Internet connections

[Dean0 0]

Hi ! has anyone any suggestions for internet connection. I am moving out of Pattaya, to a house I have got about 20 mins away. I currently stay in Pattaya and use the hotels WIFI etc.

 

I was thinking of getting a dongle - are they any good out here ? I have a 3G one that I use in the UK, which is ok but I dont think they have that here.

 

Then somebody said that if I was getting UBC/True Vision, that they do a internet package - maybe you need a phone line for that though, which I don't have.

 

So wondered how every body else manages out in the sticks, so to speak ?

 

I would appreciate any advice - don't want to be buying stuff that doesn't work etc.

 

Kind Regards

 

Deano

[jacko 8,866]

Hi ! has anyone any suggestions for internet connection. I am moving out of Pattaya, to a house I have got about 20 mins away. I currently stay in Pattaya and use the hotels WIFI etc.

 

I was thinking of getting a dongle - are they any good out here ? I have a 3G one that I use in the UK, which is ok but I dont think they have that here.

 

Then somebody said that if I was getting UBC/True Vision, that they do a internet package - maybe you need a phone line for that though, which I don't have.

 

So wondered how every body else manages out in the sticks, so to speak ?

 

I would appreciate any advice - don't want to be buying stuff that doesn't work etc.

 

Kind Regards

 

Deano

Dongles aren't the thing yet, particularly the 3G type you get in the UK. A company called Hutch does supply them.

You can connect to the mobile network / internet by plugging your phone into a computer's USB and have EDGE or GPRS. Pretty slow. I read somewhere 3G may start rolling out next year.

 

Is there a phone line nearby where you are moving to?

Who is the supplier (TOT, TT&T or CAT).....

 

I am miserable with TOT supplying my internet but nobody else covers here, someone living nearby is quite happy with them, but they live in a village and carry more clout perhaps, they piss me around when I complain and their service people are lazy and poorly trained.

 

If you do not have a phone line you can get one wired if you pay, you have to find out if your area is serviced by each supplier.

Choose well as it is painstaking to change.

Edited December 22, 2010 by jacko

[Malakor 17]

A friend of mine lives near that floating market place and has Hutch wireless for his laptop. About 1.5Mbs on average.

[mmaaarrrkkk 41]

Pretty slow. I read somewhere 3G may start rolling out next year.

 

Last I heard , the telcos are fighting it out in the courts! TIT

[Bazle 1,514]

Dongles aren't the thing yet, particularly the 3G type you get in the UK. A company called Hutch does supply them.

You can connect to the mobile network / internet by plugging your phone into a computer's USB and have EDGE or GPRS. Pretty slow. I read somewhere 3G may start rolling out next year.

A Thai girl I keep in contact with uses a dongle (sounds like a sex toy!) and has a notebook computer. That is adequate for her and me to have Skype calls, although often the connection is lost 2 or 3 times. (No 'phone involved.)

Edited December 23, 2010 by Bazle