Fast Reliable International Internet Connection In Udonthani Area?

[newbegin4]

What are my options? When I move to Udonthani next year, it is critical that I have a reliable, fast international internet connection. Based on skimming some of the posts here, it appears that this is difficult, if not flat-out impossible! If so then I have a huge obstacle to overcome, one that might likely derail my hope of living in Thailand with my Thai spouse (in other words seriously change my life for the worse).

Upload speed it most critical as sometimes (actually daily) I will need to upload a 20+ mb file to a U.S. server. Rest of the time, I need to have reliable VoIP phone service.

Is anyone successfully using VoIP, such as Vonage to make lots of calls to the U.S.?

Short of leasing a dedicated line, what can I do? I am even open to far-fetched ideas like having multiple internet accounts and somehow electronically splicing them together to create a faster (hopefully reliable) service (once upon a time this was done in with ISDN???? - if I am not mistaken - but it was 10 years since I've heard of the practice)?

If I have to lease my own dedicated international pipeline (i.e. T1???) then how much would it be (I tremble with fear to learn the cost of this)?

Also I will have to be in the Udonthani area because that is where my spouse will work.

I've budgeted $250 USD a month for this. Anything over $500 USA a month would really make it extremely hard to manage.

Thanks for any and all help!

[mahtin]

http://www.adslthailand.com/forum/viewtopi...=14&t=13487

This help?

[newbegin4]

http://www.adslthailand.com/forum/viewtopi...=14&t=13487

This help?

Thanks but not really.

I'm not concerned with internet bandwidth 'within' Thailand, only 'international' bandwith which in my case means between Udonthani, Thailand and the U.S. as a whole.

Edited September 22, 2008 by newbegin4

[erikr_]

What are my options? When I move to Udonthani next year, it is critical that I have a reliable, fast international internet connection. Based on skimming some of the posts here, it appears that this is difficult, if not flat-out impossible! If so then I have a huge obstacle to overcome, one that might likely derail my hope of living in Thailand with my Thai spouse (in other words seriously change my life for the worse).

Upload speed it most critical as sometimes (actually daily) I will need to upload a 20+ mb file to a U.S. server. Rest of the time, I need to have reliable VoIP phone service.

Is anyone successfully using VoIP, such as Vonage to make lots of calls to the U.S.?

Short of leasing a dedicated line, what can I do? I am even open to far-fetched ideas like having multiple internet accounts and somehow electronically splicing them together to create a faster (hopefully reliable) service (once upon a time this was done in with ISDN???? - if I am not mistaken - but it was 10 years since I've heard of the practice)?

If I have to lease my own dedicated international pipeline (i.e. T1???) then how much would it be (I tremble with fear to learn the cost of this)?

Also I will have to be in the Udonthani area because that is where my spouse will work.

I've budgeted $250 USD a month for this. Anything over $500 USA a month would really make it extremely hard to manage.

Thanks for any and all help!

There is a device that can bundle multiple adsl lines loadbalancing and redundancy. But then if your exchange goes down

[newbegin4]

There is a device that can bundle multiple adsl lines load-balancing and redundancy. But then if your exchange goes down

Ok, great...that is a start. Can you recall what the device is called? How about that device bundling other connections such as wireless or cable broadband?

Finally, what did you mean by 'exchange' in "if your exchange goes down" (sorry I really am not that geeky). Thanks!!!

Really, the heart of the matter is the international pipeline. Anybody have a business in the Udonthani area that has found a solution to the international pipeline issue? i.e. a call center using VoIP?

[klikster]

What are my options? When I move to Udonthani next year, it is critical that I have a reliable, fast international internet connection. Based on skimming some of the posts here, it appears that this is difficult, if not flat-out impossible! If so then I have a huge obstacle to overcome, one that might likely derail my hope of living in Thailand with my Thai spouse (in other words seriously change my life for the worse).

Upload speed it most critical as sometimes (actually daily) I will need to upload a 20+ mb file to a U.S. server. Rest of the time, I need to have reliable VoIP phone service.

Is anyone successfully using VoIP, such as Vonage to make lots of calls to the U.S.?

Short of leasing a dedicated line, what can I do? I am even open to far-fetched ideas like having multiple internet accounts and somehow electronically splicing them together to create a faster (hopefully reliable) service (once upon a time this was done in with ISDN???? - if I am not mistaken - but it was 10 years since I've heard of the practice)?

If I have to lease my own dedicated international pipeline (i.e. T1???) then how much would it be (I tremble with fear to learn the cost of this)?

Also I will have to be in the Udonthani area because that is where my spouse will work.

I've budgeted $250 USD a month for this. Anything over $500 USA a month would really make it extremely hard to manage.

Thanks for any and all help!

A 20 mb upload is not "that" big a deal on my Maxnet account .. unless you need it done super fast. Then you might consider doing a slow feed to a backup server in the US, then do the fast upload. I've done large uploads to my server in California quite often. Get an account where they don't do bandwidth shaping .. and/or configure your server so you can upload on ports that are not shaped. Schedule your uploads for 2-4 am.

