tutsiwarrior Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 Now that we can use cellular telephones for lap top modems with a GPRS hook up and documents that used to be faxed can be sent as a pdf attachment to an email what are the advantages of having a fixed telephone line in Thailand? Can anyone discuss relative costs involved (fax vs. scanner + pdf software...GPRS costs vs. fixed line dial-up, etc)? If one lived in the countryside where one would have to pay a significant amount for a fixed line connection if there were no nearby fixed lines previously how would the different arrangements compare? regards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 The main disadvantage of mobilephones is still speed! A decent fixed phoneline will give you connections easily double as fast and more stable compared to GPRS... I always have problems sending e-mail's with attachements bigger then 30kB over GPRS, dataflow stops halfway, and then I get a message the smtp server hasn't responded for more then 60 seconds... pdf files will most of the time be bigger then 30kB! That's basically the only thing a fixed phone line comes in handy, for internet connections... I just got my line upgraded to adsl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 The main disadvantage of mobilephones is still speed!A decent fixed phoneline will give you connections easily double as fast and more stable compared to GPRS... I always have problems sending e-mail's with attachements bigger then 30kB over GPRS, dataflow stops halfway, and then I get a message the smtp server hasn't responded for more then 60 seconds... pdf files will most of the time be bigger then 30kB! That's basically the only thing a fixed phone line comes in handy, for internet connections... I just got my line upgraded to adsl <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Monty I live in the North about 5 km from my AIS base station and apart from the times when the site falls over (usually in the evening) I don't have problems with my GPRS system and I can send and receive large files and get downloads in excess of 5 Mb, but as you say it takes a little time. If you have the time and no access to a landline GPRS works for most people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamdomChances Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 I'd go for a land line if I could I'm using IP star at the moment, but its a bit pricy at 3000bht a month, wet season it was on and off all the time, but is pretty fast now. I've tried a few GPRS networks, but we are in a bit of a black spot for reception, so they have been vert slow. I've got a 470 mhz radio phone thet you can use to send fax's, but not the internet. The phone line ends about 1 km from the house I was told it would be about 12,000 to get it to here, but I'm not sure on the price as I did'nt really look into it that much. You would still have to apply for a number as well or find someone with a number and make them an offer!! Cheers RC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 RC A friend of mine over in Issan said he paid about 3,000 baht a kilometre per line to his house and he paid for 2 lines at around 2 km. As you say you still have to pay for the number as well. I am fairly lucky with my local site as it is not too busy and I get service most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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