I just got following reply on my question concerneing edge coverage:

Dear Mr. XXXXX

GSM Advance Customer

Subject : EDGE Coverage Area

Thank you very much for choosing AIS smart solution for your company communication channel. It is our pleasure to serve and provide you the following information in order to fulfil your queries:

With regard to your e-mail, we would like to inform you the EDGE coverage area in eastern part of Thailand are as follows:

Central of Chonburi,

Banglamung,

Sriracha ,

Ban-Bueng,

some parts of Rayong,

Cha-Cheung-Sao

The coverage areas in other part of Thailand are in file attached.

Addition Information : If you are interested in our products and services, you can visit our website www.gsmadvance.ais.co.th or click www.mobilelife.co.th for interesting value added service, game and special events

If there should be any concerns or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact AIS Serenade Call Center 1149 or 02-271-900 or e-mail us at [email protected] 24 hours a day.

Anytime Anywhere Everyone

As well they attached a file with every area covered by edge:

EDGE_Coverage_Area.doc

AIS and EDGE coverage? Guess I have to get back to Nokia for some repairs, because my telephone never gets anything better then GPRS...and that sometimes, almost seems too much.

In Pattaya it works. Ok, not fast, but I have the Edgesign on the Display of my Nokia. It's a little faster than just GPRS, but still much Room to improve.

am about to decide between the nokia e61, which supports edge, and the se m600i, which does not support edge, but is a much nicer phone.

would you guys bet on edge support or go for the nicer hardware?

or are the speed gains over gprs minimalistic?

That's a good question. My Nokia supports Edge BUT I have never had a chance tp see if it is any better. I have used GPRS in many different areas of Thailand but have never seen the icon do any more than flicker. I'd go for the phone that you like the best.

am about to decide between the nokia e61, which supports edge, and the se m600i, which does not support edge, but is a much nicer phone.

would you guys bet on edge support or go for the nicer hardware?

or are the speed gains over gprs minimalistic?

EDGE works in central city areas of Khon Kaen with AIS/One-2-Call since a month or two.

EDGE works in central city areas of Khon Kaen with AIS/One-2-Call since a month or two.

meaning you do enjoy better speeds?

AIS suggested their EDGE supports speeds up to 300 kbps ...

Where I am Edge is supported by AIS, but speeds are not all that much higher.

I'd reckon around 50-60kbps with the very exceptional peak at 80kbps.

Data still comes through in bursts, so unusable for VOIP (conversation gets completely chopped up)

It is however an improvement when surfing, where sites do load quicker...

On GPRS I wouldn't bother surfing this forum in the normal version, I'd stick with the LOFI version. On Edge the nomal version is quite doable...