Is the internet being throttled back in Thailand?

[Grumpy John]

It seems so to me.  More specifically Thai sites but I am having trouble with some O/S sites.  Could it be due to the current unrest in Bangkok?  Or am I over thinking it and it's really a problem due to weather??? 

[whiteman]

depends who your supplier is and what you pay for it

 

[finnsk]

I have also problem with some thai sites and not going to any political sites.

 

No problem with websites outside.

[RichCor]

Still getting comparable fiber speeds to Bangkok as I am to Los Angeles CA, USA.

 

I've only notices slowdowns on the Lazada shopping site, but that's down to Lazada being Lazada.

[Grumpy John]

9 minutes ago, whiteman said:

depends who your supplier is and what you pay for it

 

The wife says True Move and it's from the cable network.  We been paying the same amount the last 2 years...so what has that got to do with it?

[Grumpy John]

2 minutes ago, RichCor said:

Still getting comparable fiber speeds to Bangkok as I am to Los Angeles CA, USA.

 

I've only notices slowdowns on the Lazada shopping site, but that's down to Lazada being Lazada.

That's terrific!  I am 400km away in Phitsanulok province out in the stick at Nowhereville.

[RichCor]

2 minutes ago, Grumpy John said:

The wife says True Move and it's from the cable network.  We been paying the same amount the last 2 years...so what has that got to do with it?

...and your TRUE and GOOGLE speedtest results show???

[RichCor]

3 minutes ago, Grumpy John said:

I am 400km away in Phitsanulok province out in the stick at Nowhereville.

Could just be local data infrastructure congestion or network issue. Doing speedtests should help pinpoint if/where the issue occurs. 

 

I Currently subscribe to both TOT Fiber and TRUE Fiber. Located in Chiang Rai (northern Thailand) and no issues in-country.

[Lacessit]

You can use the speed test Ookla to see what's happening. Strangely, while the speed on my desktop in the village ( Truemove ) is the same as my speed on my laptop in the condo ( CAT ), the laptop downloads a lot faster.

I get news stories from the Australian press covering what's happening in Bangkok. AFAIK there's no attempt to censor or modify them, and they are quite critical analyses.

[carlyai]

I have noticed more program buffering over the last 2 weeks.

If you have a WiFi set up, adding 5g router transmission could help (that's if you have a 5g capable receiving device). My Beelink Android streaming box works better if the WiFi router used 5G as well as 2.4G.

[Buffy Frobisher]

Definitely something odd going on within Thailand. I have a 700MB Up/Down fiber cable deal with 3BB, and that shows as being pretty close to what I'm paying for when I do a Speedtest to 3BB in Bangkok.

 

However, when I use NordVPN to connect to Thailand, which it does through a CAT server, and then Speedtest to Korat, it's about the same as a 2400-baud modem used to be - 2.45 Mb up and 1.19 Mb down. No doubt there's throttling internally.

 

When I setup a Nord connection to New York and test as if I'm in the US, I'm getting 20x faster speeds than within Thailand. Screenies below (apologies for the size - weren't that big when I uploaded them): 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[anchadian]

1 hour ago, Grumpy John said:

The wife says True Move and it's from the cable network.  We been paying the same amount the last 2 years...so what has that got to do with it?

Although this is True Visions.

 

Jonathan Head Retweeted

 

Saksith Saiyasombut

 

@SaksithCNA

 

Honestly, at this point I wonder why

@BBCWorld

@cnni

@AJEnglish

and others just don’t pull the plug on

@TrueVisions

for this nonsense (incl. a constant 5 min. delay) - or is the expat TV market still that going strong enough here…? #whatshappeninginthailand

[RichCor]

1 hour ago, Buffy Frobisher said:

Screenies below (apologies for the size - weren't that big when I uploaded them): 

 

an FYI, double-clicking on the image before posting (or when going back and doing an edit) allows you to specify the size a graphic will initially appear when posted. A user reading your posted response can then click on the graphic or even right-click and open it in another window if they wish to zoom to original resolution.

 

//sorry for the threadjack

[RichCor]

An FYI to the OP of this 

2 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

It seems so to me.  More specifically Thai sites but I am having trouble with some O/S sites.  Could it be due to the current unrest in Bangkok?  Or am I over thinking it and it's really a problem due to weather??? 

 

Interestingly, my TOT Fiber connection just went down for about 20 minutes. Sometimes you just got to wonder if they're re-enabling the great firewall about now ...me having just found these threads:

 

Social media users violating emergency orders will be reported to police: ministry
webfact posted a topic in Thailand News

Police deny online crackdown despite moves against media outlets
snoop1130 posted a topic in Thailand News

 

Telegram targeted in media crackdown
snoop1130 posted a topic in Thailand News

 

...still, probably just a coincidence. I'm sure.

BTW, Grumpy John, if asked I'll say I don't know you, if that helps.

[Grumpy John]

15 hours ago, RichCor said:

...and your TRUE and GOOGLE speedtest results show???

That sort of info shows on the bar at the top of phone.  It's jumping from 0 to 0.85 kb/s as I type this.  

