Mickeymaus

Maybe he doesn't usually get that far with his stock.Today was your chance ????.

Final Thoughts What I took away from all these many SIMs and tests. I was surprised of the speed you can get for very little money. I was also surprised at how far you can get with a good 8 Mbps SIM. I couldn't have said whether the DTAC 30 Mbit, the Thunder with unlimited speed or the 8 Mbit SIM was in the router. Or even if my 3BB VDSL was used. With "normal" internet use there was no noticeable difference at all. YouTube on the tablet and TikTok and Line with video calls were no problem. Video streaming at very high resolutions was limited with the 8 Mbps and also with MY router with CAT 4. And of course if you have access to very fast download servers you will notice the difference. And also at speed tests. You also have to consider that I was the only user of this internet connection. So if you have 5 children, a wife, their relatives and a Mia Noi, they could all hate you with such a wireless internet solution ????????. I would also not use the Thunder in the car ???? and use it there for navigation ⤴️. Coverage is not the same as with other networks. If you do please let me know your experience. Also compared to the True Move and the AIS SIM, upload speeds were much slower at the DTAC and the Thunder SIM ⚠️. So if you need high upload speeds then don't forget to check this. To make it short. You have to test SIMs at your location ???????????? with your devices and with your internet usage - many users, virtual networks, streaming services like Netflix and whatever you use. There is no other way if you don't want to gamble ????. What I wanted to know was if it's technically possible for me to live without a wired internet service these days - my 3BB VDSL connection. So far I think I can. At my location I will try to continue with the NT Thunder for 999 baht a year. In the tablet it is even significantly faster than 3BB VDSL. So why pay almost 7,600 baht a year for the 3BB VDSL? I am not that poor. But after these tests I feel like I'm wasting money. But I also know that TOT NT uses networks of DTAC. And now the merger of DTAC and True Move. Will it have consequences for the DTAC and TOT NT networks? Let's hope the best... In the worst case I simply go back to a wired Internet solution. I will report if there are major issues with my Thunder. But next and last will be a test with CAT 6 in the next few days. My router is CAT 4 only. I don't have a CAT 6 router. I will try to get an idea with my old CAT 6 tablet. It may not compare to a CAT 6 router. Therefore the results will be very vague. But I want to do it for myself before I perhaps buy a CAT 6 router later. So next the CAT 6 "experiment" but for sure not tomorrow. If you are interested you know where to find the results.

Obviously you are not in Pattaya. They are constantly building new large hotels and condos. And I'm sure a lot of Chinese people will be interested. And then there are Indians. We old European expats here are dying out. If you look at Tree Town, there are no expensive buildings there - okay, maybe the (closed) Pattaya Beach Club... Construction machines can remove the rest in one day. This area is waiting for a buyer. It's way too expensive for cheap bars.

I've tried buying it from the big pharmacies like Boots and P&F. You can't get it there without a prescription anymore. Then I went to a no-name pharmacy and got it there. I don't know if it has anything to do with that. But years ago, a lot of Russians bought this and brought it back to Russia. At this time it was very hard to get it because they bought huge quantities here.

I guess then he will run back.

I heard a lot about fake products. But toothpaste is new to me. Hope all these people risking the health of others get punished accordingly. It is not the same as selling fake watches for instance.

Previous owners tried that many years ago. There were showrooms and a big party. I checked out the showrooms myself. I might still have the flyer somewhere. And then it all stopped. I heard it was not approved because it was too high. Then the area was empty for a long time until they built about 7 years ago a parking lot with bars on it - Tree Town. First there was only the still existing Cocktail Car with extreme noise every night. And then more and more bars were slowly added. I guess a lot of people (residents and hotel owners) would love to see that noisy red light area go away as soon as possible - myself included. Hopefully your information is correct.

