How to get good internet in Pattaya?

[Plumbus]

Can anyone tell me how to get good internet in Pattaya? I’m going to Thailand for the first time, but I need a good Internet connection (at least 20 Mbps for download and 10 Mbps for upload stable connection to European servers or to Singapore). Is there a condo with such internet speed available?
And if I conclude a contract with an ISP (3BB, True, TOT etc.), which ISP is better to choose? Since I heard that different ISP work differently in different condos.

Perhaps someone has encountered a similar problem and knows how best to solve it? I will be glad to any advice.

[shdmn]

A 4G data plan with AIS will probably get you that in a lot of hotels. so you don't have to worry about flaky hotel WiFi and are not so dependent on finding hotels that have good WiFi. 

 

Sufficient signal strength is the only unknown.  It depends how close you are to a tower and what side of the building your room is on and if adjacent buildings are blocking the signal.

 

I usually use hotel internet with AIS 4G as a backup.  I end up using that backup fairly regularly.

[jacko45k]

Condos, Wi-Fi wise you are usually restricted to what they already have installed. True or 3BB aren't going to run a cable in just for you. ISPs vary depending on location, some serve some areas better than others. I find True OK at my place but I hear complaints from other areas. Speed is up and down too, they of course quote something spectacular to a local server, 100/50 MBaud maybe. But the international gateways get throttled or busy and hence slow at certain times of day.

Just look for somewhere advertising good internet, you can always fall back on the telephone network sometimes and hot-spot.  

[bkk6060]

Depends on where you stay.

Older buildings and most hotels can have poor service and connection.  Maybe one router on the wall for the entire floor.

A new condo building lets say like The Base, will have direct connect and a router in each room.

[Suradit69]

11 hours ago, Plumbus said:

which ISP is better to choose? Since I heard that different ISP work differently in different condos.

Yes, exactly, location is a factor, so telling you which is best without knowing where you'll be staying might not be particularly useful. That said I had good service from 3BB both at a condo in central Pattaya and at a house in eastern Pattaya. The house, being at ground level, as houses are wont to be, allows much faster service. Being on the 15th floor of the condo, the service was realiable but not especially fast.

 

 

 

[ianezy0]

If you trAvel a lot you could get a portable wifi router

https://www.worldsim.com/blog/what-is-portable-wifi-router?___store=eu

[BestB]

Firstly 20/10 is hardly called good and I not even sure anyone sells it any longer. 50/20 I think is the new lowest .

in Pattaya , never has trouble with AIS in 5 different locations . Always had trouble with True.

[MadMuhammad]

Ideally you would decide where you want to stay then ask other condos owners or check the speed yourself if a long stay hotel. I have 3BB ADSL at my condo with a 30/10 package, I get 50/20 or more daily. My True Unlimited 4G package gets me 80/40 or more from this location

[shdmn]

On 11/8/2019 at 2:36 AM, ianezy0 said:

If you trAvel a lot you could get a portable wifi router

https://www.worldsim.com/blog/what-is-portable-wifi-router?___store=eu

You still need good a good 4G signal. They don't do anything a smartphone won't do.  I usually have a primary and backup smartphone.   So that gives me the option of using the backup as a wifi hotspot with a separate SIM card for data only.