makescents Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I may have the opportunity to move back to Thailand sometime this/next year but my job will require a solid internet connection with fast international speeds to North America. Since I've been away from Thailand for a while and it looks like the country has significantly improved it's internet speeds I was just wondering what are the best residential hookups you can get these days in Bangkok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted January 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2021 Gigabit fibre is readily available and inexpensive, couple that with a dual-WAN router and a 4G or 5G backup connection and you're about as solid as you're going to get. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazbodner Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 More or less all ISPs offer gigabit fiber (for house - FTTH) at below 1000 baht per month, depending on upload speed. FTTX for condos is available from True and 3BB at gigabit downstream. 1000/1000 is available but a bit more expensive. Using a decent Wifi router, provided by ISP, you can get around 570 mbps through 5GHz connection, and about 1 Gbps through LAN due to most having only gigabit network ports. International speeds don't come to max. speeds of packages but are generally very decent. Speedtest to SF on 800 Mbps link came to around 600 Mbps on AIS Fibre FTTH. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HidyHo Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 7 hours ago, makescents said: I may have the opportunity to move back to Thailand sometime this/next year but my job will require a solid internet connection with fast international speeds to North America. Since I've been away from Thailand for a while and it looks like the country has significantly improved it's internet speeds I was just wondering what are the best residential hookups you can get these days in Bangkok? The answer depends on what type of residence you will be staying at. If it's a condo, then you are limited to what type of wiring/connection is setup for a condo. For older condos, the internet service might be around 100 mbps or less. If it's a house, then you may be able to get it wired for a gigabit service. Also, "fastest international speed to North America" is whole different ball game as the bottleneck may not be the internet service. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cucme Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) Edited January 7, 2021 by cucme ++ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 11 minutes ago, HidyHo said: For older condos, the internet service might be around 100 mbps or less. A friend in Jomtien has a whopping 10 Mbit/s download and less than 5 Mbit/s upload. Hardly possible to have a stable videochat Tried to help him with advice and alternatives to no avail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandPapillon Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 is that on Fiber? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwbrown Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 My condo was limited to 50mb/s 3BB DSL so I set up an AUS Huawei 5G hotspot device and now get 400mb/s for about 1100 baht/month. This strongly depends on how close you are to a 5G tower, and line-of-sight to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxi Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I get 1000 mbps down and 200 mbps up, 899 per month. I live in an older building on the 20th floor. 7,000 baht to run the fibre cable from the street to my room. 3BB. Using Nord VPN I get 250mbs down and 50 mbps up when selecting Australia as my location. Singapore is usually good to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arick Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 9 hours ago, makescents said: I may have the opportunity to move back to Thailand sometime this/next year but my job will require a solid internet connection with fast international speeds to North America. Since I've been away from Thailand for a while and it looks like the country has significantly improved it's internet speeds I was just wondering what are the best residential hookups you can get these days in Bangkok? It's faster then in America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGSan Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 2 hours ago, KhunBENQ said: A friend in Jomtien has a whopping 10 Mbit/s download and less than 5 Mbit/s upload. Yes, here in Jomtien it is more typically less than 1Mb/s upload. Lots of sand but no fiber! Very sparse 5G also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QPRFC Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I get 960/830 on a 1 gig connection in Chiang Mai using AIS Fibre. I'm well impressed as it is 5 x quicker than my fibre connection that I get just 12km outside of Sydney CBD (City). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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makescents Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 On 1/7/2021 at 7:11 PM, CH1961 said: Which provider is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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