Internet At A Standstill

[Dancali]

My TRUE internet isn't working, yet again. It alternates between not working whatsoever and working at ridiculously slow speeds.

I haven't investigated my dialup services too much, but they too seem to be having serious problems. On a good day they might have these problems as well so I don't know exactly what to make of it. CSLOX Webnet and True Easy Dialup are both having problems.

It's so slow I cannot really take care of my internet intensive business today. The customer support for True said it's a systemwide problem due to an international line being down and the government was working on it. Does this sound reasonable to those who know more about this stuff than I do?

I figured that others would be voicing their internet problems on this forum today, but I don't see anybody else having such severe problems.

[lopburi3]

I had assumed it was a TRUE problem as they had scheduled major switching outages this morning. All tests to TRUE server are good at full speed so if other systems having troubles it is wonderful CAT again. As it is first of month one could guess there has been switching of lines or some such activity and things will be a mess for 24 hours or so.

I can not even complete a speed test to international sites.

[Ian_B]

It does not seem to be just True systems affected. The office internet is a lot slower as well.

Hope it gets fixed soon as the fall season has started! Gotta see Father of the Pride

[waldwolf]

Yes, noticed earlier today, just about everything was running very slow, however, tonight it look much better.

Tomorrow ?????

[Dancali]

Well, right now it looks to be back up in operation. I'll keep my fingers crossed. Though, essentially loosing an entire morning and early afternoon of work is no small matter. If this was indeed a planned event, does anybody know where I could find out when they have this sort of stuff scheduled so I could make arrangements?

[lopburi3]

Well, right now it looks to be back up in operation. I'll keep my fingers crossed. Though, essentially loosing an entire morning and early afternoon of work is no small matter. If this was indeed a planned event, does anybody know where I could find out when they have this sort of stuff scheduled so I could make arrangements?

TRUE sent out email last night advising there would be outages:

Date Duration Time Place

Wednesday 1 Sep 2004 01:30 - 01:50 A.M. Surawong Switching

Wednesday 1 Sep 2004 03:00 - 03:20 A.M. Bangkhen Switching

Wednesday 1 Sep 2004 04.30 - 05.00 A.M. Donmuang Switching

Do not believe these were responsible for what happened with international circuits today however.

[Dancali]

Well, right now it looks to be back up in operation.  I'll keep my fingers crossed.  Though, essentially loosing an entire morning and early afternoon of work is no small matter.  If this was indeed a planned event, does anybody know where I could find out when they have this sort of stuff scheduled so I could make arrangements?

TRUE sent out email last night advising there would be outages:

Date Duration Time Place

Wednesday 1 Sep 2004 01:30 - 01:50 A.M. Surawong Switching

Wednesday 1 Sep 2004 03:00 - 03:20 A.M. Bangkhen Switching

Wednesday 1 Sep 2004 04.30 - 05.00 A.M. Donmuang Switching

Do not believe these were responsible for what happened with international circuits today however.

Yes, that doesn't sound like that explains today's situation. How do I get on the true maintenance email list? Thanks.

[Firefoxx]

There's currently a problem with CAT's lines. Since the majority of True's international bandwidth goes through CAT, international sites will be very slow, if not unreachable. Just another example of CAT's exemplary service.

[lopburi3]

Yes, that doesn't sound like that explains today's situation. How do I get on the true maintenance email list? Thanks.

It is to hi speed internet customers from [email protected] so think it was a mass mail to those with asianet email accounts. Did not sign up for anything that I remember.

[rainman]

I recommend high speed internet from KSC. They installed it within one week and though its not the most high speed i've had, i can download at about 50kb/sec which is quite good for most work.

[kabal1234]

There's currently a problem with CAT's lines. Since the majority of True's international bandwidth goes through CAT, international sites will be very slow, if not unreachable. Just another example of CAT's exemplary service.

Maybe this also explains recent BITTORRENT speeds of ALWAYS < 2BPS and constant yellow lights/faces. If that stays the same, will switch back to dialup.

[Dancali]

What's the process for getting KSC high speed installed? Maybe it's a stupid question, but I'm on the 17th floor of a condo building, would this pose a problem?

[Firefoxx]

Getting KSC's high speed internet would be the same as getting True's. Check coverage area, prices, and apply. For condos or apartments, you would either have to be the owner of the apartment or get permission from the owner. Your apartment complex also has to allow direct (non-pabx) phone lines to your room.

[chingy_]

My TRUE internet isn't working, yet again. It alternates between not working whatsoever and working at ridiculously slow speeds.

I haven't investigated my dialup services too much, but they too seem to be having serious problems. On a good day they might have these problems as well so I don't know exactly what to make of it. CSLOX Webnet and True Easy Dialup are both having problems.

It's so slow I cannot really take care of my internet intensive business today. The customer support for True said it's a systemwide problem due to an international line being down and the government was working on it. Does this sound reasonable to those who know more about this stuff than I do?

I figured that others would be voicing their internet problems on this forum today, but I don't see anybody else having such severe problems.

first of all they lie to you, TRUE have a habbit of lying to the customer, either that or the customer services aint know jack shit and start bullshitting.

i have both TRUE and TOT adsl in that way i know what work and what don't, i also call TRUE and ask the reason, they also told me that it is an systemwide problem, what a load of shiet

[Brew]

often the problem is not the bandwith, it's the forced proxyserver. try to setup another proxy. www.proxy4free.com

with another proxy you will also be able to load censored pages, like proxy4free Error message!

