RichCor

1. Free WiFi log

This most likely references AIS Super Wifi, their 100,000 nationwide location subscription WiFi service.

2. Free Public IPv4

All public Internet connections require a 'public' IP address so the device data traffic can be sent/received/routed over the public Internet. 

It being "free" isn't a great description.

Most Internet subscription packages come with a 'Dynamically Assigned" IPv4 address (that changes either on a time expire schedule or sometimes when the consumer router reboots) ...as opposed to a "Static" ever unchanging IP address where an Internet connected device can always be expectedly found (such as a webserver).

Unfortunately, the number of 'public' IP addresses assigned to each Internet Service Provider is limited so while some users may get actual public-facing IP addresses, most bigger ISPs with their thousands or millions of customers must utilize a public IP address sharing scheme, known as NAT or CG-NAT, where connected customer devices are instead issued internally generated 'reserved' IP address and then share a common public-facing IP address with hundreds of similar ISP customers via a Gateway. The method that NAT or CG-NAT uses to keep track of outgoing and incoming data traffic for multiple users usually also prevents the connected devices from utilizing dedicated 'open ports' required for data sharing.

3. Torrenting

If your Internet connected device is furnished a CG-NAT IP address then you'll be able to 'download' torrents but be blocked from having an 'open port' to facilitate 'sharing/uploading' torrent content ...ultimately leading to your torrenting app being penalized and download speeds restricted or blocked.  Some CG-NAT class subscribers get around this by utilizing VPN tunnel connections to facilitate open port torrenting.   

Unfortunately, these google search links are undated:

Bangkok:

https://tha.bizdirlib.com/node/130213

http://bangkok-companies.com/Thailand_Companies/P57/ponthep.htm

...apparently posted a YouTube video just a couple of days ago:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk8HSNcmWuM   

(multiple videos over several days documenting the work occurring at Hill Point Pattaya Pool Villa)

...you could try calling the phone number or emailing, info on their Twitter Page

https://twitter.com/PWerachon

http://thaisolicitor.com/?page_id=330

https://th-th.facebook.com/people/Lawyer-Ponthep-Werachon

You can download this simple windows program that will simultaneously test several DNS Servers that it either gathers or you add by hand.

Domain Name Speed Benchmark:  description & instructions | download

5 hours ago, Digitalbanana said:

pointing a camera phone at the PDF on the PC screen to be translated when all I need is the PDF that is already in the computer translated. Is there a way to do it without using the phone I wonder?

PDF is a container file format, meaning it can hold text, images, multimedia and even javascript elements and present them as a digital page to be rendered as the author intends.

Google Translate has the option of directly opening/translating text documents (of less than 10MB in size). So the file or pdf contains actual Thai text, and the text can be copied as a coherent block, then that can be extracted either directly or via copy/paste.   

Yet another option would be to copy the file containing Thai text into google Drive and opening the file in Google Docs (it converts) and use TOOLS/TRANSLATE to create a converted document.  

The translation is, typically, horrible.

I have had better luck with Google Lens, but even then it may, when doing it camera "live", render 3 or 4 different translations as it detects, OCRs, translates/interprets the visual image. 

If you have a android smartphone, try installing Google LENS and either point LENS at a page for Live OCR/Translate, or take a picture of the text and press the LENS reticle icon in google photos to later OCR/Translate to convert text. There's also the option of using LENS to copy the original or translated text to send to a PC logged into the same google account to manipulate the text further.

38 minutes ago, Robin said:

Can anyone on TV tell me how to remove tint from car windows.  Dealer fitted on my Vios as 'compensation' for late delivery after the great flood some years ago.  Never mind how cool it might look, I want to see!

If it's an aftermarket film then just use a razorblade to "score" a new edge line then use the razor to scrape the excess away. Otherwise, if it's a commercial glass tint application you may have to use a solvent.

I believe I read 100m suggested max somewhere for LV (Low Voltage 220-230VAC domestic service). Our service pole is 3 meters from the house then 60 meters to the next pole.

You may want to take in into consideration

The type of conductor used

The maximum permissible tension on the conductor.

The maximum conductor sag

Environmental parameters (wind load, impact of weather, vegetation growth/impingement)

Secondary use of poles: stringing copper or fiber for Internet, WAT or Headman speaker cables

Taka a look at random cardboard boxed you come across. Many will have company information stamped on the bottom.

...otherwise, google search Thailand Cardboard Manufacturer

1 hour ago, glegolo said:

2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

It is not spam since you selected to follow the visa forum and you get a email for for all new topics. How many forums are you following.

You might be getting a lot of emails but very few of them are the spam topics posted. Perhaps select to get a daily summary of new topics in your notifications settings.

