gosompoi Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I have noticed that the bandwidth for pipes leaving Thailand are limited to 0.1mb. Allowing websites inside Thailand to be usable but those based for example in USA unusable. When I access websites outside of Thailand the bandwidth is limited to .1mb. I have been able to confirm this limit by benchmarking Internet speed using speedtest.net. For example I test servers in Thailand I get full speed 3.0mb upload and download but when I test using any other server outside of Thailand is limited to .1mb. Why is this? Why is the traffic bandwidth limited coming in and going out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJo Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I believe international speeds are not limited, more likely there is limited capasity available and too many users and as a result it get's very slow. I'm in True and located in lower sukhumvit in BKK and get the same as you out of 3 meg line. But, sometimes and usually late at night (off peak hours) i might get the occasional 1 - 2 megs international speeds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacemunk Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 (edited) just tested my speed and its fine. so its just ur line my line international and local 4mb up and down Edited October 8, 2009 by spacemunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosompoi Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 Thanks for the input. I will blame it on TOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Same over here albeit not as drastic. Getting 3.5 Mbps domestic But a fair bit slower internationally: However, it seems that it is only single connections that are being limited. Using a download manager with 8 simultaneous connections and download speeds are rock solid at 440 kBps (3.5 Mbps). So practically the only annoying thing for me is streaming video, as it opens just one connection. Getting 0.7 Mbps is just eough for youtube, but no reserve. Any lower and you're stuck with buffering all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulmercke Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 True - for one - appear to be throttling international connections. Domestic connections - no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacemunk Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Thailand International Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joncl Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Same over here albeit not as drastic.Getting 3.5 Mbps domestic But a fair bit slower internationally: I love true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKASA Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I believe the problem is ToT I am getting 29kbps international for a week now. at 3am it sometime makes it to 100k but drops connection every ten minutes. I have got nothing done for a week. 2200 baht a month for 512k and this is what they give. I believe the only solution to this fraud is to cancel the service and not reward the theft of services. If its not back by morning when I go into town they are history and its back to AIS dial up modem. I am mean the difference is I can pay less then half as much a month and get 56k which is twice this speed from a professional company, why pay 2200 baht for 29kbps and a company that does not give a dam_n about customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKCU Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Yesterday i called TOT Call Center (dial 1100, then press 9 for English) because i couldn't open any international website. Thai websites just worked fine. They told me that they have problems with their international bandwidth and are working on the problem to improve the situation. I use 3M/512K line. In the morning (7am to 9am) everything is fine. After that the speed continuously drops. Anyway, for today i cannot see any improvement. Maybe it's time to change the ISP... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noahvail Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I reckon it's ToT. I had the service techies out 2 weeks ago. Showed them inter-Thailand speeds of 2.0 which is what I pay for. But the international ones: as low as 17kb/sec. They tested the lines, the modem, the computer settings. All ok. Then they said that the inter-Thai lines were new technology, and the international lines are old technology, old equipment. They even put me up to a 4meg line for an hour - and speedtest after test showed no difference. But they wanted to sell me the upgrade!!! Really? pay more for less than I'm getting now? I don't f'n think so. Which of course doesn't explain why she'll fly at 3 a.m. Thank God for insomnia!!! What can take 4 hours in the afternoon can take 2 to 4 minutes at 3 a.m. By 5, it's down to zip. I wonder how good CAT is in Issan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joncl Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 @ RKASA I guess it is what you make it. I see you have linux icon there so this may explain a bit more from my side. One computer here is continually compiling open source software from sourceforge and many others, and it is not unusual to get on up to 990k on a build download at its worst 15k during peak times, but all from shell of course and one build approx 12 hours a shot and over 13,000 files. No packet shaping which I noticed on other providers, so I am chuffed with True. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmufti Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Same over here albeit not as drastic.Getting 3.5 Mbps domestic But a fair bit slower internationally: However, it seems that it is only single connections that are being limited. Using a download manager with 8 simultaneous connections and download speeds are rock solid at 440 kBps (3.5 Mbps). So practically the only annoying thing for me is streaming video, as it opens just one connection. Getting 0.7 Mbps is just eough for youtube, but no reserve. Any lower and you're stuck with buffering all the time. 100 % agreed with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosompoi Posted October 10, 2009 Author Share Posted October 10, 2009 So it is TOT Thailand and the worst is TOT in Isaan. Good to know I am not going crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3zie Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 I wonder how good CAT is in Issan. At home I am using ToT (3Mbps) which is terrible but in our office we have CAT (2Mbps) and they are way faster (international). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beggar Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Yesterday i called TOT Call Center (dial 1100, then press 9 for English) because i couldn't open any international website. Thai websites just worked fine. They told me that they have problems with their international bandwidth and are working on the problem to improve the situation. I use 3M/512K line. They told me the same many years ago. I gave up after many months of waiting and changed to Maxnet. But on the other hand it is a good sign that they are still working on it - or? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcodes Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 In my experience TOT are not worth the hassle, even inside thailand can be problematic when using TOT broadband. TTT Maxnet whilst not fantastic is a lot better. Maybe not for everyone, but I have purchased a small linux VPS hosting account (500 baht a month) from one of the providers in bangkok (google I think they are all related - i.e. same offer), setup a proxy server on there (the guys in linux forum should be able to help), and use this when international flakes with TTT - although recently Im using it less and less as TTT has proven quite reliable (touch wood). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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