heybruce Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I'm sure this has been discussed somewhere in this forum, but I can't find it--is anything being done about the limitiations on internet service in Thailand? Or is inadequate bandwidth for high-speed, reliable internet with the rest of the world going to be with us indefinitely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niller74 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Things in Thailand are moving fast. The demand is just moving faster. Thailand moved a long way over the past 20 years. Where I began to come here. At the moment I would say Thailand is 5-8 years behind Europe/US in terms of internet, but they are getting there. Just don't expect to see reliability/bandwidth like Europe/US out-of-the-box. There are several ways to improve your internet experience. Keep reading the boards here and elsewhere for ideas and suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathyy Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 According to my speedtests, the speed and bandwidth within Thailand is exactly what is advertised. It's the international access that is the bottleneck. CAT is currently a partner in a venture with AT&T and the big Hong Kong phone company and I think Singapore, laying a new undersea cable to the west coast of the US. This will give CAT access to more international bandwidth, and should help the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxfordWill Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/09/21/go...undersea-cable/ http://www.ginside.com/2007/1138/google-lo...undersea-cable/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crushdepth Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I think its going to take a long time to lay that cable though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathyy Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Not that alleged Google cable. THESE cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joncl Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I'm sure this has been discussed somewhere in this forum, but I can't find it--is anything being done about the limitiations on internet service in Thailand? Or is inadequate bandwidth for high-speed, reliable internet with the rest of the world going to be with us indefinitely? For the first time in many years we had a major slow down yesterday with our ASDL provider (True). So I rang their call center and asked by my 4mbs line was down to 3600baud? Within minutes the answer came "We have major problems at the moment with all our Dslam's across Bangkok". The outcome was they reset our port and all is back to normal within minutes. However I take it they are not going out of their way to fix the issues unless you call them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotcom Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I suppose we will piggy back off the Malaysian line. Asia America Gateway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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