Summary "Location has been identified and team is working on restoring the connectivity", tweeted PTCLcares
LAHORE: (Web Desk) – Pakistan Telecommunication Limited has on Thursday acknowledged that the internet speed throughout Pakistan has been affected due to some fault in the submarine cable under sea. PTCL informed through Twitter that location has been identified and team is working on restoration of the connectivity but it may take up to 2-3 weeks in getting normal.
According to the PTCL’s customer care department’s Twitter account, bandwidth is being enhanced on the other cables in order to provide better connectivity while the damaged cable gets repaired as the repair work may take up to 2-3 weeks.
PTCL also told that the ETR is not yet available but the fault is expected to be resolved within next few hours.
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
ETR is not yet available but we expect the fault to be resolved within the next few hours. In case there is a delay we will share the ETR
— PTCL Cares (@PTCLCares) June 24, 2015
Bandwidth is being rationalized and optimized through load management. Inconvenience is regretted.
— PTCL Cares (@PTCLCares) June 24, 2015
Restoration of bandwidth through the SMW4 Cable could not be achieved due to physical fault in the undersea cable..... Cont d
— PTCL Cares (@PTCLCares) June 25, 2015
Bandwidth is being enhanced on the other submarine cables while repair work can take 2-3 more weeks.
— PTCL Cares (@PTCLCares) June 25, 2015
Bandwidth enhancement will be completed today to cater for bandwidth requirement during peak hours. We will update once we get more info.
— PTCL Cares (@PTCLCares) June 25, 2015 
