My personal blog: Smile.com.bd – Eastern Link – Down
Atiqur Rahman
· 11 months ago
Me, same here. Just paid at 14 January and now suffering downtime. As a computer science student life is terrible without access to internet. You have made clarifications on some issues. Thanks.
Ehab
· 11 months ago
Welcome Atiq. Still no official word from them and their website is still down. But many clients are now being able to browse and perform simple tasks such as checking email.
Arif
· 11 months ago
Still no connection at my end. Have been disconnected from last Thursday. Can not even find an alternate company to switch to who may provide competitive service like smile. Really frustrating that there is no one company who offers as good a deal as smile did. I think it is high time that there should be more companies offering better deals like smile.
Hasan
· 11 months ago
I also payed on 14th Jan and got disconnected on 15th. I got the connection back yesterday (22nd Jan) but the speed really sucks!!! It is less than 10 Kbps and varies considerably, which isn't enough for even casual surfing.
And yeah, more than anything, missing online Counterstrike very much :(
papps
· 11 months ago
The horrible RAB and BTRC again pulled back the net users. What will they do in future?....Turning off all the email system? Cos the post-office(dak-jogajog) revenue has gone down very low after the evolution of email. I believe---most of the senior BTRC officers are assholes.and they are corrupted. Can u show one person who has taken BTTB telephone line and didn't give bribe.I piss on BTRC. What they r doing is trying to corrupt other organs to be like them...Did they even thought what will be the effect to the end users?? I think they didn't. Because the are corrupted and self-centered. ASSHOLES...ASSHOLES.....ASSHOLES......
Ehab
· 11 months ago
@papps Please refrain from using angry vocabulary. What RAB and BTRC did was justified from their end, but they should have allowed Smile some extra time to make sure that the paying customers do not suffer.
@Hasan - I feel you brother ! I been having a hard time using GPInternet as well. Baje obostha !
Md. Mahbub Satter
· 11 months ago
I got disconnected on the 15th of January and did not get anyone from the concerned authority for an explanation. Like others, I was satisfied with my gold package and bandwidth. Now, I am maintaining my connectivity with GP internet. Once again in my life, high speed internet connection becomes a dream, not a reality. The evil doers should be punished but the law enforcing authority should have taken us, the users, into consideration. They should have informed us before pulling the plug. In that case, many of us would not have paid the bill on the 14th of January.
papps
· 11 months ago
Dear, I know exactly what type of language i'm using.I am in this industry for last 10 years. and u have no idea what BTRC r trying to do....
Ehab
· 11 months ago
@papps - True. I know nothing about BTRC.
@Md. Mahbub Satter Thank you for your comment. Many Smile users have got their connection back. Did you get yours ?
As for the authorities not taking the customers situation into consideration - I believe that they have little or no clue about the importance of Internet in our daily life. I can't imagine what I would be doing without backup from my GP Internet right now.
Don't loose your dreams about high speed internet though, it would be back soon :)
ishtiaquebabu
· 10 months ago
i am very sad,cause of btrcs activity,why they swichted of smile bd?if they did ellegal (smilebd)work or any thing,give them chance to make there work legal,by giving penalty.voip is legal when it is done by taking licence,so take the same amount from them.and give them legality.why did not it possible.is it a murder ?or any sin that cant given forgiveness?please help smile bd ,i love smile bd,because,smile bd is the captain of digital bangladesh.a front line isp.voip what is it?an atom bomb?please btrc give them a chance,i a m user of there,
ehab
· 10 months ago
I hope your Internet is back now !
Atiqur Rahman
· 10 months ago
In Campus area, smile was not back though I hear they are back outside zones. So we are to switch to other ISPs. But the money we paid smile is lost! What a business policy of smile! We have still the money receipts.. But what can we do?
Omi Azad
· 10 months ago
All the Smile subscribers are up now, through Ektoo ISP. Smile did not connect all the clients directly. They had this feed business. Like their corporate office was somewhere in Agargaon and in Uttara there is a feed from Nikunja who connect all the users. No I guess all the feeds moved with Ektoo ISP to save their ass.
