Free Broadband On The Beach In Sri Racha

[Thaising]

Mayor Chatchai Timkrajang said users could access the wireless Internet service on the beach free of charge for two hours at a time. The service features a connection speed of 512 kilobits per second.

There are 20,000 residents in Sri Racha district, which welcomes 40,000 tourists a year. The municipality awarded a three-year contract to TOT to install the wireless system for Bt4.5 million and will pay about Bt80,000 a month for the service.

Chatchai said the service would help the municipality attract tourists and distinguish it from other tourism destinations.

The partnership between the municipality and TOT is also in line with TOT's "Wi-Fi on the Beach" project aimed at carpeting the country's major beaches with wireless Internet.

TOT recently launched the service on Pattaya's beaches, but users must buy TOT Internet cards to access it. This will generate an estimated Bt100,000 in revenue for the state agency. TOT has targeted 100,000 broadband-Internet subscribers along the Eastern Seaboard this year, up from 70,000 now. It also plans to have 1 million subscribers nationwide this year, up from 700,000 now.

Senior executive vice president Wichien Naksrinual said TOT would approach other municipalities about providing wireless broadband Internet on the Sri Racha model as part of its efforts to boost its wireless-broadband revenue.

[Beacher]

Where do these people come up with these ideas?

The last thing I would think about taking to the beach with me is my laptop.

Besides, the discussion about the safety to WiFi transmission is still not completed, so why the h*ll do I want to go to a beach and expose myself to something that may or may not be harmful to my health. No...I think I'll just stick to beaches without WiFi.

[Beacher]

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TOT recently launched the service on Pattaya's beaches, but users must buy TOT Internet cards to access it. This will generate an estimated Bt100,000 in revenue for the state agency. TOT has targeted 100,000 broadband-Internet subscribers along the Eastern Seaboard this year, up from 70,000 now. It also plans to have 1 million subscribers nationwide this year, up from 700,000 now.

Senior executive vice president Wichien Naksrinual said TOT would approach other municipalities about providing wireless broadband Internet on the Sri Racha model as part of its efforts to boost its wireless-broadband revenue.

...but it doesn't plan to ugrade its infrustructure, so I guess we can expect to see service getting even slower and worse.

[Aachen]

The last thing I would think about taking to the beach with me is my laptop.

There are also WiFi phones not only laptops....

Besides, the discussion about the safety to WiFi transmission is still not completed, so why the h*ll do I want to go to a beach and expose myself to something that may or may not be harmful to my health. No...I think I'll just stick to beaches without WiFi.

Which harmful to your health. Are you some special construct of mankind? You should on the other hand better not join the beach. There is very much radiation from the sun, which might harm your skin and body.

[webfact]

Mayor Chatchai Timkrajang said users could access the wireless Internet service on the beach free of charge for two hours at a time. The service features a connection speed of 512 kilobits per second.

There are 20,000 residents in Sri Racha district, which welcomes 40,000 tourists a year. The municipality awarded a three-year contract to TOT to install the wireless system for Bt4.5 million and will pay about Bt80,000 a month for the service.

Chatchai said the service would help the municipality attract tourists and distinguish it from other tourism destinations.

The partnership between the municipality and TOT is also in line with TOT's "Wi-Fi on the Beach" project aimed at carpeting the country's major beaches with wireless Internet.

TOT recently launched the service on Pattaya's beaches, but users must buy TOT Internet cards to access it. This will generate an estimated Bt100,000 in revenue for the state agency. TOT has targeted 100,000 broadband-Internet subscribers along the Eastern Seaboard this year, up from 70,000 now. It also plans to have 1 million subscribers nationwide this year, up from 700,000 now.

Senior executive vice president Wichien Naksrinual said TOT would approach other municipalities about providing wireless broadband Internet on the Sri Racha model as part of its efforts to boost its wireless-broadband revenue.

Jeeez....! Sitting with a laptop on a beach?

Ok lets try to rescue the Mayor. In my opinion he is "thinking" about "providing free internet all over that area"? Sri Raja - the HUB of Free Internet!

[Beacher]

The last thing I would think about taking to the beach with me is my laptop.

There are also WiFi phones not only laptops....

Besides, the discussion about the safety to WiFi transmission is still not completed, so why the h*ll do I want to go to a beach and expose myself to something that may or may not be harmful to my health. No...I think I'll just stick to beaches without WiFi.

