Cat On Net: Any Current Experiences?

[lomatopo]

I have some customers agitating for higher bandwidth access solutions, especially on the up-stream side.

CAT On Net, a FTTx service, seems to be available in several end-user locations.

Is anyone currently using this service?

If so, are you generally happy with the performance, up-time, service, support, billing?

Do you have a fiber termination on the premises? Do you have an NEC modem? And what about a router/WiFi AP?

What service level do you have? Silver? Gold? Gold Plus?

The Silver 20/3 or 30/5 service is of interest for these customers.

[RandomSand]

There's some discussion of the service and the provided optical networking gear, in Thai, here; http://gimyong.com/talung/index.php/topic,111463.0.html?PHPSESSID=nhe06apm2lid2dt5hok45lvjk3

It seems that the service is presented as Ethernet so you just use any router you have already.

I presume still no IPv6 yet.

In that thread someone has posted a trace route to an international server [ tracert 206.127.158.1] ;;

Copied below is their trace to San Jose. And below that is my trace to the same server using CAT HiNet (Actually Sophon but almost the same!).

1 10.0.1.1 (10.0.1.1) 3.681 ms 1.636 ms 0.978 ms.
2 110.77.251.1 (110.77.251.1) 7.811 ms 10.107 ms 7.579 ms.
3 110.77.223.129 (110.77.223.129) 19.693 ms 23.609 ms 20.056 ms.
4 110.77.255.37 (110.77.255.37) 24.018 ms 21.968 ms 18.286 ms.
5 61.19.15.185 (61.19.15.185) 22.919 ms 17.345 ms 18.936 ms.
6 61.19.9.113 (61.19.9.113) 19.720 ms 16.996 ms 18.493 ms.
7 61.19.9.106 (61.19.9.106) 19.026 ms 23.952 ms 23.895 ms.
8 61.19.14.2 (61.19.14.2) 22.295 ms 30.539 ms 33.267 ms.
9 61.19.9.178 (61.19.9.178) 239.449 ms 234.970 ms 238.389 ms.
10 ge-6-17.car4.sanjose1.level3.net (4.71.114.9) 230.092 ms 235.463 ms 239.938 ms.

1. Home Router - 1ms.
2. 119.42.67.1 - 9ms.
3. 110.77.253.21 - 13ms.
4. 110.77.255.37 - 14ms.
5. 61.19.15.185 - 14ms.
6. 61.19.9.141 - 30ms.
7. 61.19.9.106 - 19ms.
8. 61.19.14.2 - 17ms.
9. 61.19.9.178 - 235ms.
10. ge-6-17.car4.SanJose1.Level3.net - 251ms.

Edited February 26, 2013 by RandomSand

[babbo]

Looks like a pretty good solution! The latency looks pretty good given the distance. Does anyone know if it is available in any of the larger towns in Buriram?

[lomatopo]

^ They have a coverage/look-up tool linked to Google Maps/Lon-Lat, but maybe best to just ring the local main-ish (provincial capital?) office? TOT Fiber2U is another similar offer.

http://www.catonnet.com/index2.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=64

http://www.catonnet.com/ (3rd tab from the left, "Service Area Checking")

[shariq607]

In my experience anything from low range cat onnet ( silver) to mid range is crap. everyday from 12 pm to 7 pm the internet is totally unusable the ping jumps from 10Ms in bangkok to 100Ms and the silver package sucks at torrents, the download speed goes from maximum to 40 kb/sec in few seconds (looks like they are throttling torrents) however the case is totally different for higher end cat onnet package but it costs alot something like 9000 baht a month

seriously speaking true's 20mb/2 cable package is better then cat onnet silver package

[muratremix]

In my experience anything from low range cat onnet ( silver) to mid range is crap. everyday from 12 pm to 7 pm the internet is totally unusable the ping jumps from 10Ms in bangkok to 100Ms and the silver package sucks at torrents, the download speed goes from maximum to 40 kb/sec in few seconds (looks like they are throttling torrents) however the case is totally different for higher end cat onnet package but it costs alot something like 9000 baht a month

seriously speaking true's 20mb/2 cable package is better then cat onnet silver package

I still remember your full 20Mbit speed test to USA East coast with cat fiber. How bad can it be? 20Mbit speed in single connection is amazing.

[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.

[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.dslreports.com/speedtests/2914397;3270667;339355efefc9d3a198954552f340dcfb;3.0;www.dslreports.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.dslreports.com/im/104481094/62327.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.