Query for long-term residents: how stable is the power situation these days? I'm aware of the regular blackouts in the past, having been on and off the island over the last 11 years, mainly around the Lamai area. I am now spending a 4 months a year in Thailand and was considering a base in Samui but want stable power and internet access, which hasn't been evident in the past. Any comments v. helpful, thanks.

I can't speak for all areas of Samui, but generally the power is pretty stable... and has been since the new line came in from Khanom. 2010 if I remember.

They have been upgrading main lines in some areas (Nathon hill being one, recently) which caused power to be down while they reset the lines... understandable.

If power does go down, for other reasons, it is generally never more than about half to one hour. Really not a lot of complaint about power these days...at least from me!

No problem here in South Chaweng for long now and I upgraded to 100/10 Mbps fiber optic.

Both Internet and power supply are fairly stable – simply perfect, compared to 10-years ago – but you will need an UPS for a PC (and other sensitive mains-powered electronics), as we continuously have short power drops (few seconds) and in some areas sometime low voltage or deviation in voltage, if local transformers and cables have not been upgraded. Only very few Internet black-outs and normally dealt with, within short time and up to an hour or two (seem to mainly be router problems at the mainland).

Nothing like a frequent and when it does happen it is fixed in under an hour.

Vacationing in Lamai Again atm and The electricity where i am is a bit crazy this morning.

Lights constantly flickers or goes really bright or almost goes out.fridge is sounding funny as well. Think its best i dont plug in the laptop atm.

But only had one powerout this vacation so far.

Maenam has been stable for 5-6 weeks but normal service will surely return soon

Heh 20 mins after i posted ,the fusebox and a lightbulb blew up with a bang.seems like its the whole hotel that is out.

ohh well,better drink the beers in the fridge before they get warm

Frequent dropping out of the Internet causes me to toggle between two services. Probably 10 owner outages the last two months, maybe because of the digging for the big water project. Hot water heater only has enough juice to function about half the time, during non peak usage hours. This is on West side.

Power outages..