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Oh please. It's a verifiable fact that some substances are much move potentially addictive than others.

Thanks. I'm confused yet again. You bought online from where or directly? They will sell a test sim without location approval?

I recall that you need to apply to even get a test sim for Thunder and they need your exact geolocation including floor, and that they won't even sell if you're about the 5th floor. Anyway what kind of deals are there with Thunder? Higher speeds than I have and UNLIMITED?

I was interested but info posted here said they won't even sell that to people on HIGH FLOORS (which I am). I'd still be interested in testing if they would sell a Thunder test SIM.

Hey there. I want to give an update on my more or less successful transition to Sim router internet access from DSL. I've had TOT DSL since I moved to Thailand, but the cable was stolen and TOT won't redo DSL in my building. This news took several weeks for them to admit. That unpleasant experience motivated me to find a way to be independent of any kind of wiring if that was a workable option. I want to thank all the people that have made helpful and informative comments about this topic including by PM. I knew nothing about the Sim router option before but now I know at least enough to have made it work. So the first thing I did was to buy a Sim router that was suggested here that had extra ports (which I need). This router supports all providers here and at the time I bought I still foolishly believed that I would eventually get my DSL back so in that case the router can be used as a FAILSAFE to take over when the DSL goes out temporarily. Also I was confident that I would find at least one Sim provider that worked in my condo and I wanted to test Sims in the router I would be using. So I bought a D-Link 4G LTE N 300 on Lazada. Inexpensive and decent. Then I bought a few test Sims on Lazada. My priority was DTAC because a kind member gave me a link for a 30 Mbps UNLIMITED DTAC Sim annual plan. So if the test DTAC sim was good enough, I was just going to buy that plan Sim. If you get Sims that way you need to activate it with the seller via Line. That involves sending pics of the Sim packaging and your passport ID page. The seller I used was using only Thai so had to use Google translate which of course is much less than ideal. So got the DTAC card activated and then I had hoped I would have a short usage period to test it before buying a plan but the seller told me I needed to buy a plan. So I bought a 15 Mbps plan for 200 baht to test it. The test results weren't spectacular but I felt they were good enough. At 15 I was able to do everything I do online with a few limitations. I found that when downloading torrents and streaming stremio simultaneously the Stremio performace was unacceptable. Also occationally youtube videos would do a quick blackout thing which wasn't my experience on DSL. But I figured the 30 Mbps Sim would fix that and it's not that I really NEED to download torrents and stremio simultaneously. So I bought the annual DTAC 30 Mbps sim. That seller did speak English but was much more picky about the specs for the pictures plus they needed a selfie. When I say much more picky I am not exagerrating! But finally got it activated but the plan wasn't automatically in effect. They told me I needed to put it in a phone first (as I did for the test Sim) and assign the phone number to the Sim and then you get SMS from DTAC confirming the plan is in effect. I assume probably that I could have put it into the router first and configured the router to get SMS skipping the phone step but I decided to keep it simple and do what the seller said. Is my assumption correct? Anyway theoretically I was all set by then! But no. The 30 Sim's performance was less than expected based on the tests of the 15. Also it BLOCKED torrent downloads and Stremio streams. So I bought a one month test of Proton VPN and can now do torrents and Stremio. The short blackouts of youtube are gone but I haven't fully tested the Stremio mixed with torrents yet (because I was watching a video with very few seeds but need to test a video with a larger number of seeds). I am finding that torrent downloads are noticably SLOWER than with my old DSL even when well seeded. That is unfortunate but not exactly a deal breaker as I've never had a critical need to download large files in seconds. I can wait. There's always plenty of stuff to watch that I already have or can stream. I did have a happy and somewhat surprising result on stremio. A video that was very poorly seeded on torrents (so taking a super long time) streamed very smoothly on stremio. I don't understand how it could with so few seeders, so in that sense the Sim exceeded expectations. As the cliche goes there are many ways to skin a chicken. Well above is how I skinned a chicken to go from dead DSL to a perfectably usable (but admitedly slower than ideal) Sim solution. Other than the slower speeds the only downside I can think of about Sim router vs. DSL or fiber is that you need to deal with buying a new Sim every year and there is no way of knowing what deals will be available then (especially as I require UNLIMITIED data). Cheers.

It's a Special Eject Putin Operation.

One man's toxins are another man's garden of delights.

Let's get real. The Russian people would never have the balls to just storm the Kremlin themselves. Something had to give. I don't know if this coup will work, but even if it does, its impossible to predict what will happen after it does. What's the alternative? Waiting for Putin to nuke Ukraine and trigger a global nuclear war?

If it pushes them to leave Ukraine it's a good thing.

You're on to something. Aseannow might consider selling VANITY descriptions like vanity license plates. I assume they have the power to make these edits internally, yeah?

Yeah well like I said I did a test first with ANOTHER DTAC Sim that was 15 Mbps. That's why I bought the annual plan at 30 because the 15 performed pretty well in my location. I don't understand what one DTAC Sim would be OK and another sub par in the SAME location.

I like it well enough but it's not about me, it's about all you other smug <deleted>.

I wouldn't say crap. I would say good <deleted>.

Thanks but looking for a much bigger data limit than 70 gb.

Unfortunately no! Long ago, the powers that be removed the capability to edit that. I found out when I tried, posted about it, and was told, sorry, no can do. So I'm stuck with Don't Be So Smug Member. Could be worse I guess.

Is there any thing to do the idea of there being zoning for shops? Like OK for recreational shops in tourist areas only?

I recall hearing there is a 100 Mbps AIS sim current offer but with a data limit. Can someone point to that offer on Lazada or Shoppee?

I tested in a phone first. Same type of results. It's a new router. Perhaps something dodgy with this SIM offer?

I have the same DTAC Sim plan, recently purchased. I've never had close to 30 in my 4g SIM router. I think 10 max. The 15 DTAC that I first tested with was getting relatively better speeds to the stated limit. But it's actually good enough speed for my needs. Also, it blocks torrents, but OK with a VPN. I'm interested in a 5g sim router but I'm not seeing any that aren't super expensive. I'll keep testing it. I only recently started using it so maybe it'll get better (hope springs eternal).

Accepted. Yeah, definitely avoid that stuff you were thinking about.

Sure but people can potentially become addicted to a substance even if they think they are in control. Of course different substances have different levels of physical addiction potential and level of consequences if that happens. I could cite some personal experiences of "flirting" with more potentially dangerous addictive substances but I'd rather not share that here. Let's just say there are substances that even if you try once you can feel them creeping into your system and I suppose in some cases one use will create an addiction. Weed is not one of those substances. A reason it has been described as a SOFT drug.

Yes, coffee is DEFINITELY addictive. FACT. 8 Signs You’re Addicted to Coffee - Coffee Informer I think you see the word "addiction" as stigmatizing. I do not. It depends on the substance. The majority of western adults are addicted to caffeine. Should they all be stigmatized?

Uruguay has been mentioned. It's documented that he has an escape plan.

It was my reasoned personal impression based on his description of somewhat severe physical withdrawal symptoms. I think we're allowed to voice our opinions I am not anti weed. I love modern weed. But I do support efforts to suppress youths using it as I'm convinced its not good for developing brains. You are free to use the report button. Knock yourself out dude.

That's interesting. Thanks. You sound addicted to me. My anecdotal report of barely noticeable physical withdrawal symptoms was based on old style weak assed ganja.