frostfire

True is much better so far. I have had to call twice, and both times the issue was fixed quickly - tho that was Internet, not TV... but same company, and same call center number, so it should be the same for both. I never had a communication problem with Sophon... they always understood what the problem was... they just didnt fix it for a falang. every time I tried I got nothing. Then a Thai person calls and its fixed within hours. Seems a pretty cut and dried case to me, but... well who knows.

Doolish I think you misunderstood the OP... Or I did perhaps. I read it as he is unhappy with the SERVICE for english speaking customers, and to that I can fully attest. I had them when I first moved to Thailand, and we had issues 2 times... both times I was given promises that were not fulfilled or just pushed off and told to expect a call back that never came. When I had a Thai friend call, the problem was fixed in hours. They are quite racist in their call center I think. No such problems with True so far.

I have TRUE, and while its not cheap, I have no complaints about the quality or the service so far. If your stuck on paying 3k a year tho, forget about it lol. The silver package is 500 baht per month, and gold (which I have) is 1500 baht per month. There is a higher package with more sports, but I dont remember the price. Maybe 2k a month? Anyway - for $45 a month (1500 baht) I cant complain. Frosty

Well, it seems obvious that this was either a huge coincidence... or Roland is back in town

Ok this is weird. I always throw my change on my desk, then after it piles up to the point where its annoying, I collect it and put it in a drawer that I keep full of change and 20 baht notes until its full. Well, today I decided to do one of these migrations... its about 2 weeks worth of change or so, maybe 3... and theres not a single 10 baht coin in the lot. About 200 5 baht coins, but no 10 baht at all. I thought... strange. So I just went to the store, and my change was 31 baht... a 20, 2 5's and a 1. I asked if she have 10 baht and she said, no hab. So... anyone else noticing that? Whats up with it? Did 10 baht coins get archived for some reason? Or is this just a weird coincidence?

How about we tweak this discussion to a "why do the other pattaya boards suck so much" type topic? Much more interesting

So many jokes come to mind... Lets see who can come up with the best one to fit this story: http://usnews.msnbc....with-fix-a-flat

Ya, the lenses are spendy buggers. Not the best price to be found likely, but not a rip off, and looks to have been kept in great shape.

I'm sorry, but thats one of the stupidest things I have ever read. Sure, there are some fairly gifted hackers out there... But to suggest that the FBI does not have techies that are just as smart and just as talented is just stupid. On top of that... I challenge you to name one - ONLY one - VPN or proxy provider or lets make this easy - a VPN/Proxy provider OR any other method you can think of, that would keep your connection private from law enforcement. Only one. I have been in the IT industry for many years, and count myself as a expert in TCP/IP communications... and I cannot think of any way that would be foolproof. As to the FBI not having power to get the info they want... thats just as dumb. Just about every country in the world (with very very few exceptions) have policies in place to deal with international information requests from law enforcement. In most cases, the request to the ISP does not come from the FBI - it comes from that countries government, security service or whatever they have. Thailand for instance has the Ministry of Information - which will share info with the USA quickly and easily when needed. The long and the short of it is: if you do something illegal online, there WILL be logs that can point right to you. Those logs may or may not ever be looked at.. but they will exist. Here's a little thought to keep you busy. Lets say you open a VPN tunnel from Thailand to Russia, then do something illegal to a computer in the USA. In order to establish the VPN tunnel your computer must make a request across many routers... for me for instance to hit Moscow its 23 routers. Then from Russia to the USA its an additional number - tho less, probably 10 or so. Thats 30 different computers that can potentially log a footprint of your traffic. After the VPN tunnel is established most routers cannot read the data being transferred, but they CAN read the fact that it was transferred, where it came from and where its destination was. Even if the VPN logs at the VPN provider were deleted, the ISP of the VPN provider could use timestamps to check their logs. And the international carrier could do the same. Its a lot of work, but its not very hard work. Its stupid to think that you can get away with anything on the internet these days. Use your friends computer. Much better that way

And check for Joey. Talked to him tonight

Check

Name and shame :)

I fixed your URL for ya... you mis-spelled xzone (you had pattayaxzome.com, which was a dead link).

Not a issue for me... and Paps is known to be bi-sexual here...

