Good Bye Dial-Up

Dial-up…. The sweet sound of cheeeen-chaaaan, shuuueeen while connecting still sounds cool and attractive.

But usually people in Pakistan and all over the world are out of the dial-up era. Some people who are still stuck with dial-up want to quit and find a cheap alternative. And gladly there are many available too. Few years back the Desi Cable Net broke the market of Dial-up for consumer sector and many ISPs withdrew there hourly packages and introduced Scratch Cards. Well scratch card were not able to catch the attention of the consumers but they however put a stop to hassle to visit the ISP’s Franchise periodically. Scratch Cards also stopped sibling rivalry over “who finished all the balance in the account”.

All in all dial-up is gone and gone for good, there are many alternatives available to it most Common of them being:

1. Desi Cable Wala

2. Broadband Services

3. Wireless CDMA

4. GSM EDGE

The Desi Cable Wala is the oldest choice available for home consumers. Although it’s affordable it’s unreliable. Every few often something goes wrong with the service and the user will sit in DARK.

Broadband…. This has always the way to go for corporate users, but for past couple of years it’s affordable for home consumers too. It’s reliable and works like a charm but it also has many issues including bad PTCL lines and low signal strength. Apart from that it’s useless and expensive for light users whose main use is to communicate textually.

Wireless CDMA is one of the best alternatives if you are a light user and use is not heavy. The speed received are better than dial-up so its definitely an upgrade. The only issue with CDMA is the signal strength but this can be solved via an external antenna.

GSM EDGE, It was designed for mobility but I have seen people using it as an alternative to dialup. The speed received will be better than dial-up but only nag is the availability and the affordability.

In a nut-shell Pakistan is ready to say good bye to dial-up like most of the world.