Today is another one of those days when internet speeds in Pakistan have slowed down due to a submarine cable outage, according to our ISP sources. So if your internet is slow or if you are getting too many timeout messages — especially if you are on PTCL — then you are not alone.
Reportedly IMEWE submarine cable, that connects Pakistan with rest of the world, is down and its bandwidth is now not available for Pakistani ISPs. According to details, IMEWE international submarine cable might remain down for another 7 to 15 Days from today.
Just in case if you are wondering, IMEWE is major submarine cable for Pakistan that transports more than two third of country’s internet bandwidth.
PTCL is major user of IMEWE, which means that if you are on PTCL then it is very likely for you to experience slow browsing, sluggish download speeds and high latencies.
PTCL has said that it is arranging additional bandwidth through other submarine cables to cater for unavailable IMEWE bandwidth capacity.
Pakistan’s current international links and bandwidth capacity include: