Pakistan’s highest web pace is 8MBPS however minister claims it is ‘sooner and cheaper’ than different nations
Islamabad: Pakistan, which has but to roll out 5G providers within the nation, is experiencing sluggish web pace at a time when the entire world already switched to superior bandwidth a minimum of 3-4 years in the past. In response to a current report launched by Top10VPN.com, an unbiased VPN evaluateer, Pakistan led the world by way of monetary losses suffered on account of outages and shutdowns of web and social media apps final yr, with a cumulative monetary influence of $1.62 billion.
The common downloading pace is 7-8 MBPS. Nevertheless, Data Minister Attaullah Tarar on Tuesday rejected the report and stated that the web in Pakistan was “a lot better and cheaper” as in comparison with a number of different nations, Daybreak reported.
“You gained’t discover cheaper web than now we have right here”
“This was calculated by a vpn discussion board, however I consider the web has gotten higher and within the coming days, it should enhance additional,” Tarar stated whereas talking to reporters on the opening ceremony of Media Cricket League 2025.
“You gained’t discover cheaper web than now we have right here, take a look at the advertisements with the slogans concerning limitless information, whether or not telecom or Native Space Community (LAN) system,” he stated.
The data minister added that there have been enhancements in regards to the web, including, “There have been just a few glitches up to now however now I really feel that is extra of a political dialogue with out proof.” Nevertheless, in actuality, there have been a number of events when the nation shut down web providers or switched to low bandwidth.
Minister faces huge backlash
Earlier in August final yr, Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Pakistan’s IT minister, whereas addressing a press convention, confronted huge backlash over the web outages. Throughout the presser, she asserted the web was neither “blocked” nor deliberately slowed down, however the elevated utilization of VPNs has affected the web pace.
Notably, digital non-public networks (VPNs) that encrypt information and supply customers with anonymity on-line have seen a surge in use in Pakistan in recent times as the federal government tightened its grip on the web to curb dissent. It’s a solution to evade the nation’s server. Apart from, the nation is but to launch the fifth era 5G providers within the nation. Earlier in January final yr, the then authorities had promised to launch it by August this yr, nonetheless, later it was postponed to August 2025.
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