Now to the settings in the router, phone / tablet All pictures are only examples. What you see depends on the router model, Android or iOS version, phone or tablet model. But it should be similar. I start with the router. If you don't have a router continue at vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv It is better to turn off the router when inserting the SIM card and then turn it on again. On my router, D-Link warns you not to insert/remove the SIM card while it is powered on. I log into the router. Under "Internet" I get the screen shown in the first picture. The first thing you should notice is that I switched my preferred service type to "4G mode only". This means that the router is forced to connect with 4G. If only 3G is available, you will not be connected. "Auto" is often the default there, but if you're unlucky you'll only get 3G even if 4G is available. Next is the Dialup Profile. Here it depends on the router and SIM. My router does all settings automatically and correctly - see both pictures Router APN. If not then (see picture Router Manual Settings) select the service type, select the country (Thailand), select the company (TOT, DTAC or whatever) and enter in the APN field "www.dtac.co.th" for DTAC or "pocket" for TOT. You can google the APN (Access Point Name) for other companies. Tip, but don't tell anyone. I entered mickeymaus and the speed was much faster ????????. No, it didn't change anything ????. But enter the values of the SIM company you use to make them happy. Perhaps your situation is different because your forum user here is not Mickeymaus ????. Apply the settings in the router and it should be finished. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Now to the settings in the phone / tablet Better turn off the phone/tablet when inserting/removing the SIM card and then turn it on again. Some devices don't have a problem if you don't turn them off. But it is safer for the device and SIM card. First, turn off Airplane mode if it's on, and turn on Cellular/Mobile data. Most SIMs will not require any additional settings. But the Thunder was different in my tablet and phone. For any SIM card, first make sure your device is switched to 4G LTE. On my tablet this is under SETTINGS -> CONNECTIONS -> MOBILE NETWORKS (see first Phone/Tablet picture). If you look at the 2nd Phone/Tablet (P/T) picture you see at my device as Network Mode "auto connect". Make sure that this or the highest possible connection is set there. I can't FORCE 4G LTE like at the router and so I had to choose "auto connect". If it is set to 3G expect extremely slow speeds. The SIMs should work now as good as they can perform. But if you don't get data with the Thunder (or perhaps some others) do the following: Go under Mobile Networks to the Access Point Name (see 3rd P/T picture) and click on it. Then press ADD and enter the values as shown for TOT in the last picture. Now it should work ????????????. Next topic will be final thoughts. Enough for today...

I always put it in a trolley suitcase (don't know the exact name - the small ones with wheels) and left it at the reception. There are cameras and there is other staff. I travelled years like this and never had a problem.

Somebody moved this topic to Health and Medicine. Okay. It can be used for this purpose. But I want to use it as insecticide. Nobody has ever used this stuff? It's really confusing. Some websites describe it is used for health purposes, some against insects, and Wikipedia writes "In general, ingestion of two grams causes serious toxicity and four grams is potentially fatal.". This is almost nothing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camphor I have 100 grams and could kill 25 people with it. OK. I could use 12 grams for that ????????. What do I do with the 88 grams that are left ????? I don't know what to do with this stuff now. I'm too scared to open the package. I also have no idea how to safely dispose of it. Financially - it was only 55 Baht. But on the other hand people are using it for health purposes, even as sleeping aid. This and the Wikipedia warning makes no sense to me.

