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DaffyDuck
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Looking for a decent ISP, providing DSL or other form of broadband... What are the ones you use, why did you pick them, and what are your experiences with the quality of service, an quality of customer support?
I'm looking at comparing the various providers to see what's out there - including broadband, and alternatives.
Dr. von Quack!
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Posted on: 5:42 am on Mar. 23, 2005
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scobie
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I'm with AJi Broadband Internet Service. I think they are a small company that specialises in providing Ji-Net (does that sounds right?) to condos and apartments in Sukhumvit.
Normal prices is 600 baht for unlimited access. I signed up and paid for a year in advance and got the full year for 4600 baht.
No complaints on service. The service once fell over. I called the guy up and he had a technician in my building within 20 minutes, and the service was up again in 25.
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Posted on: 6:01 am on Mar. 23, 2005
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cheapcharlie
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Scobie, thats broadband sounds good. Do they have a max on computers you can have online at a time, and do they provide for wireless (i hate f***ing around with loads of cables ).
If you dont know just tell me to f*** off ill check them out myself next week when im in town.
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Posted on: 6:46 am on Mar. 23, 2005
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DrLove
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The main players in ADSL are:
True, TOT and CSLoxinfo. They all have mixed reviews.
True is by far the largest provider with the largest share of bandwidth. Packages range from THB 590- THB 2,200
(256 kbs - 4 mbs).
A few providers (such as ji-net) uses the True network.
Mixed reviews. I am quite satisfied with their service. On my package I get a max. of 267 kBs download and 400 kBs upload (2.5 / 512) package. Price THB 1,150.
TOT provides only upto 1024/256. Also mixed reviews.
CSLoxinfo uses the TOT network. Mixed reviews.
Broadband is 'so-so' on some days, some days it's great.
There is not a best/worst provider in Thailand. It's all controlled by the CAT bandwidth.
If you really want a fast connection, go with True. 256kbs, 512kbs are of course workable (or at least better than dialup), but not really fast.
If you got the need for speed go for a 2.5 or a 4 mbs connection.
Look in boards like Thai Visa and ADSLThailand for threads about broadband.
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Posted on: 7:01 am on Mar. 23, 2005
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Abrak
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Darry,
Well the first place to look is http://www.broadbandthailand.com/
It is in Thai but is easy to get around and many of the links have english translations.
There are a number of problems relying on anecdotal reports. The main one is that only certain ISP providers can operate on each of the telephone networks. There are 5 tel. networks - TOT, TRUE, TT&T, UBT (TOT/UCOM) and ADC (TOT/SHIN). So which ISP Provider you can use largely depends on who own the telephone line you are using.
TRUE has 2.6m lines in BKK while the TOT - that basically allows anyone to provide ISP services on their lines - only has about 1.2 lines (many of which are very old). For this reason alone, TRUE has about an 80% share of ADSL broadband connections in Thailand.
Scobie, I remember you mentioned AJi Net before but I have never heard of them. There is an ISP provider called Ji-net (part of Jasmine Intl) that provides ISP over TT&T, ADC and TRUE (but not TOT) lines. My guess is that your provider is either (1) a subsidiary of JI-net that buys one fairly high capacity ADSL line to your building which you share with others or (2) it is a non-licensed ISP doing the same thing.
Of course there are other broadband technologies on offer. I have ISDN in the office, satellite in my holiday home and EDGE (basically GPRS broadband) on my mobile but they all leave something to be desired.
Incidentally, the speeds and reliability of ADSL providers (especially TRUE) vary enormously with different areas.
Dr.L suggested website http://www.adslthailand.com even has an english forum.
If you really want to get techy, you can see that the principal problem facing Thailand is the lack of bandwidth that exists out and into the country via the CAT. Roughly speaking it is 3750 MBps per second meaning that if you have more than 7500 512 Kbps customers accessing the internet at the same time, your speed is bound to drop. It is not difficult to imagine that you can have a 4 Mps line but only receive speeds of say 100 kps.
See this page for progress...
http://iir.ngi.nectec.or.th/internet/int-bandwidth.html
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Posted on: 7:22 am on Mar. 23, 2005
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tin man
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Abrak is 100% correct. I use true in my office with a wireless modem and have found it completely reliable so far with speeds rarely varying from the contract rate. Then again, my office in in a relatively new building. I also had true in my house in an older wiring area and the speed was quite unpredictable.
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Posted on: 7:27 am on Mar. 23, 2005
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DrLove
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Then again, my office in in a relatively new building.
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Not a guarantee for satisfaction. It all depends on the concentration of connections in your area.
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Posted on: 7:37 am on Mar. 23, 2005
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scobie
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Yeap, I think they do wireless service also. Frankly, I'm computer illiterate and not really intersted in or knowledgeable about this stuff, but if you want to find out more, call Osamu on 04 0894215. Nice guy.
But a caveat. When I got mine installed, he told me he was only able to provide to the sukhumvit area. I don't know whether that's changed now.
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Posted on: 11:13 pm on Mar. 23, 2005
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Mr Bill
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If there is a bottleneck for bandwidth going out of the country, then is it really necessary to get the 4Meg True package if the max download speed averages around 300k. Wouldn't the 1Meg True package be more than sufficient now until they improve the bottleneck?
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Posted on: 3:35 am on April 15, 2005
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DrLove
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No.
Although the speed of my 2.5mbs may at times be equal or a tad faster than a 1mbs package, my peak reaches
quite often the 1800-2100 kbs limit (267 kB/s), especially fast sites with a low ping.
It pays to get a higher package than 1mbs. Not necessarily 4mbs, but there a also possibilities between that (2.5, 3). Besides the difference between a 1 and 2.5mbs is only a couple of hundred per month.
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Posted on: 6:23 am on April 15, 2005
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