I am just following YOUR forum, the forum about VISAS, no more.

 

glegolo

Glegolo,

If when following a FORUM you select "A notification when new content is posted" you WILL receive the unwanted spam posts (if the post is still present when the forum notification routine runs). There is NO avoiding this.  

Please open the VISA Forum and choose either (1) another notification option, OR (2) "Unfollow" the VISA Forum altogether.

The alternative is (3) to change the email associated with ThaiVisa Forum to a gmail account and use the manually set gmail option to FILTER incoming messages by matching unwanted keywords to move those message to TRASH before forwarding onward to your hotmail email account.  This third optiom would be on you, knowing that *some* unwanted thaivisa notification message might make it through to your hotmail while some wanted thaivisa messages might not make it through because someone included one of your filter trigger keywords.

2 minutes ago, glegolo said:

Didn´t work at all.. Have already received 3 emails from Keto or rather FROM Thaivisa.com itself... So it is impossible for me more to have email-notifications running and to be updated from this particular forum.....

 

But really interesting that NOBODY have mentioned that they tooo have this problem. it is just me???? Sorry guys I do NOT believe you at all...

 

glegolo

THEY don't follow the 'forum'.  They only get notifications on standard forum topics they've created, commented or were mentioned in.

If you unfollowed the FORUM these would stop. They are notifications from forum spammers (whose posts are removed minutes or tens-of-minutes after being posted) and will almost certainly be included in any follow 'Forum' notification.

Personally, I use the forum "Activity Streams" I customized to follow the forums of interest in real time so I don't have to put up with being constantly 'notified' when am not actively interacting with the site. 

13 minutes ago, glegolo said:

One of these emails can look like this:

Hi glegolo,
hagncbjukd has posted a topic, How To Handle Every Fast Burn Keto United Kingdom Challenge With Ease Using These Tips

By Following a Forum you agree to be sent a notifications when new content is posted. Unfortunately ThaiVisa doesn't pre-screen editor content prior to posting, so when spammers create new accounts and add their posts then disappear, those posts get added to your daily content.

If the forum users don't report posted spam quickly and the MODs have yet to find and remove the spam posts early enough then the forum automatic collection routine will collect the new posts, including the spam posts, as part of the content sent to subscribed users.  You should find that the actual spam posts no longer show on the forum, but this removal can occur after the collection routine ran.

Suggestion: create a Gmail account to use with your existing ThaiVisa account. Have gmail filter all messages containing the unique spam keywords and send them to trash (or spam), then forward the messages (remaining) onward to your hotmail account.

59 minutes ago, glegolo said:

Can somebody help me to enlighten me how to get rid of receiving all these stupid Keto-mails that is coming in about 100 of them each day.

What email provider, or computer client software, are you using.

...for instance, gmail has 'filters' where you can auto forward messages containing keywords to a special folder or direct them to junk or trash

37 minutes ago, suzannegoh said:

On catch is that the version of the iPhone 12 that is sold in Thailand does not have a mmWave antenna.

The iPhone 12’s mysterious [side case] groove is a 5G mmWave antenna window — and it’s exclusive to the US

Probably not the return of “You’re holding it wrong”

TheVerge | By Sean Hollister | Oct 13, 2020, 6:45pm EDT

"Can confirm that this little thing on the side of the new [USA] iPhone is a mmWave antenna window!" -Nilay Patel

Intriguingly, though, it doesn’t seem to be a feature of iPhones that will be sold elsewhere in the world.

There’s a simple explanation behind the missing window, though: the iPhone 12 doesn’t support mmWave 5G outside of the United States. If you peruse Apple’s frequency bands page, you’ll see that compatibility with bands n260 and n261 are simply missing everywhere else in the world.

Honestly, I’m not sure it’s a huge loss. mmWave 5G does offer far higher speeds than the “nationwide” flavor of low-band 5G that you’ll also find rolling out today, but the only other consistent thing about mmWave is its inconsistency, since even outdoors, you might not find a signal from one street corner to the next. 5G isn’t a good reason to buy an iPhone this year, period. mmWave definitely isn’t.

-theVerge

apple iPhone 12

Model A2399 * / Model A2403 *

5G NR (frequency band n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, n79)

All models

5G (sub-6 GHz)

for reference

Wikipedia: 5G NR frequency bands

12 minutes ago, suzannegoh said:

AIS 5G on the iPhone 12 is finally here but only on the 2600MHz band, right?

 From the AIS faq

If you have a smartphone with wireless Internet you can download/install google "Lens" that can translate the text it sees in real-time. 

I use it on images and forms all the time.

