KARACHI: If you are suffering from low speed internet then you are not alone as whole Pakistan is facing the similar issue following the fault in main submarine cable near Karachi.
Almost whole of Pakistan — including 3G users — are impacted with slow internet speeds due to a fault that is developed in SEAMEWE4, one of the the major submarine cables that connect Pakistan with rest of the internet.
The fault is of physical nature and occurred near Karachi in the sea.
Officials said that location has been identified however rectification efforts are taking longer than what officials had expected earlier.
One of our Submarine Cables (SMW4) has developed a fault. Location has been identified and team is working on restoring the connectivity.
— PTCL Cares (@PTCLCares) June 24, 2015
PTCL — which relies heavily on SEAMEWE4 — confirmed the issue and said that since the time taken for restoration of SEAMEWE4 is taking longer than they had earlier thought, bandwidth is now being shifted to other submarine cables to make sure that country’s demands are met adequately.
The complete restoration of SEAMEWE4 could take a couple of weeks, and until then the bandwidth reliance on back-up submarine cables will be enhanced.
During this, internet users may face degraded download/upload speeds.
