General Reports

Gents;

The Nov. 2009 trip came to end after a two weeks Dream living in the BKK p4p scene lower soi Sukhumvit.

This is my 5th. Consecutive trip to BKK dating back 2007.

The only last trip in Nov, 2008 was totally disaster at the end when the PAD yellow shirts Close both Airports in BKK.

However, this year everything went smoothly and pleasant BKK at all aspect.

The slow economy takes a major affect from the hotel occupancy to the nightly crowd at NEP and soi Cowboy.

However, the Rainbows were still hold very well customers almost pack at everynight. The BF were still at 600baht.

Their ST. Is 2000 baht and LT is 4000 baht which were high comparing to others at 1500baht and 3000 baht.

The Japanese mongers are the Big customers in there and totally enjoy their strong Yen at the moment.

The USD is a weak exchage in the range 32.5 baht.

The BKK entertainments atmosphere were still the Same The new bar, Strikers, is on soi4 across Nana hotel, a decent clean and very good beer price on happy hour.

was shopping in panthip plaza yesterday and saw a usb broadband internet card for a promotional rate of $1300 baht for 60 hours which seemed like a decent price. the lady there told me speed was approx 180k , and could be used all over the country .

i have never seen one here before, and am assuming this works similar to the broadband air cards in the states and europe from the cell providers.

anyone have any experiences , good or bad?

[quote=nocal]was shopping in panthip plaza yesterday and saw a usb broadband internet card for a promotional rate of $1300 baht for 60 hours which seemed like a decent price. the lady there told me speed was approx 180k , and could be used all over the country .

i have never seen one here before, and am assuming this works similar to the broadband air cards in the states and europe from the cell providers.

anyone have any experiences , good or bad?[/quote]i have one, they are so slow. it makes me want to stab my eyes out from the pain of watching each screen load. the only thing it is good for is the airport. it does work pretty much anywhere.

normally i use a dtech prepaid card, 50thb for 3 hours. so your rates are either not bad if it comes with the card, or horrible if that price is for just the airtime.

its edge (which is 2.5g).

speed is about the same as 56k dial up.

true are doing 3g trials in bangkok, but outside of those area's you are limited to 2.5g only.

you can buy a card from ais or dtac.

ais is better if you are roaming to far off places, if you stay in the touristy places the ais or dtac is ok.

ais do and "internet sim" as do dtac.

some links :

[url]http://www.totalaircard.com/categories/internet-sim/[/url]



[url]http://www.thailandguru.com/internet-thailand-adsl-broadband-high-speed.html[/url]

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[quote=nocal]was shopping in panthip plaza yesterday and saw a usb broadband internet card for a promotional rate of $1300 baht for 60 hours which seemed like a decent price. the lady there told me speed was approx 180k , and could be used all over the country .

i have never seen one here before, and am assuming this works similar to the broadband air cards in the states and europe from the cell providers.

anyone have any experiences , good or bad?[/quote]

look, No need for a stupid air card or usb, nowadays most phones have modem capabilities.
Just change the SIM on your mobile when in Thailand, get AIS as they have promotions all the time (I believe now 20 hours GPRS use is 99thb).

Connect your Mobile to your Laptop via USB cable (usually comes with the phone) and voila... you are connected!

After a hard year of screwing off, eating, fucking, drinking and all around debauchery I am due for my yearly vacation. I decided this year 6 weeks of motorcycling around the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Good mongering requires one to be in tip top condition and I am certainly not. I would like to spend 2 weeks of my vacation in a health spa. I figure that is just what I need to kick the year off right. Does anyone have any information on spas/programs in either Thailand or the Philippines, like a "Fat Farm" I can attend? Any help is as always appreciated.

Martin from Cartagena

[QUOTE=NicFrenchy]look, No need for a stupid air card or usb, nowadays most phones have modem capabilities.
[b]Just change the SIM on your mobile when in Thailand[/b], get AIS as they have promotions all the time (I believe now 20 hours GPRS use is 99thb).

Connect your Mobile to your Laptop via USB cable (usually comes with the phone) and voila... you are connected![/QUOTE]

This is key. Otherwise you too may end up with a 130K baht phone bill. :(

[quote=nocal]was shopping in panthip plaza yesterday and saw a usb broadband internet card for a promotional rate of $1300 baht for 60 hours which seemed like a decent price. the lady there told me speed was approx 180k , and could be used all over the country .

i have never seen one here before, and am assuming this works similar to the broadband air cards in the states and europe from the cell providers.

anyone have any experiences , good or bad?[/quote]
usb 'cards' are widely launcehd in europe by any provider.
i am not entering the rate debate as it requires a full isg size forum itself. but some providers do sell the usb connector at a price around 70€ then you buy the contract with a sim to be isnerted in the usb stick.
it is just a different tool from the prevìous generations of pc cards. so they are going to replace those cards.
a quite common rates are 20€ for 100 monthly hrs of internet connection in your own country (by slots of 15 min, so if you switch off at the 17th minute it is like you consumed 30 min.

But, it will not get you the best package.

Which is why the likes of AIS has an "Internet Sim".

