CAT will proceed with the plan to build a national Internet gateway

[jmccarty]

Can anyone name any attempt by Thailand to be the hub of anything ever succeed?

And of course hub of rediculous selling hours of alcohol beverages so people buy way more than they need, stockpiling it to avoid the inconvenience of the hours when it can not be purchased. I have never had so much booze in my house in my life since moving here to Thaiand. I don't even drink that much, but would be embarrased if a visitor showed up and I could not offer them a beer because the nearby 7-11 can't sell any!

[MobileContent]

More money to be paid under the table for the system integrator that will install the system without an official tenders.

And yes A Col becomes a CEO of CAT is as strange as the Dubai Col that made his fortunes under their Telco brands. The problems with CAT is that they force their products on the real telco companies such as AIS, DTAC, TrueMove-H as they hold the licenses and nothing really changed.

[The Deerhunter]

Can anyone name any attempt by Thailand to be the hub of anything ever succeed?

Road traffic deaths? Police awarding themselves reward money? There must be other claims to fame.

[LivinLOS]

Cat,,State Owned ,A chairman ;; Saprang Kalayanamitr is a Junta General;;,So as far as I can see CAT is Run by the Government,That tells me the Hypocrites have done a turn around and Misleading the Whole Country.F<><><> A<> Holes.

i just love my hypocritical 35mbit CAT internet connection. eat your heart out

CAT Speed.JPG

Yeah I can get those fake speedtest.net results too..

I even got 100Mbit to hong kong and 80 to singapore recently..

Actually testing from a non faked server a bit different though..

[Chao Lao Beach]

Can anyone name any attempt by Thailand to be the hub of anything ever succeed?

Using Scapegoats

[neal david]

Can anyone name any attempt by Thailand to be the hub of anything ever succeed?

simple question .... Thailand...the hub of bullshit ....B.S .... and all talk and no action ....

[retarius]

You read this obsession with controlling internet content, with the obsession to control alcohol and you come to the conclusion that the company is going in the wrong direction and obsessing about the wrong things. Corruption is holding Thailand back, and I don;t really see anything being done about it. We still have traffic stops for tea money and no policing of traffic laws.

[gk10002000]

Can anyone name any attempt by Thailand to be the hub of anything ever succeed?

Well, they claim BKK airport had 52 M travelers this year, in line with making Bangkok a travel hub.

[z42]

Can anyone name any attempt by Thailand to be the hub of anything ever succeed?

Several

1) Hub of Corruption

2) Hub of Nepotism

3) Hub of Government incompetence

4) Hub of Military incompetence

To name but 4

Hub of inactive posts??????

[b4n9]

both CAT and TOT are `State-owned`. Now what do you prefer, great firewall run by the junta or State-owned? It is very funny to me.

[elgordo38]

CAT tries to create a monopoly so that they can keep prices high and choice low?

Welcome to the real world. Beer companies are now in the process of doing the same. The two beer giants hooking up will control 70% of the beer market. Prices up service and choice down. Same the world over.

[elgordo38]

I thought they just scrapped this. Now it is back on the table just re-packaged and renamed?

Pants on fire, indeed!

Same as the constitution.

[cockatoowho]

Can anyone name any attempt by Thailand to be the hub of anything ever succeed?

medical tourism

No, should read botched medical tourism and the hub of corruption.

[empireboy]

Can anyone name any attempt by Thailand to be the hub of anything ever succeed?

Hmmmm good question. The sex capital of the world maybe?

[somo]

Can anyone name any attempt by Thailand to be the hub of anything ever succeed?

medical tourism

sex tourism.

[dageurreotype]

I thought they just scrapped this. Now it is back on the table just re-packaged and renamed?

Pants on fire, indeed!

And all this whilst mass issue of LM against opposition. Someone's not well ..

[a99az]

Can anyone name any attempt by Thailand to be the hub of anything ever succeed?

They win the HUB of HUB stupidity.

[PaulBraveheart]

Something does smell right here. How about a vote of no confidence.

[nikster]

* pause internet rage*

All this article says is: CAT is building an international gateway.

