Daily Times

Sir: Most of the people think that with the increasing popularity of cellular services, fixed line telephone usage has been on a decline and we tend to forget the importance of fixed line communication.

Our offices, homes still need landlines and there are many reasons behind this. Especially in Pakistan, when the authorities ban cell phone signals in Pakistan due to terrorism threats at major events where cellular services were suspended for several hours and at such occasions, the only way to contact is to have landlines at homes and offices otherwise in this communication era, we will be like a lonely person in a jungle.

I am a user of internet on my mobile phone but whenever authorities banned cellular signals, I observed that I could not even use the internet, as everything is directly related to signals which were not available. Then I have decided to go for a PTCL connection at the earliest to have a DSL all the times and to avoid any delay in my important office related assignments. We usually think nowadays that landline is only the requirement of rural and far flung areas but as we cannot underestimate the importance of newspaper in the time of growing electronic media, same goes with the landline connection even in metropolitans. In case of any emergency, and if there is no cellular signal, in such scenarios the only help you get is from your old friend, the landline connection that connects you with the outer world when there is no one to reach you.

RAB NAWAZ

Islamabad