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  1. Are there international English-speaking games or gamers at least? Who play modern geekish board games? Not classic abstracts such as chess or classic playing cards, not outdated simple games such as Monopoly/Glue Do/UNO/etc., but games like Cosmic Encounter, Unmatched, Brass Birmingham, Terraforming Mars, etc.

     

    As I knew, there were 2 board games clubs, but it closed now. So, maybe there are enthusiasts who play privately?

  2. 50 minutes ago, extercy said:

    I was quite surprised how hot modern routers run nowadays even with some big heatsink. But the heatsink are mainly for CPU but the switch and wifi chips are without heatsinks.

     

    If you like to DIY, I would suggest to open the Gigatex and all some stick on heatsinks if you are allowed to.

    If not, then get a fan to force air into or suck out of the router and increase the router feet / distance from the table. Even if it is in bridge mode and overheating, it will still cause a disconnect.

     

    A simple plug in socket electric timer can be used to restart the router every morning or at least once a week.

     

    I thought fiber modem can't be setup by users, only the ISP can do that ? I guess it is different from Malaysia.

     

     

     

    My hypothesis - the whole modem design is weak. Including software. IDK - maybe it was built on weak processor which was overclocked or (the most probable thing) - it has lots of non-optimized mistakes in the code which cause excessive load to processor w/o any actual job.

     

    I never had such problem with default 3bb modem+wifi router (white one, don't remember the brand) regardless temperature in the room - it was 1-story house in Chiang Mai which is famous its windless dry heat.

     

    So I literally don't trust that modem that's why I want to try some another.

  3. 1 hour ago, jackdd said:

    I don't have much experience with this, so I might be wrong, but I think this is standardized, and basically any fiber modem will work.

    Do you have any friend near you who has AIS fiber? AIS fiber comes with separate modem and router, so you could borrow the modem from your friend, try if it works and if it does just buy the same modem.

    But you can also find some second hand modems for 200-300 on Shopee, in case it doesn't work you don't lose much.

    Do you have the things like username, password etc. from True to setup the connection on your own router?

     

    I have PPPoE username/pass, but there isn't connection between 3bb modem (I remind - we talk about line from True) and provider I suppose on lower level, then PPPoE.

     

    My guess is I don't see some hidden settings, I'm pretty sure True modified firmware and hide them - I saw some screenshots of admin panel of this model on Internet and some tabs are hidden in True provided one.

     

    So I see no reason to buy just any random modem - as I said I also have 3bb modem with me. Also, I got another old modem today from another house, looks like a True modem.

     

    But I wanted to get info from any True line users. As I got from Thai forums that Gigatex is surely pain in the ass because it overheats and glitch. So, maybe some True line user passed the journey I plan to pass and have some advice like a "go to True and buy that one" or "they hide such settings and such".

  4. Their provided modem, white Gigatex with Wi-Fi worked super buggy - looks like it overheat and glitch. I switched off its Wi-Fi and connected it to a separate Wi-Fi router - and everything became way faster.

     

    But I worry it still can be buggy a bit because of it's worse design. I tried to configure the 3BB fiber modem - didn't work.

     

    Which fiber modem you would recommend for True (which one for sure worked with True - suppose, providers modify firmware and put some settings into firmware)? Wi-Fi not necessary and even better to have modem only - I plan to use my own mesh Wi-Fi routers.

  5. 17 minutes ago, Barley said:

    The already mentioned revolut.com card is really good, but they don"t serve Thai residents.

     

    I think you would find that most (all?) international debit cards don"t serve Thai residents.

     

    I would try one of the new online only accounts in Thailand that may have most features you want. like maybe f.e. the new SCB online account.

    I just checked the SCB - doesn't look they have such advanced virtual cards. Some of Thai banks (incl. Kasikorn and SCB) are offer virtual cards, but they don't suit such needs - instant issue and reissue.

     

    Pity that Revolut doesn't serve international customers. But I'm pretty sure there are some services which serve but wanted to use Thai expats' experience to save time. Tried 

     

     

    23 minutes ago, fdsa said:

    Well if you understand Russian and posess some Bitcoins on Litecoins you could test your luck here: https://plati.market/cat/debit-cards/11354/#s11355=priceDESC

    (note that not all sellers accept cryptocurrencies, most of them accept Webmoney or Paymer only - Russian online payment systems)

    They sell prepaid ones which isn't useful at all - I mention I'd like to avoid mess with prepaid ones + I want to link it to my normal card or PayPal, not to buy card every time I need some secure transaction in Internet.

     

    16 minutes ago, couchpotato said:

    Wow no need for nastiness.

    You didn't give the correct information at the beginning, on what you actually required. So many different answers. Now that you have clarified what you require, then the the answer is a 'Debit card' from any bank, which is available to everyone with a valid bank account. SCB, Krungsri, Kbank, TMB etc are all good.

    Try to be nice..you will get better answers.

    You're right, I was a bit emotional.

     

    Sorry, prepaid cards and debits - is totally different cards, https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/what-is-the-difference-between-a-prepaid-card-a-credit-card-and-a-debit-card-en-433/.

     

    And about your last advice - Thai banks don't supply mentioned in my list features. They simply provide virtual debit cards with limits, but I need instant issue/disable/delete.

  6. Which service provide such service for Thai residents and support:

     

    - instant issue of such a card

    - instant disabling/enabling of the card

    - instant destroying of the card

    - any/flexible billing name/address

    - limit on transaction

    - card is not prepaid

     

    There are lots of such services online but some of them aren't service all countries (for example, https://privacy.com/ is for US residents), some of them doesn't have all listed reqs. 

  7. Guess why that visas are multiple entry? Why people issuing multiple entry visas in Thailand? To enjoy constant border runs? My company is qualified to issue multiple entry visa only.

     

    And now looks like Thailand don't care about people who qualified to get such visas - rules for 1 yr NON-B+NON-O is the same strict as was before without any adaptation for people who qualified to get multiple visas only.

     

    We have no Thai child, sorry for that, same as Thai wife, Thai husband.

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