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I've been having a little trouble with True internet recently, mainly with speed (surprise surprise). I went into my own router to configure and optimize the settings and I noticed a little something right on the status page: (see attached)
Now, I'm paying a 5Mb local line, and should be getting 4Mb international, but I haven't managed to get more than 1.5Mb either way in the last 3 weeks or so. Does anyone know if the router is simply monitoring the current traffic going through it, or if it can measure the actual speed capacity of the phone line it's plugged into? Because if the latter is the case, I seem to be getting short handed in the local bandwidth department, which causes them to breach the terms of the contract, no? (As far as I know, they guarantee a certain percentage of local speed). Would this be enough evidence for a legal case? I feel a little odd paying for the full 5Mb if they've only supplied something almost 5 times slower, and this is the first time in my long time in Thailand that the local bandwidth is not up to speed.
Input would be great.
Cheer
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You're either getting screwed or your line is bad, but you're correct that you are not connected at the rate you are paying for. Can you go to the diagnostic page of the router and paste those results here? I'd interested to know what your signal to noise ratios are and your line attenuation.
At this point i would just point out the problem to them and keep a cool head about it, it's more likely user error or other issues rather than someone out to take advantage of you.
Your should also change your wireless from WEP to WPA2 PSK. It's takes just a few minutes to hack into a WEP connection.
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ahhh, you're right.
it was definitely down at the time though, 'downforeveryoneorjustme.com' reported it as down and i couldn't access it via pr....ummmm.... prox....ohhh, you know what i mean...
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It appears that thepiratebay.org is no longer online....
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I'm sure there's something going on - either with Hotmail, Maxnet or the Internet. (I suppose that just about covers everything! ). But it's definitely not me or my computer!
Despite the general slowness, youtube loads faster than ever... something is defintely weird with thai internet at the moment.
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I couldn't recommend the TX1, it has some major lens flare issues in bright light. I've used the SX1 IS but only for stills. A friend has it so I can shoot some video if u want a sample clip.
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wow, thanks for all the sharing. i am at Sansai in Chiangmai. guess i'll have to do the trouble shooting starting from the copper wire outside my house to the phone cord to the modem to the splitter unit!! besides these, weather also plays a part. i'll certainly do a test on speedtest.net and post the results soon before and after doing all the checks!! bravo!
my test on speedtest.net yielded the following results:
d/l speed varies from 700 to 1044 kps
u/l speed varies from 215 to 396 kps
no distortion on voice land line
is this normal for maxnet 2.0mps/512kps?
IPS says that infra can only support 2.0mps although the plan is for 3.0mps
For maxnet, try this speedtest here: http://adslcool.com/speedtest.swf?v=1.2 Seems to a better indicator.
Any chance the router is rebooting from heat or something along those lines? If you access the web admin page, does it show that the connection has only been alive for a few minutes? The reason i ask is one of my old routers loses the wifi connection often in heat, but if i access the admin page i can see that the adsl link never went down. it's just the wireless that is restarting.
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Same problem here in Samui on Maxnet Premier. However, with a proxy it works like a charm, so I don't think DNS has something to do with it.
No access to Wiki in Chiang Mai on my Maxnet account unless i use my vpn connection to US, but works fine at my friend's house 10Km away, also on Maxnet.
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Create another user on her machine for yourself and install the terminal server patch here, then use the windows remote desktop client on your machine to access hers (bump up the appearance settings if you like since you're on a lan). The patch will allow multiple connections, so anyone using the pc won't get logged out and won't be bothered. Your daughter can be using the PC and won't notice you're logged in as another user, unless you really tax the machine hard with cpu heavy tasks.
You won't be able to watch videos and such, that's not what RDP is designed for...
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Scientists warn of Twitter dangers
"(CNN) -- Rapid-fire TV news bulletins or getting updates via social-networking tools such as Twitter could numb our sense of morality and make us indifferent to human suffering, scientists say.
