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Jeffrey346

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  1. I had a Coronary Angiogram last week. A common procedure for anyone with heart disease.  In most Countries this is an out patient procedure.  

    Here in Thailand, it requires a 3 day hospital stay. I am covered by the Thai Gov. 

    I opted for a private room that cost B1200/day of which the Gov pain 1000/day.

    The total bill was B52000.

    My point, B3000/day is just not enough. You need at least 1 million.

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  2. On 6/16/2019 at 12:47 PM, mike787 said:

    ALWAYS the Thai...No matter what expats think or want to believe...She can have us removed from the Land of smiles with one divorce and a phone call to Immigration, as for all your stuff, you can fight for 50/50 but for an easy way out -just walk away.

    Not true.. You need to agree to a divorce. You can live in the house you probably paid for as well.

  3. 5 hours ago, Seth1a2a said:

     

     

     

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    Forgot to add this .......If the person already has a passport, the U.S. government can revoke, restrict, or limit its use. (As a practical matter, however, they are currently unable to do that without having physical access to the person’s passport, such as during a renewal.)

     

     would think, if his Passport has been canceled or restricted by the US, it would show here when he does a 90 day report or boarder run.

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  4. 6 minutes ago, Thomas J said:

    The definition of a third world country is one who exports natural resources like food or oil, imports finished products like cars and television sets and does so on borrowed money.  Guess What.  That is the USA. 

    Actually the term 3rd world is out of date.  Terms such as “developing countries” and “low and lower-middle-income countries” are now often used in its place.

     
     
  5. 3 minutes ago, Thomas J said:

    You have 5G?  From whom ?  and yes I am from the USA and can attest that the speeds here are both faster and cheaper than what is provided in the USA. 

    Not sure about that. My x wife has Google fibre 1000 x 1000 and pays about $35.

    That's pretty fast and cheap.

  6. 4 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

    I am in the middle of 'the jungle' 30km from Phitsanulok. Have 3BB fibre direct to my router....220mb/s @ Bht 749 per month. But connect via Express VPN it is down to 50. Works perfectly, just watched Killing Eve 8 episodes one after another !

    That's great. I have a Nvidia Shield and a SkyStream 2 Android box. My kids have some cheap box in their room as well.

    There are times all 3 are connected and I never have a single issue.

    I do not use a VPN. I don't see the value.

  7. 4 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

    Drinking the koolaid eh?  I bought a kit and tested my water.  It's fine.  My electricity never goes out for any length of time that would drain my UPS.  My INTERNET (3bb) is faster (500/500) than any of my children in the USA and I have 5G for my WiFI.  Maybe I live in a different Thailand than you.   

    You just don't get it. There are villages that do not have public water or electricity like you and I do. 

    Seems the Gov doesn't care and has done nothing about it.

    So enjoy your KoolAid 

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  8. 11 minutes ago, shady86 said:

    I wonder how much he paid for the installation as most condos have fiber running to the building control box and then switches to VDSL by telephone copper line to each unit.

    I'm not sure about never condos but the cost to pull fiber line to each unit will be high unless its done from the building construction stage as fiber cables are sensitive and cannot be bent.

    He is in the penthouse and was charged B2500 to drop the cable. BTW his condo is about 20 years old.

  9. 25 minutes ago, BigT73 said:

    Thanks for the explanation! Im in a condo no fiber for me :(. Your speeds are amazing, its getting harder to explain to my friends back home why I have twice their internet speed in a thirdworld country. Not that I think it is. lol

    My friend's condo does not have fibre either. He called 3BB and they ran a fibre line to his unit. Give it a try.. nothing to lose.

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  10. 9 minutes ago, StevieAus said:

    Thailand is not a Third World country either by the historical or modern definition.

    Google the definition and you might be surprised as was I.

    Doesn't matter what Google claims. IMO, Thailand is a 3rd world country.

    When a country does not supply clean water and electricity to everyone, it's 3rd world.

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  11. 2 minutes ago, BigT73 said:

    how do you know its a farce?  I have the fastest vdsl 50mb and international package, my speedtest thru testmy.net report 52mb to singapore and 36mb to aust and US is similar.

    I had the Int package and never got the speed advertised. I kept complaining about it to 3BB.

    They finally sent their head engineer to my home who told me that I'm throwing good money after bad and to cancel the INTL Package

    He did some magic in  the 3BB box and I never had a speed problem since.

    I just checked my speed to Singapore and it's 226.But I do have Fibre Optic.

  12. 6 minutes ago, BigT73 said:

    do you have the 3bb international package? or your browsing / tv is just local thai websites?

    3BB International is a farce. You get nothing but an additional B200 on your bill.

    15 hours ago, Thomas J said:

    They have checked it numerous times.  We have a VPN so we have tried multiple servers.  Some 4G say they offer unlimited and that speeds are up to 128 MBPS.  That is why I posted in this forum to see if what is advertised is true and if they are or are not expensive. 

    Your problem is the VPN. They all slow your connection down.

    Try connecting without your VPN and see if you get better results.

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