So what? They're already operating one (or a few). They need to build more international bandwidth. That, people, is a good thing. I am not seeing anything about establishing a monopoly, or preventing others from investing in their own international gateways.

* unpause *

keep on raging, guys *

[leytonorient]

If the single gateway really goes ahead it proves for certain that the junta is entrenched for the long term.

Seems like there will not be any democratic elections here for a very very long time.

[Stocky]

* pause internet rage*

All this article says is: CAT is building an international gateway.

So what? They're already operating one (or a few). They need to build more international bandwidth. That, people, is a good thing. I am not seeing anything about establishing a monopoly, or preventing others from investing in their own international gateways.

* unpause *

keep on raging, guys *

Indeed, all they are saying is that they intend expanding their existing IIG as the current capacity will be exceeded within 5 years at current growth rates. The article in the other national English daily is far clearer.

[sawadee1947]

" said CAT acting chief executive officer Colonel " Seriously, need we read more?

very clever done by the soldiers!

[EJK]

I do not believe one word

Other than SINGLE GATEWAY and CONTROL INFORMATION

Has very little to do with size

Go 4g lol

What fluff talk

[selftaopath]

So the new head of CAT was until his appointment head of the NSC... So CAT is implementing a single gateway that all providers must collaborate on to avoid duplicate investments...

What's missing is an explanation as to how implanting a single gateway to censor information will make Thailand a digital hub for ASEAN. These announcements are so counterintuitive that I question if the new head of CAT or the spy agency here really understand how a single gateway will retard the economy.

LOL Since when did the "head" of any agency here in Land of Scams UNDERSTAND anything over which they have control? The incompetence is staggering.

[elgordo38]

My internet service has been terrible lately I am getting timed out or error 404 so much in the last couple days.

[Naam]

* pause internet rage*

All this article says is: CAT is building an international gateway.

So what? They're already operating one (or a few). They need to build more international bandwidth. That, people, is a good thing. I am not seeing anything about establishing a monopoly, or preventing others from investing in their own international gateways.

* unpause *

keep on raging, guys *

keep on raging, guys...

and ridiculing yourself with silly anti-Thai arguments drawn out of thin air (or perhaps by nose-poking)

[Naam]

Cat,,State Owned ,A chairman ;; Saprang Kalayanamitr is a Junta General;;,So as far as I can see CAT is Run by the Government,That tells me the Hypocrites have done a turn around and Misleading the Whole Country.F<><><> A<> Holes.

i just love my hypocritical 35mbit CAT internet connection. eat your heart out

CAT Speed.JPG

Yeah I can get those fake speedtest.net results too..

I even got 100Mbit to hong kong and 80 to singapore recently..

Actually testing from a non faked server a bit different though..

i have three connections, TOT ADSL 12mbit, 3BB ADSL 15mbit and CAT fiberoptic 35mbit (all nominal). that's why i know what is fake and what is actual.

e.g. a site in Europe takes ~4-6 seconds to open with TOT and 3BB. with CAT it takes 1 second.

[phoenixdoglover]

* pause internet rage*

All this article says is: CAT is building an international gateway.

So what? They're already operating one (or a few). They need to build more international bandwidth. That, people, is a good thing. I am not seeing anything about establishing a monopoly, or preventing others from investing in their own international gateways.

* unpause *

keep on raging, guys *

You should read what the PM has to say about this in today's news.

The intent is clearly not about increasing bandwidth. It's about controlling access and content.

[Naam]

* pause internet rage*

All this article says is: CAT is building an international gateway.

So what? They're already operating one (or a few). They need to build more international bandwidth. That, people, is a good thing. I am not seeing anything about establishing a monopoly, or preventing others from investing in their own international gateways.

* unpause *

keep on raging, guys *

You should read what the PM has to say about this in today's news.

The intent is clearly not about increasing bandwidth. It's about controlling access and content.

which the porn lovers hate

[max72]

Can anyone name any attempt by Thailand to be the hub of anything ever succeed?

Human rights violations

Children prostitution

Mafias syndicates

Human trafficking

Children slavery