New findings show that the streams of information provided by social networking sites are too fast for the brain's "moral compass" to process and could harm young people's emotional development."
Source: CNN
Who cares! I would like to know how to get it on my phone in Thailand as SMS....seems that it has not been localized, best I can do is login to a site where I can see all the latest tweets....but I want the phone SMS experience!
Irony?
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Ok, I'll bite.
I guess you're bitching because you are getting overcharged.
That is the entire reason I am upset by this. If I was charged actual rates this thread would not be here.
Yes, you, not your missus. I guess it is your money not hers. You go on about having a contract professionally translated. Therefore you cannot read Thai, yet you allowed yourself to be the financial backer to a contract you could not read or understand and which your missus either did not care to read, did not understand or didn't give a toss about. Do I think that is your mistake, I sure do. It is a mistake I would not make, here, there, or anywhere. What would happen if the contract was for you to pay Bt1,000,000 a month service charges ? If written in Thai words you would not have a clue.Woah! I don't see any need for you to try to guess the financial relationship between my girlfriend and I when this is a discussion about being overcharged for utilities by my landlord. She has a great job in software development and we share our financial responsibilities. Moving on...
If there was mention of inflated rates in the contract, or rates at all, then you would be correct, but as I've already stated there isn't. There is negligence on my part for trusting my partner to read the contract and not having it translated, but it doesn't work into this because the contract doesn't cover rates at all. I'll be more careful with future contracts, but not because i screwed up in this situation.
It is our fault for failing to ask the rates prior to signing the contract, and i've repeatedly covered that point. The remaining blame, and the majority, lies on the landlord for charging these bogus rates.
I do appreciate the links, they are useful. Now I wonder though, why did he go to the trouble of metering the houses separately himself and merging power connections when then end result is a higher per unit cost? He could have left the metering to the power company and made more money.
edit: typo
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I'd front up to him on it. At least he'd realise you are wise
to his actions. Don't let him take advantage here as God
knows what he will dream up to do next to make a quid.
But what exactly am i going to say? He flatly told me how much he is increasing the rates so i can't exactly let him know i've caught him in the act.
I found out a little more info from another neighbor. There are six adjacent houses owned by the landlord (which i knew), but the meters on each are his own. I thought the meter on my house was owned by the power company, it's not. He is billed from a single meter before the split, then calculates our bills based on his meters. So he's not directly intercepting a bill for my house alone because no such bill exists, only the bill for all houses combined. To add insult to injury, she suspects he gets a reduced rate because of his higher than normal usage. Don't quote me on that, i don't know how rates relate to usage in Thailand.
If in the contract, then you know before you sign. If not in, you should ask and know to ask !....
Your girlfriend reading the contract indicates to me that it is in Thai and you cannot read Thai. That was and is your mistake.
Like i already said though, i had no idea to ask about rates because every time prior i was charged the actual rate.
As for the gf reading the contract, how is that my mistake? Realistically, should i have it professionally translated before signing? Learn thai script before signing? i'm not trying to be a smartass, but you're indicating that my mistake lies in the reading of the contract and the higher rates aren't mentioned there. I've been with the missus for years and she wouldn't care to have me second guess her ability to comprehend a short contract.
Thanks to everyone who has offered input on this btw, much appreciated.
On a completely different subject, does anyone know of any very high viscosity dielectric oils that can be injected into power meters?
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Have you signed a lease, have you read the lease?
If no lease I would pack up and move.
My girlfriend signed the lease, she said there was nothing regarding rates in the contract.
How would you pay the bills yourself, if the bills are in the landlords name, and go directly to him?And in order to get the meter put in your own name you require the property deed showing that you own the property (or have approval from the owner).... and obviously in this case the landlord is not going to let him borrow the deed and get his own meter installed.
It's common practice to mark up the electric and water in rented accommodation. The amount of the markup can vary a huge amount from place to place. Which is why it's a key question to ask BEFORE you start renting anywhere.
