Is There A Cat Phone Shop On Samui?

[limbos]

Well, is there a CAT phone shop on Samui?

A friend of mine bought one of these cards for you computer in Phuket for 6.000,-THB and for around 11.000,-THB the cards are available for a USB port, monthly fee approx 650,-THB, unlimited internet time.

TT&T currently sux big time with their landline and I'm more than happy to change providers/system.

However, can you buy this on Samui?

[sbk]

the CAT office is in the Nathon Post office, on the second floor.

phone number found in pinned FAQs thread here

[limbos]

Thanks SBK, will have a look next time in Nathon.

[sbk]

Thanks SBK, will have a look next time in Nathon.

Give them a call and see if they have it, the last time I was there the man spoke English.

[limbos]

Good point you early bird.

[sbk]

Or late, I am visiting family in the US. Limbos.

Only time I am up at the crack of dawn on Koh Phangan is to take the boat over to Samui to visit Immigration

[limbos]

Well, enjoy! Day light just broke here.

[NHJ]

TTT is working wonderfully as usual for me, but i would stay away of CAT worst thing i ever saw a 56K modem will be faster.

[MonkeyMonkey]

TTT is working wonderfully as usual for me, but i would stay away of CAT worst thing i ever saw a 56K modem will be faster.

It all depends where you are located. I have 2 CDMA Cat Internet USBs and am located slightly up a hill....works perfectly quickly and never drops for me.

Limbo: I may be selling one if you are interested 10,900THB new (3.1Mbps). Could give you a good price and you would have the luxury of testing it first. Costs 200THB to change the name on the contract.

[sunlife2000]

threw mine away it was that bad and i tried it in several locations

[NHJ]

with CAT you mostly get 256kbp/s wich is 12 times less than adsl can offer you, not to mention the fact if you try to open two webpages at once you're dead.

if you only want to use a SIM card as mobile internet, better buy some AIS sim cards and a cheap cdma modem/usb stick.

[lazyguy]

I strongly do not advise you to do any business with CAT Telecom Samui.

Apart from the fact that CAT CDMA technology is slow the CAT Telecom people of Samui

are gangsters. They have received my CDMA modem for request to repair but no order.

Now they claim my CDMA modem which has cost me 10,900 THB last year and refuse

to give back unless I am not paying an imaginary sum of over 6,000 THB for their unability

of service.

For only internet surfing use AIS 1-2-call package *137# via EDGE-protocol supported

cell phone (e.g. Nokia) here on the islands. 250 hours package for 535 THB, gives you

more than 8 hours inet access every day. for everything else try to get a telephone line

and as provider MAXnet from TT&T.

another pro of AIS inet is that it can connect everywhere in TH where AIS telephone

net is available, also in BKK, which is not the case with CDMA.

[limbos]

Thnaks for the advice and warnings, guess for the time being CAT is not worth pursueing.

[sbk]

CAT also installs a dedicated line to your house, separate from the phone. The monthly package is a bit high, something like 2000 a month, but from what I have heard, the speeds are great.

[angiud]

I have CAT dedicated ADSL both in Haad Rin and Srithanu. Now 3 years. Is a 2mb/800Kb ADSL without the need of a telephone line. Always working... in 3 years a couple of stops. Call CAT and in few minutes connection again on. The CAT people in KPG (but I guess coming from Samui) are very professional and always come for every (also stupid) call.

Is a bit expensive 2600 baht + VAT, but very reliable and constantly a speed of 1700/1800 Kbite/second (test on an italian server)

W CAT

[nikster]

I have CAT dedicated ADSL both in Haad Rin and Srithanu. Now 3 years. Is a 2mb/800Kb ADSL without the need of a telephone line. Always working... in 3 years a couple of stops. Call CAT and in few minutes connection again on. The CAT people in KPG (but I guess coming from Samui) are very professional and always come for every (also stupid) call.

Is a bit expensive 2600 baht + VAT, but very reliable and constantly a speed of 1700/1800 Kbite/second (test on an italian server)

W CAT

Out of interest, how is that line going now? Following the glorious reviews on TV, I got a premier line in Pai, Mae Hong Son province, and frankly, it sucks. It's a 2M/1M premier line for 2000 baht and delivers 500kbps international, full 2M to Bangkok. It's not any better than the 1000 baht 4M/1M CAT line I had before, and it's always slower than my 3M TOT line, and also slower than CAT CDMA for that matter.

I am trying to figure out if it's just my line - maybe they screwed something up - or if CAT is slow now (2010).

Edited April 8, 2010 by nikster

[bridge]

No but my Cat is on the Phone constantly.

Sorry couldn't resist

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