BugJackBaron

Don't forget the beachesl Many come here for the beaches. The pure white sand(and occasional oil slick).

Assuming decent, reliable internet connectivity is a top requirement, it is always best to sort out the internet issues before moving into a place.

Having your own, dedicated fixed-line broadband connection is really the best/ideal option.

Relying on almost any kind of WiFi may be a an exercise in futility.

A seedbox may be OK, but then you'll be consuming all the bandwidth when you FTP. Obviously if your WiFi is a shared resource this may, or may not, be "acceptable"?

On some customer installs we reset the WiFI IP addresses frequently to "confound" greedy users; we also lock them out if their activity is excessive.

When I moved here 4 years ago there was no problem using torrent.

Then something went wrong with the speeds. They slowed to a trickle and I doubt it was due to massive torrenting. Skype may be partly responsible as well as the increase in web based phone and tablet use.

A few weeks ago True was contracted, after several bids, to fix the problem.

The "fix" was to close torrent channels and go to a web based access system. Got it now? Yes it is faster now (but barely fast enough for Skype).

It is quite unlikely MBK would have the latest episode of the crowdfunded Startrek Continues or even an old Fellini movie.

Plenty of stuff that is easier to get by torrent.

Unbelievable. You are complaining about a 2000 baht connection fee. Unless you are planning on moving out in 1 or 2 months, that 2000 baht fee will pay for itself in spades with a better, faster, more reliable connection.

You are correct. In a couple of months I may move but not just due to the internet as it is just one problem here and now there seem to be better deals iin the area of Jomtien. Today I will have some cheese with my whine.

Should I decide to stay here for another year I will pay the 2000 Baht for a 3BB or TOT connection.

It's partly the principle of the thing as well as the fact is that many places

now have unfettered access to the internet with speeds of 3mb and 5 down. Enough even for such bandwidth hoggers as Skype.

Being a fellow torrent user, I thought I would try to help out. This is the method I use to by-pass any attempted P2P blocks:

Find a free proxy server online and then use uTorrent which allows you to proxy the tracker connection without proxying the actual peer-to-peer connections. This lets you hide a connection to the trackers but allows the torrents to see whom to transfer with and then the Protocol Encryption does the rest.

Good Luck!

I may give it a try. I remember trying something like that years ago at a Bangkok university . It wouldn't work because of the use of the Socks 5 protocol.

Anyways, this seems to be the only place in this area engaging in this nonsense so I will probably move.

Get your own internet connection instead of using the building WiFi which is probably over-subscribed and abused by other residents in the bulding, hence the rules.

For 699 thb per month you can have 15mbps cable internet including installation and modem router, which is brilliant.

That's all fine and good but the apartment wants 2000 Baht to install the needed wiring. You would have to be very sure

you want to live there permanently.

I was curious because even in crappy View Talay, I don't believe they block the ports.

And I am sure there is a technical solution - trafffic shaping for example - that will limit the abuers and still allow

P2P access. . They are just taking the dirt-cheapest way out.

Has anyone else had this happen to them?

Getting a VPN costs money as does using a 3G WiFi doogle. I think you shouldn't need to use them for just this purpose.

Unbelievable. For a month or two we had really crappy iwifi in our apartment TrueMove has been given the task of upgrading the internet.

They did this with a new server and web-based logiin with wifi.

There are good and bad points to this approach.

But the kicker came when I found that they had got their speed increaseZ(which is now acceptable for browsing) by closing

all P2P ports. Being a bit of a techie , I found the technicians and confronted them about it and

was given a BS story about it being apartment policy. I doubt any of the apartment staff even understand the issue.

I thought this kind of tactic was not used much anymore cause people complained.

So what would you do in this situation? Move? Complain? Why can't they use traffic shaping to avcoid the

overuse of badwidth by P2P?

Only one problem - Chang Export. It's not beer.

I was at Da Vinci when it opened(a VERY soft opening) last Saturday. The sign on the door said "Smart casual dress required" . As I only had dumb casual dress, I was duly humbled and scurried off to the glares of the handful of

"sophistos" mulling about the entrance.

I have no idea what it is supposed to be either but it looks to me like somebody got the idea

that Jomtien is the "next Phuket". Good luck with that.

Poor Bessie. The bovine will be cowed by the experience forever.

Bestiality in songs?

(1 min mark)

If you are talking about great ones or even good ones, by Western standards, then i would say that at best you will only

find some OK ones here. The closest place with a good one(and good value esp after 7pm when it goes for half price)

is the Landmark Hotel - in Bangkok.

I lived in Cali for decades and NEVER, not once, saw french fries being served as a side with a burrito order or in the burrito for that matter.

Watch out ... I WILL try this place ...

Fusion food?

The gloves are off!

I'm not surprised ... food sucked, the dozen or so sauces where stale ....

Thais let to run a biz ? This is where it ends up ...

Mai pen rai, mai me pen ha .... who cares about customer service ?! lol

luudee

The food was no better, no worse than other Mexican restaurants in town and the restaurant was farang owned and managed. The problem was a changing customer base (i.e., Russians).

Leaving aside the subjective popint of taste, there must have been more to it than that. After all, Sam's which is in a far more hidden location

has survived the Russian invasion..

The simple fact is that he was charging Siam Paragon prices in a Cheap Charlie neighborhood. Could I ever get a dinner special there for less than 200 Bahtr?

Drats ... you beat me to it. There goes my rep. I was planning to post about this just now. I had stopped going anyway long ago when the Thai manager impolitely told me I would be banned if I ever had another complaint about their food ... so I banned myself. So am I surprised by this news? Not at all. I saw it coming. Yes the food was meh and Russians were typically coming in, looking at the menu, and then walking out. What no Mexican borscht? The question now is can Pattaya support an actually good Mex resto as in Bangkok? Beats me. I want one but I wouldn't invest in it.