Which harmful to your health. Are you some special construct of mankind? You should on the other hand better not join the beach. There is very much radiation from the sun, which might harm your skin and body.

Duh...ya...and it's pretty well known to those of us who have some awareness of what's going on in the world that radiation from the sun's rays does cause skin cancer.

As for your other display of ignorance, do a little research and learn...

[Beacher]

Comparison between laying in the direct sunshine and radiation of wifi networks is a bit like comparing drinking 2 liters of Russian methanol-based vodka and using alcohol to clean a cut in the hand.

Yes. We have a lot of different radiation sources around us. One easy test is to check if the radiation can do a skin damage. Alter your hand to the sun, wifi, TV broadcasing, etc, etc, ... radiation and check if it gets red. If it does, the radiation is potentially harmful for your body.

Read again -- I wasn't comparing the two!

Also, I think your "red skin" method is a little oversimplified.

[galowgala]

The last thing I would think about taking to the beach with me is my laptop.

There are also WiFi phones not only laptops....

Besides, the discussion about the safety to WiFi transmission is still not completed, so why the h*ll do I want to go to a beach and expose myself to something that may or may not be harmful to my health. No...I think I'll just stick to beaches without WiFi.

Which harmful to your health. Are you some special construct of mankind? You should on the other hand better not join the beach. There is very much radiation from the sun, which might harm your skin and body.

get a life and try and enjoy it b4 u die from stress and worry

[webfact]

Where do these people come up with these ideas?

The last thing I would think about taking to the beach with me is my laptop.

Besides, the discussion about the safety to WiFi transmission is still not completed, so why the h*ll do I want to go to a beach and expose myself to something that may or may not be harmful to my health. No...I think I'll just stick to beaches without WiFi.

Stephen Hawking once explained why you can't unfreeze a pizza with the microwaves which are produced and transmitted ind and from outer space...

[dthomasss]

Mayor Chatchai Timkrajang said users could access the wireless Internet service on the beach free of charge for two hours at a time. The service features a connection speed of 512 kilobits per second.

There are 20,000 residents in Sri Racha district, which welcomes 40,000 tourists a year. The municipality awarded a three-year contract to TOT to install the wireless system for Bt4.5 million and will pay about Bt80,000 a month for the service.

Chatchai said the service would help the municipality attract tourists and distinguish it from other tourism destinations.

The partnership between the municipality and TOT is also in line with TOT's "Wi-Fi on the Beach" project aimed at carpeting the country's major beaches with wireless Internet.

TOT recently launched the service on Pattaya's beaches, but users must buy TOT Internet cards to access it. This will generate an estimated Bt100,000 in revenue for the state agency. TOT has targeted 100,000 broadband-Internet subscribers along the Eastern Seaboard this year, up from 70,000 now. It also plans to have 1 million subscribers nationwide this year, up from 700,000 now.

Senior executive vice president Wichien Naksrinual said TOT would approach other municipalities about providing wireless broadband Internet on the Sri Racha model as part of its efforts to boost its wireless-broadband revenue.

Since when is there a "beach" in Sriracha? Ocean -- yes, but beach where you can sit and relax??? never seen it!

[apetley]

What chance there will be an increase in the snatching of laptops from people on the beach?

[monty]

I'm not getting it, those government contracts.

4.5 million Baht to install? That's one heck of an amount for something which is not much more then outdoor wifi access points, outdoor network cable and a proper router.

Plus 80,000 Baht/month? Covers what? Bandwidth? That's a heck of an amount of bandwidth then, reckon the 512kbps is virtually guaranteed for up to 2000 or more simultaneous users. That's a lot of laptops on the beach

I think they are competing with Bang Saen, where the entire city is now covered with AIS 3G!

[NUMBNUTTS]

Just another BIB scam to track IP's so that they can go to the beach and arrest all the baby-oiled, near naked Farang, who are all drunk and 'whine & whinge' posting on TV!!

Now they can claim to be actually working at the beach 24/7 and claim huge overtime pay.

All the confiscated laptops become state property immediately and are sold off to eager pawnshop owners.

Very clever idea!!

Way to go LOS!!

[Birdman]

Where do these people come up with these ideas?

The last thing I would think about taking to the beach with me is my laptop.

Besides, the discussion about the safety to WiFi transmission is still not completed, so why the h*ll do I want to go to a beach and expose myself to something that may or may not be harmful to my health. No...I think I'll just stick to beaches without WiFi.

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