Having recently acquired my first AIS 3G 2100 SIM I find that my subscribed package (89 baht/week unlimited data, first 300Mb tolerably quick, after that treacle-slow) apparently includes access to AIS Wi-fi hotspots. Does anybody know, please, if any such hotspots exist in or around Chiang Rai?

I am located right out in the sticks and although I have the benefit of a reasonably strong 2G signal, I have yet to see the 3G icon light up on my phone, let alone encounter any Wi-Fi availability.

I do not go to Chiang Rai town very often, but when I do it would be nice to know whether or not I can in practice make use of what could be a valuable facility for the purpose of software updates or similar downloads of substantial size.

Central Plaza is your friend.

Central Plaza is your friend.

Thanks. The next Android update for the Nexus 7 should be out soon - I shall pay a visit and give it a try then.

AIS also partners with 3BB for wifi Hotspots (over 60,000 wifi spots nationwide) to offer a 99฿/30-days unlimited wifi.

Once you have your 4-digit One-Time-Password delivered via SMS, look for an WiFi SSID of AISwifi, 3BB_WiFi, 3bb_Hotspot or Cyberpoint then enter the subscriber mobile number as username and OTP as password. AISwifi and 3BB_WiFi can be set to autologin.

I usually get this package and find 3BB WiFi hotspots outnumber the AISwifi hotspots I can find.

Edit: Wifi network provided by Cyberpoint is limited to 1 hour/day. Ugh. gotta love the small print.