Any Consistent Data Service In Bangkok?

[hermespan]

AIS is the culprit?: I have been on a dongle/air card with SIM on my SONY laptop for 2.5 hours hours tonight, unable to connect to the internet (well, once for three seconds). I am in a hotel at Sukhumvit at soi 13. I was on the phone with a customer service rep who walked me through all kinds of things- adjusting (turning off in fact) my AVG security suite, check this uncheck that. She said she would get back to me in a few hours. And she might, on my backup connection, a mobile phone with servcie by Happy. Curiously, before I switched my SIM from my samsung tablet the net AIS connection was good. Now it is good. But for almost three hours it has been garbage, at least with the dongle and my laptop, on all three USB ports, one being USB3.

Is there any data service you can reply on to be consistent, strong signal and effective at trouble shooting? I have to wonder whether she wasn't BS'ing me or ignorant of the realities and in fact the satellites or whatever they use were in fact down.

Sh*t, now it's back to even worse -- 1 mb.... Hard to do business this way.

[muratremix]

AIS 3G is the least good 3G in Thailand. You should have sticked into DTAC or True-H. Also, your location has too many farangs and tourists which depend on internet heavily.

However, make sure your 3G aircard supports 850 mhz on WCDMA before switch to dtac or true. AIS aircard won't work (900 / 2100 mhz), but AIS aircard can work with TOT 3G sim card which runs on 2100 mhz.

[KHR1010]

There is a long list of restaurants in your area that offer free WIFI. Try Angles City Dinner on Soi 11, they are open 24 hours and offer free WIFI. The have an electrical plug at the end of each both to plug your laptop in as well.

[hermespan]

AIS 3G is the least good 3G in Thailand. You should have sticked into DTAC or True-H. Also, your location has too many farangs and tourists which depend on internet heavily.

However, make sure your 3G aircard supports 850 mhz on WCDMA before switch to dtac or true. AIS aircard won't work (900 / 2100 mhz), but AIS aircard can work with TOT 3G sim card which runs on 2100 mhz.

Ah, I did a search on thaivisa to answer this very question, but couldn't find such a simple answer as you have posted! Previously I had True and was happy with it. But when I came back after a multiple month absence my number had expired. I do not know if there is a shortage of numbers or its a revenue matter. Actually, spoke with multiple vendors hoping to get a critical assessment, but I was under the distinct impression that 'better' was whichever company paid the best commission or sales bonuses. A few places did have 4-6 choices, but there is a language problem (my ignorance of Thai) and saff uually, and quite understandably cared less about engaging me in an in-depth conversation about the pros and cons of various companies. I presume the profit from selling SIM cards is even less than from yopups.

Ah, too late on air card. I was forewarned (but only when I asked of course) that in Thailand the dongle device would work only with AIS and TOT. But overseas they didn't now naturally.