PTCL is the eternal source of dismay for many people, as it is, thanks to the frequent disconnections. You’ve probably cribbed about your “bad” internet connection, at least once in your life.
Recently, and by recently I mean as early as a few hours ago, PTCL services suddenly went down today. While early on, many dismissed it as just a regular PTCL occurrence, it soon became clear that this particular outage was more widespread.
People all over the country have been confused
Ptcl down, Ufone data down. Zindagi tabah ho gai hay.
— Umair Javed (@umairjav) December 26, 2016
Internet = down
helpline = down
website = down
PTCL ZINDABAD— Aamir Chattha (@AmirChattha) December 26, 2016
fuck what a fucking time for ptcl to fuck up
— Mahwish Bhatti (@mahobili) December 26, 2016
PTCL broadband stopped working in various parts of Pakistan.
Banda dhoka kha lay, PTCL na lay..@PTCLCares @PTCLOfficial— Mis wOw (@digital_churail) December 26, 2016
Some have even devolved into being super angry
PTCL IS DOWN BITCHES
— jerry. (@IemJerry) December 26, 2016
Sub k PTCL-BB ko maut i hui hai? ?
— Moeed Ali Khan Naroo (@khanmoeed) December 26, 2016
While others are just enjoying the ride
These are probably people on Wateen and Wi-Tribe
PTCL marrgya ?
— jerry. (@IemJerry) December 26, 2016
PTCL, tum bhi? 🙂
— Hisham Sarwar (@beingurudotcom) December 26, 2016
Amid all the confusion news emerged that there was something wrong with the underwater fiber optic cable
And this explains not only why the PTCL is down but also why some of you on Ufone, or other networks might also be facing patchy services.
PTCL down. pic.twitter.com/GgOER8kceG
— Ranting Pakistani (@BanterExpert) December 26, 2016
Finally, the official account tweeted to clarify the confusion
We are currently facing major outage on our network due to which internet service to some of our customers is impacted. #PTCL
(1 of 2)— PTCL (@PTCLOfficial) December 26, 2016
Our teams are working on-ground to restore the service as soon as possible. We sincerely regret the inconvenience caused. #PTCL
(2 of 2)— PTCL (@PTCLOfficial) December 26, 2016
Interestingly, this “clarification” didn’t really work with the people
And people aren’t really buying the justification.
@PTCLOfficial what about the other days when its not working? daily at night the internet stops working my end
— Natasha (@natashablogs) December 26, 2016
@PTCLOfficial Lanat tumharay es net work per.
— faizkhattak (@faizkhattak3) December 26, 2016
@PTCLOfficial We all know you have no regrets.
— Abdullah Malik (@Malik_Abdullah1) December 26, 2016
After all, it’s not the first time this unfortunate outage has happened
PTCL:- Hello To The Future ?
FUTURE:- To Rehny He Day Haramii ?— ✨ MaLiK ZaiNi ✨ (@Malikzain381) December 16, 2016
So there you have it folks, if your internet is down don’t worry. It’s the same for everybody else.