ISLAMABAD: After blaming increase in use of the virtual private networks (VPNs), the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has attributed internet slowdowns throughout Pakistan to telecom infrastructure.
A PTA report claims that insufficient fiberisation, power cuts, and telecom infrastructure are to blame for the slow internet speed.
The 18-year-old web management system, according to the PTA, is just concerned with managing gray traffic and has no role in reducing internet speeds.
The report said that 42% of telecom sites across Pakistan are working without generators due to which more than 21,000 sites suffer from power outages and internet and telecom services are affected during power loadshedding.
Over 24,885 sites have generators installed but insufficient power backup, the PTA report said, adding that generators and other critical equipment were stolen at more than 739 telecom sites in recent years. The PTA claimed that 147 sites were attacked by terrorists in the last five years, damaging telecom infrastructure and eventually the internet.
