistan in respect to pricing and advertising.

I wouldn’t ever get a PTCL DSL connection regardless of price because their after sales technical support is slow. Uptime is far more important to me than speed, so I’d rather have a slower connection with better service. Link.net, while better than PTCL also suffers from the too much growth too fast problem. Continue reading ‘Internet Recommendation for Karachi, April 2008′

One more reason to avoid .pk domains

Published
by
KO
on April 17, 2008
in Internet
. 22 Comments

A few days ago PKNIC, the registrar for .pk domains, terminated the domain name djuice.pk without informing it’s owner, and transferred it to Telenor, who has a trademark by the same name.

In another country they would have to contact you first, and would have probably bought it from you for millions. This is a reason I never buy any .pk domains (though I do own a few, but use them as a backup, not the primary). Registering a trademark does not give you ownership of the same name in other spaces!

There are many things wrong with PKNIC - it charges a lot more than other registrars, they never respond to emails, it’s hard to make payments, heck they lose checks mailed to them or take a month to process them - overall it’s all bad vibes, as this particular case confirms. The email is quoted below in full: Continue reading ‘One more reason to avoid .pk domains’

What Smartphone, Jan - March 2008 edition

Published
by
KO
on April 3, 2008
in Phones
. 4 Comments

    The cellphone is dead, long live the smartphone! In all fairness, despite the advent of the iphone and the many Windows mobile devices, the smartphone is not quite there yet.

    My old smartphone - a Nokia 6120 is taking a hike to greener pastures, so a new one is needed. Continue reading ‘What Smartphone, Jan - March 2008 edition’