Hello,

I went for a visarun to Laos. The hotel provide free wifi. However, the internet seems to be censured. No Google, No Facebook, lean pages and so on. WHO can tell me more about this?

Regards, John

Ummm maybe you didnt notice you were in a communist country ? That could have something to do with censorship.

Ummm maybe you didnt notice you were in a communist country ? That could have something to do with censorship.

Er, I don't think so. More likely a problem with the hotel's internet connection. There's no problem with Facebook etc in Laos.

Ummm maybe you didnt notice you were in a communist country ? That could have something to do with censorship.

Er, I don't think so. More likely a problem with the hotel's internet connection. There's no problem with Facebook etc in Laos.

What about this article?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Internet_Censorship_World_Map.svg&page=1

Ummm maybe you didnt notice you were in a communist country ? That could have something to do with censorship.

Er, I don't think so. More likely a problem with the hotel's internet connection. There's no problem with Facebook etc in Laos.

What about this article?

http://en.wikipedia...._Map.svg&page=1

What a visual it provides. The "free" side of the world, and then all the rest....

I've stayed in Lao for months on end. Never had a site censorship problem.

Connections can get pretty lousy at times.

Ummm maybe you didnt notice you were in a communist country ? That could have something to do with censorship.

Er, I don't think so. More likely a problem with the hotel's internet connection. There's no problem with Facebook etc in Laos.

What about this article?

http://en.wikipedia...._Map.svg&page=1

What about it? It shows Laos as having 'no evidence of censorship'. In fact it's the only 'green' country in the area!!

Edited October 29, 201213 yr by brewsterbudgen

indeed....very green! sorry. so it must be the hotel.

don't get paraniode on communist this and that in Laos

free-market economy and WTO member, and free wifi in your hotel.

4G availible during (and after?) asem9 meeting early november

nothing wrong in Laos (as far as i know)

regular visitor to Laos

I was in Savvakhet last month and used an Internet cafe that had a Thai TOT connection... no problems.

A few hours earlier in Bangkok I'd bought a 3G add-on on my AIS payg SIM. Normally AIS send a SMS service message after 23hrs informing me that "you data plan will end soon" or something to that effect. I received no such message in Laos, despite supposedly being connected to the AIS network as normal. I also note that, whilst incoming calls were received without issue, I found it difficult to make outgoing calls. Also; any calls made to check balance - for example *121# (forget exact code as its in my phonebook) - DID NOT WORK. Draw your own conclusions!

Edited October 31, 201213 yr by RandomSand

No known censorship in Laos - been there many times. However, I've never tried porn sites.