2-Mbps Wi-Fi To Be Available Across Thailand In 2 Years

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2-Mbps Wi-Fi to be available across Thailand in 2 yrs

BANGKOK (NNT) -- The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) promises that 2 megabit per second wireless internet will be made available across Thailand at low price within 2 years.

ICT Minister Chuti Krairiksh revealed that the ministry was preparing to ask the National Broadband Committee to consider a budget for the Wi-Fi project to be implemented nationwide. Telecommunication firm TOT Plc will be the key service provider. The price of the 2 megabit per second internet service is initially set at 150 THB.

President of TOT Varut Suvakorn stated that the wireless signal transmitter would be deployed by August, making the service available in some areas. The company expects to complete the device installment across the country within 2 years.

-- NNT 2010-07-17

[tominbkk]

Great News.....give me an update in two years!

[JayBangkok]

Is that before or after 3G, 3.9G, 4G or whatever G comes next?

[DavidHouston]

"The price of the 2 megabit per second internet service is initially set at 150 THB." per ??? (month; hour; minute; sign-on)

[alant]

stunning news as the world goes to 20mb by then ok not wireless but

[dsprtliving]

pathetic!

[CrossBones]

Firstly i dont think they are talking about wi-fi they mean wireless interne (2.5g or 3g or whatever you want to call it) at a speed of 2mb.

Long range wi-fi is called wi-max but i dont think thats what they mean.

Anyway.... I have a 3g (about 1.5mbps) wireless internet connection in Thailand about 8 years ago.. and it worked everywhere apart from Bangkok and Pattaya. It is CAT telecoms EVDO service.. intially i had a sierra wirelesss aircard to make it work before they had the usb dongles.

It was fantastic.. made Thailand leaps and bounds ahead of many western countries with their coverage.. and you couldnt beat the price 600baht per month unlimited in any country I have ever been in even now~~

So who says Thailand is far behind in Internet connectivity ???

Thailand has had 3g for around 8 years!

[Donnyboy]

what did you guys expect?

this project is about bring internet to the masses

[SymS]

I'm also surprised they plan to use Wifi instead Wimax, which should be much more cost effective.

[atyclb]

How about using the money to improve education?

[Donnyboy]

I'm also surprised they plan to use Wifi instead Wimax, which should be much more cost effective.

maybe he does mean wimax but didnt know the correct name, wimax makes more sense, but decisions here arent always based on that

[sedeflonga]

2 years? Why announcing it anyways? Announce it when you already started!

[GuyL]

<br>stunning news as the world goes to 20mb by then ok not wireless but <br>

I would be very happy when a 2 Mbps wireless Internet connection will be available at a moderate price in my area (small village in Northeastern Thailand). At the moment, I can only access the worldwide web at a "decent" speed (1 Mbps at its best) via an expensive (almost 2800 baht per month) and not always reliable during the rainy season TOT iPSTAR Satellite broadband connection and no, alas, CAT CDMA-EVDO Rev. A is not available where I live (I'm located too far from their nearest access point).

[misterme]

I predict it'll be 5 years before their project is done. After three years, they'l have testing in downtown BKK and call it launched. When it finally comes to the rest of the country, a more advanced system will be available by the competition. (sound familiar )<br>

[GuyL]

what did you guys expect?

this project is about bring internet to the masses

Anyway, it will still be a censored version of the worldwide web in the Land of Smiles, no doubt!

[thurien]

Is that before or after 3G, 3.9G, 4G or whatever G comes next?

I heard that in some areas they prepare for the G-string already

[leemo]

I'm also surprised they plan to use Wifi instead Wimax, which should be much more cost effective.

Correction. The most cost effective standard is the one that pays most into the favoured pension funds.

[GuyL]

Is that before or after 3G, 3.9G, 4G or whatever G comes next?

I heard that in some areas they prepare for the G-string already

I've been told that they've even located several G-spots around here!