Here the features of the SIM cards + How I got the SIM cards + How I activated them. Settings will come perhaps tomorrow. I start with both TOT SIMs You can order the Thunder at Shopee. It is an official TOT distribution channel. You could look at Lazada. But what I found there was more expensive. Since I don't have a Shopee user and TOT Pattaya is not too far away I went there. There I asked several times for the package with unlimited speed and data (her English was good) and got as answer there is a special promotion and it is now only 89 Baht for the first month. Great. What a luck. At home when I unpacked it I saw it is the "NT Work & Learn SIM". I found out that it has 8 Mbps and unlimited data. Okay. Never had such a slow 8 Mbps SIM. Let's test this experience too. For the 89 Baht you get only data. For calls you have to top it up. The next month was 150 Baht. If I understood it correctly if you buy it at Shopee you get the first 30 days even for free and so pay for 2 months only 150 Baht (I did the math for you - 75 Baht a month for the first two months ????????). https://shopee.co.th/ซิม-TOT-Work-Learn-SIM-เน็ต-8-Mbps-ฟรี-30-วัน-เดือนต่อไป-150-nt-เทพ-หลานเทพ-for-ais-dtac-true-move-รายปี-ไม่อั้น-for-i.22500615.5358955694 Next day I went again to TOT for the 1 month Thunder SIM for 199 Baht a month (999 for a year). The Thunder is a data only SIM - no calls possible. "Cannot". I was told that I have to apply online first at https://wcsoss.totwbs.com/promotion I had no phone with me so back home ⛈️????. I found the site only in Thai. But Google Translate in the Chrome browser helped. It was only a problem with pop-ups where you had to select something like Banglamung. You have to enter the longitude and latitude of your location. You can find this on Google Maps for instance. In my case for instance it is 12.98961 and 100.96102. If you enter there a number that doesn't make sense to the system you will get the message that this area is not covered. But even if your entry is correct it might perhaps really not be covered. You can't continue then. You can also try to find the longitude and latitude with Google Search. Enter longitude latitude and your condo name and you might get it. You also have to enter passport number, phone number and...and... The phone number is very important. Here you will get SMS messages. This is the main communication channel for the SIM since itself doesn't have a phone number. The most important SMS are OTP (one time passwords). At the end of the application you get a "service request code" on the browser screen (see first picture). With this code AND the passport I went back to TOT. There they entered many things into their system and then I went with the Thunder SIM to the cashier, paid 199 Baht and back to the service counter. I thought now it is done ????????????. At the same moment their system stopped to work (perhaps they use TOT Internet... ????) and I was asked to come again in about 2 hours ⛈️⛈️⛈️????????????. After a nervous breakdown ???? the manager told me they will copy everything what they need and enter it later without me in the system ????????????. Back home I received two hours later a call that it should work now. In my phone I got as SMS: "Service ID XXXXXXXXXX get 500MB for trial 7 days. If satisfied, pls. activate your package at https://speed.totwbs.com/speedtest/" I also got an SMS with the activation code. DONE ????????????. I didn't order the Thunder via Shopee. Perhaps someone can share this knowledge here. Next the Dtac SIM. I always buy at Lazada. You will not get these packages at the service center of the phone company. Search in Lazada / Shopee for" SIM card" and you will find countless offers. Mine (see second picture) is 30 Mbps with unlimited data and free phone calls to all networks during the first month. After 1 month you have to top up this for 265 Baht. You can use it for a maximum of 6 months. You can get the same SIM without free calls for 235 Baht. If you top up you can make calls too (not like the Thunder that is data only). I bought mine for 203 Baht. At this time it was cheaper than the same package without free calls. If you top up or buy a new SIM after one month is up to you. Activation is easy after you received it. It might not be the same at all sellers. But it was always the same at all SIMs that I bought. Don't throw away anything - not even the envelope. You scan the Line QR code on the package to add the seller as new Line contact (see last picture). Then you go to his Line chat window. You send him without any explanation photo of the first passport page photo of the envelope with your address photo of the SIM card package with the number on it screenshot of your Lazada order and ask for activation. No need for further conversation. After a short time you will get the message that it is activated. I bought several SIMs and the longest time I had to wait was 3 hours. Next chapter will be the settings in the phone/tablet and router. It might be necessary in some cases. Enough work for me today... ????????

At first I thought this topic is about the internet.

Destroying the world because of Selensky and Putin?! Better not...

Pictures like this show how stupid humans can be.

I tried a thicker screen protector on my Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ and the fingerprint sensor had problems with this (it is on the screen). Before you put there a protection better check this first. Put it on the screen without sticking it to it and then test. Of course this is only possible if it is completely transparent before using it.

While you all are sitting in bars ???????????? I'm still working very hard. No, I wanted to know that myself. I was just visiting a friend in Central Pattaya and he is staying in a different location in a higher multi storey building. It was 9 pm. First I tested the signal strength and speed on the 11th floor and then on the 5th floor. On the fifth floor, the speed was twice as high. There is a warning from TOT - see last picture. This test also showed that a strong signal has nothing to do with high speed. My signal at my location is much worse and I'm getting much higher speed. Anyway - I just tested an other location and it might be completely different for you.

I will describe the registration at TOT tomorrow in my other router topic. It was a little bit exhausting.

Signal reception is difficult to compare. The router usually says 80 but up to 90 percent and the tablet what you can see in the picture of my first posting here -98. But it's a very interesting question. So I walked through my apartment with the Thunder in my tablet and looked for the location with the worst signal strength - no, not in the microwave ????. It was -108. There was no noticeable speed impact. Should I try in the microwave?

Thank you very much. It is Net Cell Info Lite & WiFi app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wilysis.cellinfolite Yes, it's a lot of work and I'll be happy when it's finished. It was finished until someone mentioned the NT Thunder SIM. Then I had to test it. Without this forum, I would have had no idea such a thing existed. And I'm glad now that I got this information here. And even the router I got for free from a member of this forum. This story was covered here earlier. I just try to give something back.

