Fixed Line Dsl/docsis On Koh Phangan

[candypants]

who are the players in Koh Phangan, i want to get fixed line ADSL/Docis just outside Chaloklum.

I am having trouble finding out who the providers are.

thanks in advance

[angiud]

In Chaloklum town and possibly environs, you can get 3BB, for sure the best provider here in KPG. If far from town I don't think so.

TOT also available, but not so good

[samuijimmy]

Judging from your photo of your location you posted in Photography forum.... you might be a bit off the beaten track ....

Although 3 BB may put in a line and charge "x baht a meter" after a certain distance..

That would be my choice and avoid TOT if you can...

[candypants]

Judging from your photo of your location you posted in Photography forum.... you might be a bit off the beaten track ....

Although 3 BB may put in a line and charge "x baht a meter" after a certain distance..

That would be my choice and avoid TOT if you can...

the government just paved the road to the hin ngam lookout (much to my chagrin). We are about 2km to the chaloklum bay resort.

I may be willing to sink a line if needs be.

there are a few groups of houses i am sure i could rally and the phone/power lines pass right by so time to organize a group, 3g just wont cut it.

[Tropicalevo]

Judging from your photo of your location you posted in Photography forum.... you might be a bit off the beaten track ....

Although 3 BB may put in a line and charge "x baht a meter" after a certain distance..

That would be my choice and avoid TOT if you can...

I agree with jimmy. 3BB for sure. The price per metre was not high - but then, a lot of metres?

Foreigners pay one year in advance.

Edited February 3, 2013 by Tropicalevo

[NHJ]

15 baht per meter after the free 350M.

[sbk]

If you are too far from the junction box (switch - whatever its called) they may not install as the speeds will be terrible and the connection intermittent.

[angiud]

SBK is right, in that case a satellite dish could be a (expensive and not so reliable) solution (I had it for a couple of years when internet in Haad Rin was just an option with a fast 56K speed ;-)

[notmyself]

Line attenuation is very good with new wiring as it is fit for purpose. The only issue with being say 5km from the nearest node is the path taken as it often runs alongside power cables which causes line noise. With this in mind, 3.5km shouldn't be an issue except for the cost per m.

[cwmkpg]

Judging from your photo of your location you posted in Photography forum.... you might be a bit off the beaten track ....

Although 3 BB may put in a line and charge "x baht a meter" after a certain distance..

That would be my choice and avoid TOT if you can...

the government just paved the road to the hin ngam lookout (much to my chagrin). We are about 2km to the chaloklum bay resort.

I may be willing to sink a line if needs be.

there are a few groups of houses i am sure i could rally and the phone/power lines pass right by so time to organize a group, 3g just wont cut it.

As an aside to the 3BBB thread...

Candypants... Is it true that the little dirt road to Hin Ngam has been covered with concrete??? ...What a shame...

That used to be my and my wife's favorite place to go to late at night after closing our restaurant ( The CHILL INN )....

2 Big Changs, a bottle of water, a sarong or 2, and we would spend the night there... A magical place... (but the 200 steps to the bottom were sometimes difficult)

[candypants]

yes, they paved it this year. I cant say i like. the dirt track to my house was a sort of darwinian filter -- anyone who could not drive to it was not the kind of tenant we wanted to begin with.

The house also seemed the more impressive for the getting there. thankfully the last 250 meters or so to mine remain unpaved, but that too track is becoming more and more civilized.

the chill inn is no longer open is it? Right at the entrance to paradise? i remember it vaguely when we first started scouting the area. I would hate to think i have been driving by it on the autobahn all these years.

[candypants]

an update, i have just learned they have fixed lin to a small group of houses right behind me, so it is simply a matter of determining which provider they are using and making it happen. wont be much more than a few hundred meters to the property. Sweet

[notmyself]

Good news indeed unless it's a ToT line and offers poor service! Gulp

Thanks for the update and I wish you the best.

[AngThong]

Did you get it sorted out and which provider was it? I am looking for long term-ish rental accommodation around Chaloklum (love your neck of woods, been scouting there these last couple of days) but really need reliable broadband. I'm currently living at a place with TOT and while it's good when it works, you just never know when it won't. Right now it doesn't - typing this on AIS EDGE. No idea when it'll come back either...