The sad part is the users are not getting that much FAST speed anymore. :)
shafin
· 10 months ago
Fuck of BTRC... They are the most nonsense organization of Bangladesh. They are the number one obstacle of latest technology. They have no control over the ISP. They should monitor every ISP that they are giving enough speed to the customer or not. Coz BTCL provided bandwith cost is not high but ISP do not give enough speed to customer.
SimpleSoul
· 10 months ago
My broadband connection is back now. But it is very irregular. Speed goes up-and down now and then. I leaned that Eaktoo Ltd. has taken over the operation of smile , in my area. Thats in Rupnagar, MIrpur.
During the initial days of service disruption, local area-in-charge from smile told me "Server Puira gese..!". He didn't told me anthing about the legal problems Smile is facing.
We, all the broadband users, should be united. That can be done in local basis. if we can create a local pressure group of abt 20-30 users in a area, we can force our service providers to give us better service or we can move to any other service provider for better service. This is not possible, if we shout alone.
To communicate among ourselves we may use LAN chat coftwares such as Outlook LAN messenger (from www.srimax.com ) or any other. This software is very helpful. Recently when SMile was off, i was browsing shared shared folders in the LAN. & found this in a guys PC.
Outlook Messenger is a state-of-art instant messaging solution for interactions within local area network (LAN). U can have Text Chat, Voice Chat & Send File functions with other users in the LAN.
Even a novice user can install Outlook Messenger, because No Server, No IP address is necessary to configure. Outlook Messenger will run instantly after installation.
So, friends lets be united, n put pressure on them, to give us better service, within reasonable cost.
Or, we'll "Smile" on them, & move away to other service proveder, in groups.
atiq
· 9 months ago
smaile line is vary bad
ishtiaquebabu
· 9 months ago
i am very happy now,cause my smile bd is now 99percent ok.no problems.all are ok.
Shanto
· 9 months ago
I do agree with ur comments.All ISP's r doing illegal VOIP business.Why only smile has been punished.They could've fined them. And even i heard smile is been backed by past gov. people, this could be one of the reason to be hanged.
Pathetic. We r suffering now.Come back smile give ur best punch to get back to us. I used to use smile through 29 communication.
ishtiaque babu
· 9 months ago
I AM VERY HAPPY FOR MY ISP SMILE BD IS BACK LIKE A FREEDOM FIGHTER.SMILE IS FOR ALL KINDS OF USERS,CAUSE THEY CAN GIVE INTERNET CONNECTION SO CHIPPER COST.THEY GIVES THE MAXIMUM,AND TAKES THE MINIMUM,THATS WHY, THE SMILE BD IS THE CAPTAIN OF DIGITAL BANGLADESH.I HOPE OUR PRESENT GOVERNMENT WILL GIVE THE BEST HELP TO THEM.SMILE BD IS SMILE BD, FOR QUALITY SERVICE AND PRICE. "I LOVE SMILE BD,AND MY ALL RESPECTS TO SMILE BD"
ISHTIAQUE BABU (USER OF SMILE BD)
sattar
· 7 months ago
hey people i need some info on data loss in internet cables, how much data is lost per meter of cable?
Ehab
· 7 months ago
Sattar bhai what are you talking about ? <span style="color: #800000;"></span><span style="background-color: #ccffcc;"> There is no data loss in Optical Fibre networks (unless poor network equipments are used).</span>
Ehab
· 7 months ago
They are already giving good service at reasonable price.
Due to recent events their service got a little messy. Lets hope they fix it soon.
Sumit Dutta
· 7 months ago
I want internet connection. I live in Zigatola. I want the bronge package. My address is 29 mushibari road,zigatola,dhaka. please coneect me this month. My number is 8621725 and 01715045255.
murad
· 6 months ago
Dear, If you are in Gulshan, Banani or in Baridhara area I can there is a good source of home internet. They distributing internet through Fiber Optic, Radio Link and Wireless Connectivity (Wi-Fi). web: www.adnsl.net
Piyal
· 6 months ago
What is the new name of Estern Link. smile.com.bd this site is currently down. What is their official site now. Please help me. I want to get a faster internet connection in malibagh.