[Thaihog]

Yet another pathetic comment from the 'I haven't got a clue' Ministry. I'll bet that the minister in charge of Telecomms and communications doesn't even know how to use a computer

With millions of people using this cheap service it would probably take 2 years to load a single page.....

[steve28]

<BR>Yet another pathetic comment from the 'I haven't got a clue' Ministry. I'll bet that the minister in charge of Telecomms and communications doesn't even know how to use a computer  <IMG class=bbc_emoticon alt= src="http://static.thaivisa.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif"> <BR><BR>With millions of people using this cheap service it would probably take 2 years to load a single page.....<BR>

<BR><BR><BR>Disbelievers, don't you now about Thai time, if tommorow can mean next month or never, what does 2 years mean<BR><BR>steve

[Stefanix]

I've been told that they've even located several G-spots around here!

I thought those were hot spots. But might be the same.

[LivinLOS]

Anyway.... I have a 3g (about 1.5mbps) wireless internet connection in Thailand about 8 years ago.. and it worked everywhere apart from Bangkok and Pattaya. It is CAT telecoms EVDO service.. intially i had a sierra wirelesss aircard to make it work before they had the usb dongles.

It was fantastic.. made Thailand leaps and bounds ahead of many western countries with their coverage.. and you couldnt beat the price 600baht per month unlimited in any country I have ever been in even now~~

So who says Thailand is far behind in Internet connectivity ???

Thailand has had 3g for around 8 years!

CAT CDMA wasnt here 8 years ago..

Plus the revision A hardware did nothing like 2Mbit, initially it was 600 - 800kbps.

[JulesMad]

I have see it first , before I believe it.....<br><br>We all know how Thai promises work (mostly they don't!)<br>

[Deeral]

2mbps??? - that's pathetic!

Look at what other countries have NOW and think what that will be in 2 years - another waste of time - won't happen anyway.

[PoorSucker]

Telecommunication firm TOT Plc will be the key service provider.

Not TOT please.

[robertson468]

<br>How about using the money to improve education?<br>

<br><br>Bringing internet to the masses opens up all sorts of possibilities of learning for them and has particularly relevance for schools.  Academically it will herald Thailand into the present century, not to mention it's use as an outstanding business tool.  I do wish you would engage brain before pressing the send button my Friend.<img class="bbc_emoticon" alt="" src="http://static.thaivisa.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif"><br>

[robertson468]

<br>stunning news as the world goes to 20mb by then ok not wireless but <br>

I would be very happy when a 2 Mbps wireless Internet connection will be available at a moderate price in my area (small village in Northeastern Thailand). At the moment, I can only access the worldwide web at a "decent" speed (1 Mbps at its best) via an expensive (almost 2800 baht per month) and not always reliable during the rainy season TOT iPSTAR Satellite broadband connection and no, alas, CAT CDMA-EVDO Rev. A is not available where I live (I'm located too far from their nearest access point).

Why not move to civilization? What's the point of retiring if you need to live on rice and beans? I don't get it when other foreigners say they live in far regions of Thailand but complain about the prices of produce, supplies, electronics, internet. You are living out there for a reason and this is not one of them.

Hold your horses ezee. The Guy is only welcoming in the potential arrival of an improved service and explaining the standard of service he currently has. I don't think he needs to be lectured by you, or anyone else about where he lives and why. If (despite slow internet) he is happy there, power to his elbow, because there are certainly an awful lot of drink sodden (or otherwise) miserable sods who have come to Thailand and all they do is complain.

[ianwuk]

When Thailand gets this I wonder what speeds the rest of the world will have.

How can this bring internet to the masses if most of it is censored or blocked?

[asean]

don't you love these guys? first they promise it in two years then in the next sentence they... " are preparing to ask the ministry to consider it..." you couldn't write comedy like this

[bwalker1973]

Well if TOT are administering it, expect there to be blackout periods where the system won't work, connectivity issues where the system keeps disconnecting and if they are quoting speed of 2mbps then it willin fact be 1mbps or slower.<BR><BR>I would say that TOT are the worlds most unreliable internet service provider,compared with other companies in Thailand.