You buy and Internet Sim for a few baht and put it into you USB Dongle, you get the cheapest and largest package for Internet but standard calls are expensive.

Then you have a normal Sim in your phone which is more expensive for Internet (but you are not using it) and gives the cheap rate for normal calls.

Best of "both worlds".

[QUOTE=NicFrenchy]look, No need for a stupid air card or usb, nowadays most phones have modem capabilities.

Just change the SIM on your mobile when in Thailand, get AIS as they have promotions all the time (I believe now 20 hours GPRS use is 99thb).

Connect your Mobile to your Laptop via USB cable (usually comes with the phone) and voila. You are connected![/QUOTE]

[quote=the scout]those in need of internet because you have none or bad internet or the hotel charges daily... i bought a truemove sim card from 7-11 for 49 baht. then activated and topped up for 600 baht to get the 599 unlimited 3g for a month (for 799 the wifi spots will be included). works in bkk and patong. when in pattaya you'll probably get the 2g network. you can tether your phone as a modem or buy a dongle at an it place for about 3000 baht.

speeds are decent. 1-2mbps down, 300kbps up. i've been using it for a solid 10 hours and haven't been disconnected.

see coverage areas here
[url]http://www.truemove.com/en/05_service_3g_3.html[/url]

my speed tests
[url]http://speedtest.ookla.com/result/682775219.png[/url]
[url]http://speedtest.ookla.com/result/682796085.png[/url]
[url]http://www.speedtest.net/result/625383169.png[/url]
[url]http://www.speedtest.net/result/627225958.png[/url][/quote]my truemove 3g card works outside of patong. it works down in kata and it's not listed on the site as a coverage area. still getting the same speeds as before. working for the beach is pretty sweet! can't wait to see if this works in pattaya and jomtien.

[url]http://speedtest.ookla.com/result/697151679.png[/url]

after the official launch of 3g in thailand i'd expect to see them put 'limited transfers' (1-2 gigs a month) with overage fees similar to cambodia, especially if they're only charging 599 baht per month.

i haven't used my shitty unreliable tot adsl since i got this sim card. i'm thining of using it in my phone soon (instead of ais 12call) for phone calls, sms, 3g, and then tether my phone to my netbook as a modem.

I want to use my "old" edge network iphone in Thailand. I took it with me in October and the wireless generally worked, but I didn't unlock the phone or get a SIM card or anything.

Is it possible to get my old phone unlocked so I can buy a SIM card once I arrive in Thailand (or can I buy one here?). So I can use my iphone in Thailand with a SIM # there. And still have the wirless internet surfing capacity? P.S. When I went to Thailand a few months ago, the wireless internet on this phone worked fine, but, since I left my new 3G phone home, of course, the phone service wasn't hooked up on the old phone so I had no phone service.

I'm thinking using a SIM card on the old phone and having it unlocked is better than taking my new phone and risk losing it and also having to pay for some sort of international plan and roaming plan for internet usage which would get expensive, right?

If it is a good idea to get it unlocked, is that something I should do in Thailand or here? Thanks for the responses. I'm not too up on these things.

I just want a phone to use while in Thailand and if I can surf wireless, too, with the old iphone and put a sim in it. Why not?

[QUOTE=Redfield10]I want to use my "old" edge network iphone in Thailand. I took it with me in October and the wireless generally worked, but I didn't unlock the phone or get a SIM card or anything.[/QUOTE]

Try this link. I successfully unlocked my old iPhone and now use it in China. It's written for the Mac, but the PC version of the SW should work the same way.

[url]http://www[/url]. iclarified .com/entry/index.php?enid=1557

Dear All,

My friends and I will be taking a 2-week vacation in Pattaya and Bangkok beginning 8 Dec 2009. Since we will be in the country for 2 weeks, we would like to obtain Thailand Pre-paid mobile lines.

Our questions are:

(1) which mobile service provider has the widest coverage with good signal?

(2) which telecommunication shop in Pattaya (our first destination) would you recommend us to go OR should we just purchase them at Bangkok International airport?

(3) usually what is the minimum credit limit allow?

Thanks in advance for your kind assistance.

Cheers
normad2020

[QUOTE=Normad2020]Dear All,

My friends and I will be taking a 2-week vacation in Pattaya and Bangkok beginning 8 Dec 2009. Since we will be in the country for 2 weeks, we would like to obtain Thailand Pre-paid mobile lines.

Our questions are:

(1) which mobile service provider has the widest coverage with good signal?

(2) which telecommunication shop in Pattaya (our first destination) would you recommend us to go OR should we just purchase them at Bangkok International airport?

(3) usually what is the minimum credit limit allow?

Thanks in advance for your kind assistance.

Cheers
normad2020[/QUOTE]


I normally get mine from a stand at the aiport I use 12call never had any problems you can also them at the 7/11s

On the ATM charges, it seems the only reliable one is Bank of Ayudhya (Krungsiri), the Yellow ATM's.

All machines are now either free with 0 charge, or 15 baht.

No Yellow ones I have found in various places and cities are the old 150 baht charge.

However, all the other banks, including SCB who said they were going to 15 baht, that I have tried still have 150 baht charges.

Use the Yellow ones with your Visa DEBIT (not credit) card.