Hi guys,

I am heading out to Isaan over the Christmas and New Year period and i would like get some kind of "USB internet dongle" to provide my laptop with internet.

I have no idea what is available, if anything?

Any info would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance

I tho k ur best bet in Issan would be a Truemove H USB dongle, data barely have coverage in the big cities so out there will probably be non existent for 3G

I was home in Det Udom area October and amazed at the extent is the coverage of the TrueMove 3G. I was unable to figure our their packages though because although I bought what I thought was 2GB data it appeared I needed extra packages if I wanted to use YouTube, line and even Google.

AIS and DTAC 3G coverage was almost non existant

sent from my Internet aware non fruity mobile device

Request the same for Chiangmai area

Truemove H USB dongle is the only one that works in Isaan outside the major cities, Expensive though at around 900Bht for a 1 month 5 gig package, that's what I have to use in my Village. If I have any major downloading to do I book my PC into a friends guest house 20 km away for a night & use his Wi Fi, unbelievable I know but I'd rather give my friend 150Bht than have to give True another 900Bht...

Tesco have a dongle on offer, its a true 3g, with sim, upto 21mb speed, 899 baht.

Do you already have a phone? If so, make and model? Reason for question: some phones offer the ability to tether/hot-spot, so you wouldn't need another device.

If you need an air-card or mifi device, recommend the latter if you have more than one WiFi device to connect/share, then get one which is un-locked, un-branded, which support 850/2100 MHz 3G.

http://www.totalaircard.com/products/ZTE-MF190-7.2Mbps-3G-Aircard.html

http://www.totalaircard.com/products/ZTE-MF51-3G-Mobile-WiFi.html

Assume you understand you'll need a SIM, although you may be able to use any existing one you might have now, from a service provider that offers coverage, and that you'll need to add money, and that you'll need to subscribe to a mobile data plan?

Do you already have a phone? If so, make and model? Reason for question: some phones offer the ability to tether/hot-spot, so you wouldn't need another device.

If you need an air-card or mifi device, recommend the latter if you have more than one WiFi device to connect/share, then get one which is un-locked, un-branded, which support 850/2100 MHz 3G.

http://www.totalaircard.com/products/ZTE-MF190-7.2Mbps-3G-Aircard.html

http://www.totalaircard.com/products/ZTE-MF51-3G-Mobile-WiFi.html

Assume you understand you'll need a SIM, although you may be able to use any existing one you might have now, from a service provider that offers coverage, and that you'll need to add money, and that you'll need to subscribe to a mobile data plan?

Thanks for the info. I am not really aware of these things. A SIM for the air card? Mobile data plan?

I really just need internet on my laptop for a few weeks.

Thanks

Are you aware if you have a phone currently?

To connect to a mobile data network you would need, minimally:

1.) a USB aircard,

2.) a SIM (from a mobile phone company),

3.) coverage,

4.) baht,

5.) and a subscription to a mobile data plan.

Thanks guys. I went to True and got a H 3g+ Aircard.

Hope it works.