3G Networks Available In Ao, Luek, Krabi

[juggernaut]

Hi

I have recently moved to work in Ao Luek and am missing my 3G data connection on my iphone. I use truemove. DOes anyone know if there are any 3G options covering Ao Luek that I could switch to? I have seen TOT advertising 3G here.....anyone have any experience with it?

Thanks in advance

[juggernaut]

OK so I will answer my own question. Problem was, I was still using old Truemove SIM. Went to True kiosk at Tesco Krabi and they switched me onto the new Truemove-H system and bingo - blazing data speeds like I had before in Bangkok. Phone shows H+ on the data connection rather than 3G in Bangkok and is just as good if not better speeds.

[lyanika]

OK so I will answer my own question. Problem was, I was still using old Truemove SIM. Went to True kiosk at Tesco Krabi and they switched me onto the new Truemove-H system and bingo - blazing data speeds like I had before in Bangkok. Phone shows H+ on the data connection rather than 3G in Bangkok and is just as good if not better speeds.

What kind of phone you have? Did you try it in Ao Nang, does the speed the same?

[juggernaut]

Galaxy S3. Yes, the data speed in Ao Nang is blazing fast also. H+ I think on paper is up to 42Mbps or something like that. Anyway it was plenty fast enough for everything I ever want to do on my phone.

[lyanika]

Galaxy S3. Yes, the data speed in Ao Nang is blazing fast also. H+ I think on paper is up to 42Mbps or something like that. Anyway it was plenty fast enough for everything I ever want to do on my phone.

Thank you for the information!

Just one more important question? How much do you pay for that? Do you pay a monthly package?

[taninthai]

you are never gonna get 42meg download speed from a phone think iphone max speed is 7.2 on my galaxy tab the fastest speed ive seen is 7 meg download and limited to 3 or 5 gig then the speed slows to 1/2 meg

we have 2 sims for phones think 599bht a month 1 gb download limit and we have 1 sim for tab 5 gb download limit 899

Edited January 10, 2013 by taninthai

[Totster]

you are never gonna get 42meg download speed from a phone think iphone max speed is 7.2 on my galaxy tab the fastest speed ive seen is 7 meg download and limited to 3 or 5 gig then the speed slows to 1/2 meg

we have 2 sims for phones think 599bht a month 1 gb download limit and we have 1 sim for tab 5 gb download limit 899

Mate of mine gets 34meg down and 17 up in Hong Kong on his Iphone.

totster

[taninthai]

you are never gonna get 42meg download speed from a phone think iphone max speed is 7.2 on my galaxy tab the fastest speed ive seen is 7 meg download and limited to 3 or 5 gig then the speed slows to 1/2 meg

we have 2 sims for phones think 599bht a month 1 gb download limit and we have 1 sim for tab 5 gb download limit 899

Mate of mine gets 34meg down and 17 up in Hong Kong on his Iphone.

totster

The info I have seen and what many peole on here say is that iPhone is not capable of anything faster than 7.2 but I believe that was iPhone 4 things might have changed with iPhone 5, I only use iPhone 3 which seems only capable of 4-5 meg maximum

[taninthai]

Below is the results of some test done in USA the iPhone 5 is a lot quicker believe it's 4g lte you may have along wait for that in Thailand

Verizon Wireless (San Francisco)

iPhone 5 (LTE) Galaxy S3 (LTE) iPhone 4S (EV-DO)

Test 1 download 11.92Mbps 8.77Mbps 1.02Mbps

Test 1 upload 10.87 13.93 1

Test 2 download 7.17 10.58 1.76

Test 2 upload 2.88 9.36 0.96

Test 3 download 10.05 7.3 1.78

Test 3 upload 8.58 15.7 0.87

Test 4 download 10.48 9.95 1.96

Test 4 upload 7.59 14.35 0.84

Test 5 download 9.27 7.75 2.03

Test 5 upload 7.44 14.39 0.88

Average download 9.78 8.87 1.71

Average upload 7.47 13.55 0.91

AT&T (New York)

iPhone 5 (LTE) Galaxy S3 (LTE) iPhone 4S (HSPA)

Test 1 download 23.6Mbps 14.79Mbps 8.18Mbps

Test 1 upload 10.17 7.83 1.98

Test 2 download 20.37 19.15 6.48

Test 2 upload 9.55 8.45 1.92

Test 3 download 16.69 21.08 6.5

Test 3 upload 7.55 9.46 1.95

Test 4 download 23.02 20.91 5.66

Test 4 upload 7.97 10.47 1.82

Test 5 download 18.54 20.75 7.03

Test 5 upload 11.73 9.39 0.61

Average download 20.44 19.34 6.77

Average upload 9.39 9.12 1.66

[Totster]

Below is the results of some test done in USA the iPhone 5 is a lot quicker believe it's 4g lte you may have along wait for that in Thailand

Verizon Wireless (San Francisco)

iPhone 5 (LTE) Galaxy S3 (LTE) iPhone 4S (EV-DO)

Test 1 download 11.92Mbps 8.77Mbps 1.02Mbps

Test 1 upload 10.87 13.93 1

Test 2 download 7.17 10.58 1.76

Test 2 upload 2.88 9.36 0.96

Test 3 download 10.05 7.3 1.78

Test 3 upload 8.58 15.7 0.87

Test 4 download 10.48 9.95 1.96

Test 4 upload 7.59 14.35 0.84

Test 5 download 9.27 7.75 2.03

Test 5 upload 7.44 14.39 0.88

Average download 9.78 8.87 1.71

Average upload 7.47 13.55 0.91

AT&T (New York)

iPhone 5 (LTE) Galaxy S3 (LTE) iPhone 4S (HSPA)

