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Kenneth Taylor( Ken) orginally from Canada and a resident in Chiang Mai for the past 5 years passed away on 2 July 2010 after a brave fight with cancer. Ken was a Tourist Police Volunteer, a member of Chiang MaI Lions Club and also the Ex-pat clubs. He also did other volunteer work in Chiang Mai.

This notice is posted to inform members of organisations of Ken's death. Funeral arrangements still to be made

Kenneth Taylor (Ken) sadly passed away on 2 July 2010 after a brave fight with cancer. Ken a Canadian Citizen had lived in Chiang Mai for about 5 years and was a Tourist Police Volunteer,Lions Club and Ex-pat club member. His brother Ted lives in Chiang Mai and Ken leaves a wife and 2 step-children

Sausage KIng do a range of frozen meals for the stay at home dinner/supper. Curries,pies and many others that can be reheated in the microwave. I have tried them and are good and they deliver. Call Robert 085 7060105

Of course you can look at Astro and Malayan tv up here but you need a big dish, using a 10 ft motorized dish my self and no problem

I received an e-mail from Astro to say it is not available in Thailand but am interested to find out you can receive it. I will make some further enquiries so thank you for the information

This subject has been hashed to death. No ASTRO is NOT receivable in northern Thailand as the foot print does not cover this area. it basically only goes as far north as Bangkok.

Contact JSAT who is a Thia Visa sponsor.

Satellite TV in Thailand - by JSAT.tv

Thank you gotlost but did not know subject had been covered before as l am a new member to TV. I am will contact JSAT to see if there are alternatives to True Visions

Do any members know if Astro Satelitte TV( Malaysia) is available in Chiang Mai and if so do they know the cost of installation and yearly subscription. I seem to remember a friend of mine having a system that came from Malaysia but that was about 6 years ago. It maybe an alternative to WeTV or other satelitte systems that are available but not working in Chiang Mai

AFM Group based on the Chiang Mae-Maejo Road on the left hand side going into Maejo and about 200 metres before the PTT station are one of the leading suppliers of bulbs and seeds in Asia. They may have what you are looking for. Good Luck

try Power Buy, no idea about service, what cards they take etc thou

KSK 3rd or 4th floor

Theres a Sony store @ Airport Central Mall 4th floor?, good chance they have Bravia as well

Good one, thanks mate, never thought of Power Buy, will give them a go tomorrow.

try Power Buy, no idea about service, what cards they take etc thou

KSK 3rd or 4th floor

Theres a Sony store @ Airport Central Mall 4th floor?, good chance they have Bravia as well

Good one, thanks mate, never thought of Power Buy, will give them a go tomorrow.

Try Nimonpanich near Airport Plaza (Toyoto dealer). They are very good and are giving discounts on Sony TV's during the world cup as they are one of the sponsors. Not sure if they take Amex because the commission fees that Amex charge are about 5% compared with 3% for visa or mastercard

:(Good luck in your search

Let me first start off by saying that I have become familiar, and therefore necessarily tolerant, of the common business practice should one require assistance in the LOS - It won't happen anytime soon. That said, my recent run-in with 3BB goes waaaaaaaaayyyyyy beyond the requisite normal jai yen yen . experience.

Two nights ago my internet ceased functioning. The next morning I called 3BB in Bangkok and was told that Chiang Mai would call me back. Two hours later I called again. Same story. So my Thai wife called, and insisted that she be connected to an English speaking supervisor in Chiang Mai. This was our 3rd attempt (it was mid afternoon). When the English speaking drone from Bangkok came to the phone and looked up our records, she stated, sounding quite perturbed, "You have called many times." I naturally said, what should I do? I can't send you an email.

She guaranteed that a supervisor from Chiang Mai would be calling. I waited. Then I called again, asking for the same (I had her name) Bangkok drone. She wasn't in. I was put through to Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai said that the problem was in Bangkok, and I was transferred back to BKK. There a 'Field Supervisor' had me run some tests on my laptop. Then she concluded that "Your problem is in Chiang Mai. I'll have a field supervisor call you from Chiang Mai. This time a person actually called and said that a service person will be out in the morning since it is already almost 5:00 PM. and no one is available.

Next morning, I called at 9:00. They will call us back. In the mean time - no serviceman. My wife called, and had me successfully connected to Chiang Mai. The same supervisor was not available. Then, while I was patiently waiting for a new person to render that special 3BB personal touch, Chiang Mai hung up on me. I called BKK. Spoke to a new English speaking supervisor. She said that she would definitely have a supervisor in Chiang Mai call in "one hour." No problem. Of course that never happened. So I called her back - and, you guessed it - she was unavailable.

Fortunately my wife suddenly recalled, as I was starting to lapse into internet-trauma-meltdown, that she had the mobile number of the last serviceman that rendered internet CPR. She called, he came out, and it worked - at last - for about 2 hours. Then no more. So, we called again that evening (the serviceman of course), and he told us that they are rewiring our mooban, so I need to be patient. It should be finished by the end of THIS month. Before he arrived the second time in 2 days, the internet started working again, then quit, then started again. Mr. Serviceman (AKA SUPERMAN) came in and said that the new wiring will be finished by the end of NEXT month. But he used some other code or something and I have had service - at least long enough to pen this post.

It's no wonder that the subject company frequently changes their name. I'm certain that they may be running from hordes of virulent, internet-withdrawing, frantic farrangs. Bottom line; anyone who wants to experience 3BB (or whatever they may be called by the time I finish this post) must be into self-abuse, or love paying for not having service, or both. In any event, avoid then at all costs, or get use to being cut off from the world.

Cheers

I had the same problem with no internet service for about a week. Called 3BB at least twice a day and the promise of return calls never came so l asked to speak to a director and within 4 hours an engineer called at my house to say that the problem was a TT&T problem as the telephone link was broken despite my home telephone was still working. TT& T called me and said they would fix the problem the next day which they duly did and the 3BB engineer slso came back and did some testing to make sure everything was okay:). Since then not had many problems except it can be slow on some days. I wonder if 3BB customers services are giving out the truth sometimes and perhaps they do not know themselves what the problems are and not if they do know they are not telling there customers.