[stoneman]

We live 25kms south of Udon Thani..We have a TOT house phone and have installed the TOT ADSL service and I will admit it was a nightmare for about a month...Finally convinced the people at TOT that I was not a total computer/ADSL illiterate and then we worked it out and service has been much better,,,I also have my Vonage phone hooked up with this ADSL ine and it works great... You do not have a lot of choices and everyone has their own best idea..Good Luck

Stoneman

[rreddin]

We live 25kms south of Udon Thani..We have a TOT house phone and have installed the TOT ADSL service and I will admit it was a nightmare for about a month...Finally convinced the people at TOT that I was not a total computer/ADSL illiterate and then we worked it out and service has been much better,,,I also have my Vonage phone hooked up with this ADSL ine and it works great... You do not have a lot of choices and everyone has their own best idea..Good Luck

Stoneman

Sorry to jump into this thread, but it has become important to me. Briefly, from the end of this year my work will cease to be based in a fixed location (UK). I plan to move to Thailand with my Thai wife at some stage but with the change in the nature of how my work is done, we are considering relocating early in the New Year to Opmong near Nong Wuaso, Udon Thani.

There are few telephones in the village. Fast reliable internet connection is a necessity as is VoIP (Skype). Given the distance from the telephone exchange 9km away in the next village, land line connection speeds are likely to be too slow and may not be possible. My "inlaws" connect to the Internet via a mobile phone, but that is far too slow and too expensive.

What are my options and what are the likely costs? What is the timescale for getting connected?

Thanks for your help.

[makloey]

We live 25kms south of Udon Thani..We have a TOT house phone and have installed the TOT ADSL service and I will admit it was a nightmare for about a month...Finally convinced the people at TOT that I was not a total computer/ADSL illiterate and then we worked it out and service has been much better,,,I also have my Vonage phone hooked up with this ADSL ine and it works great... You do not have a lot of choices and everyone has their own best idea..Good Luck

Stoneman

Sorry to jump into this thread, but it has become important to me. Briefly, from the end of this year my work will cease to be based in a fixed location (UK). I plan to move to Thailand with my Thai wife at some stage but with the change in the nature of how my work is done, we are considering relocating early in the New Year to Opmong near Nong Wuaso, Udon Thani.

There are few telephones in the village. Fast reliable internet connection is a necessity as is VoIP (Skype). Given the distance from the telephone exchange 9km away in the next village, land line connection speeds are likely to be too slow and may not be possible. My "inlaws" connect to the Internet via a mobile phone, but that is far too slow and too expensive.

What are my options and what are the likely costs? What is the timescale for getting connected?

Thanks for your help.

Inet http://www.inet.co.th can get you a corporate leased line @256kb, 512kb and 1mb. The 512kb on should fit you budget, maybe the 1mb as well.

You'll get 24/7 support and real time monitoring of your line. If it goes down for a few minutes _they_ call _you_. Like if I have a problem with my UPS or something.

The line will be a copper pair separate from the phone-line for SDSL or they may install fiber if you get quality problems d/t distance.

Contention ratio is 1:2, but I never notice the other guy :-)

Inet also offers cheaper ADSL business lines, but make it very clear that there are no speed and uptime guarantees, and support is limited to office hours.

I would guess a month to get connected.

[newbegin4]

rreddin, welcome to the thread.

You and I seem to have the same problem. We need guaranteed international bandwidth (for reliable VoIP telephone calls - I need at least). I can't seem to make heads or tails of the options on the following site: http://www.inet.co.th. Reads very poorly in English with sparse technical details. It is easy for the provider's advertising to promise the world as far as internal Thailand bandwidth guarantees are concerned, but I don't see any guarantees on international bandwidth. Anyone have direct experience with this?

Here is the pricing: http://www.inet.co.th/inetweb/price.jsp?id=307

Doesn't seem too promising!

I'm currently researching whether or not I can combine 2 or 3 residential internet services (i..e ADSL, Cable and/or wireless) to aggregate the 3 connections into a single virtual connection. If this works great! But I've only just begun to research. More later. Hopefully that will allow the international bandwidth pipe to open up enough for mission-critical VoIP and other applications. Or maybe even this is not practical. I won't know until I know I guess.

[rreddin]

We live 25kms south of Udon Thani..We have a TOT house phone and have installed the TOT ADSL service and I will admit it was a nightmare for about a month...Finally convinced the people at TOT that I was not a total computer/ADSL illiterate and then we worked it out and service has been much better,,,I also have my Vonage phone hooked up with this ADSL ine and it works great... You do not have a lot of choices and everyone has their own best idea..Good Luck

Stoneman

Sorry to jump into this thread, but it has become important to me. Briefly, from the end of this year my work will cease to be based in a fixed location (UK). I plan to move to Thailand with my Thai wife at some stage but with the change in the nature of how my work is done, we are considering relocating early in the New Year to Opmong near Nong Wuaso, Udon Thani.

There are few telephones in the village. Fast reliable internet connection is a necessity as is VoIP (Skype). Given the distance from the telephone exchange 9km away in the next village, land line connection speeds are likely to be too slow and may not be possible. My "inlaws" connect to the Internet via a mobile phone, but that is far too slow and too expensive.

What are my options and what are the likely costs? What is the timescale for getting connected?

Thanks for your help.

Inet http://www.inet.co.th can get you a corporate leased line @256kb, 512kb and 1mb. The 512kb on should fit you budget, maybe the 1mb as well.

You'll get 24/7 support and real time monitoring of your line. If it goes down for a few minutes _they_ call _you_. Like if I have a problem with my UPS or something.

The line will be a copper pair separate from the phone-line for SDSL or they may install fiber if you get quality problems d/t distance.

Contention ratio is 1:2, but I never notice the other guy :-)

Inet also offers cheaper ADSL business lines, but make it very clear that there are no speed and uptime guarantees, and support is limited to office hours.

I would guess a month to get connected.