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Puzzled as to why this is.... Checked Utorrent forum and tried everything the advise, yet to no avail.

No firewall is blocking Utorrent, I have allowed all exceptions for the programme to run properly.

I check if the port is forwarded. Yet tells me all the time there is a problem.

Not sure about port forwarding manually as worried this will mess up my internet connection with other things.

Using AVG virus scanner. Set this up to allow Utorrent.

Tested the I.P to see if Utorrent is throttled, tests showed it wasn't. Internet provider also advised they don't block ports.

Tried pretty much everything, yet still seem to get slow downloading speeds, less than 100kps in most cases on an ADSL 8MB connection this doesn't seem normal to me.

Any help or suggestions?

Thanks

sometimes I get speeds of between 200-400... Right now though it's really slow, it could maybe be the swarm I'm getting it from. However I have the red exclamation mark telling me a router/firewall is blocking me connecting to others!?!?

Not the firewall, I've checked.... Baffled as to why sometimes it's fine... and others slow as shit!

I'm with TRUE and they offer an excellent service up in Chiangmai. 8MB package.... Far better than TOT have ever been able to manage

However I'm just wondering if they limit the download speed for torrents up here in Chiangmai, as it always tell me that a firewall/router is limiting my connection with Utorrent???

Not the firewall as I have allowed all possible exceptions... Maybe the router? Anyone else have this problem? If so how did you solve it?

Thanks for any help.

I'm also with TRUE and they offer an excellent service up in Chiangmai.

However I'm just wondering if they limit the download speed for torrents up here in Chiangmai, as it always tell me that a firewall/router is limiting my connection with Utorrent???

Not the firewall as I have allowed all possible exceptions... Maybe the router? Anyone else have this problem? Is so how did you solve it?

Absolutely shocking report!!!!

I know how it works over there, but I thought football was able to raise itself against ridiculous things like politics!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...-Korea-win.html

Hope it doesn't get like it did in Pattaya.... Chiangmai doesn't want or need this. Let's hope it all passes peacefully.

Arrive Surat Thani Airport at 3:30pm, will get straight on a bus to the pier at Don Sak. What's the chances of me catching the last boat that day and what time does it leave?

If you don't live there then can't see the point of your post to be frank. Yes the bar is in a residential area and if some of your friends have complained to the point where a solicitor has become involved then they could possibly save themselves a great deal of money by going and speaking to one of the three owners. Usually one of them is always there and all of them are very reasonable. If they don't know some residents are upset then how can you expect them to rectify the problem?

The reason I mentioned Dayli was that you said that many restaurants now close due to UTB where as it appears it has only affected one, the Jok restaurant.

As far as Nimmanahemin was back in the day, I'm afraid that is what you call development in the modern day and has happened and is happening all over the world and not just Nimmanhemin road, Chiangmai.

I will personally forward this forum about UTB to the owners. I suggest that you also advise the people with a gripe to go and visit them so a compromise can maybe reached and everybody who enjoys the music can be happy, those who don't, are happy and the police can use their time on other things.

Love, peace and hair grease.

Peekint,

I know the owners of this bar pretty well, they are nice Thai people who do serve many Thai dishes so have every right to be classed as a restaurant. It is not a "Townhouse" as such but a block of 5, 3 floor units that could be used as shops (as some of them have) a bar (such as UTB) or a house (as some are still unoccupied) however the style of them is more of a shop, restaurant, bar style. The speakers are moved from upstairs to downstairs when it's not a band night. When I walk from my condo to the bottom of soi 11 I can't hear them, so doubt those in soi 13 can either. A slight exaggeration on your part IMO. The only small restaurants opposite from UTB is a Jok restaurant, who I also know and he usually closes at 9pm or thereabouts and next door is a juice / smoothie shop which closes well before the band ever start at around 7pm and only opened about 2mths ago. Further down this soi, towards Srimankalajarn road, is Dayli bar which is open til around 1am and I have never seen it close because of this, the other end is Sucasa (A Spanish Tapas restaurant) which usually closes around 10pm anyway and did so before UTB opened (My GF office is almost next to it so I know this for sure). There is also a noodle shop that has never stayed open til midnight in the whole time I have lived in Chiangmai. So think you should get your facts straight!!!!

Instead of venting your thoughts on here, have you actually gone and spoke with them to try and reach some sort of amicable compromise?

Incidentally they only play "Live" Music on Friday and Saturday nights. Other nights the "CD" music is at a much lower volume.

Yes, on a live night it's loud, but I have been there many nights and they usually stop about 12-12:30am. Even more so now as the police were there a few weeks ago, when I was there, as the entertainment license they did have had ran out. One of the owners, a friend of mine, was arrested and fined for no license. I believe this was an oversight and now rectified (according to him anyway). If they were getting "Special treatment" as you would put it doubt he would have been arrested and paid 7k to the old bill.

