Shakeel Ahmed, friend and a regular contributor at TGP, has the following clip and quick information to share about Wateen’s wireless service in Lahore. The video clip shows a sneak peek by way of the synchronization process of the Motorolla CPE.
CPE was installed in DHA Lahore and has one ethernet + voice port on it. Download speed is around 120-130KBps with next hop latency around 15-20ms.
You can find some previous discussion on the wireless service by Wateen at TGP archives.
October 26, 2007 at 2:37 am
cost???
October 26, 2007 at 3:08 am
This is great stuff, I am very interested to know the costs, the type contract they are offering and service quality in bad weather in highly dense populated areas. Speed is not an issues atm because under any circumstances WiMax will be better than dialup, and if the Wateen get some competitors then probably the capacity can be increased over time. It would also be very good if users can post their experiences based on the distance from broadcasting mast.
October 26, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Interesting stuff, waiting for more info …
December 1, 2007 at 10:39 pm
CPE cost is about RS.23500
December 24, 2007 at 3:42 pm
check this out
http://www.wateen.com for full details of trariff
cpe is not of 23500
pay once 18000 and get 512 kbps connections with 10 GB monthly limit for 12 months with a telephone (no line rent and wateen to wateen calls and all calls free in january free)
and MOTorola CPE free !!
December 28, 2007 at 8:25 am
mujhay is service kay baray main kuch naheen pata koi mujhay plz inform kar day.
thnx
January 18, 2008 at 9:51 pm
i called to wateen few days back
about their wimax service,
and got following info.
Package Cost 9000
can be paid in installments
say 3000 downpayment and 500 per month for 12 months
what you got, is a wimax device,
having a voice port
and an ethernet port
with about 256 Kbps of speed.
in addition to 9000,
you have to pay 1300 per month for the service.
which includes 2GB download limit with 256Kbps.
(altough its unilimite download till 31st this month)
and for voice they have three tariffs.
i-e 90/month line rent ,
120/month line rent
and 180/month line rent.
only catch i got, is that, you can get back your payment
if you are not satisfied by the service in 2/3 months,
but if you want to discontinue service say after 7 months or even after a year, you have to return back the device.
otherwise its sound cool.
that you have a 256Kbps. connection on even road.
waiting for coments of any user,
so i might switch my PTCL DSL.
February 18, 2008 at 8:05 am
This is good that Pakistan is going forward in this pretty new technology. However, I still think they should lower the rates and increase the quality of wired internet service before moving on to this… WiMax can provide much more faster data rates than mentioned above!
April 9, 2008 at 3:11 pm
What i got to know was something like this.
.telephony service can only be acquired if u purchase the broadband service.otherwise if udon’t want it at all then it’s entirley upto u..and u hve to pay up like 3500Rs upfront, for the CPE,n write 11 post dated cheques for Rs1350,for the service. but the thing tht confuses me is the internet service tariff’s
i didn’t understand tht..a 512kbps with 10GB download limit is for 2250rs/month??and what if u want more volume than 10gb??
May 2, 2008 at 11:48 am
AOa
Sir/Madam…i am here to look for people who are either currently using wateen’s products/services or have had some or the other experience with it…if u r one of the users(or had been one previously), then plz kindly reply on the id ” sid_aloo@yahoo.com”
i am asking for this ‘coz er…acually i am a student of bba at lhr and i am carrying a research to determine the satisfaction level among wateen users, so if you have the time and you are willing to help then plz kindly reply on the id above so that i can fwd u the questionnaire..its just a 2-3 mint survey and it doesnt have those long sort of questions,just one at the end regarding ur suggestions…
ps
If you are not the users of wateen, you can help by writing no im not using wateen and then filling up the personal profile part…
July 10, 2008 at 1:02 am
Hi I got myself wateen service in Oct 07, at that time I paid almost Rs18,000 for a year with 512 and voice number. It has been a great experience. For the first time in Pakistan,I was able to see you tube videos with out stopping.
I am very happy with the service. But, Please note couple of my family friends have this service and they were not happy at all.
Since, your modem is wireless so it all depends on the area you are using the service,areas like DHA has great service.
Muhammad Q Khan