August 30, 200917 yr Hi, I'm not at all up to speed about these things. But do have a few questions. With all the ISPs speed being so slow, has anyone given up and just started using aircards? I have been looking at Pantip Plaza. The Vodaphone USB wireless aircard is going for 1990 baht. What kind of speed can I expect to get? What sim cards works best: AIS, DTAC, True Sim??? Any others? Should I get a 3G aircard for twice the cost? Oh, and what is the approximate cost per minute of usage? I don't need much, just checking emails mainly. I'm signed on with TOT platinum for 690 bath a month, supposedly for 3MG, but never even comes close to that. Any general info provided will help. Thanks much.
August 30, 200917 yr I did an international speedtest yesterday. These are download speeds only. CAT CDMA 3G: 800 kbs TT&T Premier Maxnet ADSL: 2.3 mpbs I believe a USB Edge card with either AIS or DTAC will give about 200 kbs. So wireless still can't beat fixed line ADSL. Edited August 30, 200917 yr by trd
August 30, 200917 yr I use the Vodaphone USB modem with the AIS unlimited package, It is ok for just surfing the web but downloading is obviously a joke, downloaded a 1.5GB game the other week took me just over a month, oh how i miss ADSL ! Average download speed is about 25kB/s So if your just checking e-mails it's no problem, you'll notice at certain times it's a little bit slow due to voice calls having priority but where i am it's only for about 2 hours a day !
August 30, 200917 yr Depends on where you are: Bangkok: Check out True 3G. Only works in BKK. Should be fast. Provinces near BKK: EDGE only (slow). Hutch sucks. Outside BKK and central provinces: CAT CDMA. Fast in most areas, though speeds seem to vary. Chiang Mai: CAT CDMA or AIS 3G trial. AIS should be faster but don't know about international. I have a TOT 3Mbit DSL and it's much faster than CDMA in the morning, and much slower than CDMA in the evening when the DSL slows to a crawl. For single file downloads without DL manager, CAT CDMA is the best, better than CAT DSL 4Mbit. I usually get 150KB/s international, but at least 70KB/s. Business DSL packages will be a lot faster than CAT CDMA (as above wit MaxNet Premier).
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