Monkey and Warm both stay open beyond midnight. Entertainments licenses for premises under 1 yr have to be renewed every 3mths. Also the Condo you mentioned contains many customers that frequent that bar quite often. If special treatment is being given to anyone it's by the places that have much richer owners and those can milk them for special treatment!

The band is quite good so instead of being a grumpy stick in the mud, pop in and make a request for your favourite song and I'm sure they'll oblige.

I remember when air asia first opened this route. There was a bus and boat service from the airport for about 400bht that air asia managed themselves....

Any ideas if they still offer this, or if there is any other way of getting to the pier and successfully and getting a boat in time to make it on the island for the same day?

I'll be arriving at Surat Thani around 3:30pm.

Any advice on this would be appreciated, gotta get the boat back on 1st Jan! Hope they operate that day :s

Can see them doing ok in S.A. If they flop though wouldn't fancy going back though if I was in their squad. Wonder how many might just take the opportunity to go AWOL when they get knocked out!?!?

It'll be on for sure....

You'll defo get a tick on the day, it's on ramkamheang road opp FBT near university. Loads of buses go that way but not sure of route. Leave early as traffic will be a bitch in the run up to k.o

Tell ya what the passion that Robson showed from the sidelines tonight in this Asia cup qualifier was amazing.

Thailand put in one of the best performances I've ever seen, against a Singapore side that has been there bogey team in recent years.

Hope he sees the job through, with that sort of passion they could well be a threat in the Asia cup in Qatar come 2011.

Sparkles, hope they prove me wrong, dare say 36,000 + 36,000 pet sheep would disagree with me, but did you watch the game?

N.Z were woeful in front of goal and lack any class whatsoever.... Feel for Bahrain, had some shocking luck in WC playoffs. As you said 20 qualifying games Vs 8 doesn't add up. Also Bahrain had a pre - asia playoff against Saudi Arabia to even get there I think.

Think even Honduras will put up a better show then them.

Was on ESPN, NZ in the finals. Apologies to any kiwis out there, but think you're gonna be the worst whippin' boys in World Cup history!

Think it clashes with the Russia playoff. Supersport in S.A aren't showing it.... Fingers crossed Thai Ch3 or 7 come up with the goods.

Don't suppose you know about the Brazil game do you?

England Vs Brazil; midnight k.o in LOS.

some other big international playoffs aswell. Really wanna see Ireland Vs Frogs too (Can see an upset there)

Any ideas if Thai TV / True / WETV etc... will cover any of them?

Esp wanna watch the England match, not seen it advertised anywhere though.

Did TRUE show the 1st round live?

Actually scrap that! Realplayer worked fine from 4 til around 6pm and then put it on again at 7:30pm no probs.

9:30pm wouldn't play BBC radio or anything!!!!!

Thought I'd give iplayer another go, not a sausage, just caused windows to crash and had to close it!

Although I could listen to Chris Moyles on "Listen again" through iplayer.

WEIRD is a fookin understatement and it's doing my head in.

What are you doing on your comp' Crossy that I'm not?

Could it be a conflict of programmes? As I also have sopcast and TVants installed so I can watch Live sport.

Working now, listening LIVE, couldn't listen live directly through the BBC iplayer. Although opened realplayer and started streaming immediately when I clicked on the channel....

seems the iplayer will only work for repeated shows.

Any ideas how it may be possible to watch the programmes the BBC put on via iplayer?

I'm going mad!

Have done everything I can possibly think of to listen to the Live BBC Radio stations, e.g. Radio 1 etc....

I have downloaded Flash and also Java.

I have even downloaded the firefox version of Flash too.

Cannot get it to work on explorer , when the window pops up the whole things freezes and says the programme is not responding.

Morzilla at least tries to connect but simply can't manage to stream live.

I have also downloaded Real player as thought I may need this as listening from abroad.

I have enabled all "Activex controls" and Java on my sercurity settings.

Still nothing!!!!!

I also have other programmes on my comp' such as Sopcast, limewire and Utorrent...

Maybe Sopcast or another programme is interfering with it???

I'm at a complete loss. I have tried other computers and they connect fine, I can also listen to the library of BBC shows that they offer in their listen again library and I can listen to other online radio stations with no problem al all.

It can't be my computer as it's brand new, my internet is 8MB ADSL from TRUE so doubt it's that either.

Can anyone help, before I tear all my hair out?

thanks

Had intended on taking TRUE internet, gave the local office my number etc.... never got a call back to see the router port was ready or not.

Popped in yesterday to be told that the router was now full and no call telling me at any point that they were ready! Useless f*****s!

Need to look into other options, don't wanna touch CAT or Maxnet and will not be conned into this BS 10MB 3BB crap.

A friend said set up a landline with TT&T or someone and then get KSC to provide my internet services.

Anyone had any experience?

Did anyone call WETV and get any feed back from them as to whether they will put the football plus channel on?

If so please post here....