[Grumpy John]

13 hours ago, RichCor said:

An FYI to the OP of this 

 

Interestingly, my TOT Fiber connection just went down for about 20 minutes. Sometimes you just got to wonder if they're re-enabling the great firewall about now ...me having just found these threads:

 

Social media users violating emergency orders will be reported to police: ministry
webfact posted a topic in Thailand News

Police deny online crackdown despite moves against media outlets
snoop1130 posted a topic in Thailand News

 

Telegram targeted in media crackdown
snoop1130 posted a topic in Thailand News

 

...still, probably just a coincidence. I'm sure.

BTW, Grumpy John, if asked I'll say I don't know you, if that helps.

Thanks for the consideration!   I'll say I don't know you Either if that helps. But with the government spies on here and the internet surveillance team a lot of us are screwed any way if they ever have a crackdown. ???? 

[Peterw42]

There are lots of variables to do with internet speed, your ISP, your package, your location, the websites you are trying to access.

I dont see what purpose slowing down the internet would achieve in relation to protests etc. Blocking contact apps and sites etc would have an effect but just slowing things down wouldn't achieve much. 

[Grumpy John]

Just now, Peterw42 said:

There are lots of variables to do with internet speed, your ISP, your package, your location, the websites you are trying to access.

I dont see what purpose slowing down the internet would achieve in relation to protests etc. Blocking contact apps and sites etc would have an effect but just slowing things down wouldn't achieve much. 

I am no expert on such matters.  I just put it out there for comment.  With the type of government we have and the current student protests I thought maybe the problem was deliberate.  Normally the only problem is outages that knockout the net altogether.  If the wifer could just get on the dog & bone with True and ask what is wrong we would have more information to work with! 

[dddave]

16 hours ago, RichCor said:

Still getting comparable fiber speeds to Bangkok as I am to Los Angeles CA, USA.

 

I've only notices slowdowns on the Lazada shopping site, but that's down to Lazada being Lazada.

My 3BB fiber (Bangkok) has been running normally.

 

Lazada seems to have made some changes on their site and mine has been balky as well.  Can't sign in the normal way. I have to go to the "Register" page, then click "log-in"

Also, can't review past orders beyond the first page.  Get "network error"

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[KhunBENQ]

3 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

There are lots of variables to do with internet speed, your ISP, your package, your location, the websites you are trying to access.

Absolutely true.

As general as the topic title asks: NO.

About the blackout of BBC, AlJ. etc.: what can TrueVisions do about Thai censorship?

They are a Thai company and have to follow the rules.

If you want to be free: get a 3m motorized satellite dish on the roof.

I still haven't scrapped my 2.4m dish from 1997. Just in case all goes black.

[Chris.B]

We are on 3BB and for the last 3 days our internet reception has been poor. Last Saturday night our AIS mobile internet wasn't too good as well. Is it the weather or something more?

[DPKANKAN]

On 10/19/2020 at 7:33 PM, Grumpy John said:

The wife says True Move and it's from the cable network.  We been paying the same amount the last 2 years...so what has that got to do with it?

They are doing an 'Apple' ( iphone etc). Deliberately slow it down to try to make you upgrade. Happened with our BBB. 2.4G, slowed. Changed to 5.G slowed again after a year. Now changed to AIS fibre. Better at the moment.

Found the same with my Samsung phone after last update. 

My older Amazon Kindle Tablets have done the same after updates.

The new business norm!! ????????????????????????????????

[tonray]

On 10/19/2020 at 7:33 PM, RichCor said:

Still getting comparable fiber speeds to Bangkok as I am to Los Angeles CA, USA.

and road traffic pretty much the same in Bangkok as LA also...

[Max69xl]

On 10/19/2020 at 7:33 PM, Grumpy John said:

The wife says True Move and it's from the cable network.  We been paying the same amount the last 2 years...so what has that got to do with it?

Maybe your hardware sucks. This isn't China where they block foreign or political websites. Sometime websites becomes slow because of many users or slow servers. It even happens here at TVF sometime when many members are logged in at the same time. 

[5633572526]

On 10/19/2020 at 7:37 PM, Grumpy John said:

That's terrific!  I am 400km away in Phitsanulok province out in the stick at Nowhereville.

Maybe that’s the problem 

[KhunBENQ]

10 minutes ago, 5633572526 said:

Maybe that’s the problem 

I am out in the sticks with 3BB fiber (1000/500).

My internet is about a 100 times faster than a friend's in Jomtien in his condo bound to some archaic ToT DSL or so.

[KhunBENQ]

6 hours ago, DPKANKAN said:

Happened with our BBB. 2.4G, slowed. Changed to 5.G slowed again after a year.

Very confusing statement. To measure the speed of your internet connect PC/notebook via cable to the router. You have ONE internet connection to the router.

What happens on the two WiFi frequencies (2.4GHz and 5Ghz) and your mobiles is yet another story.

On current WiFi you can not achieve/measure the top speeds (500 or 1000)that are offered on fiber anyway.

[KhunBENQ]

18 hours ago, Chris.B said:

We are on 3BB and for the last 3 days our internet reception has been poor. Last Saturday night our AIS mobile internet wasn't too good as well. Is it the weather or something more?

It's always worth mentioning your approximate location/area and what 3BB package you have.

[polpott]

2 hours ago, Max69xl said:

Maybe your hardware sucks. This isn't China where they block foreign or political websites. Sometime websites becomes slow because of many users or slow servers. It even happens here at TVF sometime when many members are logged in at the same time. 

Yes they do. The Daily Mail website was blocked in Thailand for years. Now blocked on TVF.