Truemove 3G Plus Wifi

[jaytrading]

Claims to provide 7 to 8 Mbps internet speed...I'm curious how it's actually working for any Thaivisa members.

[muratremix]

Do you really believe anything that is claimed in Thailand? I've even seen a deodorant with claims of making you White (skin) in front of it (from a good known Brand) in here. Do you need any more examples?

[skippybangkok]

depends where you are... in parts of bkk they can go to 50 or 100 MB..

may never get full speed, but what every u get it will still be fast.........

i am still on 4 MB

[muratremix]

There is no way you can reach 50Mbit or 100Mbit with 3G or 3.9G in anywhere in the world.

Truemove Wifi is capped at 8Mbit for Real Move package and 2Mbit for True Move 3G packages.

[skippybangkok]

ooopsy..... waa talking about BB to the home. Agreed......... for the 7meg, you will need the right phone ( i.e. iphone 4 - i got 4.5 meg today on iphone 3GS....

[lomatopo]

Truemove's 3G is advertised as 7.2 Mega-bits per second maximum (HSDPA Cat. 8).

Truemove offers different WiFi packages and options. Some bundled WiFi/3G is capped at 2 Mega-bits per second. Some free-standing WiFi plans are capped at 8 Mega-bits per second.

Actual performance is obviously highly variable. I'm not sure the OP's query can be adequately addressed?

Lately, in/around Bangkok on Truemove 3G I've been seeing 1.5 Mbps - 5.6 Mbps downstream and 100 Kilo-bits per second upstream. Upstream speeds used to be more like 1.2 Mega-bits per second. Just this week, in Cha Am I got 4.610 Mbps down and 2.123 Mbps up! (Think I was lucky with one base-station, in Hua Hin upstream speeds dropped to 100 Kbps.

I've used Truemove WiFI; I think I get 10 hours per month as part of my package. I've never done a speedtest.

My application is mobile smartphone so multi-Mega bits per second and high upstream data rates are less critical.

Maybe the OP could frame their question in more detail? Location? Equipment? Applications? Budget? Requirements?

[jaytrading]

Truemove's 3G is advertised as 7.2 Mega-bits per second maximum (HSDPA Cat. 8).

Truemove offers different WiFi packages and options. Some bundled WiFi/3G is capped at 2 Mega-bits per second. Some free-standing WiFi plans are capped at 8 Mega-bits per second.

Actual performance is obviously highly variable. I'm not sure the OP's query can be adequately addressed?

Lately, in/around Bangkok on Truemove 3G I've been seeing 1.5 Mbps - 5.6 Mbps downstream and 100 Kilo-bits per second upstream. Upstream speeds used to be more like 1.2 Mega-bits per second. Just this week, in Cha Am I got 4.610 Mbps down and 2.123 Mbps up! (Think I was lucky with one base-station, in Hua Hin upstream speeds dropped to 100 Kbps.

I've used Truemove WiFI; I think I get 10 hours per month as part of my package. I've never done a speedtest.

My application is mobile smartphone so multi-Mega bits per second and high upstream data rates are less critical.

Maybe the OP could frame their question in more detail? Location? Equipment? Applications? Budget? Requirements?

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Thanks for your replies

Location: Phloen Chit area

Equipment: ASUS laptop w/Windows 7

Budget: not that important, because I need a reliable backup internet connection for business

Applications: financial trading platforms and data feeds

Requirements: Need at least 1.5 Mbps real speed

[lomatopo]

So do you already have some sort of fixed line service? DSL? And you're looking for back-up service? Would you use a USB Aircard? A MiFi device? Or maybe you already have a 3G capable Smartphone which you could enable as a Mobile AP?

In theory Truemove, AIS/One-2-Call, DTAC/Happy or TOT/MVNOs could provide 3G service for your application. Not sure what 1.5 Mega-bits per second "real speed" means, practically speaking. Local/intra-Thailand?

[jaytrading]

So do you already have some sort of fixed line service? DSL? And you're looking for back-up service? Would you use a USB Aircard? A MiFi device? Or maybe you already have a 3G capable Smartphone which you could enable as a Mobile AP?

In theory Truemove, AIS/One-2-Call, DTAC/Happy or TOT/MVNOs could provide 3G service for your application. Not sure what 1.5 Mega-bits per second "real speed" means, practically speaking. Local/intra-Thailand?

You know way more about this field than I do, so much more that I can't answer most of your questions. All I can say is that I have a laptop and need more than 1.5 mbps wifi connection for that laptop, on a service that's entirely separate from Wlannet.net. Any advice you have as to how I can get it is welcome and appreciated.

[infernalman7]

I just knew that in order to use the new True Move HSPA+, you have to migrate to a new network under the same name (they call it True Move+)

That means you have to number port or get a new phone number entirely. Kinda stupid but that's part of the deal with CAT.