Thank you for sharing your experience. I also tested the Thunder with testmy.net. Not always, but most of the time I get around 100-150. AIS was a disaster in my condo but worked great two floors up at a friend of mine. The only way is to test it. What I try to avoid is that readers see my really great results and think if they buy the Thunder they'll get the same thing. That was the reason for this topic. To show them that it's not the same for everyone. But on the other hand they should also see what MIGHT be possible with the Thunder.

I had holes in some sheets and ordered Camphor from Lazada. I've read before that it's supposed to be safer than mothballs. For this reason I ordered it. Before ordering and now where I have it I googled a lot and some sources say it is a very strong poison that can kill you easily or damage your health even in small quantities. Other sources use it for cosmetic purposes or as a sleep aid. Does anyone have experience with this and how can I use it safely?

Now the SIM tests with my router. My router has CAT 4 and still the first firmware of 2016. I didn't update it yet ????????????. Not always are the updates better and I can't find the original version on the Internet. So no way to go back. Don't fix what is not broken... The router tests should only give you an idea. There are newer routers and even CAT 6 routers. But at HIS time my router was top class and had good ratings at Amazon - years ago. And so far I am happy with it. https://www.amazon.com/D-Link-Wireless-LTE-Router-DWR-921_E/dp/B00BN36NMM A CAT 6 router? I can't get this Idea out of my head... Perhaps later. The results are pretty quick explained. I did again many tests at different times. The first picture shows only some tests - just as an idea. The Thunder and the Dtac had no problem with 4K at 24 frames. But both showed buffering at 60 frames. Here clearly the router is the bottleneck. As access point in the tablet the SIMs had no problems at all and there was a lot of capacity left. The TOT NT with 8 Mbps could not handle 4K at all. Here clearly the SIM was the bottleneck. But it performed great at 2K - see second picture - 2K @60 frames and much buffer. At the third picture you see that it is clearly limited. It starts very high and then "Oh no, give him only the speed he has paid for!" it slows down to about 8 Mbps. Since it could perform faster it has no problems with 2K. It is not at the limit. But a yearly Thunder might be a the cheaper option. More to this in the next posting perhaps tomorrow. Next will be the features of the SIM cards, how I got the SIM cards, how I activated them and settings in the phone and tablet and router. The following text is completely off topic. Please skip it if you are not interested. Regarding 4K - "normal" people might not necessarily need it. But I got used to it because it worked fine with my 3BB VDSL. It also enables a really impressive 2D to 3D conversion on my 3D TV. The higher the resolution the better this conversion will be. I think without 3D I would not care if it is 4K or "only" 2K. But 3D was always a big topic for me. I have also a 3D camera. What people often don't know. Many 3D cinema movies were converted afterwards from 2D to 3D. It is expensive and complicated to shoot in real 3D. And the chip in my TV does such an amazing job that it is often very hard to say if a photo for instance was taken with my 3D camera or if it was converted from 2D to 3D. How this conversion is possible is very interesting but very complicated. What this conversion cannot do is to make objects appear to be in front of the screen. You can do this with a trick with the camera if you focus on something in the background. I could continue endless but back to the topic...

I just see this topic is here two times. So here again the answer I gave in the other topic already. OK. The hard drive or the data on it may be damaged. But a friend of mine had the exact same problem with an Acer all in one PC years ago. First I checked the BIOS and found that the date/time was incorrect. The CMOS battery was dead and all BIOS settings were reset to default values. Luckily I came across this BIOS setting shown in the picture below. It has been reverted to Legacy. I switched it to UEFI, then saved the BIOS and it booted with no problems. Now, I just can guess without your input. I don't know what BIOS version your computer has. I am writing this above to share with you my experience and perhaps avoid costly other things that might not have been necessary. Perhaps it is the same problem, perhaps not.

OK. The hard drive or the data on it may be damaged. But a friend of mine had the exact same problem with an Acer all in one PC years ago. First I checked the BIOS and found that the date/time was incorrect. The CMOS battery was dead and all BIOS settings were reset to default values. Luckily I came across this BIOS setting shown in the picture below. It has been reverted to Legacy. I switched it to UEFI, then saved the BIOS and it booted with no problems. Now, I just can guess without your input. I don't know what BIOS version your computer has. I am writing this above to share with you my experience and perhaps avoid costly other things that might not have been necessary. Perhaps it is the same problem, perhaps not.

I will not be here later. But please check this https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23161_01/html/E37044/glsem.html Or look at the picture below. Should be for Acer. Check that you have here the correct settings.