Thailand Connected To High-bandwidth Submarine Cable

[george]

Check your real broadband speed here:

http://speedtest.thaivisa.com

george, do you know where the thaivisa speed test server is located? I get intra-country speeds on it, which obviously if it's in country then it gives us no measure of speed improvement outside Thailand.

it's the SF server.

No, it's SG (Singapore).

[ekachat]

think about the time zones. what day is it here in thailand now, what hour? what does your timestamp show?

I did, whats your point? Mine says 0209 on the 16th. Are you seeing something different?

that you said the cable wasn't operational because the article was dated today.

[hugocnx]

Aag....I go to sleep.

Will see in a couple a days if it still stands.

[lannarebirth]

Chiang Mai >>Singapore

Last Result:

Download Speed: 690 kbps (86.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 53 kbps (6.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 682 ms

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 2:36:48 PM

TOT CyberGold 4MB serrvice. Crap, but better than normal.

[ekachat]

9 if-13-0-0.core1.TV2-Tokyo.as6453.net (216.6.86.26) 159.501 ms 159.650 ms 159.480 ms

MPLS Label=34 CoS=6 TTL=1 S=0

10 if-15-0-0-954.core2.S9R-Singapore.as6453.net (209.58.96.97) 232.262 ms 227.086 ms 226.997 ms

11 ix-10-1-1.core2.S9R-Singapore.as6453.net (209.58.96.34) 253.966 ms 253.055 ms 248.604 ms

12 203.190.251.38 (203.190.251.38) 253.770 ms 247.985 ms 248.319 ms

13 203.190.251.101 (203.190.251.101) 269.105 ms 269.688 ms 263.784 ms

14 203.190.250.142 (203.190.250.142) 264.597 ms 270.038 ms 265.704 ms

15 203.190.250.210 (203.190.250.210) 268.863 ms 269.170 ms 263.311 ms

16 203.113.127.30 (203.113.127.30) 263.742 ms 268.608 ms 268.620 ms

17 203.113.24.246 (203.113.24.246) 263.393 ms 268.438 ms 264.019 ms

18 203.114.126.86 (203.114.126.86) 265.535 ms 270.335 ms 324.753 ms

19 118.174.236.242.adsl.dynamic.totbb.net (118.174.236.242) 292.391 ms 291.994 ms 286.553 ms

20 203.114.99.2 (203.114.99.2) 288.545 ms 284.419 ms 284.178 ms

yeah these were always 420ms on the 203 block, so even in country there's a benefit. basic "bottleneck" situation slightly alleviated.

nice.

[wpcoe]

The article in the opening post is date-stamped 2009-12-16 and says the link will be opened up "today." It's now 0245, so these (and all previous posts) might be a "before" picture of the state of affairs. I guess we need to try again tomorrow to be sure we get an "after" picture.

Anyway, here's a test of my TT&T 5Mb/5Kb Indy just now at around 0245 on 2009-12-16.

To Los Angeles:

To New York City:

[bri1guy]

When & where can we sign up for the high Bandwidth service?

[George4]

I'm happy with True but I see they are using speedtest so you can check your internet speed.

Try BKK to San Fransisco I have a 4mb connection and get about 4700/4800. when I test with Sppedtest

Then when I try Speakeasy to the same place I get 3700/3800.

Love to hear True explain that one away :0)

[LivinLOS]

Getting pretty much full capacity out of my 3Mbit line here.. Should have 1024 up but hey..

If they are adding to the international bandwith it might be time to move up to the 8 - 10 - 12 Mbit lines now being offered.

[LivinLOS]

dupe

Edited December 15, 2009 by LivinLOS

[GungaDin]

Key words in those press releases are "should be"!

[fm2002]

I have CAT 2.0mb package. Tested from Jomtien @ 0455hrs local time. This speed is typical for this time of morning. Will test again between 3-5pm and let's see ???

Edited December 15, 2009 by fm2002

[Stricken]

Having an operational cable does not equal a faster operation in Thailand. There are probably numerous commissions of people who want to look like they are important who have to deal with the subject first, than maybe, they may start giving the consumers a bit more bandwidth. So do not get to exited. It will take a long long time before we actually see an improved internet speed.

I don't see much, if any at all difference in my CAT Fiber Optic set up.

[Stricken]

I have CAT 2.0mb package. Tested from Jomtien @ 0455hrs local time. This speed is typical for this time of morning. Will test again between 3-5pm and let's see ???

I had about the same over here in Hua Hin

[viorel]

Download Speed: 8768 kbps (1096 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 1359 kbps (169.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 343 ms

16 december 2009 00:10:49

East Europe, Romania.

Seems like a very fast connection from Europe to Asia / Singapore

( home fiber channel, 10Mbs, 5E/month )

[David006]

quick everybody do a speed test to the same website at the same time!

Check your real broadband speed here:

http://speedtest.thaivisa.com

Please paste in the results, and also which ISP and plan you are using, Thanks!

