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[damian5000]

Does anyone have a phone number to a place that can provide reliable 56k service in Chiang Mai? Thanks, much appreciated!

[tigerbeer]

Does anyone have a phone number to a place that can provide reliable 56k service in Chiang Mai? Thanks, much appreciated!

please excuse my ignorance but what is a 56k service?

[Naam]

Does anyone have a phone number to a place that can provide reliable 56k service in Chiang Mai? Thanks, much appreciated!

please excuse my ignorance but what is a 56k service?

i assume the OP meant internet dial-up with a speed of 56k.

[lannarebirth]

If you order a 512 kb/sec package fron TT&T or TOT, you should be able to get 56k pretty consistantly. Except for when the network is down.

[mcgriffith]

I guess I should feel spoiled/privileged....I live in an apartment building, and one of the perks is a LAN, connected to an ADSL line provided by TOT, I believe. It su_ks sometimes (depending on # of users, or the main servers) but I pay El Zippo, the big doughnut hole, nada for the service. And when it goes down completely (very rare) I take my laptop out on the balcony and, ermmm, "borrow" a connection off an unsecured WiFi network in my neighborhood. And when THAT is down, I take said laptop, and go to one of the zillion coffeeshops in town that offer free WiFi....life is good, in Chiang Mai! No complaints from me.....

McG

[damian5000]

please excuse my ignorance but what is a 56k service?

dial-up basically...As opposed to DSL.

If you order a 512 kb/sec package fron TT&T or TOT, you should be able to get 56k pretty consistantly. Except for when the network is down.

TOT or TT&T huh? I'll have to check them out. We went somewhere and inquired and they said it would be a month before they'd get to our area (?!). Checked a couple other places, but the setup costs were well blown IMO (3000 baht to start or some such I believe)

I guess I should feel spoiled/privileged....I live in an apartment building, and one of the perks is a LAN, connected to an ADSL line provided by TOT, I believe. It su_ks sometimes (depending on # of users, or the main servers) but I pay El Zippo, the big doughnut hole, nada for the service. And when it goes down completely (very rare) I take my laptop out on the balcony and, ermmm, "borrow" a connection off an unsecured WiFi network in my neighborhood. And when THAT is down, I take said laptop, and go to one of the zillion coffeeshops in town that offer free WiFi....life is good, in Chiang Mai! No complaints from me.....

McG

Wow...Didn't really know there were a lot of coffee shops offering this service, though I haven't looked carefully for them...so... Can you suggest a good spot? I live in Muang Mai district, so whatever's closest. Thanks again.

[mcgriffith]

Wow...Didn't really know there were a lot of coffee shops offering this service, though I haven't looked carefully for them...so... Can you suggest a good spot? I live in Muang Mai district, so whatever's closest. Thanks again.

We're talking WiFi for laptops, right? Click here for the thread that dealt with this recently.

McG