That would be me, by the way. :) I didn't see this post, or rather did not recognize it was from you, or I would have answered here. The "lady" in question was Cake, by the way - for any interested parties :) hehe

Actually. no. The reason we had such downtime is that we changed the actual DNS server listing for the domain, which takes quite a bit of time. On the port back I will do it a bit different. First off, I already changed the TTL of all our DNS entries to 900 seconds (15 minutes). This means that if I change the IP address of the A records for Pattayatalk.com to point back at the old server, everybody will be moved (with only very very few exceptions) within 15 minutes. I will do that first... there is no need to immediately move your DNS back to your server... we can do that after a few hours, then everybody will be moved and there will be no downtime for DNS changes, since the records on both sides will be the same (no change = no propagation necessary). And yes, I did learn quite a bit about IPB and windows... the reason it took 5-6 hours was a single (fucking) setting.. one little checkbox that was hidden in admin. Once I found it, everything was fine :) Lesson learned.

Ok, Pattayatalk.com is now up and running on a temporary server that we can use until the datacenter port is done. There are some issues however... for instance if you try to click on a thread that is members only and your not logged in, it will give a error instead of taking you to the login form. I will try solving that one tomorrow. Pretty sure adding images is broken too... not tested that yet, but think I have to set special permissions for that. Again, tomorrow. Any other errors, please list them here and I will get to them tomorrow as well.

Looks like fair pricing. What area for the free drop off and pick up?

Love this part of the story: lol

Ok, So we went there on the barcrawl last night... and the prices were back in line with what they were before now. Was still the most expensive SML of the night at 135 baht, but at least its not way out of the ballpark at 150. The lineup was... well, lacking. One really cute showgirl, and 2 dancers that were passable cute... the rest were quite plain. The entertainment was almost as it was before... Would have been better with 2 good looking show girls instead of just the one lol. But its always been up and down in that department at Xzone. Lady drinks were 130 I think? Either 130 or 135 - I was already a bit mow. Again, high but not out of sight anymore. All in all, I may go back if I am in the area... but not sure I would make a special trip out there even just from FLB unless I hear that the lineup improves, which I am sure it will with time (hopefully). Out of the 5 bars we went to, Xzone had the 2nd worst lineup - beat out only by Rhino, which had the crappiest lineup I have seen in a gogo in months lol. Spent the whole time in there reading news

In fairness thats the only time thats happened there.. tho I still stay away just in case LOL. I think its funny too how he has been slamming FLB lately as a one of the most violent bars in pattaya (supposedly). Not sure how he justifies that... I dont think theres been a fight there at all in years, and the last one was drunken idiot customers feeling obnoxious... started the fight, then got arrested. Theres a youtube video if it somewhere.

Thats why I havnt found issue with it lol. I know they are high... not the bars fault.

Try a SML with lime. Its as close as you can get. Those are always expensive in Thailand. 180 in most places. Way too high :/

Agreed Still a bit on the high side for Walking Street (or rather, off walking street), but more reasonable anyway. At least not completely out of the ballpark anymore :) And well done owning up to using multiple accounts. Honesty is always appreciated.

Well, when you take it out of context like that, sure. Anything can sound strange out of context. Read the post I replied to first and it makes perfect sense. The idiot tried to call me a cheap Charley all side-ways like, which was really stupid, considering who I am and how much money I spend on entertainment each month. I do not and will not pay LDOP prices on anything, including 150 baht beers and 140 baht lady drinks, but I spend a shitload of money on normal priced of both. Just a couple nights ago my checkbin in Mistys broke 6k - and they are one of the better priced places in town (especially considering their awesome lineup). I enjoy having fun and watching the girls have fun, but not being screwed by high drink prices. Good to know. So... why were you posting under both names then? Just curious. It seems you did the same thing on other boards too. It would be nice if you stop ignoring the questions you don't want to answer and only answer the ones you think you can walk sideways around. If you ever want the expats to return to your place - which you will need to stay in business no matter what you think - you need to start taking responsibility for your posts (all of them), and for your changes. Drink prices went WAY up, both for customers and lady drinks, and claiming that they did not is not going to get you anywhere. We all know what they were and what they are now. You have started in the right direction by lowering lady drink prices from 140 to 125 (it was 140, no matter you saying it was 130. I do know how to read a check bin). Now simply change the beer prices to be 120-125 like they are everywhere else, and I will return one day - as will most expats. Ignore this if you want (your good at that).