Cat Fiber To The Home - Any Good?

[StevieH]

hi all - been told that CAT are installing fiber in our neighbourhood and we can have FTTH for around 2k baht a month - how are people's experiences of it?

[bekraus]

I'm going to CAT telecom's Laksi headquarters today to have their platinum plus internet installed in my apartment at the State Tower in Sathorne. They quoted me 25,000 baht per month for 100mbps down / 25mbps up. Install should be within 2-3 weeks. I will let you know how the internet performs. For that kind of money, I will be furious if they decide to throttle my connection.

[negreanu]

I would have thought Sathorn would have True cabling available. 200MB Cable 9999THB.

[bekraus]

Hey guys, just wanted to follow up with the initial results I have thus far with the internet connection. I paid a 10,000 baht "jurisdiction fee" to have the fiber ran to the 27th floor of the State Tower and into my room. Took them like a week but they got it done. The fiber is nothing like the fiber back in the US. It's not a single fiber but multiple fibers (up to 8 I think). I would really like to share photos of the install but can't seem to figure out how to upload them on this forum. Anyways, so without any trouble shooting or configuration, I have been able to get about 91 megabits down and 60-70 megabits up LOCALLY. This upload speed is excellent and I am told I am only getting part of the speed right now from them until they update their local node. Apparently I am the only one using that local node and as of now I have absolutely no contention with anyone in the local vicinity. I am also very close (500 meters or so) to the CAT Telecom tower and they may be helping in some way. I called everyone, 3BB, True, ToT, Loxinfo, ect----NONE of them where willing to run a dedicated line up to my apartment. I am not sure why CAT telecom decided to do it but I am sure as hell glad. I have not yet checked the international speeds but once I do I will let you all know. For your information, the way it is set up is as follows: Fiber Line - > Fiber splitter -> 1 of the 8 smaller fibers is then connected to fiber to Ethernet connector ---->Airport Extreme -----> 48 Port Netgear GS724TP Power over Ethernet Smart Switch ---->my custom built half a million baht PC running windows 8. Test was done on internet explorer.

http://speedtest.net.../2629454443.png


Cheers Gentlemen.

[bekraus]

This is my DSLreports java based speed test to New Jersey:
http://www.dslreport...s.com/104481067

2914kbps down
3270kbps up


NOT HAPPY.

This is my DSLreports java based speed test to California:
<a href="http://speedtest.dslreports.com"><img border=0 src="http://www.dslreport...81094/62327.png"></a>

Speed Test #104481094 by dslreports.com
Run: 2013-04-07 14:27:44 EST
Download: 2255 (Kbps)
Upload: 2769 (Kbps)
In kilobytes per second: 275.3 down 338 up
Tested by server: 54 java
User: 2 @ dslreports.com


Going to call them tomorrow about this. I'm completely getting screwed.

[jonnyscot]

I've been using Cat fibre optic cable for over a year up Suphanburi way, no complaints whatsoever, i'm not sure what package we're on as the wife deals mostly with that but cost us less than 1000 per month, no problem streaming movies,etc,, so it does the job ok for me

[shariq607]

This is my DSLreports java based speed test to New Jersey:

http://www.dslreport...s.com/104481067

2914kbps down

3270kbps up

NOT HAPPY.

This is my DSLreports java based speed test to California:

<a href="http://speedtest.dslreports.com"><img border=0 src="http://www.dslreport...81094/62327.png"></a>

Speed Test #104481094 by dslreports.com

Run: 2013-04-07 14:27:44 EST

Download: 2255 (Kbps)

Upload: 2769 (Kbps)

In kilobytes per second: 275.3 down 338 up

Tested by server: 54 java

User: 2 @ dslreports.com

Going to call them tomorrow about this. I'm completely getting screwed.

I am also using cat onnet fiber optic platinum package although not 100 mb plan @ 25000 baht a month but much cheaper and still getting good international speed. i have used dslreports java based speedtest and getting much much higher than your results although my plan is cheaper and not 100 Mb like yours.

I am very shocked by your results, at 25000 baht a month i would be expecting them to deliver atleast 50% international speed from the total plan. your results show you are only getting 2%

Btw just for comparison purposes, my second 10 mb adsl true line has more download speed than your fiber optic@ just 590 baht a month

[joncl]

Going to call them tomorrow about this. I'm completely getting screwed.

I suspect not and the reason I say this is because your contract with them will only offer these speeds within their network/Thailand which they are delivering unless you have a special international clause written into their contract.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

This is my DSLreports java based speed test to New Jersey:

http://www.dslreport...s.com/104481067

2914kbps down

3270kbps up

NOT HAPPY.

Going to call them tomorrow about this. I'm completely getting screwed.

Are you getting those results on a CAT 100/25 Mbps fiber plan, or one of their lesser/slower offerings?

And what's the monthly ongoing fee for the plan you have?