Aqeel Zafar’s Randomness

One month ago, I mentioned that I am de-activating my DSL service and applying again for the discount, that connection still isn’t re-activated.

The short version of the story is given below, if you want to know the complete detail, which includes my rant too, it’s after the jump.

Short Version:

It’s been a month since I re-applied for the connection, first they kept saying it would take 2-3 more days, and then when they finally came by for installation, they found out my username / password is not authenticating and apparently they will fix it later that day, 2 more weeks have passed and I am still without a connection. Every person we contact in morning prmoises that it will be done by evening, in evening they say in 15 mins, and after 15 mins they have already left for home. Next day, we can’t find that person again and the process continues.

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I have been planning to  get the 30% discount offered to the students enrolled in any university / college, which is affiliated with HEC (Higher Education Commission of Pakistan). To make sure that person applying for the discount is eligible for the discount, they would first contact university registrar and upon approval, follow up the application.

This process shouldn’t be much of a problem, except that you can not apply for discount if you are already using PTCL Broadband connection, you would first have to disconnect their service and apply again, which would take almost a week (according to call center representative, whereas I have heard many people complaining that it takes much longer).

Anyways, I am going to return the equipment and give application for disconnection tomorrow, and as I don’t have modem or any other form of internet connection available, I might not be able to come online for a week or two. Let’s hope it doesn’t take too long.