Here a part of the actual proxies on p4f:

200.68.102.61 80 anonymous Argentina 01.09.2004 Whois

200.216.61.154 3128 transparent Brazil 01.09.2004 Whois

164.58.28.90 80 anonymous United States 01.09.2004 Whois

211.239.74.36 80 anonymous South Korea 01.09.2004 Whois

210.177.193.8 80 anonymous Hong Kong 01.09.2004 Whois

80.231.158.37 3128 high anonymity Iran 01.09.2004 Whois

203.41.31.251 80 high anonymity Australia 01.09.2004 Whois

mail.comunecervia.it 80 anonymous Italy 01.09.2004 Whois

203.115.159.36 8080 anonymous 01.09.2004 Whois

194.146.155.42 3128 anonymous Lebanon 01.09.2004 Whois

202.175.26.150 80 transparent Macau 01.09.2004 Whois

195.116.247.243 3128 anonymous Poland 01.09.2004 Whois

192.100.53.199 80 anonymous New Zealand 01.09.2004 Whois

80.36.240.249 80 anonymous Spain 01.09.2004 Whois

212.213.70.4 80 high anonymity Finland 01.09.2004 Whois

203.150.225.117 3128 high anonymity Thailand 01.09.2004 Whois

200.56.225.138 80 transparent Mexico 01.09.2004 Whois

81.82.237.134 8000 high anonymity Belgium 01.09.2004 Whois

24.223.146.164 8080 anonymous United States 01.09.2004 Whois

200.23.18.124 80 anonymous Mexico 01.09.2004 Whois

61.135.158.62 80 anonymous China 01.09.2004 Whois

mailhost.imv-technologies.com 8080 anonymous France 01.09.2004 Whois

200.252.140.64 80 transparent Brazil 01.09.2004 Whois

61.19.240.79 80 high anonymity Thailand 01.09.2004 Whois

194.63.178.217 80 anonymous Greece 01.09.2004 Whois

64.157.225.74 80 high anonymity United States 01.09.2004 Whois

202.99.211.4 80 anonymous China 01.09.2004 Whois

202.84.240.152 8080 anonymous Hong Kong 01.09.2004 Whois

80.24.215.53 80 anonymous Spain 01.09.2004 Whois

200.87.64.124 3128 high anonymity Bolivia 01.09.2004 Whois

66.35.181.76 80 anonymous United States 01.09.2004 Whois

217.127.82.122 80 anonymous Spain 01.09.2004 Whois

81.215.231.190 8080 anonymous Turkey 01.09.2004 Whois

[weary]

the whole system has been down, loxinfo too.

[abbas]

Come on people

you guys are blaming true for nothing yesterday Cat was down all isps effected

my dsl was also down i checked and the link was down from korea 2 days back. yesterday thailands CAT went down tottaly cuz of high bandwith ( bandwith high cuz of the koreaen lines down) anyway you guys already now its amzing thailand things happen here well amzing things happen offen lol.

[Dancali]

Yeah, it looks like it wasn't true's fault this time. But they have certainly told me false things in the past. I'm not sure if they were lieing so much as they were just little guys not knowing what was going on and trying to just get on with it.

My blood pressure went up a notch when, amidst the true changeover crisis of some weeks ago, the girl told me that my account was actually not unlimited like everybody else's and I'd be charged the full old rates of 24 baht/hour. I could recount lots of other similar problems with true but I don't need to relive the horrors.

[tuky]

often the problem is not the bandwith, it's the forced proxyserver. try to setup another proxy. www.proxy4free.com

with another proxy you will also be able to load censored pages, like proxy4free Error message!

HEHE, tried to open the freeproxy page and got the good old message

Sorry, the web site you are accessing has been closed by Royal Thai Police due to inappropriateness such as pornography, gambling or contain any information which is deemed to violate national security. 

For more information, please contact "Police Information System Center" Bld#19 2nd Flr, Royal Thai Police, Rama I, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330 Tel. 0-2251-0164,

email : [email protected]

http://www.police.go.th

[tuky]

Come on people

you guys are blaming true for nothing yesterday Cat was down all isps effected

my dsl was also down i checked and the link was down from korea 2 days back. yesterday thailands CAT went down tottaly cuz of high bandwith ( bandwith high cuz of the koreaen lines down) anyway you guys already now its amzing thailand things happen here well amzing things happen offen lol.

I have no problems with ipstar, constant download speed of 40-50kbps but I do believe I am lucky in that respect as I have heard many complaints about ipstar from others...

[sbk]

Remember when this happened last year? The intl cable was cut or something and the internet was slow for at least a month.

Hey, when I first moved here we had electricity for 12 hours a day (and that spotty) and we didn't have telephones (I remember using the radio phone at the post office to call my parents!).

I am always grateful for what I have

[chingy_]

I am sure you're right about TRUE customer service in some cases Chingy, but on this particular occasion, the whole system was down - I am on dialup Loxinfo in CM, and had similar problems with low connection speed. I think they were right this time.

but my TOT work just fine, no problem