3bb Moving your modem/router to a different address

[flyingsaucersarereal]

Hi there I just have some questions curious if anyone knows the answer.

So I have 1 apartment and 1 house in Pattaya both have 3bb internet accounts. I took the 3bb modem/router from my apartment and plugged it into my connection at my house and it works fine.

So my question is why would this be possible to plug in the modem/router and have it work at a different address.

Also is there anything bad about doing this? What gauges the internet speed the router that you have or is it set by your physical location?

Thanks

[Rooo]

Moved to Internet.

[Jeffrey346]

The router is more or less generic and should work at any 3bb location. The router tells 3bb who you are and doesn't care where you are.

The router's settings mandate what speed your purchased and is locked by a password.

[ToddinChonburi]

You already have internet at your house. Try it some place new, it will not work.

I take my router with when I move but 3BB has to come out and hook it up through there website. Same as back in the home country.

You need to let them know you are moving so they can stop service at old address and start new. They will charge you for this and extend your contract. BEWARE !!!!!

Edited April 24, 2015 by ToddinChonburi

[KhunBENQ]

The router's settings mandate what speed your purchased and is locked by a password.

Definitely not!

The speed of your line is centrally controlled/throttled by the network operator (at its devices).

For an ADSL connection most likely at the "DSLAM".

The network operator can remotely control these devices and change the parameters anytime.

The DSLAM contains the modem that connects with the modem in your "router" (which for ADSL is strictly a combination of modem and router, so called "access point"),

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_subscriber_line_access_multiplexer

But: there is another side of the coin.

The account (package) that you pay for determines the maximum speed *throttle", even if the line would allow higher speed.

Question to the topic starter:

are both accounts/packages paid for the same speed?

Edited April 24, 2015 by KhunBENQ

[hawksway]

Best to do a Broadband test to ensure you are getting the speed applicable to your contract. If it's slow then tell 3BB and they can adjust the bandwidth upwards - sort of like adding an extra lane to the road. The fact that you can move it as you did and it works suggests that both locations are on the same DSLAM. You could not do this back in the UK for example but the infrastructure in Thailand may be a bit different.

[KhunBENQ]

You could not do this back in the UK for example but the infrastructure in Thailand may be a bit different.

I suspected similar.

In Germany e.g I am quite sure, that the ADSL account is bound to the line connection at the DSLAM ("location").

You could not just move to another line/location and use the same account data.

But we are in Thailand and from the thread it seems to be different.

[flyingsaucersarereal]

The router's settings mandate what speed your purchased and is locked by a password.

Definitely not!

The speed of your line is centrally controlled/throttled by the network operator (at its devices).

For an ADSL connection most likely at the "DSLAM".

The network operator can remotely control these devices and change the parameters anytime.

The DSLAM contains the modem that connects with the modem in your "router" (which for ADSL is strictly a combination of modem and router, so called "access point"),

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_subscriber_line_access_multiplexer

But: there is another side of the coin.

The account (package) that you pay for determines the maximum speed *throttle", even if the line would allow higher speed.

Question to the topic starter:

are both accounts/packages paid for the same speed?

My apartment has a 10 mbps package my house has a 5 mbps package.

When I move the router from my apartment and plug it into my house I get 5 mbps.

Now when I plug the house router back in I am only getting the 5 mbps not 10 anymore.

[RichCor]

As has been said in a combination of posts,

Both "lines" physically run from your Apartment or House 'directly' to a DSLAM device owned by the same ISP.

The DSLAM handles any necessary physical line configuration/parameters to set the highest speed for the conditions of the connection.

The DSLAM also communicates with a central server handling user authentication, subscription limits, and billing.

Your ADSL2+ device works in both locations because it is a generic device, has working authentication credentials with the same ISP, but the speed is limited by line provisioning (the farther away, longer the wires, the lower the best possible speed).