Im coming to Pattaya in January for three weeks. I need to work over the internet so Im looking for a hotel with fast internet, preferably plug in as its faster than wireless. Im not too bothered about the state of the accomodation, more concerned about the fast intenet. Im assuminmg the closer to CAT telecom on Pattaya Tai the better.

Cheers!

Distance to CAT won't matter much as most hotels use a different ISP.

Anyway, all ISP's nowadays have micro ADSL Dslam's scattered around town, so it's distance to that one which would matter.

In Thailand there would be no difference in speed between wireless (wifi) and plugged (LAN) connections internet wise, since even Wifi outperforms whatever the ISP can deliver.

802.11 G, which is pretty much the standard, theoretically delivers up to 54 Mbps, practically you'll get maybe half of it.

Most internet packages are 2,3 or 4 Mbps so still about 5 times slower then what wifi can give you.

It'll be more of how much the hotel spends on it's internet access and how many guests in the rooms are using it simultaneously. You'd be amazed how many places think they can get away with a 2 mbps home package for 590 Baht/month to feed a whole hotel!

Another factor will be how well the hotel manages the connection.

If for example they allow p2p un-throttled and one guest has a P2P client running unlimited, all the rest of the hotel will get bugger all speed!

My place has 3 Mbps Adsl (600 meters from the Dslam ), 2 Mbps cable internet, has both wifi and cables in all the rooms. Not in town though!

Cheers

Distance to CAT won't matter much as most hotels use a different ISP.

Anyway, all ISP's nowadays have micro ADSL Dslam's scattered around town, so it's distance to that one which would matter.

In Thailand there would be no difference in speed between wireless (wifi) and plugged (LAN) connections internet wise, since even Wifi outperforms whatever the ISP can deliver.

802.11 G, which is pretty much the standard, theoretically delivers up to 54 Mbps, practically you'll get maybe half of it.

Most internet packages are 2,3 or 4 Mbps so still about 5 times slower then what wifi can give you.

It'll be more of how much the hotel spends on it's internet access and how many guests in the rooms are using it simultaneously. You'd be amazed how many places think they can get away with a 2 mbps home package for 590 Baht/month to feed a whole hotel!

Another factor will be how well the hotel manages the connection.

If for example they allow p2p un-throttled and one guest has a P2P client running unlimited, all the rest of the hotel will get bugger all speed!

My place has 3 Mbps Adsl (600 meters from the Dslam ), 2 Mbps cable internet, has both wifi and cables in all the rooms. Not in town though!

Cheers

I like Whitehouse Condotel on Soi 13 for their internet connection. ADSL through CAT. I've gotten download speeds of 400kB/sec and upload speeds of 100kB/sec. Bring your own ethernet cable. They charge 100 baht/day for the connection.

Soi 13 is not very kid friendly. If you're going to bring the kids you might want to check out Monty's place. (It also comes with excellent IT support )

Soi 13 is not very kid friendly. If you're going to bring the kids you might want to check out Monty's place. (It also comes with excellent IT support )

Only me this time round Phil. I'll give you a shout when I get over. Where is Montys place anyway!

Monty's place is Lake Mabprachan Resort - http://www.mabprachanresort.com - it's on the other side of the Lake.