RHCP Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I know that this subject has been done to death but when, if ever, will the public here put enough pressure on all those involved in this country to provide an acceptable broadband service? The service has deteriorated significantly over the past 20 months and I can’t now even download local pages at a decent speed, even in the morning. As for VOIP calls it is getting to the stage when the only practical alternative of making calls overseas is to use the mobile phone or land line. I don’t mind paying more to get a guaranteed and satisfactory service but when reading other threads this seems to be just throwing money down the drain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Will We Ever Have Proper Broadband In Thailand? if you believe in reincarnation the answer is "yes". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cophen Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 "The Public" will start agitating for 'proper broadband' shortly after they have 'proper medical care', 'proper social care' and 'proper democracy'. If your sole concern is a quick internet connection Japan or Taiwan may be more your style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I know that this subject has been done to death but when, if ever, will the public here put enough pressure on all those involved in this country to provide an acceptable broadband service? The service has deteriorated significantly over the past 20 months and I can’t now even download local pages at a decent speed, even in the morning. As for VOIP calls it is getting to the stage when the only practical alternative of making calls overseas is to use the mobile phone or land line. I don’t mind paying more to get a guaranteed and satisfactory service but when reading other threads this seems to be just throwing money down the drain. Sure, I have it But you will have to pay a bit more as the 600 thb packages and be prepared to spend a couple of hours on the phone with the help desk to tune your line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinLOS Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Even the cheap lines are pulling in 2 - 3 Mbps now.. Just got to make sure you dont get the over shared packages. My el cheapo 1090 package which is thier slowest option gets me a 1.8 - 2mbit international tested speed all day every day.. Sure its not 20Mbps but its OK for Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niller74 Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Even the cheap lines are pulling in 2 - 3 Mbps now.. Just got to make sure you dont get the over shared packages.My el cheapo 1090 package which is thier slowest option gets me a 1.8 - 2mbit international tested speed all day every day.. Sure its not 20Mbps but its OK for Thailand. Now we know who 'eat' the entire international bandwidth of CAT If that is in fact the truth, you definitely don't represent the majority of DSL users in Thailand. Most are struggling at best to get a somewhat decent international connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koheesti Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 (edited) Even the cheap lines are pulling in 2 - 3 Mbps now.. Just got to make sure you dont get the over shared packages.My el cheapo 1090 package which is thier slowest option gets me a 1.8 - 2mbit international tested speed all day every day.. Sure its not 20Mbps but its OK for Thailand. Now we know who 'eat' the entire international bandwidth of CAT If that is in fact the truth, you definitely don't represent the majority of DSL users in Thailand. Most are struggling at best to get a somewhat decent international connection. I pay for a 2mb connection from TOT. In Thailand it has never tested above 1.7mb and internationally tested rarely higher than 300kb. Edited August 26, 2008 by koheesti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordfoul Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Same here, I have the 1090 Baht Package also and I have no problems with it. P2P, usenet, and ftp transfers all get full international speed. In fact my experience with DSL in Thailand has been mostly good for the last 4 years. Even the cheap lines are pulling in 2 - 3 Mbps now.. Just got to make sure you dont get the over shared packages.My el cheapo 1090 package which is thier slowest option gets me a 1.8 - 2mbit international tested speed all day every day.. Sure its not 20Mbps but its OK for Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazeeboy Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 nothing wrong with my speed ,i can surf and download the latest movies ,never having used the internet in the west i cant compare it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHJ Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 you might be on TOT to speak like that, i'm using maxnet and for the price, the quality is very good. i can listen to my online japanese radio, surf, download anime and movies, i really don't have to complain about the quality of the services. i'm also using voip for oversea calls and you can't blame only your internet provider as your voip provider is maybe missing some bandwith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamishgillan Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 I have the fastest true package which is 4.8 mbs per second, nice and youtube is not blocked, but I am in Bangkok, dunno about the provinces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konangrit Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 I have the fastest true package which is 4.8 mbs per second, nice and youtube is not blocked, but I am in Bangkok, dunno about the provinces. Same here, I regularly download 1Gb+ demos to my PS3 pretty rapidly. I really don't have a problem with the internet here in Bangkok. Outside of Bangkok might not be the same, but I think you pretty much get what you pay for. It's worth paying extra for the top package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Some of us out in the sticks have only been waiting 5 years for just a land line so I use my mobile and EDGE from AIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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