sabajja Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 (edited) I just checked the Swedish internet providers Telia's adsl prices. I almost s*** my pants when I saw it !! 24 Mbit/s down 2.5 Mbit/s up = 1.615 baht a month (You need a ADSL2+ modem) http://www.telia.se/privat/produkter_tjans...bredband_priser TOT has some catching up to do... (OOps, got the up and down listed in the wrong order, it's offcourse 24 down and 2.5 up) Edited April 1, 2007 by sabajja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 I just checked the Swedish internet providers Telia's adsl prices.I almost s*** my pants when I saw it !! 24 Mbit/s down 2.5 Mbit/s up = 1.615 baht a month (You need a ADSL2+ modem) http://www.telia.se/privat/produkter_tjans...bredband_priser TOT has some catching up to do... (OOps, got the up and down listed in the wrong order, it's offcourse 24 down and 2.5 up) would be good if they could do at least 0.24 down, 0.025 up constant international for that price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabajja Posted April 1, 2007 Author Share Posted April 1, 2007 (edited) I just saw they have another package for buildings connected to the "city net". Also from Telia in Sweden. (You don't even need a modem, connects directly via Ethernet) 10 Mbit/s down 10 Mbit/s up = 1.087 baht a month I must be dreaming here... Offcourse if that isn't sufficient, you can alway sign up for the fiber lan that gives 100 Mbit in both directions,(Not joking). I have friends living in Sweden, and they always smile when I tell them about internet here in Thailand. I wonder why... Edited April 1, 2007 by sabajja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulfr Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 My TOT connection to the US gets 250mbps down and 400mbps up with a 1000/512 package for 900THB/month. Billion 7000 ADSL router. Anyone doing any better than that thru CAT connection oerseas ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 I just saw they have another package for buildings connected to the "city net".Also from Telia in Sweden. (You don't even need a modem, connects directly via Ethernet) 10 Mbit/s down 10 Mbit/s up = 1.087 baht a month I must be dreaming here... Offcourse if that isn't sufficient, you can alway sign up for the fiber lan that gives 100 Mbit in both directions,(Not joking). I have friends living in Sweden, and they always smile when I tell them about internet here in Thailand. I wonder why... I spoke with a customer in Japan about Internet. He was on fiber lan. Can't remember the speed. It was a little bit more than we have here, maybe a 1.000 percent or a 10.000 percent..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoMeOnEnUlL Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Man!! You've got me.. I thought I was in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianinbangkok Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 My TOT connection to the US gets 250mbps down and 400mbps up witha 1000/512 package for 900THB/month. Billion 7000 ADSL router. Anyone doing any better than that thru CAT connection oerseas ? Think you mean 250 kbps and 400 kbps Yes I have reached speeds of up to 600 kbs downloads from abroad but only very late at night. As long as the FAT CAT sits on all international connections we will never see speeds like in developed countries here in LOS. Thailand has a long , long , long way to go before they should even think of becoming an IT hub in Asia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk_mike Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I just checked the Swedish internet providers Telia's adsl prices.I almost s*** my pants when I saw it !! 24 Mbit/s down 2.5 Mbit/s up = 1.615 baht a month (You need a ADSL2+ modem) http://www.telia.se/privat/produkter_tjans...bredband_priser TOT has some catching up to do... (OOps, got the up and down listed in the wrong order, it's offcourse 24 down and 2.5 up) Sky in the UK, are offering me 16Mb download speeds for £10/month at my house in London - that's less than 700 baht a month. Admittedly what I've read about their customer service makes True look impressive... In London I currently have a nominal 24Mbps from Be (for £24/month - about the same as Telia, although I'm only 1.3Mbps up), and less than I'm paying True for a FAR S...L...O...W...E...R service in Bangkok. However, ADSL2 speeds drop dramatically as you get further from the exchange, and I only get a little over 15Mb. But that's a genuine 15Mb. It's still not as good as Japan though... - 100Mbps up and down is common with fibre. (and lots of people switch because with fibre and VOIP, you can get rid of your old NTT phone line, which still costs a fortune there.) Sites like Google Video, YouTube etc. make a lot more sense when you have a decent connection, fast enough that you don't wait more than a couple of seconds while it's "buffering". Thais don't seem to realise just how slow the internet is here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 You'll crap your pants when you see the price of a Big Mac in Sweden too. $4.70 US. Big brother welfare government subsidises the telco industry to the hilt in the Nordic countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikster Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 You'll crap your pants when you see the price of a Big Mac in Sweden too.$4.70 US. Big brother welfare government subsidises the telco industry to the hilt in the Nordic countries. not to mention long cold winters and beer prices through the roof. but... crazy fast internet and hot chicks everywhere - something's got to give, no? i would be happy to settle for better lag times and real 1Mbit, thats already pretty usable. the 2Mbit connection in my friend's home in San Francisco feels about 20 times faster than my 1Mbit in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefoxx Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 A can of coke in the EU can cost around 5 Euros, or around $7-8. A few cans of coke and you've got yourself an ADSL subscription. Again, the ISPs in Thailand could offer terabit speeds to home users, but the bottleneck would still be in the international gateway and user usage patterns. They can't even deliver 256k reliably, let alone a megabit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk_mike Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 (edited) You'll crap your pants when you see the price of a Big Mac in Sweden too.$4.70 US. Big brother welfare government subsidises the telco industry to the hilt in the Nordic countries. Not just Sweden - UK prices are similar, and there are no subsidies there - just proper market forces. Unlike the US - where you're basically stuck with your phone provider or cable provider - both of which are local monopolies. And unlike Thailand where you've got a Government monopoly controlling International Bandwidth. Cans of Coke cost more - but the 5euro figure is only going to be tourist rip-off areas in Italy/UK, or in restaurants, It won't be anything close to that in a supermarket. Edited April 6, 2007 by bkk_mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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