Robert
· 5 months ago
I use grameen edge i used to get around 30~35 KB/s speed but now the traffic increased and i get about 21~25 KB/s, so I am thinking about switching to higher speed what's the download speed in smile 1mb and 2mb if anyone could let me know that'd help a lot Robert-Gomes@live.com
Amit
· 2 months ago
i was thinking of trying out smilebd .... i currently use zip ... any suggestions would be appreciated...thank you...
Ehab
· 2 months ago
You should switch to Smile. I don't know how good the download speed in ZIP is, but Smile's network facilities are much much better.
shompod
· 2 months ago
can u plz tell me the name of the website of the ISP so that i can get the sufficient information? Thanks
shompod
· 2 months ago
Brother, what iz the link of Smile. can u plz provide it??
Meeshu
· 2 months ago
BROTHER, give me the link of smile isp. so that internet package ta ektu dekhte pari..thanks.
All Comments
And yeah, more than anything, missing online Counterstrike very much :(
@Hasan - I feel you brother ! I been having a hard time using GPInternet as well. Baje obostha !
I know exactly what type of language i'm using.I am in this industry for last 10 years. and u have no idea what BTRC r trying to do....
@Md. Mahbub Satter Thank you for your comment. Many Smile users have got their connection back. Did you get yours ?
As for the authorities not taking the customers situation into consideration - I believe that they have little or no clue about the importance of Internet in our daily life. I can't imagine what I would be doing without backup from my GP Internet right now.
Don't loose your dreams about high speed internet though, it would be back soon :)
What a business policy of smile! We have still the money receipts.. But what can we do?
The sad part is the users are not getting that much FAST speed anymore. :)
They should monitor every ISP that they are giving enough speed to the customer or not. Coz BTCL provided bandwith cost is not high but ISP do not give enough speed to customer.
During the initial days of service disruption, local area-in-charge from smile told me "Server Puira gese..!". He didn't told me anthing about the legal problems Smile is facing.
We, all the broadband users, should be united. That can be done in local basis. if we can create a local pressure group of abt 20-30 users in a area, we can force our service providers to give us better service or we can move to any other service provider for better service. This is not possible, if we shout alone.
To communicate among ourselves we may use LAN chat coftwares such as Outlook LAN messenger (from www.srimax.com ) or any other. This software is very helpful. Recently when SMile was off, i was browsing shared shared folders in the LAN. & found this in a guys PC.
Outlook Messenger is a state-of-art instant messaging solution for interactions within local area network (LAN). U can have Text Chat, Voice Chat & Send File functions with other users in the LAN.
Even a novice user can install Outlook Messenger, because No Server, No IP address is necessary to configure. Outlook Messenger will run instantly after installation.
So, friends lets be united, n put pressure on them, to give us better service, within reasonable cost.
Or, we'll "Smile" on them, & move away to other service proveder, in groups.
Pathetic. We r suffering now.Come back smile give ur best punch to get back to us. I used to use smile through 29 communication.
"I LOVE SMILE BD,AND MY ALL RESPECTS TO SMILE BD"
ISHTIAQUE BABU (USER OF SMILE BD)
<span style="color: #800000;"></span><span style="background-color: #ccffcc;">
There is no data loss in Optical Fibre networks (unless poor network equipments are used).</span>
Due to recent events their service got a little messy. Lets hope they fix it soon.
If you are in Gulshan, Banani or in Baridhara area I can there is a good source of home internet. They distributing internet through Fiber Optic, Radio Link and Wireless Connectivity (Wi-Fi).
web: www.adnsl.net
smile.com.bd this site is currently down. What is their official site now. Please help me. I want to get a faster internet connection in malibagh.
Robert-Gomes@live.com
Thanks