General Reports

[Meaty]

I was asked by a co-worker who is traveling to Thailand and the Philippines with 5 friends next month a good question I do not have the answer for. One in the group has a bench warrant issued for him for a gross misdemeanor driving after cancellation here in the United States. His friends are not worried about him getting to Thailand, but when he clears US Customs on reentry into the United States, will he be arrested on this gross misdemeanor warrant?

Either way, tell him he'll be fine and with any luck he won't be.

[Buzz00]

Sean,

Edge where I use my machine is not compatible with my G3 phone...Orange uses a different set up but I can only assume that different countries and companies have different protocols.

And yes its great to have a card and get on-line from where ever. Whats good with the Nokia 6680 as I have said is that I can take a call while transmitting my material as sometimes need to co-ordinate with my connection in NYC during transmission.

Cheers.

[Freeler]

Yo Taz,

Lemme put it this way: STOP worrying about these holidays.
I've seen bars closed during elections, royal birthdays, Buddha days and what not and it never stopped me from gettin' laid.
Thailand is Thailand and there will always be women!

[Sean_Double]

[quote=buzz00]

all these cards and g3 phones are compatible with mac and pc. you might want to check out phones and cards that are compatible with gsm's system, which is different from edge - i use it and get speeds that are comparable to adsl.[quote]

yo buzz00,

i may be mistaken, but i think we are talking about the same thing.
edge is an acronym for "enhanced data rates for gsm evolution," the two edge cards that i have been using are complient with: gprs and edge, which is gsm.
i've found that the download speeds are comparable to the adsl speeds in the bkk internet shops, the upload speeds on the other hand vary and can be a bit slower.
there are newer, more tricked out cards that have just come out like the siera wireless 775 that is gprs, edge, hsdpa (read hutch in thailand), and doubles as a wi-fi card, but i've only seen a couple of these at pantip and were about 10,000 bht. the two that i field tested are cheaper, work well and can be picked up for about $50.00 on ebay. i'm interested in these cards because i sometimes work from thailand and need more mobility than a hotel or coffee shop wi-fi. i'm sure its not for everybody, but its nice to be able to take your laptop anywhere and after the outlay for the card its cheaper than about anything else.
cheers,
sean

[Taz Marine]

Ouch Freeler, I can’t believe you pulled the RTFF on me. I read that post before that’s how I already knew April 6th is Chakri day. Since it was asked about Mugha Bucha day I thought I would ask about Chakri day so I know what to expect when I’m there.

I stated that I read the forum last year around that time and didn’t see anything about bars being closed so I just wanted to double check.

[Freeler]

Thai holidays posted by ***********!

http://www.internationalsexguide.inf...799#post420799

[Taz Marine]

What about Chakri Day on April 6th? Is it business as usual. I’ve checked the forum around that time last year and there didn’t seem to be any interruption but since the topic of holidays was brought up, I thought I would ask.

Thanks,
Taz

[Coma Boy]

Appently there is a Thai National Holiday on Sunday, Feb. 12th.

Does any of the expats know, whether the bars, Nana, shops, weekend market, malls will be open?

Yeah, it is Mugha Bucha day, an important Buddhist holiday.

Shops and malls will be open as usual, but probably not the bars. Just plan ahead.

Think it falls on the 13th this year, as the 12th is a Sunday.

[JuiceSpike]

Poupard,

Report something instead of bitching. This is the general section so anyone can post whatever: Edge cards, phone company, the airport, pills to increase jaculation, the demise of the white woman, the weather, the exchange rates, winglets, ac adaptors, atm spots, blow jobs hot spots, doctors, hospitals, dentists, shopping, BTS, bus fares, bars, gilrs, beers, gogos, pussy, thai culture, taxi fares, how to, how not to, sim cards, seven elevens, soi 11, soi 4, etc., and dumbasses like you...

Buzz,

Thanks for all the info.

juices

[Buzz00]

... That what we are looking for on this site. Places, experiences, prices, comparison between girls, ... usefull information, not the common bullshit of many posts. A lesson for most of the members.

A lesson for you to buddy boy.

[Poupard2000]

... That what we are looking for on this site. Places, experiences, prices, comparison between girls, ... usefull information, not the common bullshit of many posts. A lesson for most of the members.

[Buzz00]

juice,

all these cards and g3 phones are compatible with mac and pc. you might want to check out phones and cards that are compatible with gsm's system, which is different from edge - i use it and get speeds that are comparable to adsl.

the best card on the market at the mo is the merlin made by novatel but i am not sure that you would find it in los.

http://www.novatelwireless.com/produ...rlin-v620.html

you might also take a look at the nokia 6680, which uses a usb 2 data cable or the later model, 6682 which i have and also accepts phone calls while hooked up to the internet.this is a g3 phone which works on both fast hook ups. small concilation is that the data cable is included in the package.

if you would like even more sophisticated hook ups then you can pick up a bgan sat phone for the paltry sum of $650.- depending on where you buy it.

the phone is around $450.- in los but the card might be more.

cheers

[ValeVincent]

Appently there is a Thai National Holiday on Sunday, Feb. 12th.

Does any of the expats know, whether the bars, Nana, shops, weekend market, malls will be open?

[JuiceSpike]

traveler123..4,

Yeah, macs are special just like us... Thanks for the info, I will check it out.

Sean,

Thanks for the info.

juices

[Traveler1234]

sean,

is the connection with the edge card fast speed and will this card work for a mac laptop?

thanks

juice

edge is considerable faster than gprs (the latter is like 14 kbps dial up modem, remember those days?). obviously wi-fi is much better but in a pinch, edge is good.

it will work on mac (luv it when i meet a fellow mac user), although i personally don't have experience - still use wi-fi as my mobile phone doesn't have either edge or bluetooth and my company pays for all internet when i travel. best bet is mobile phone that has both edge and bt (bluetooth) so no wires, etc.

a couple of sites that will give you more information and clearer instructions:

howardchui.com - sign up for forum, you'll see a bunch of forums that go into this.
apple.com > support > discussion - forums will also discuss this, do search for 'edge'
cnet.com - although that is usually more pc oriented.