I can't, for the exact reasons you gave. The reason I didn't ask for the rates is because of what I said previously, every landlord prior has either given me the bills to go pay myself or given me a copy and asked for the amount shown.
There's not much I can do, other than looking for another place, and I'm tired of moving around. Perhaps when I leave I'll invite him out to dinner and after the bill arrives let him know that his portion of the bill is 500% of actual cost, apologize and tell him that i'm reeeeeal sorry but that's just my policy for dining with landlords...
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{sigh}.... i wish WinDizUpdate was still working. Worked great for me.
Yeah, but have a look here:
Don't get me wrong, that's also very handy, but the advantage of WinDiz was for post-installation stuff and users without much knowledge or motivation to update windows. It functioned similar to Windows Update but worked in FF and didn't install the WGA crap, etc. (IIRC)
I thought Autopatcher was shutdown by MS, great to see they survived and are still able to help out.
I didn't get it wrong...
thought to provide an alternative as I am well ware about that WinDiz was discontinued.
I didn't mean to imply you got it wrong, sorry if it came across that way. I was just trying to say that they've each got strengths and weaknesses and WinDiz was great when i had someone who just wanted an easy way to update without going through MS.
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{sigh}.... i wish WinDizUpdate was still working. Worked great for me.
Yeah, but have a look here:
Don't get me wrong, that's also very handy, but the advantage of WinDiz was for post-installation stuff and users without much knowledge or motivation to update windows. It functioned similar to Windows Update but worked in FF and didn't install the WGA crap, etc. (IIRC)
I thought Autopatcher was shutdown by MS, great to see they survived and are still able to help out.
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{sigh}.... i wish WinDizUpdate was still working. Worked great for me.
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Whose name are the meters in?
In his name then I suspect he can do what he wants.
All the meters are in his name, so i suspect you're right...
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I guess i've been lucky enough to have better landlords previously who weren't trying to profit from this. They just gave me the bill and asked me to pay it, what a crazy concept.
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I just started renting a nice little place outside of Chiang Mai. I just got my first bill and was shocked to see that my electric and water bills are far higher than what i was paying before despite similar usage patterns and appliances.
I don't get the bills directly, the landlord lives next door and receives them himself. I went to talk with him and he indicated that he increases the electric bill by 300% and the water bills by 400%. I didn't really have any responses that would be well received in thai culture so i just smiled and went home.
I assume my options are "take it or leave it", but none of this was in the contract and I'm offended by this. Is there any chance that what he is doing is illegal?
edit: corrected figures
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My biggest problem with MaxNet is the intentional blocking of certain services in order to force the user to upgrade to a business connection. They started blocking SFTP (secure ftp) which i use to updates some US websites. I got around this by using a VPN connection, but now IPSEC traffic is blocked and I can't use vpn anymore.
I'm willing to accept some poor bandwidth and latency from the low cost packages because I know that there are huge contention ratios and the reason it is cheap is because i'm sharing it with so many others. OTOH, these artificial blocks that Maxnet keeps putting in place are utter bullshit. They keep damaging their own product in the hopes that i'll buy a pricier model.
Going to Premier class is not exactly a great choice, as it would mean i either cut my torrent download speeds to 25% of what they currently are (while paying a little more) or paying an absurd monthly rate. Neither are too attractive to me.
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I'm sure its posted somewhere but hopefully I'll get some good answers for this. I am going to be changing most likely to maxnett, anyway I've seen and heard lots of specials going on for internet packages the only thing though is there not really posting whats speeds you'd be getting for international bandwidth. I know in the bangkok post on wednesdays database section it talked about either jasmine or maxnett have a cheap 3Mbps but thats only for domestic use only and for international its 128kbps the price was 590. my question is what kinds of international speed should I get with the ISP here in thailand I know price is also a factor but need a better idea though as right now a 80mb file download takes me 1 hour to get. I dont even try to watch videos just download them and wait since the streaming process would take to long
any help with international speeds I could get with other thailand ISP would be useful
There's no absolute answer on this. Some days I can download nearly 300KBps on a single download during the middle of the day, but not access FTP at all. Sometimes i can use bittorrent at full speed during the day, and the following night it slows to a crawl. When it works and how well don't seem to always match up to anticipated availability.