PS! I'm right now on CAT-CDMA (800 Baht/month) and it looks very good:

Download Speed: 1373 kbps (171.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 352 kbps (44 KB/sec transfer rate)

source: http://speedtest.thaivisa.com

Faster than a speeding noodle...DTAC GPRS

[montri69]

2ms to Jakarta (791km) and 43ms to Bangkok (90km) ??

[Totster]

I see no difference to Europe or USA, speed is about 500k download and ping of around 400-500 from anywhere outside the immediate region where I am getting between 1g and 1.3g on CAT EVDO.

I won't be holding my breath waiting for an improvement.

Totster

[markg]

Download Speed: 3397 kbps (424.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 406 kbps (50.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 95 ms

16 December 2009 06:28:18

TTnT from Phuket

However it is 6.20am here which is just about the fastest time for me. Not much traffic in Asia or Europe due to the time here and zones there

Speed has always been acceptable for me with TTnT as has their reliability. A couple of barely significant outages in 3 years. The modem once blew and was replaced in their shop immediately - no questions asked. I'm not a 'heavy' user - just an average email/surfer.

Are the above speeds good? I pay 750 a month plus tax = nearly 800 a month.

[basjke]

I'm happy with True but I see they are using speedtest so you can check your internet speed.

Try BKK to San Fransisco I have a 4mb connection and get about 4700/4800. when I test with Sppedtest

Then when I try Speakeasy to the same place I get 3700/3800.

Love to hear True explain that one away :0)

I would love True explain a lot more to me.As I posted in another topic some time ago I get speedtests to US or Europe of 14.000 kbps easy at any time of the day.Still when I do a download like for example an attachement from hotmail I get the amazing speed of 15 KB/sec.

So please explain to me what's the point of a speedtest.

[nonghoidave]

Having an operational cable does not equal a faster operation in Thailand. There are probably numerous commissions of people who want to look like they are important who have to deal with the subject first, than maybe, they may start giving the consumers a bit more bandwidth. So do not get to exited. It will take a long long time before we actually see an improved internet speed.

I lived in Guam from 1997 until last August, with a few years in late 90's Korea. I was there when they hooked Guam up to this cable.

I never noticed any difference in speed. None.

I think the ISP throttled the speed allowed. I think TOT does here.

[nputman]

Seems a heck of a lot faster at my house right now. I'm on 4mb from TRUE.

They must have done something right. CAT highspeed in the sticks east of Phitsanulok and a stable 6.7 MB

Much faster overseas downloading also.

[NewGuy]

So slow that Speedtest won't load and it took a couple of minutes for the this window to open after I clicked Add Reply.

[brahmburgers]

To be positive about this, I hope that slow speed will come to a halt....

You hope the speed will come to a halt? Maybe if Guam (one of the transit points) puts a gate valve on the fiber cable coming through their island, and makes a ransom demand of $1,000/minute for opening it up again. 5=5=5=5=5=5=5=

Way out in the sticks of Chiang Rai, I'm getting;

download speed 1744 kbs * * * * upload speed 305 kps

Even if it's not quite 100% operational yet, many thanks to the folks who put the optic cable in and tightened all the screws.

Edited December 15, 2009 by brahmburgers

[mnbcm]

I'm on TTT with 5Mb connection in Chiang Mai. So far so good, but then again, it's 7am in the morning. Anxious to see how things go in the afternoon. I've been having horrible upload problems to servers in the U.S. this week that I'm convinced are a TTT issue. Still having problems.

[SeanMoran]

I don't have any control to benchmark today's speedtest results with, but I should get an idea of whether there has been much of an improvement later on tonight. It seems noticably quicker than usual this morning.

Speedtest results for this connection at 512/256 came in at 501/268 as an average of a few tests, so I have no complaints. Thanks for the news and I'll see if things are still as sluggish as they have been over the past couple of weeks by the end of the day.

[jayceenik]

quick everybody do a speed test to the same website at the same time!

Check your real broadband speed here:

http://speedtest.thaivisa.com

Please paste in the results, and also which ISP and plan you are using, Thanks!

PS! I'm right now on CAT-CDMA (800 Baht/month) and it looks very good:

Download Speed: 1373 kbps (171.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 352 kbps (44 KB/sec transfer rate)

source: http://speedtest.thaivisa.com

Last Result:

Download Speed: 1212 kbps (151.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 385 kbps (48.1 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 357 ms

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 7:12:10 AM

Pattaya TOT 2MB contract!

[hhgz]

"Having an operational cable does not equal a faster operation in Thailand... It will take a long long time before we actually see an improved internet speed...."

The new cable has improved things. Unsupported complaints are now loading 50% faster.

[givenall]

Oh may be this was part of the cause of Monday's internet outrage. CAT did something to the IIG, may be this is it.

Can someone bring a more reliable cable to my neighborhood do my TOT stop dropping off?

[thaibkk]

it is not because they have more capacity at the source, that they will give their customers more value for money

do not be fooled