Maybe it's an oxymoron, because 'rural' often means lack of availability of a fibre-optic internet connection, 'cos it's in the middle of nowhere...

 

For a long-term stay in Thailand, it would be nice to live on the coast in an unspoilt location, with access to fast internet.  The 4g mobile network that's available in most locations isn't fast enough for me, but the fibre-optic line (100 MB/s down, 50 MS/s up is OK).

 

I'm thinking perhaps Prachuap Khiri Khan, or maybe somewhere on the eastern seaboard. Basically, somewhere where a 'farang' face still raises a smile...  (I'm in Ranong right now, but it's the wettest province in Thailand and is living up to it's reputation!).

You dont say what sort of accommodation you want (shack, bungalow, house, low-rise condo, high-rise condo) and for me that would be of primary importance.

 

I do know that many high-rise condos on the beach in Na Jomtien and also down outside Rayong have fibre now. Are they unspoilt enough for you? Probably not. PKK surely has fibre also, but there is not the same choice of accommodation there and so for me it would be a non-starter. Also too boring.

 

Hua Hin/Cha am? Probably too over-touristed for you.

 

Trat might suit you: some of the beaches near there are quite nice and outside of the ferries to the islands you really dont see many white faces. They do have fibre there, but again for me it would be much too boring.

 

Personally in Jomtien I dont have fibre and I dont miss it. My 50/20 VDSL is perfectly adequate.

There are probably thousands of those places, so somehow you should narrow your search down

I've at least seen this personally in a True shop, the other providers probably have the same: They can access a map of Thailand where they can see where which internet connection is available. So they might let you look arround a bit in which regions fibre is available.

glad to see you are back Simon43 long time no hear

I bought one of these pocket wifi 'eggs' for my rental, as the free internet we have is always spotty and guest needed inet for work.

http://www3.truecorp.co.th/truemoveh/product/detail/3208/4G_pocket_WiFi?ln=en

It has worked a charm so far for him, Load it up for ~500THB/month (many packages available) and wherever there is true signal you are good. Going to take it on the road once tenant moves out and see how it works in the jungle.

Khanom fits the bill, still quite undeveloped and has relatively widespread TOT fiber, 3BB fiber in some areas I think.

to OP

 

look at the coastal stretch from Trat and south towards Cambodia

laidback - quiet - farangs might raise a smile

 

if you find Ranong wet now,

stay away from Ranong in the rainy season

 

 

3BB brought fiber from the village pole out to my place 1.1 km away no problem just go to another office if they say no. Electric is whats going to cost you much more minimum 30,000

3 hours ago, kuma said:

I bought one of these pocket wifi 'eggs' for my rental, as the free internet we have is always spotty and guest needed inet for work.

http://www3.truecorp.co.th/truemoveh/product/detail/3208/4G_pocket_WiFi?ln=en

It has worked a charm so far for him, Load it up for ~500THB/month (many packages available) and wherever there is true signal you are good. Going to take it on the road once tenant moves out and see how it works in the jungle.

Do not even think about it, way too slow for the OP having used it for 2 years+. The packages always change with very limited ?GB allowance and in the end it was more expensive than 3BB fibre.

3 hours ago, kuma said:

I bought one of these pocket wifi 'eggs' for my rental, as the free internet we have is always spotty and guest needed inet for work.

http://www3.truecorp.co.th/truemoveh/product/detail/3208/4G_pocket_WiFi?ln=en

It has worked a charm so far for him, Load it up for ~500THB/month (many packages available) and wherever there is true signal you are good. Going to take it on the road once tenant moves out and see how it works in the jungle.

The OP is talking about 100 Mbit fiber.. For professional internet work. 

 

A 4G wifi hotspot isnt anything close to those needs. 

Ranong itself is a pretty cool place to live. With fibre! You might try it on for awhile...

7 minutes ago, LivinLOS said:

The OP is talking about 100 Mbit fiber.. For professional internet work. 

 

A 4G wifi hotspot isnt anything close to those needs. 

Uh yea apologies, I skipped over that part of the OP 

So in this case the 'egg' will not suffice, only good for daily surfing/light work

I am in a ten floor condo in Pattaya on the Beach. Have tried to get fibre optic, cannot! I have offered to pay installation...still cannot.

Thung Wua Laen beach Chumphon. Unspoiled and quiet  beach .Fibre and 4g 

try lamseng beach 30min from Chanthaburi. Stunning beaches around, waterfalls, nice fruit. Chan' has everything and close to pattaya and bkk. dont tell your friends

 

hello,

 

Maybe you are like me and just arrived in Thailand, this is why you also have stupid questions (I have many!).

 

Thank you for the replies.

Ao Manao Beach area (Prachuap Kiri Khan city center) probably has 3bb and TOT fiber almost everywhere.

Samui has fiber everywhere, including villas on the mountains (villa owner pay for deployment) but it is spoiled.

 

Prachuap is very nice and cheapest beachfront location in Thailand. 

On 12/18/2018 at 7:48 PM, sanmyn said:

I am in a ten floor condo in Pattaya on the Beach. Have tried to get fibre optic, cannot! I have offered to pay installation...still cannot.

But that's just because the developer didn't want to spend the few hundred baht per room for installing a fibre cable in the walls when they built the condo, in a house you don't have this problem

Thanks for all the replies.  Ranong is nice enough, but very humid because of the hills behind the city, (same as Krabi).  I lived in north Phuket for many years and enjoyed the cooling sea breezes. 

 

The high humidity in Ranong is probably the cause of a heat rash on my face, hence the interest in relocating to a quiet coastal area.

8 hours ago, jackdd said:

But that's just because the developer didn't want to spend the few hundred baht per room for installing a fibre cable in the walls when they built the condo, in a house you don't have this problem

You normally dont have the problem in a condo either: they are built with internal service access and risers for precisely this purpose. My own condo was built years before fibre was available anywhere, yet a fibre cable was easily run to my unit a couple of years ago.

 

The usual reason for not being able to get fibre in a condo building is that the building management and the fibre suppliers dont or wont or cant talk to each other. Also each fibre supplier normally has to install switching equipment in some common area, and they cant always see eye to eye with management about this. Or there may be some practical issue preventing the main fibre line being run into the building, like the underground conduits being full of phone cables.

 

A little bit of motivation at committee level can usually solve all these problems.

On 12/18/2018 at 9:58 AM, simon43 said:

For a long-term stay in Thailand, it would be nice to live on the coast in an unspoilt location, with access to fast internet. 

Hi !

If you cannot find on the coast, you can come to Issan ;

I'm living in a very little village in the middle of nowhere in Sakon Nakhon province ,and I have  internet with the fiber ;

50 Mb/s for 700 baht a month on 3BB company .

I can have 200 Mb/s if I demand it but I don't need it .

Two of Thailand's submarine cable landing points are in the south at Songkhla and Satun, the backbone cable that connects these cables to Bangkok follows the railway line north. So basically anywhere along the east coast, where fiber is available, should have excellent connection speeds.

 

https://www.submarinecablemap.com/