Hightech Rumpus

Re: # 7
LOL

`` The US doesn`t need to tap the undersea cable to tap Pakiland`s internet connection....they`re already embedded deep in Pakiland ``

I agree with this part.....and those were not my view..... Just something .....for those who thrive on conspiracy theories......


I would personally go for the first part......

That is it has something to do with the `` privitization process ``..... Its a Mafia.....
infact Karachi is a city of Mafias......... and One of these Mafia.s have successfully
blocked the privitization of KESC........

Its really strange...that some of the ISP were not affected at all like WOL,GO and a few smaller Ones ......and even the phone service was noticiably of lower quality....even local calls had developed a hollowness in the voice quality.....and I fail to see any connection between local calls and the Underwater Cables...

#6 by aquaris on July 2, 2005 6:36am PT

A word of advise on your conspiracy theory: The US doesn`t need to tap the undersea cable to tap Pakiland`s internet connection....they`re already embedded deep in Pakiland....they can do all the tapping they want at the PTCL end...


Afterall, why
does only our part of the cable keeps developing fault,
when no Pakistani has gone underwater to mess things
up ?


So if your car has a bad part, it`s a conspiracy theory?...hey..you didn`t go under the hood to mess things up, so it has to be....

For those who thrive on Conspiricy theories..... Here are some...


1- some vested Interest in PTCL are all out to Kick the investors Out .....Just like KESC


and now the GEM....From

http://ko.offroadpakistan.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=87



An interesting angle on this whole Internet Blackout
phenomenon, that is being discussed outside Pakistan.

That, this `Blackout` is not a maintenance problem,
but rather a (failed) attempt at tapping the underwater
fiber optic cable, by a classified US submarine The
Carter (Sea Wolf Class) which is designed to do just
that, ie; tap underwater cables and gather intelligence
for the US govt.

The logic is, the US wants to keep an eye on the inter-
net traffic going in and out of Pakistan and somehow
that is whats behind this `Blackout`. Afterall, why
does only our part of the cable keeps developing fault,
when no Pakistani has gone underwater to mess things
up ?. If nothing else, it`s an interesting take on
things.



http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050219/news_1n19sub.html

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1432333/posts

Re: # 4

Settle down brother Beavis you are going cornholio :)))

haideri

Link through india???.We setting up call centers in pakland??.Sacrilege.Call/email your local MP/MLA.I`m gonna email Togadia right now.I have lost my sleep.This is abominable.We indians setting up call centers in enemy land and help their economy??.Indians to arms.Call Thackeray,George Fernandes, Sudarshan and the rest of the boys.Sound the bugle.Raise the alarm.Hoist the flag.

So a cable through India is fine even when the ``core issue`` of Kashmir isn`t resolved?

$10m call centre business cancelled

* Telecom crisis persists as marine cable repair may take five days

By Imran Ayub

KARACHI: The country’s IT industry was shocked on Wednesday when Indian call centres that were about to outsource $10 million business to Pakistan withdrew the offer, as the lingering internet blackout caused a mistrust in India about Pakistan’s telecom infrastructure.

A delegation of local call centres which was due to fly to Bangalore early next month to sign a formal deal with Indian counterparts, has been told not to come.

Abdullah Butt, the president of the Call Centre Association of Pakistan (CCAoP), said the Indian position was the outcome of the undersea fibre-link damage which, he said, tarnished the image of the country’s telecom facilities, as call-centre operations across the country had come to a halt.

Pakistan’s internet and other telecom links with the rest of the world were severed a couple of days ago on account of a fault in a key submarine cable that experts said could take two weeks to repair. The outsourcing business in the country through IT-enabled services crossed the $10 million mark earlier this year with a rapid growth of call centres, and operators were optimistic about touching $20 million by the end of this fiscal year.

Hopefully, PTCL will create more options like the fibre optic link with India and the new SEAMEWE-4 will help matters.

However, the damage has already been done and the international perception is that Pakistan does not have a reliable connectivity infrastructure.

It is time that Pakistani officials and bureaucrats learned a lesson and which is that a major reason, why FDI is not flowing into Pakistan is not so much a case of law and order situation, but the continuing lies, which the Pakistani elected/nominated officials constantly utter. This is the fourth time this fibre optic link has broken down and each time, the claim was made that it would not happen again; and yet, it has happened again.

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