Jump to content
Instructions on joining the Members Only Forum

Cheap-ass Wifi from 3BB - 10 cents a day


Recommended Posts

Anybody find a map locating the hot spots?

The 3BB site has a map with so many hotspots marked you cannot see the streets so there must be a lot.

 

I have no idea why there are 4 coming from Family Mart alone.

 

After 24 hours you are logged out but the minute you select the site or pick that hotspot again your web browser logs you back in again. That happened this morning.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Up to 10MB/sec

 

Up to is how they love to specify speed as that can also mean "not 10". Also data speeds are quoted in mb/s not MB/sec (megabits are 1/8 the volume of megabytes, or MB)

 

I tested with Apple this morning, who have big files and good servers and downloaded at 400 KB/sec (kilobytes) which is the same as 3,200 kilobits (kb) per second making it 3.2 mb/sec downloads which is not bad for here.

 

It also works fine with Torbrowser for those of you pornophiles, you can see Xhamster and the like and if you add in downloadhelper into the Tor browser you can download videos without the risk of using flash player which would reveal your actual IP address.

 

It is certainly faster and more consistently so than the RG network.

  • Upvote 1
Link to post
Share on other sites

Up to is how they love to specify speed as that can also mean "not 10". Also data speeds are quoted in mb/s not MB/sec (megabits are 1/8 the volume of megabytes, or MB)

 

I tested with Apple this morning, who have big files and good servers and downloaded at 400 KB/sec (kilobytes) which is the same as 3,200 kilobits (kb) per second making it 3.2 mb/sec downloads which is not bad for here.

 

It also works fine with Torbrowser for those of you pornophiles, you can see Xhamster and the like and if you add in downloadhelper into the Tor browser you can download videos without the risk of using flash player which would reveal your actual IP address.

 

It is certainly faster and more consistently so than the RG network.

Wouldn't that be 'M' not 'm' ? 'M' being the abbreviation for Mega, 'm' being used for milli.If I see 'mb'...I would think millibar.

All just too confusing, bits/bytes,Baud.......

Link to post
Share on other sites

What is the norm, though hardly cast in stone is mb is megabits. MB is megabytes. kb is kilobits, KB is kilobytes.

 

Baud used to be a proxy for bits per second but not realy, and a 56K baud modem was quite the device at one time, Today that is internet at .056 mb/sec, pretty pokey.

 

Japan and Korea allegedly have near 100 mb/sec internet via fibre as quite typical. Most in home LAN/ethernet networks are 100mb/sec so that would be internet as fast as a home network.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Thanks for 3BB WiFi info. I use 3bb ISP service in my condo, but was using the DTAC WiFi on a smartphone - 100 baht per 30 days with 20 hour limit total. I'll try the 3bb next month.

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
  • 2 months later...

Has anyone used this other than the OP? Not meaning to question the veracity of what he said - it is a useful post - but some supporting posts will be helpful.

Is the speed fine? Are there plenty of hotspots...

Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    No registered users viewing this page.

×
×
  • Create New...