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As stated above the CE delivered dhl to thailand will cost around $160.00 including vat and duty. The CE box is pretty big and heavy also.

I have a CE copy still sealed in front of me. undecided whether to open it or sell it here in BKK. The reviews are just putting me off keeping it.

Importing Food stuffs to thailand without certificates etc. would be a customs nightmare. Dont think it will work to here.

Central Chitlom has the Gaggia Brera on sale for 39000thb reduced from 59000thb. It is actually a very good price for this machine as the current US price is US$1000.00. So its not such a big markup (Customs 40% on home use coffee machines).

Good machine also.

Central Chitlom has the Gaggia Brera on sale for 39000thb reduced from 59000thb. It is actually a very good price for this machine as the current US price is US$1000.00. So its not such a big markup (Customs 40% on home use coffee machines).

Good machine also.

Anyone seen the Gaggia platinum Swing (Up also) in a Bangkok dealer?

Also looking. Got a Killer poodle :s

initial phase

Exactly what it is. Not a Beta, Trial or anything else it is a fully released product that is not going away anytime soon. Referring to it as a trial could misinform people that the product:

1) does not work 100%

2) may end at any time or if True decide not to continue with it.

I believe the TRIAL of the TRUE VDSL2 service ended in Feb2010 before the product official launch in July.

Just to clarify for those considering it. It is a fully launched product, with support etc. and any referral to it as a trial is incorrect. Initial Phase of deployment is correct but it is no way a trial for customers.

I guess I didn't really get a clear answer to the question I posed earlier... I live in an individual house, not a big condo tower...

I don't know what's technically involved in making this service function...

So, is it a situation where, to get it, they'd have to install some kind of involved hardware in each house (location), or it's a matter of (as with their current DSL service) wiring a neighborhood, and then simply running a line connection from the street to the house?

Unlikely you will ever get it. Condo building needs to have quality wiring plus VDSL cards installed in the PABX room of the actual building then the DSLAM has to be within 2km and VDSL equipment installed there.

I really do not think you will see VDSL2 deployed out with major buildings in Bangkok unless perhaps in the future they may enable a complete mooban with VDSL2.

True's VDSL service is NOT a trial, not a beta or any other pre-release.

It is a product that will continually be rolled out where able. Take a look at the upcoming buildings list.

Not sure where the people on here are saying its a trial/beta etc. Its simply not the case.

True actually want to roll it out in as many places as they can where the building infrastructure and geographic location allows.

It is not a BETA where the service will end after a certain amount of time or they will discontinue it.

So, how come there is enough bandwidth available for such a high-speed connection in/out of Thailand, but there's supposedly not enough bandwidth in/out of Thailand to support my 3Mbps 3BB Premier account?

It's your choice of provider. True has the most international bandwidth available to them compared to the other providers.

Does anybody know/understand True's reason/rationale for rolling out their high speed service on a building by building basis???

I can understand starting out with limited areas because of the need to wire the network. But why down to just individual, isolated single buildings?

According to the engineer he said the equipment in the building downstairs has to be upgraded with ZTE equipment also the dslam has to be within a certain distance and also been upgraded for VDSL2.

Ping is 250ms to west coast USA on True VDSL2.

Its not a beta test. Its a full product roll out.

Engineer stated that the DSLAM cards are ZTE also.

Thanks for the post... good info... and I'm sure True will roll the service out more broadly with time... how much time??? who knows.....

It does seem a bit crazy, however, that if I understood the OP correctly, they're handing out G wireless routers with the service....

For paying 5,600 baht per month for a supposed 50Mbit plan, do you think they could spring for the few extra baht it takes to provide an N???

It's being brought up at the VDSL meeting on monday apparently....Won't hold my breath tho.

Even Wireless N struggles sometimes so if you really need the throughput Lan or Powerline are the only feasible options.

Netgear's powerline products are excellent and they have the new 500mb coming out later this month to replace the current 200mb system.

OWC SSD's

Seems these are the ones to beat these days. Even out performing the excellent Intel X series.

Apple Tv is basically a HD Video store on your sofa for TV Shows and HD Movies etc.

No hassle plug and go and wife friendly.

Got True ultra high speed 50mb installed today. And so for anyone considering it and willing to pay the high price tag and in one of the currently few buildings in BKK that support it, I can highly recommend it.

Installation was fine however be warned they are only supplying a wireless G VDSL2 router by ZTE which basically means you will not get your full throughput of the 50mb on that wireless network. So be prepared to use LAN cable with the router or put it into Bridge mode and use a Wireless N Router.

Having said that WIreless N performance is hit or miss with regard getting the full 50mb I would recommend LAN or Netgear 200mb Powerline adaptors to guarantee the throughput.

Please also note the engineers Samsung netbook and lenovo 1.6ghz thinkpad were unable to achieve the download speeds however on faster processors 2.0ghz core2duo 2.66ghz i7 speed was much faster than his 2 laptops.

Heres a few quick screenshots from this morning:

1. Bell VDSL Speed test in Canada:

2. Usenet Downloads from Giganews West coast USA server.

3. 3 Simultaneous downloads from itunes Store (USA) please check istats menu download speed on the top menu bar for speed indication.

4. Avatar 1080p Streaming video (Stutter, buffering free) showing 1080p and the streaming rate on the istats menu bar.

Join the VIP club you can easily get back 10000thb from doing so.

Wavephone B13 MBK

I would say True is probably now the best provider in Thailand (Never used to be agreed) but now with the most international bandwidth of all the providers. Can only highly recommend it. Tried myself TOT, 3BB, CSloxinfo,True Premium

And the best experience has always been True for the last 18 months.

Just make sure you go Premium or UltraHighspeed if u can get it in your location.

As to Amazon, Itunes etc. I do have a VPN to get around the IP problem, it is the CC with a US address that is the stickler sometimes...

Try Entropay.com mastercard plastic or virtual visa. Does not work with apple itunes store but a lot of retailers it will.

itunes is easy just buy itunes cards using paypal from the resellers online such as jessica etc.

if you use usenet for downloads. I would suggest changing to Giganews Diamond account. It is the best usenet provider and you now get a free VPN included in the monthly subscription.

One Word: Tracert

I just thought i would kill your Apple, Rapidshare, Microsoft mirrors all their downloads in asia.

If I connect to my USA based VPN (West coast) and download I get more or less the same speeds less a little bit for VPN overhead.

So connected to a USA VPN I can still download from itunes US Store at the same speed.

So therefore we can assume that I am downloading from the USA itunes store on a USA based server. And guess what I Max my bandwidth doing it.

Thailand - USA VPN - iTunes Server US = Maxed bandwidth.

Any other conspiracy theories on why you cannot get your allocated bandwidth to the USA from Thailand?

One Word: Tracert

emmm...just an educated guess:

Rapidshare -> Teilasonera backbone to USA west coast to Thailand. Mainly because they don't go eastbound from germany with their backbones.

So ok he might be downloading from German servers via the Europe-usa backbone and still getting 10MB which pisse's all over your argument even more!!!!