Ais 3G / H / H+ Now Live In Samui

[zazzalicious]

AIS/12CALL 3G/H/H+ is now working in Samui

Getting anywhere up to 2.5 mb/s download and up to 1 mb/s upload as of yesterday.

Tested from various locations: Tesco/Lotus Chaweng / Near Chaweng Beach etc.

IT is a bit inconsistent but I assume they are in the process of rolling it out...

I get 3G symbol on iPhone 4S and h / h+ on Samsung Galaxy

[Zorne]

Have a 3G/H+ symbol on the phone but only getting 245 kbps down and 244 up

231 ms ping.

Also, it does change to Edge a lot.

[samuijimmy]

It might be helpful to all of us, that people reporting on this, might mention from which area, they are getting a good signal.... as did the OP....

..... just a suggestion!

[Zorne]

Have a 3G/H+ symbol on the phone but only getting 245 kbps down and 244 up

231 ms ping.

Also, it does change to Edge a lot.

Lamai

[khman]

Nice ! Do you know if it's working near Bangkok Hospital?

But, if 3G is like in Bangkok, not terrible

However, here are a mess of information I wrote down a few times ago, please double check, and eventually confirm

GPRS PACKAGE subscription

Monthly

NbHours Price NbToDial

3 hrs.30*138*31# 

6 hrs.50*138*32# 

20 hrs.100*138*33# 

50 hrs 200thb *138*36#

100 hrs.350*138*34# 



30 days (prefer above)

NbHours Price NbToDial

1 hrs.20*138*55# 

2 hrs.30*138*56# 

5 hrs.50*138*57# 

Unlimited49*138*49# 

Check Data usage *139#

Gprs off on *129* #129# *129# status (but you can disable it also from your phone)

Choose gprs package *138

Customer service 1175

*700 1 2 transfer validity and or credit to friend

[NHJ]

Nice ! Do you know if it's working near Bangkok Hospital?

But, if 3G is like in Bangkok, not terrible

However, here are a mess of information I wrote down a few times ago, please double check, and eventually confirm

GPRS PACKAGE subscription

you're looking at the wrong section you want 3G packages wich are quite a rip off,gprs 20 hours is 100 baht , you can download an average of 85 meg per hour wich would equal to 1.7 gig in 20 hours BUT the 3G package is 99 baht for 75MB.

so 3G in here is useless prices :

http://www.ais.co.th...-and-match.aspx

Edited July 3, 2012 by NHJ

[Rooo]

Not all members are native English speakers. I have deleted one insulting post.The forum comprises many nationalities. They try & help on here to the best of their capabilities.If this doesn't suit you & you have no tolerance for it, I suggest you move on.

[PoorSucker]

Nice ! Do you know if it's working near Bangkok Hospital?

Works near Bangkok Samui Hospital.

[motocrosser]

I pay 1000b for 3.75gb with true and its pretty good,so how much would ais be then?i used to use the micro sim from ais in my i pad 480b for 100hours but was pretty slow!

[Jiu-Jitsu]

Have a 3G/H+ symbol on the phone but only getting 245 kbps down and 244 up

231 ms ping.

Also, it does change to Edge a lot.

Some packages limit you to 384kbps.

[zazzalicious]

You can get 5GB 3G / unlimited Edge / drops to 384k after 3G allowance runs out.

Interestingly my iPhone 4S drops to Edge quite frequently, my Galaxy S3 maintains an H or H+ connection pretty much continuously...

On the iPhone turning 3G on and off in settings kicks it back into 3G from Edge! I'd imagine flipping Airplane mode would do the same.

These are early days though so I'd imagine they're still ironing out the kinks.

[zazzalicious]

The 5GB package is 899bht monthly btw.

Incredibly useful during power cuts as you can just connect laptop via USB or share connection via wifi.

[motocrosser]

So i can get the 5gb deal for 899baht in the ais shop in tesco?and use my micro sim that i have in my i pad.

[zazzalicious]

@motocrosser

I call 1175 on my AIS phone.

Then press 2 (for english or other languages) then 1 (for english) - then 0 to talk to someone.

Tell them you want the 899Baht monthly package (for unlimited internet 5GB 3G) and make sure you have at least that + 7% tax in your phone, say 1000baht and they will set it up for you immediately.

I usually make sure I have 1000 baht or more in there at all times so when it renews there is no problem. Otherwise it doesn't renew and you have to go through the same procedure again.

If you have the sim in an iPad, then I guess you can't call direct so... borrow someone else's iPhone and put your micro-sim in it to do this, takes 5 minutes... then replace the micro-sim in the iPad and you're good to go.

