Pakistan's internet slowdown leaves users frustrated
A slowdown in Pakistan's internet speeds is disrupting everyday activities, affecting both students and professionals. People who rely on the internet tell DW how the slowdown is affecting them.
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00:00There were a lot of clients who were sending us pictures on voice notes, but we were not able to download them.
00:16I am not getting the information that I need to search for books online.
00:36Because of this, I have to face a lot of problems.
00:46The internet has affected 90% of our work.
00:5310% of our work is done by force.
00:57Sometimes we have to use a VPN.
00:59Sometimes we have to ask a bungalow owner to connect us to a Wi-Fi network.
01:0590% of our work is closed because of the internet.
01:08Most of our work is done internationally.
01:15Because of the issues in downloading and uploading mobile data, we were not able to post it on time.
01:24We had to send a proposal.
01:26If a foreign country's mobile data suddenly stopped, we were not able to send it.
01:32The internet is very important for us to do any work online.
01:38We have a lot of problems with the internet.
01:43We have a lot of problems with the internet.
01:46We have a lot of problems with the internet.
01:49We have a lot of problems with the internet.
01:52We have a lot of problems with the internet.
01:57We have a lot of problems with the internet.
02:01We have a lot of problems with the internet.
02:07I can't say with certainty that it's the government slowing it down.
02:11But the government's slow response to this issue does tend to favour that explanation.
02:19If it's due to the factors that the PTA is listing, then the thing to do would be to issue this statement on day one.
02:26At least say that there is a problem and we're trying to fix it.
02:29When you don't do that, then naturally a lot of people, myself included,
02:34start suspecting that perhaps the government had a hand in this.