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I never thought Thais would take to Subway sandwiches but I see lots of them in there nowadays. One key is price, subway's sandwiches can be had as low as B 69 and are a complete meal/snack in themselves.

My point is I think a Mex food joint could make it but cannot just be aimed at local farangs and tourists. It needs to start out small too...like even just a burrito cart/stand or small resto in a high-traffic area. Burritos are easy to make and are just variations on a basic theme and are complete little meals in themselves. Nothing too exotic about the ingredients so don't have to be expensive and I think Thais would take to them too, just like they have to Greek donor rolls. Just add some rice and beans and it's basically a burrito. If successful its not to hard to expand a Tex-Mexican menu as it the same basic ingredients prepared and wrapped in a few different ways.

Right smack in the middle of Soi Beaucow is a small Mexican eatery. I noticed it yesterday but just had time to glance at the menu. Typical Beaucow prices but a very limited menu.Maybe there for the drunk crowd?

Anyone care to review it?

Someplace small and "in the middle" of Bua Khow might be hard to find. Can you provide more specifics...like is it north or south of soi Diana, on the east or west side of BK? Any well known hotels or bars nearby? If it's anywhere near Pook Bar I'll have a look-see.

North of Soi Diana . Pretty close to Witherspoons I think, On the other side , or close, is a big Swasdee Hotel.

I think it's called the Country Bar and it is just down the street

from Robinson. Be prepared to practice your Japanese. Konichiwa.

Drats ... you beat me to it. There goes my rep. I was planning to post about this just now. I had stopped going anyway long ago when the Thai manager impolitely told me I would be banned if I ever had another complaint about their food ... so I banned myself. So am I surprised by this news? Not at all. I saw it coming. Yes the food was meh and Russians were typically coming in, looking at the menu, and then walking out. What no Mexican borscht? The question now is can Pattaya support an actually good Mex resto as in Bangkok? Beats me. I want one but I wouldn't invest in it.

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I never thought Thais would take to Subway sandwiches but I see lots of them in there nowadays. One key is price, subway's sandwiches can be had as low as B 69 and are a complete meal/snack in themselves.

My point is I think a Mex food joint could make it but cannot just be aimed at local farangs and tourists. It needs to start out small too...like even just a burrito cart/stand or small resto in a high-traffic area. Burritos are easy to make and are just variations on a basic theme and are complete little meals in themselves. Nothing too exotic about the ingredients so don't have to be expensive and I think Thais would take to them too, just like they have to Greek donor rolls. Just add some rice and beans and it's basically a burrito. If successful its not to hard to expand a Tex-Mexican menu as it the same basic ingredients prepared and wrapped in a few different ways.

Right smack in the middle of Soi Beaucow is a small Mexican eatery. I noticed it yesterday but just had time to glance at the menu. Typical Beaucow prices but a very limited menu.Maybe there for the drunk crowd?

Anyone care to review it?

The Jomtien branch seems to have been closed since a few days ago. Their front sign has been taken down.

Looks like only Sam's and Mike's are left as choices for Mexican restaurants in or near the Jomtien area.

I find this story very hard to believe. I live in Jomtien and must see more than a dozen shops on the streets near Jomtien complex. .

Almost all charge 200 Baht. Rarely 150.

500 Baht might be for some specialized massage such as thai herbal.

Turkish Ice-cream? It's to die for!

Jomtien News

After a long period of preparation , the new French cafe La Pomme finally opened last week.

Located right next to "The Continental Bakery" in Jomtien, it offers a brighter - and pricier - option.

This reviewer chose the "promotion special" this morning which was 99 Baht(No VAT added).

For that, I got a large and tasty fresh Croissant and an Americano.

Unfortuanely, there is no option of drip coffee so the only choices in general are of the fancy stuff like

expresso etc. with a minimum a la cart price of 60 Baht. This may make it less competative than The Continental,Sam's or other breakfast choices such as Linda's down the street.

The Good: The menu offers a range of choices for beakfast , service is quick and pleasant and there are no extra charges. It is spacious, air conditioned and has

a bright interior. Free Wifi is available. The crossants are fresh and tasty but I can't vouch for the rest of the menu.

The Bad: Not set up for budget conscious consumers. No drip coffee. No newspapers.

Verdict: A possible place to meet and dine . It is still in its early phase so give it some time.

I used to hate it but after a year of problems with win 7 on my ASUS (eventually leading to an only boot in safe mode condition) I

decided to give Kubuntu another try.
This is not the Kubuntu of 5 years ago full of crashes and instability. Kubuntu !4.04 Beta "Trusty Thar "is my choice now.

It is also one of the few that have kernel 3.13 or 3.12 in the live/install DVD . which is needed if wifi out of the box s required,

I tried Mint KDE but the 3.11 kernel lost my wifi signal (real tek chipset) in 5 minutes.

Sorry I meant province....

Bang Saeng is boring and the beach crap. I would go to Bang Saray.

Jomtien Beach was heaving this weekend, mainly with Thais. Getting to and from the seafood restauants at the end of the beach was a nightmare (I live there). And god forbid you wanting to drive a car from the beach to Sukhumvit on Sunday afternoon, it was gridlock (99% of the cars were registered in BKK). But it is like that most weekends, season or no season.

What's the attraction...both the beach and the seafood is crap so I don't get it. Why not just stop in Bangsaen if they're looking for a beach to lounge in...or do all the Thai guys like to oggle the white-skinnes Russian lasses?

Yes, many Thais do enjoy "The farang circus" here in Jomtien and Bangsaen is crowded, the beach is dirty and the place is boring.

Plus they prefer Cental Festival to Lamtong shopping Mall.

Starbucks has them and they are not too bad.