Tot Line

[mrjohn]

I have no telephone at my house so I have been using Cat CDMA and more recently EVDO, with which I have been reasonably happy.

My neighbours are moving soon and have offered me their TOT telephone line which I understand is easy to transfer. If I take on the TOT line, what are my options for faster internet connections?

I live in Phuket

[Johnxxx]

I have no telephone at my house so I have been using Cat CDMA and more recently EVDO, with which I have been reasonably happy.

My neighbours are moving soon and have offered me their TOT telephone line which I understand is easy to transfer. If I take on the TOT line, what are my options for faster internet connections?

I live in Phuket

A telephone line does not make an ADSL connection. You have to ask TOT if they can provide internet at your location. ADSL does not go very far and even if you have it in your area there might be a waiting list.

I do not know the TOT/TT&T quality in Phuket. But often TT&T with Maxnet is better. Here in Pattaya it took me 2 days to change the line from TOT to TT&T - I guess I paid about Baht 300 for it. So there was no need to take a line from anybody else. But you have to find out for your Soi/building.

[mrjohn]

Thanks for your reply Johnxxx. I used to have Maxnet before I moved to Phuket and as I remember they could only provide the service if a telephone line was already installed. As I understand it, all lines are owned by TOT and so the first step is to get the TOT line in. New telephone installation here is, by all accounts, slow and expensive. Anybody shed any light on this?

[Johnxxx]

As I understand it, all lines are owned by TOT and so the first step is to get the TOT line in.

This is not correct somehow. TT&T uses the phone lines of TOT very often. But there is NO WAY to have Maxnet if you have a contract with TOT for the phone line directly.

You need a contract with TT&T for the phone line even if it belongs to TOT. And you will get a new line with a new number.

TT&T often uses the billing system of TOT for the phone lines too. So you will get 2 bills - one for the TT&T-TOT phone line from TOT and one for the ADSL Maxnet from TT&T. I know it is confusing