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Originally Posted by calmwithin
Hi everyone,
My TGF is just getting going on internet and wanting it at home. She lives near the big new mall in central Patong and has no home phone line (uses a cell). I've been reading here about TT&T, TOT, etc, and wonder this:
Are phone lines even available?
Whats the cost of dial-up and is it really so bad for a newbie?
Are used laptops at low price available?
She wants a computer too, and I'll go as far as sending her a used $200 USD ebay.com model, but, considering internet access costs and the computer, and her very neophite status, maybe she should just keep going to the cafe for awhile. I like that she wants to keep closely connected with me and in the privacy of her room, but considering the unknown bigger picture of her life that I can not know now.............
Any comments, suggestions, or advice? Thanks
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I'v had tt&t and TOT, they all got their problems, currently on TOT, 1024 service, speed tests within thailand
http://www.tttbroadband.com/meter.php ussualy give me around 800Kb's however when connecting to the UK or the states it's often slower. I have managed to get 5 meg download at one point whilst downloading a linux ISO, i actually took a screen shot i was so impressed, had just over 500/KB's for about 20 mins, which downloaded most of the 650 meg iso.
I'm going to look into this service, has anyone tried it
http://www.hutch.co.th/broadband/index_en.htm ?
3G, connection supported around most of thailand as far as I am aware.
Re: modems problems, i had a problem with the wireless netgear adsl router, where the connection simply stopped working, TOT said they had other people experience the same problem and didn't reccomend using this modem, however a firmware upgrade fixed the issue.
The netgear is by far the best one i'v used in thailand so far, ssh connections (or anything with a session) stay up well without dropping out.