Edited July 5, 2012 by zazzalicious

[Virt]

writing this from samsung tablet. went to tesco lotus chaweng tuesday and we bought 5gb for 1120 bath incl simcard at a shop next to a japanese restaurant in tesco lotusvcenter. think there was a bowling alley opposite the shop too. coverage here at chaweng beach is ok but it does stop to work from time to time. seems like it goes down for a few minutes once in a while. no problems with card or anything,the staff up there activated the card and when got back to hotel we jusr insert simcard and internet was up and running. and now we can sit and watch the bad weather in our own country :-)

[Tropicalevo]

writing this from samsung tablet. went to tesco lotus chaweng tuesday and we bought 5gb for 1120 bath incl simcard at a shop next to a japanese restaurant in tesco lotusvcenter. think there was a bowling alley opposite the shop too. coverage here at chaweng beach is ok but it does stop to work from time to time. seems like it goes down for a few minutes once in a while. no problems with card or anything,the staff up there activated the card and when got back to hotel we jusr insert simcard and internet was up and running. and now we can sit and watch the bad weather in our own country :-)

I believe that is the AIS shop

[zazzalicious]

North end of Chaweng Beach this morning...! GS3

5249kbp/s down 2365kbp/s up!

Edited July 6, 2012 by zazzalicious

[zazzalicious]

writing this from samsung tablet. went to tesco lotus chaweng tuesday and we bought 5gb for 1120 bath incl simcard at a shop next to a japanese restaurant in tesco lotusvcenter. think there was a bowling alley opposite the shop too. coverage here at chaweng beach is ok but it does stop to work from time to time. seems like it goes down for a few minutes once in a while. no problems with card or anything,the staff up there activated the card and when got back to hotel we jusr insert simcard and internet was up and running. and now we can sit and watch the bad weather in our own country :-)

I believe that is the AIS shop

Telewiz!

[islandguy]

This is good news for me! Already have AIS on my current phone and DTAC doesn't cover my area. Just got back from traveling and bought a smart phone while away. Was thinking of going to True as AIS 3G wasn't an option when I last checked. Some questions, and please forgive my lack of telecommunications savvy:

With my current post paid plan, can I sign up for 3g with the call center?

Will I need a new SIM card (I assume that this will be the case, so does signing up with the call center do me any good?)

Any problem getting my contact list (stored in their system) downloaded into my new phone?

Any recommendations for a best plan based on their options? I plan to not use GPS (it's an island!) and to mostly use the internet access as a back up when the TOT line isn't working. However, I know these things are addictive and the temptation to Google things will overcome thrift I usually find it better to get a larger kind of a plan rather than pay a penalty for going over the smaller plan.

Thanks for any helpful replies.

[skippybangkok]

I pay 1000b for 3.75gb with true and its pretty good,so how much would ais be then?i used to use the micro sim from ais in my i pad 480b for 100hours but was pretty slow!

True has the best ( ref: NBTC recent trials ) & largest network nationwide for 3G.

[zazzalicious]

I pay 1000b for 3.75gb with true and its pretty good,so how much would ais be then?i used to use the micro sim from ais in my i pad 480b for 100hours but was pretty slow!

True has the best ( ref: NBTC recent trials ) & largest network nationwide for 3G.

True is not that good in Samui, lots of dead spots even with Edge:( I know, I have a True sim which works well in some places and is totally useless in others)

AIS Prepay is 799 Baht for 3GB, 899 Baht for 5GB at 3G/H/H+ speeds.

Edited July 8, 2012 by zazzalicious

[zazzalicious]

This is good news for me! Already have AIS on my current phone and DTAC doesn't cover my area. Just got back from traveling and bought a smart phone while away. Was thinking of going to True as AIS 3G wasn't an option when I last checked. Some questions, and please forgive my lack of telecommunications savvy:

With my current post paid plan, can I sign up for 3g with the call center?

Will I need a new SIM card (I assume that this will be the case, so does signing up with the call center do me any good?)

Any problem getting my contact list (stored in their system) downloaded into my new phone?

Any recommendations for a best plan based on their options? I plan to not use GPS (it's an island!) and to mostly use the internet access as a back up when the TOT line isn't working. However, I know these things are addictive and the temptation to Google things will overcome thrift I usually find it better to get a larger kind of a plan rather than pay a penalty for going over the smaller plan.

Thanks for any helpful replies.

Read my post to @motocrosser

Call the call center....

(and make sure 3G is switched on on your phone!), that should be it...

[NHJ]

Any recommendations for a best plan based on their options? I plan to not use GPS (it's an island!)

Thanks for any helpful replies.

GPS is different than GPRS

[islandguy]

This is good news for me! Already have AIS on my current phone and DTAC doesn't cover my area. Just got back from traveling and bought a smart phone while away. Was thinking of going to True as AIS 3G wasn't an option when I last checked. Some questions, and please forgive my lack of telecommunications savvy:

With my current post paid plan, can I sign up for 3g with the call center?

