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Another possibility is the internet service is noting use of utorrent and given such users have been recognized as heavy users, they get throttled back when such packets are identified on an ultra high speed service. This would not be service inadequacy per se. Many services do this all over the world. You can surf on this to investigate workarounds. eMule, perhaps. Or maybe some utorrent camouflaging plugin.

Shilo, I think there is a uTorrent based limit on downloads if the person is not doing original seeding. It may have nothing to do with your link. The utorrent people do this to get more content available.

At this particular point in time, there might be merit in addressing the question in two parts, rather than one. Rather than looking into "Is it a good idea to buy rental property in Pattaya?" maybe a different question might be better to ask, namely . . . "Will I know the answer to that question better one or two years from now?" Meaning, investment decisions always have three answers. Not two. It's not Yes or No. It's Yes, No and maybe later.

I missed this thread when it was more active. My only comment is to caution guys to greatly de-emphasize their personal experience with regard to inflation and more or less almost anything else. This is not the world we all grew up in and I think the odds are very poor that it will ever return to what it was. If the future is to be devastated by scarce oil, then there will be no economic growth anywhere in the world -- and oddly, despite the scarcity of oil, probably not much inflation. If that is what unfolds, then the focus should be on safety because crime will be rampant from the

Continued excellent data. The problem with discussion like this on this board is that far too often it turns into "I don't do that, I do this! I do that!" And then there's argument about what the poster should or should not be doing and criticism of what makes him comfortable and it's more or less insane. This is an excellent presentation of what a 1000 pounds per month lifestyle looks like in Jomtien and it's valuable. I'll bet somewhere along the way someone is going to have an idea of how some specific something can be found cheaper elsewhere. That doesn't criticize a choice.

Stole your aftershave? Did you call the UK embassy? This is an act of war!

Very good data. 1000 pounds a month and then detail. Very good. Could you add just a bit about how much of a drinker you are? And how many girls a week. Not how much you spend but how many beers a night. That sort of thing. You can drink and grab women however much you like. I think it might be useful to know how much of that defines the 1000 pounds a month lifestyle. And one trip out of country in that six month period. Also very good data defining the lifestyle of 1000 pounds a month. Thanks.

There are many threads on search about this. They cover the subject extensively.

I'm not going to get into the argument of who gets good advice where. I am curious about an aspect of Thai real estate (condos). Namely, insurance. Anyone ever have a place burn down and make a successful claim? What are the Thai insurer ratings and regulatory processes that ensure the insurer isn't collecting premiums with no intent ever to cover claims?

If they already have it, then its cost is X per year and gets added to the rest of the cost of living per year. If they think they don't need it, then its cost is 0 + the amortized yearly average of all medical expenses they will ever have. Theoretically the first number will be greater than the second averaged among all the people, since the company makes a profit. Anyway, it would be nice to know the going rate for health care insurance for CM expats.

FYI, it's not the cold. Plenty of them in Alaska. It's wind. That's why fans work. There isn't much horsepower in a mosquito engine so when the wind speed is up to about 7 mph, they go to the ground and stay there. Wind blows, no mosquitos. Fan blows, ditto. Air con is cold, but it also has a blower.

Keeping an eye on this thread for the always elusive present price of healthcare insurance.

Do more than just your homework on this. Look past numbers that are quoted, because many are wishful thinking at best, and outright lies at worst. There is an enormous disconnect between sales and engineering. It's almost inconceivable that you could have enough surface area in panels to power air conditioning. The technology just is not there yet, and frankly, physics being what it is, it may never be there. Don't think in terms of payback. Think in terms of possible.

I will have to apologize to the UK BMs here. I was vaguely aware that there was a requirement that they buy annuities in some time window, but it slipped my mind and I spent all my time trashing the concept in general -- which derived from the US centric perspective. Let me grab out quotes from the comments above: That's from utip and I'm not going to say I disagree, but let's examine it closely. We're talking about M62's situation which can be summed up as age 58 and smokes like a chimney. No offense. :) Here's the thing. The magical 4% derives from history (whi

No reason to destroy your post. You have offered superb input for this topic and it's a topic that can be valuable for the guys on this board. I try to keep in mind on this board that there are many UK folks reading, so this topic can be examined in a non-US centric way. I also think in terms of many BMs having spent their lives supporting a family by welding or doing machine tooling or other blue collar work that did not require them to do sums in their brains every day. They could be reading this. These guys didn't sit on their asses on the dole their whole lives. They went out and