If it was an android phone AND they had WiFi available sometime during active ownership then it's possible that the photos were automatically updated to the phone's registered gmail account:

https://photos.google.com

Just need to log into that user account** and use a standard web browser to see what (if anything) been uploaded and stored in "photos" or the photos "archive". 

https://accounts.google.com/AccountChooser/signinchooser?flowName=GlifWebSignIn&flowEntry=AccountChooser 

**Many users don't know / don't remember / don't care about their smartphone's user setup account, or don't keep the same gmail address when moving on to a new phone. Shame. Browser access is a quick method of adding/editing/deleting contacts, calendar, todo, passwords, photos, etc. on the account.

7 hours ago, KhunHeineken said:

On 11/7/2020 at 3:30 PM, RichCor said:

Do you know anyone in OZ with a fairly fast connection that might be willing to HOST a light-weight PC on their network that you can then run a open-source VPN connection suite?

I maintain a modem and internet connection in Australia.  I can VPN back to it, which has been handy on occasions, but it's a slower connection than a paid VPN, which isn't idea for streaming sports.  

If you admin own our VPN it might be possible to add a user profile that doesn't have encryption and see if that profile gives you better throughput.

But if the Oz connection is Dn/Up speed asymmetric (where the Up speed is your sending speed) or lacks direct full-speed peering agreements along the route then it's unlikely you'll get much improvement due to enforced traffic shaping and bandwidth limits applied to non-peer traffic.

If you forgot your Apple ID password

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201487

Should be able a password reset to the AppStore via his apple-registered email address

1 hour ago, kingstonkid said:

remember that 5G for all the hype is very restricted distance wise.

this isn't necessarily true, as 5G can be deployed on any/multiple frequency spectrums,

Some 5G is being deployed on 700MHz and 2600MHz. But the bandwidths at 40MHz and 190MHz are too narrow to support high-speed, high capacity. 

The primary target frequency of 26 and 28 GHz with bandwidth of 2550MHz and 3000MHz will easily support high speed, high user capacity  ...but at those higher frequencies, yes, the radio propagation characteristics are short-range and almost no barrier penetration. 

Just now, OliverKlozerof said:

Ah...now I realize the 'coin timer' that's used on *driers* in laundromats are pure timers.

As you mentioned before, the coin activator designs differ. Most washing machines are designed to accommodate external timer add-on that allow for full-cycle run (rather than a timed run). 

4 minutes ago, OliverKlozerof said:

10 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Lazada

https://s.lazada.co.th/s.XLJOx

Well, thats for a washing machine. Can't see how that would work with an aircon.

Do you even have a clue how a coin-operated switch/timer works?

Some budget hotels will require the door keycard or keychain fob be placed in a provided wall holder to activate power to the room (preventing guests from leaving AirCon going while they're out of the room).

3 hours ago, LivinLOS said:

Your suggestion pushes the VPN through the same restricted pipe !!! 

I have tested with a Sing VPN outbound to other places.. Its slightly worse than direct to sing. 

Connections to Singapore are typically treated as a 'domestic' peer to peer connection, rather than an IIG tollway hop. So if the restriction you're encountering was in the 3BB IIG to the US then a VPN connection to Singapore would bypass it.  

Also, CS Loxinfo Thailand status monitor is reporting multiple issues on 3BB IIG connections 

You could use TRACE ROUTE to see where the most likely router nodes were causing an issue, and if any potential reroute might be effective.

Other diagnostic tools:

http://gfblip.appspot.com/

https://gsuite.tools/my-ip     copy your IP then click TRACEROUTE and paste

...this diagnostic tool will 'trace' a connection from Finland to designated Domain or IP

https://toolsip.org/Traceroute

https://geotraceroute.com/?node=0&host=thailand.prd.go.th

https://traceroute-online.com/      paste or enter your IP

http://en.dnstools.ch/visual-traceroute.html

https://network-tools.webwiz.net/traceroute.htm   paste or enter your IP

3 minutes ago, LivinLOS said:

You think a VPN to here, before linking on to America is going to help ????

 

Less than 4 down but almost 200 up. A vpn is giving to fix that.

It's certainly possible. Ever heard of the Internet meme of "hiding behind 9 proxies"? Not only can you change the location your Internet connection appears to be made from, you can also choose the PATH the inter-connection it takes.

While a VPN typically only lets you make one NODE change, that redirection can mean the difference from encountering an over-sold, congested, traffic-shaped and throttled PEER Agreements of your ISP through their International Internet Gateways, to a foreign ISP and their more open and available International Internet Gateways.  

 BUT you have to hope that the original issue you're encountering and wanting to avoid isn't on the local equipment infrastructure before you can effect the redirection.