Will I need a new SIM card (I assume that this will be the case, so does signing up with the call center do me any good?)

Any problem getting my contact list (stored in their system) downloaded into my new phone?

Any recommendations for a best plan based on their options? I plan to not use GPS (it's an island!) and to mostly use the internet access as a back up when the TOT line isn't working. However, I know these things are addictive and the temptation to Google things will overcome thrift I usually find it better to get a larger kind of a plan rather than pay a penalty for going over the smaller plan.

Thanks for any helpful replies.

Read my post to @motocrosser

Call the call center....

(and make sure 3G is switched on on your phone!), that should be it...

I will do that. Was not sure about the '1,000 baht in account' as I use post paid. Thanks for the reply.

[islandguy]

Any recommendations for a best plan based on their options? I plan to not use GPS (it's an island!)

Thanks for any helpful replies.

GPS is different than GPRS

Just googled it - yes, quite a bit different Thanks for reducing my ignorance.

[skippybangkok]

True is not that good in Samui, lots of dead spots even with Edge:( I know, I have a True sim which works well in some places and is totally useless in others)

AIS Prepay is 799 Baht for 3GB, 899 Baht for 5GB at 3G/H/H+ speeds.

You drawing a conclusion on a 3G network based on a 2G experience. Never been to Samui, but would bet better coverage on 3G than 2G, simply cause of better propagation of 850 MHz over 1800 MHz

True entered the 2G market with a suppressed ARPU 15 years after the competition and a limited life concession due to expire next year.... Not a great scenario for investment.

They definitely are the leader ( ref recent NBTC benchmark tests ) in 3G. I travelled last Wed. Night from BKK to Hua Hin with " tunein radio" ( Internet radio - get oz radio stations ) and had un interrupted radio for the whole trip.......

Edited July 8, 2012 by skippybangkok

[BigC]

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[zazzalicious]

True is not that good in Samui, lots of dead spots even with Edge:( I know, I have a True sim which works well in some places and is totally useless in others)

AIS Prepay is 799 Baht for 3GB, 899 Baht for 5GB at 3G/H/H+ speeds.

You drawing a conclusion on a 3G network based on a 2G experience. Never been to Samui, but would bet better coverage on 3G than 2G, simply cause of better propagation of 850 MHz over 1800 MHz

True entered the 2G market with a suppressed ARPU 15 years after the competition and a limited life concession due to expire next year.... Not a great scenario for investment.

They definitely are the leader ( ref recent NBTC benchmark tests ) in 3G. I travelled last Wed. Night from BKK to Hua Hin with " tunein radio" ( Internet radio - get oz radio stations ) and had un interrupted radio for the whole trip.......

Ummm... No I'm drawing my conclusions based on using a True sim on Samui for the last few months... not anywhere else... this thread is about Samui after all.

Although I have used AIS 3G in Phuket, Hat Yai and Bangkok an had pretty good results. Tried DTAC and True as well. But of course this is just my personal experience. YMMV.

[Tropicalevo]

True is not that good in Samui, lots of dead spots even with Edge:( I know, I have a True sim which works well in some places and is totally useless in others)

AIS Prepay is 799 Baht for 3GB, 899 Baht for 5GB at 3G/H/H+ speeds.

You drawing a conclusion on a 3G network based on a 2G experience. Never been to Samui, but would bet better coverage on 3G than 2G, simply cause of better propagation of 850 MHz over 1800 MHz

True entered the 2G market with a suppressed ARPU 15 years after the competition and a limited life concession due to expire next year.... Not a great scenario for investment.

They definitely are the leader ( ref recent NBTC benchmark tests ) in 3G. I travelled last Wed. Night from BKK to Hua Hin with " tunein radio" ( Internet radio - get oz radio stations ) and had un interrupted radio for the whole trip.......

Ummm... No I'm drawing my conclusions based on using a True sim on Samui for the last few months... not anywhere else... this thread is about Samui after all.

Although I have used AIS 3G in Phuket, Hat Yai and Bangkok an had pretty good results. Tried DTAC and True as well. But of course this is just my personal experience. YMMV.

I am getting the same here on the NE of the island. True just does not even connect at times. AIS always does and even shows 3G swapping in and out

[islandguy]

Signing up with my already having a post paid account was quite easy by phone. English speaking staff quite helpful and (from my limited knowledge) seemed pretty knowledgeable. Was told my account would show prorated figure with full monthly amount starting next billing cycle; that I could terminate the 3G with no penalty; and that they would give me a new SIM card capable of holding more addresses at the main office (but I didn't need a new card to start service, my old one was fine). I had to figure out the settings on my phone to connect to the network, but that was also fairly easy. And yes, I do have GPRS The GPS function is only on demand, so I will wait until I leave the island or manage to get lost here.