Quote:
Assuming this is still the best back up internet? If so my first priority will be setting this up after I land. Where exactly can I go that's convenient. We'll be hanging out in BKK for at least a few days after landing and I want this set up by the first or 2nd day.
Whether or not it will be good for you depends pretty much entirely on how close you are to a cell phone tower. I am less than 1km from the tower so it's great for me. You can see the coverage areas on the Truemove website. It doesn't cost much to try it out assuming you have a smartphone, the sim is only around 200 baht and the 90 baht package will be fine for testing the connection.
You can buy the dongles and sim from any Truemove shop which are located in shopping centres all around Thailand. You can top up credit everywhere, and to buy the data package you enter the USSD code into your phone once you have sufficient credit.
E.G if you wanted the 349 baht plan, you would first go buy 400 baht worth of credit (have to allow for 7% vat so the actual cost is around ~370 baht.) You top up your phone with 400 baht by entering the code on the paper they print out for you, then to buy the package you would enter *900*43# into the phone's keypad and dial. Shortly after you will get a confirmation message.
Then, if you are using the dongle, you would have to take the sim out of your phone, put it in the dongle, and stick that in the USB hub of your PC. Or you can just tether from your phone.