Test 1 download 23.6Mbps 14.79Mbps 8.18Mbps

Test 1 upload 10.17 7.83 1.98

Test 2 download 20.37 19.15 6.48

Test 2 upload 9.55 8.45 1.92

Test 3 download 16.69 21.08 6.5

Test 3 upload 7.55 9.46 1.95

Test 4 download 23.02 20.91 5.66

Test 4 upload 7.97 10.47 1.82

Test 5 download 18.54 20.75 7.03

Test 5 upload 11.73 9.39 0.61

Average download 20.44 19.34 6.77

Average upload 9.39 9.12 1.66

Yes, It's LTE he's on with the Iphone 5.

Totster

[taninthai]

^

the fastest speed got from the test for iPhone 5 was 23 meg over 10 test the average was 20 meg

All pretty irrelevant since we are in Thailand and only have 3G and true,I was correct that the iPhone 4 tops out and 7.2 meg and your never gonna get 42 meg from a phone in Thailand at least not this year.

[Totster]

^

All pretty irrelevant since we are in Thailand and only have 3G and true,I was correct that the iPhone 4 tops out and 7.2 meg and your never gonna get 42 meg from a phone in Thailand at least not this year.

You didn't specify which iPhone version, which is why I pointed out the mistake. Saying "iphone max speed is 7.2" is incorrect and misleading, in addition you did not specify a location either.

the fastest speed got from the test for iPhone 5 was 23 meg over 10 test the average was 20 meg

I don't know about max speeds in tests, but here is a screenshot.

totster

[taninthai]

^

that is quick and I like to see pictures to back up claims ,just one other thing speediest dial only goes up to 20 meg so I do wonder how accurate that is.

I have read that apple claim download speeds of 150 meg so definitely possible but still we are talking Thailand true move and 3G ,not hong kong and lte.

[Totster]

just one other thing speediest dial only goes up to 20 meg so I do wonder how accurate that is.

You do realise that it's not a mechanical dial right ? It's just a graphical representation...

totster

[taninthai]

Not mechanical Really wow its amazing what they can do these days, bit seriously what I'd like to see is someone with iPhone 5 or sg3 do a speediest on true 3G and post results.

[juggernaut]

Galaxy S3. Yes, the data speed in Ao Nang is blazing fast also. H+ I think on paper is up to 42Mbps or something like that. Anyway it was plenty fast enough for everything I ever want to do on my phone.

Thank you for the information!

Just one more important question? How much do you pay for that? Do you pay a monthly package?

You're welcome. I switched to a 999 baht per month package. Gives me 500 call mins, 300 SMS, 50 MMS, 5gb of hi speed data then throttled to 128Kbps after that for unlimited usage per month. It's a post pay package.

[juggernaut]

you are never gonna get 42meg download speed from a phone think iphone max speed is 7.2 on my galaxy tab the fastest speed ive seen is 7 meg download and limited to 3 or 5 gig then the speed slows to 1/2 meg

we have 2 sims for phones think 599bht a month 1 gb download limit and we have 1 sim for tab 5 gb download limit 899

Just ran a half dozen tests on speedtest.net on my Galaxy S3 in Ao Luek, Krabi using Truemove-H SIM. Averaged about 8.5Mbps download and 1.2Mbps upload. FWIW it chose a server in Kuala Lumpur as the best to run the speed test from. Guess it's better connected to here than Bangkok where the tests are normally run from in Thailand.

I never meant I would get 42Mbps speed on my phone, I was just saying that on paper their network claims top speed of that. I think its reasonable to assume most people know that's not really how it works

[juggernaut]

^

All pretty irrelevant since we are in Thailand and only have 3G and true,I was correct that the iPhone 4 tops out and 7.2 meg and your never gonna get 42 meg from a phone in Thailand at least not this year.

You didn't specify which iPhone version, which is why I pointed out the mistake. Saying "iphone max speed is 7.2" is incorrect and misleading, in addition you did not specify a location either.

the fastest speed got from the test for iPhone 5 was 23 meg over 10 test the average was 20 meg

I don't know about max speeds in tests, but here is a screenshot.

totster

wow, that's nice speed

[taninthai]

you are never gonna get 42meg download speed from a phone think iphone max speed is 7.2 on my galaxy tab the fastest speed ive seen is 7 meg download and limited to 3 or 5 gig then the speed slows to 1/2 meg

we have 2 sims for phones think 599bht a month 1 gb download limit and we have 1 sim for tab 5 gb download limit 899

Just ran a half dozen tests on speedtest.net on my Galaxy S3 in Ao Luek, Krabi using Truemove-H SIM. Averaged about 8.5Mbps download and 1.2Mbps upload. FWIW it chose a server in Kuala Lumpur as the best to run the speed test from. Guess it's better connected to here than Bangkok where the tests are normally run from in Thailand.

I never meant I would get 42Mbps speed on my phone, I was just saying that on paper their network claims top speed of that. I think its reasonable to assume most people know that's not really how it works

Great thanks for posting the results,8 meg is easily fast enough for most users I think even 4-5 meg is fastest enough for most ,but seeing the high speeds in hong kong does show how lacking Thailandr network is,although it's been good improvement over the last 2 years.