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Originally Posted by LivinLOS
AT&T.. Erm.. They run lines from the states now ??
Doint think you can get CAT out in Kathu.. Phuket town and Patong I know you can.. Karon Kata I havent heard..
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Kathu is a maybe if you are close to Central or down to north of the Chalong Circle. Give the CAT office your address. If they think you are in the coverage area, they will send people out to check your actual location. If yes, they will get a crew out in a couple weeks to run the new line. Currently it is free install Friendly and helpful staff.
In general going cheap on internet = big headache. Don't do it. Pay the money.
For TT&T, get the Net Cafe 1 Mbps package from JI-Net for 2600 Baht. Not cheap but generally very stable with about 770-820 kbps (~94-105KBps) throughput. Great for downloads or Video Skyp / Vonage. It is less stable when they are about to upgrade. That is happening right now. There isn't traffic shaping or blocked ports. Support is awesome. Once when someone cut the fiber to Phuket (carefull with that backhoe), they followed-up by calling from Bangkok just to confirm it was working again for me, even though they could already see traffic on my port. Suck on that TOT!
2.4 Mbps is the theoretical maximum for EVDO (the CAT "DO" wireless solution). In reality if you are averaging 500Kbps then you are doing well. It is good for web surfing. But the latency for forming connections is higher than ADSL. That means it isn't well suited to VoIP and your torrents will ramp up slower than normal. If you are very mobile or if it is your only option, then it is a godsend. Can't beat the current promotion. After you pay 15,900 for the card it is free until the end of April 2007. Macbook Pro users note: It isn't compatible with your ExpressCard slot. Older macs, it will work but update your OS as there is now native support with 10.4.8.
My friend has it and he is happy with it. Keep in mind that the card is not refundable and coverage can be a little spotty in some areas.
LivinLOS: On EVDO, there are now routers where you can plug in the card and then feed your WAN or WLAN. However I think this is an Internet order. D-Link makes one in partnership with Kyocera. It is the "Kyocera KR1 Mobile Router". You could then use a dual WAN router to combine your DO and TOT connections. Mine is on order.
If anyone is interested in combining multiple high-speed connections, I could post on this in a week or so.