When I am in Thailand I live in a village in the middle of no-where in Mahasarakham Province-no 3G available!

I access the internet through AIS package via a USB dongle but the reception is, at best, slow and usually VERY slow.

I have heard that attaching a USB extension lead to the dongle and placing it ,say, on the roof, increases the reception a lot.

Has anyone any experience of this and basically, does it work?

I have used this method

see here

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/613613-usb-extention-for-3g-dongle/#entry6040769

I have all so mounted a roof antenna and connected it to my USB dongle , and that works a bit better , depending on the distance you are from the 3G tower .

https://www.google.com/search?q=usb+external+antenna+site%3Athaivisa.com&aq=f&oq=usb+external+antenna+site%3Athaivisa.com&aqs=chrome.0.57.8108&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

You could also see if there is TOT (2100 MHz) or TrueMove H/CAT (850 MHz) nearby?