In general, it's a poor connection that worsens during the workday, but if you're clever with download managers and other apps to make the best of your bandwidth it will be much better than without.
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I have a friend who has just brought a new blackberry from the US. Her email is hosted on an MS exchange server in the US. She has been told that only AIS and True offer pushmail. The problem is that she needs a fully secure solution, ie SSl/TLS and isn't too keen on having a Thai provider able to read her mail. As I understand it, she would need to give them access to her exchange account in order to use push mail.
What is the best solution for blackberry users needing secure email communication in Thailand? Can she just get an unlimited data account and check email frequently on the SSL ports?
There is a vpn connection available to the MS exchange server, are there any vpn clients available for the blackberry?
Sorry, my knowledge of blackberry devices in nil...
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I see a lot of poorly setup monitors when i am working in different offices. Some are not even running at the right resolution, and some are at the right resolution but not properly adjusted. I thought i would post some info on how to get your monitor looking its best.
A few quick notes...
- If your computer and monitor have a digital connection (DVI), use it. It makes this tutorial unnecessary and give the best image quality.
- I'm not going to cover color and brightness correction, this is just about getting you LCD to properly sync with the pixel geometry.\
- First, make sure you're running at the native resolution of your monitor. Check the specs for your monitor and the then check the Windows display settings to verify that the monitor is running at the correct resolution. You can access the windows display settings by right-clicking the desktop and choosing "properties", then go to the settings tab.
- Find the "Auto" signal syncing function on the monitor. This is a function that tries to look at the current signal and digitize it so that each pixel from the analog signal matches a pixel on the LCD. If you press a button and the screen shift around a few pixels and re-centers, you've found it. The problem is, people usually press this button with a less that ideal test image and the monitor cannot properly sync to the signal. To make sure we're giving the best test image, we need to...
- Download the Nokia monitor test app here: http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Noki...wnload-464.html
- Run the Nokia monitor app, and look for the "moire" testing button. It is the fourth button from the left, bottom row. Click it.
- The monitor will now show a solid grey screen, click the screen 5 times until you see a test pattern of alternating black and white pixels (ie TINY checker board).
- Press the Auto signal sync button on your monitor and wait for it to line everything up. Done!
Hope this helps.
- If your computer and monitor have a digital connection (DVI), use it. It makes this tutorial unnecessary and give the best image quality.
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I've been using DSL-624t firmware on my DSL-604t ADSL modem/router combo as it seems to run more stable. I just noticed that there is a newer firmware upgrade available and it works much better, and has a slick GUI with new features like QOS. It's not that new, but i hadn't noticed it as i haven't used the router for a while.
You can download the firmware here:
ftp://ftp.dlink.it/Products/DSL/@archive/...-A.20070924.zip
Write down all your settings first, and after upgrading do a factory restore to be sure you're starting from scratch. If you're not familiar with ADSL settings and router configuration, i wouldn't attempt this.
For a few minutes after the upgrade it ran a bit sluggishly, but returned to normal speed after that.
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You might take a look at the "popcorn hour", it seems to get great reviews.
Windows 7 On Old Hardware
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Good info Reimar, but i'm curious why your XP boot times are so high, even considering the age of those machines? With a fresh install of XP, NOD32, .net 3.5 and all drivers my little Asus Eee manages to boot the the desktop in around 27 seconds. The intel Atom is not the strongest processor by any means, and the included HD is a 5400 rpm drive. It seems odd that your fastest system was still 500% slower.