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| A decade Of internet in Pakistan | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 25 2007, 01:14 AM (185 Views) | |
| ~Miss_Cat~ | Jan 25 2007, 01:14 AM Post #1 |
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Dunia Se Khamoshi Se Guzar jaein Hum tou kya??
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1988 -- 786 BBS service launched in Pakistan. 1991 -- X.25 Packet Switched Public Data Network (PSPDN) introduced by PTCL. Tariffs are high, service is low, but in principle one can get connected to the young internet. 1992 -- Pakistan’s first email node established at HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, Karachi University. 1993 -- Imran.Net starts offering its commercial e-mail service. -- SDNPK, a UNDP project, starts the first reliable e-mail and news group service. 1994 -- First DNOPs (Data Network Operators) licenses issued by GoP. 1995 -- .pk domain comes into existence. -- Pakistan becomes the first South Asian country to open up the ISP market to the private sector. -- Digicom offers first commercial internet service. A 64Kbps link. Rs100/hr. 1996 -- PTCL starts its internet service. -- Pakistan Telecom Act Approved by Parliament & PTA formed. -- ISP licenses issued by PTA. -- PTCL signs for SMW-3 fiber optic cable spur touching Karachi. -- LUMS becomes first educational institution in the country to have own internet connectivity. 1998 -- ISPs mushroom across the country, followed closely by cybercafés. -- PTCL introduces multimetering of Internet calls despite public outcry. -- PTCL, under consumer and industry pressure, stops multi-metering of Internet calls. -- Formation of Internet Service Provider’s Association of Pakistan (ISPAK). -- Universal Internet Numbers (UIN) starting with digits 131 allotted to ISPs. -- New tariffs for international bandwidths using fiber (SMW-3) bring shared IP international bandwidth to US$6000 per month, for 2 Mbps. -- An investigation by the NWFP CM revealed a cyber fraud by 35 affluent students in Peshawar through the fraudulent use of Net2Phone. The students had bought and sold goods worth US$40,000. 1999 -- India bans the Dawn Internet Edition. -- ISPAK and Cyber.net hold the 1st Internet Exhibition in Karachi. 2000 -- Pakistan’s IT Policy formulated. -- GoP’s Universal Internet Access scheme allows more than 1,000 cities, towns and villages to dial ISPs in the nearest city at the cost of local call. -- SMW-3 fiber optic cable commissioned. -- Broadband cable introduced by WorldCall in Lahore. 2001 -- PTCL establishes new internet bandwidth service through the newly introduced Pakistan Internet Exchange (PIE) with attractive price tags, but no quality of service guarantee. -- A group of students from FAST, Karachi launch ApnaKarachi.com, a portal that offers everything one wanted to know about Karachi, from bus routes to maps and more. 2002 -- PIE starts blocking internet telephony and pornographic websites. -- Government sets up Virtual University. -- Pakistan Educational Network connects 56 national universities with a highspeed optical fiber network. -- PTA issues determination unblocking Net2Phone and other VoIP services. -- Intel helps the GoP set up Internet kiosks in major airports in the country. -- The official website of the Government of Pakistan is victim to a politically motivated attack launched by the latest version of an internet worm. Virus experts said the Yaha.E worm contains a payload designed in part to disrupt the home page of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan with a rudimentary denial of service attack. -- Microsoft raids major corporations and offices to crack down on illegal and pirated software. -- AKD Trade launches the first Pakistani online stock trading website. 2003 -- Pakistan’s first geo-stationary satellite, PAKSAT-1, becomes operational. -- PTCL monopoly lapses on Jan 1 – on paper. -- PIE network goes down to crawling speeds 63 times in two months. -- PTCL starts blocking porn sites. -- PIE blocks access to SA Tribune (www.satribune.com), a Washingtonbased news website, critical of the GoP. Ministers deny the blocking. -- PTCL bandwidth rates are dropped from US$6,000 per 2Mbps to US$5,400 per 2Mbps. -- FLAG’s virtual pop activated. -- Hacking wars between hackers from India and Pakistan reach the peak level. -- PTCL signs 1st service level agreement with ISPs on FLAG circuits. -- Internet subscribers hooked to about 45 ISPs in Karachi suffer owing to break in fiber cable of PTCL. Internet remains ‘down’ for 19 hours. -- Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication announces the De- Regulation Policy for the Telecommunication Sector. -- GoP announces plans to give away porn-blocking software. -- The State Bank of Pakistan starts the online Credit Information Bureau (CIB), which is the first in South Asia to provide current data about borrowers. -- Naseeb.com, an online community that connects Muslims through a circle of friends, launches and becomes an overnight success. -- Pakistani internet users were unable to load any browser pages for nearly a day when miscreants cut an optical fiber link of PTCL near Sibi. 2004 -- Pakistan Telecommunications Company asks FLAG Telecom (PTCL’s international internet transit provider) to block access to all pornographic websites on its backbone to Pakistan. -- PTA auctions licenses for Local Loop, Wireless Local Loop and the Cellular sector. -- Access to South Asia Tribune is blocked again. The Government denies it. -- A Rawalpindi cybercafé scandal makes headlines. Couples indulging in illicit activities were taped through secret security cameras and released as a VCD. |
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<center>"No matter how small I might feel, there’s something or somebody who sees me as colorful." hasne ki aarZoo maiN dabaya jo dard ko aansoo hamaree aankh maiN pathar kyun hogay ~ Kuch Khwaishien ~ Kuch Bebasi ~ Kuch Rishte ~ Kuch Raastay ~ Tum Bin .... </center> | |
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| Bore Na Kar | Jan 25 2007, 05:03 AM Post #2 |
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nice info
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| Sanjana | Jan 25 2007, 12:03 PM Post #3 |
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| ~Miss_Cat~ | Jan 26 2007, 12:09 AM Post #4 |
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<center>"No matter how small I might feel, there’s something or somebody who sees me as colorful." hasne ki aarZoo maiN dabaya jo dard ko aansoo hamaree aankh maiN pathar kyun hogay ~ Kuch Khwaishien ~ Kuch Bebasi ~ Kuch Rishte ~ Kuch Raastay ~ Tum Bin .... </center> | |
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| ~CrystalClear~ | Jan 27 2007, 09:58 AM Post #5 |
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*Keep a smile on ur face n let ur personality b ur autograph*
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nice n informative sharing
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| ~Miss_Cat~ | Jan 28 2007, 02:35 AM Post #6 |
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<center>"No matter how small I might feel, there’s something or somebody who sees me as colorful." hasne ki aarZoo maiN dabaya jo dard ko aansoo hamaree aankh maiN pathar kyun hogay ~ Kuch Khwaishien ~ Kuch Bebasi ~ Kuch Rishte ~ Kuch Raastay ~ Tum Bin .... </center> | |
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