Dtac Gprs/edge Service

[jo2008]

thanks for your info. does anyone know about CAT?

Dtac has changed their package. I don't know if it is for the better or not. I was splitting usage between AIS and Dtac. AIS got pretty bad so I canceled that package and now I am using only Dtac. The Dtac package is now 140 hours per month for 400 baht plus VAT. It will renew every month automatically.

Here is today's speed;

Last Result:

Download Speed: 222 kbps (27.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 41 kbps (5.1 KB/sec transfer rate)

[jo2008]

Also, I am a MAC OS 10 user. Not sure if the SIERRA wireless aircard 881U applicable to my laptop. Sorry for asking so many questions but i am really green on this side.

[monty]

thanks for your info. does anyone know about CAT?

The aircard 881U is not compatible with CAT's CDMA-EVDO network.

Also, I am a MAC OS 10 user. Not sure if the SIERRA wireless aircard 881U applicable to my laptop. Sorry for asking so many questions but i am really green on this side.

No idea, depends whether Sierra Wireless includes the mac drivers or not, but I recall some people on this forum having it up and running with some other Sierra Wireless equipment (the aircards for CAT notably)

---EDIT---

Quick look on Sierra Wireless website indicates that at least OS X is supported out of the box. Not sure how this relates to OS 10 compatibility.

[dotcom]

[Yes, in fact this card is an excellent choice to use with Dtac, since they recently (last week) received their licenses to import and install HSDPA equipment, which they will deploy on the 850 MHz band and commercialize in Phuket, Bangkok and Chonburi provinces in the next few months, and roll out the rest of Thailand early next year.

Until that the card will do Edge on Dtac's 1800 MHz band perfectly good, with virtual nationwide coverage.

Monty. I want to ask you a question. The Sierra Wireless PCMCIA card. Does it have a slot for a standard SIM? Ergo you can switch between providers? I see form your posts that it works on GSM networks only - not CDMA. EDGE seems to be good enough for mobile phones.

I saw a cool little mini computer at fortune town but it didn't have a SIM slot. I think it could connect by USB.

Thanks

[monty]

Monty. I want to ask you a question. The Sierra Wireless PCMCIA card. Does it have a slot for a standard SIM? Ergo you can switch between providers? I see form your posts that it works on GSM networks only - not CDMA. EDGE seems to be good enough for mobile phones.

I saw a cool little mini computer at fortune town but it didn't have a SIM slot. I think it could connect by USB.

Thanks

All aircard devices which work on the GSM GPRS/Edge system can take a sim card. They won't work without it!

So you can switch freely between Dtac, AIS and True.

Many people use mobile phones, but also many people (like me) use an aircard with a dedicated sim card just for internet access. Regular pre paid simcards work perfectly fine, and both AIS and Dtac have price efficient monthly packages available.

With CDMA, there are different systems around, with and without sim card. The ones without sim have all info from the provider hard coded into them.

[jo2008]

Monty, thanks again. your advice helps me a lot!

thanks for your info. does anyone know about CAT?

The aircard 881U is not compatible with CAT's CDMA-EVDO network.

Also, I am a MAC OS 10 user. Not sure if the SIERRA wireless aircard 881U applicable to my laptop. Sorry for asking so many questions but i am really green on this side.

No idea, depends whether Sierra Wireless includes the mac drivers or not, but I recall some people on this forum having it up and running with some other Sierra Wireless equipment (the aircards for CAT notably)

---EDIT---

Quick look on Sierra Wireless website indicates that at least OS X is supported out of the box. Not sure how this relates to OS 10 compatibility.

[thaipulse]

Re: EDGE Speeds... AirCard in PCMCIA slot versus a Class 10 mobile phone that works with EDGE.

I have been using class 10 modem mobile phones and most recently the cheap 3500 baht nokia 3110c from Tesco. I get decent speed and enough to get by. If I could increase speeds just a little bit overall I'd be very happy.

Question - does the Sierra Aircard - or any gprs/EDGE card that goes in a notebook's pcmcia slot work FASTER than a class 10 modem?

Anyone have any comparison - real life or otherwise?

I always wondered why people go to the trouble of buying the separate aircard which costs as much and more than a class 10 enabled mobile phone.

Is there a speed difference? Better connection?

Anyone?

I'd gladly upgrade to an aircard if it will get me even another 5Kbps.

Thanks for any help.

[whitejaguar]

<br />You are on a private network (the IP address begining with 10. verifies this), and are using a public and a private DNS servers. I suspect that is where your problem lies. Maybe do some research on OpenDNS and GPRS to figure out how to add OpenDNS servers to your GPRS connection. But then sometimes these private networks get bogged down with traffic from who knows where.<br /><br />Can you run a speedtest at speedtest.csloxinfo.com and share the results.<br />

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Having the same problem. The ip address where I connect to can not be verified. In the beginning the speed was fine but the more you use the internet the slower it gets after several months. I suspect that GOV is spying on specifically foreigners.