WiFi at home- options?

[Jonathanmcgill]

Hello everyone, I am new and as a result still learning this forum so if this post has already been answered please direct me in the right path. Thanks

I am wondering about home internet. I come from Canada and I am teaching in a very rural town half way between Surat and Krabi. I currently have AIS for my phone - no data tho.

I am wondering if anyone can give me suggestions as to how to get Wifi at my house. I live on the school grounds but share "free" WiFi between 3 other houses. It is extremely slow and inaccessible most of the time. When I purchased my AIS sim at 7-Eleven, it came with 6 months free AIS Super Wifi, but because I am so remotely located, the signal does not come in. Even the 3BB is not accessible. Being a farang, I am used to paying a certain amount of money per month at home, connecting a router and bingo! I know this is Thailand and infrastructure is different and so is technology, but is there a way to get Wifi at home?

I feel etremely isolated in this small village and not having TV and working Wifi is making me go crazy. I dont download movies or torrents, but want to browse, or stream TV shows or movies from back home. I guess a high GB or unlimted Wifi is what I would be looking for. Is this only available through mobile phones and then making your phone a Hot Spot?

I have browsed the AIS internet threads and I am trying to figure out if I need internet on my phone PLUS some sort of Wifi at home.

Any help or suggestions would be great!

Signed, lonely farang!

[Forkinhades]

Forgot mobile Internet, it's rubbish in the big cities, let alone rural places.

You will need a dedicated line in from the outside, which will cost around 700 baht per month, and the ISP will provide a wifi router. As the school already has wifi, it should be no problem, getting another line.

[KhunBENQ]

I live on the school grounds but share "free" WiFi between 3 other houses

Does it mean that the school has some kind of internet access?

Do you know what they have? Is it a connection via cable or via satellite (hopefully not)?

I am afraid you simply have to visit the next offices of ToT, 3BB and whatever there is and ask them about the options (installing a DSL line or fibre).

Offices are likely in the district town.

You will need your exact adress/location (preferably in Thai).

Either they say no way or will come with a cost estimate.

How remote is it: how far is the next major road with electric and data cable running along?

To get that installed it's not cheap (mine cost about 17k THB)

I paid more for my dedicated fibre cable

Edited November 23, 2015 by KhunBENQ

[impulse]

Your life will be a lot easier, better and safer once you get connected to a few friendly locals.

May as well use this as an opportunity to start making those connections. Any advice from more than 2-3 miles away isn't going to be as good as a friendly local who knows the ropes.

One caveat- if the local is very pretty, it's probably going to end up costing you in ways you can't even imagine until it happens.... But the fringe benefits may be worth it in spades.

[apetley]

^ But the question is how did the School get Internet in the first place.

If it is in a real remote area they might have WiNet (High Tower with device installed on top which receives Internet Signal from a Tower a couple of kms away) installed. To get that installed it's not cheap (mine cost about 17k THB)

Also bear in mind if you can get ADSL, they usually want a year contract and some providers even want you (foreigner) to pay a year upfront, but you always ask a Thai friend to sign up for you

My WINET was installed for 3k bht including router. It needn't be expensive if you don't require the receiver be positioned on an aerial.

[apetley]

^ But the question is how did the School get Internet in the first place.

If it is in a real remote area they might have WiNet (High Tower with device installed on top which receives Internet Signal from a Tower a couple of kms away) installed. To get that installed it's not cheap (mine cost about 17k THB)

Also bear in mind if you can get ADSL, they usually want a year contract and some providers even want you (foreigner) to pay a year upfront, but you always ask a Thai friend to sign up for you

My WINET was installed for 3k bht including router. It needn't be expensive if you don't require the receiver be positioned on an aerial.

I got it all, a concrete pole (approx 4-5 meters high) on top of that another steel pole approx 10 meters and on top of that the receiver. I must say that also include was a TP-Link router (which I don't use).

Yeah, I'm lucky. Clear line of sight to the mast 300 metres away

If I needed it was quoted 7k bht for an eight metre mast on top of the house.