Seems like the live streams are going up and down too ….!!

Nevertheless, you can now watch Dawn News Live too.

Happy Watching & Welcome to the New Era !!

Mobilnk Jazz has just recently introduced credit sharing facility; inviting spammers (or should i say opportunists)??

Since, Mobilink people are, luckily, not in a habit of spamming their customers with this offer and that offer messages like UFone. Many may not be knowing of this credit offer just introduced.

This morning I got a message from a UFone number (+92-330-6368507) stating;

Mobilink is celebrating his 11th birthday, get Mobilink Gift. Dialing this code *100*923076682451*66# your balance will double.

from www.mobilink.com

Exactly in the same fashion a month or so back, I got this call(telenor number) from a person speaking Punjabi-tinted Urdu. First he narrated some kahani claiming I’ve won a 100,000 Rs lottery. I just have to confirm my SIM number’s last few digits. He’ll call me again to take my whereabouts info. I gave him a cold shoulder; he never called again - the SIM number didn’t match either ;-)

Is PTA taking any steps to shun this activity?? I wonder how many follies fell prey to these gimmicks everyday??

PTCL at last offers Phone n’ Net for all …The specifications of this service for all PTCL phone users goes like this:

Presenting phone n net the most convenient landline internet solution that converts your phone into a basic internet connection. Features:

* Direct internet Access
* No scratch card needed
* Balance never finishes
* No Expiry or forced usage
* Don’t have to pay up-front
* Flat rate of Rs. 0.10/min. (conditions apply)
* Code barring to restrict internet access
* Available on all landlines. Currently available in Khi, Lhr, Isb.

Also check out the latest Revised Phone Rates …!

So finally Etisalat’s showing off … steps taking place … hopefully will improve with time.

I must also add here, in past few years, prices of everythin hiked up But at least calling nationally or internationally is not expensive any more. I still remember the days in early 90’s when calling Karachi for 3-6 minutes used to cost from Rs. 70-100 (and those were the days when Rs. 100 had some value).

Happy Surfing, Happy Connecting !!!

Meanwhile Tee Emm on Pakistan’s Next Gen Issues blog has something to say regarding PTCL’s plagiarizing act.
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WHEN he started his software company, Faizan Buzdar and three friends worked from a spare bedroom in the home of another friend. Their view was inspiring: the lovely house of an entrepreneur who had made a mint from his own start-up. “We would look at it and say we would buy it when we succeeded,” Mr. Buzdar said last week.

Thanks to New York Times for the post summary. And Arsalan Haleem for suggesting the story.

That is the question.

This post does not have anything to do with Islamabad.

But Now scientists create a sheep that’s 15% human.

Many Offices in Islamabad faced an unexpected Internet drip for an hour from 12 to 1 pm.

A possible connection with the protests and congregational staging already in progress on Constitution Avenue. You can already witness the Men in Black.

Deregulation regime coupled with investment worth billions of rupees notwithstanding, high speed (broadband) internet has failed to earn the same market appeal as has been witnessed in the case of mobile telephony.Slow-speed dial connection still captures predominant size of the market share while the subscribers continue be ripped off due to total absence of customer support, lack of accountability and transparency in the Internet service providers own financial statements.

The poor subscribers have to rely predominantly on the Internet cards ranging from Rs10 to Rs250 or more. With limited and rather slow penetration of wireless local loop phones (WLL), the dependence on low-quality dial-up Internet seems to become a fate of the swelling cyber savvy population of the people. Isn’t it strange that most of us in Islamabad have to still rely on connections over phone lines, which is a primitive method if compared with the rest of developed world. On top of it we also have unreliable services even to the broad band and DSL users due to in efficent policies, methods and procedures adopted by PTCL.

Cost of a broadband connection is around Rs1,000 per month for a volume limited connection but this budget is too much for a middle class family to be spent on Internet.

In a recent interactive workshop on broadband issues, organised by the Ministry of IT&T, the speakers and subscribers severely criticised lack of seriousness of the government to make broadband affordable for masses.

In the backdrop of terror attack threats in different parts of Pakistan, the Ministry of Interior has moved a summary to the Finance Division putting in place a demand for purchase of hi-tech security gadgets with their estimated cost in billions of rupees.

At present, the security outfits don’t have electronic vehicle scanners to check vehicles laden with explosives being used in suicide bombings. The ministry has asked for the purchase of 18 vehicle scanners for installation at sensitive places. Vehicle scanners were so expensive that earlier the government had to drop the idea in the past when state-of-the-art gadgets were imported to secure president and prime minister from terrorists.
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Atlast atlast atlast, I can access the beta blogger comments without any hiccup — is it only me or whole pakistani web space can do so??

Just that in my endeavors - I messed up with TM’s blog ;-)

*wicked*

&

*jumping*

*not really*

In a mega project to computerize the police department, all police stations of Islmabad will be connected through computerized network, and would be able to share information. The project has been dubbed code name “POLIS”, for “police information system”. All traffic, security divisions, Rescue 15 and other offices will be inter-linked through a simlar network. Police officials in the police stations would also register their attendance through thumb impressions after the introduction of the system. The greatest part is the ceasation of the dreaded paper based FIR which would also be replaced by electronic methods.

Let’s hope this makes the city a model city to live in with lower crime rates, and more law abiding citizens.