Re: The Ptcl And Telephone Calls By Overseas Pakistanis
no I would disagree here,
PTCL technology is one of the modern at present time, whole Pakistan is connected to optic fibre backbone when many in EU including UK was on analog lines. now even local loop is getting optic fibre conncetion. even the villages has digital network now. Pakistan didnt have much telephone so when they installed new network, it is the latest one. network equipment used are from Ericsson, Siemens, Nortel, and Cisco
the reason you not getting good quality of service because many providers us Voice over IP for cheap costs, instead of using a voice circuit connection from start to end.
i agree with the cost for calling pakistan is dearer compared to other in the region.
this s because Pakistan has less outward calls to other countries when compared to in comming. PTCL charge for interconnection i think more than the regional coutries so hence companies here in west of US charge us more.
why PTCL charge more ??? because there is very less international call volume, where they can get revenue from consumer. they cant charge consumer for in comming calls so they charge more than normal the companies making call to Pakistan. to promote outward calling, pakistan has reduced international charges.