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Originally Posted by thomas.t
I have a few questions about internet in Phuket:
1) How relaible and fast is the best internet? When it rains and when it is not.
2) What company offer this package?
3) Is it still difficult to get phone lines installed? Last time I lived there I had to buy another persons phone number.
4) Is the internet better in certain areas than others?
5) Is there any cheap hotel with good wifi where I could stay while I am looking for a house?
Hope you guys can help me!
Thanks!
1) I hardly ever get disconnect with my TT&T 2mbit premier adsl. some people say the internet goes down when it rains but i have more trouble with electricity than internet. though UPS takes care of that. never lost a pot because internet died
2) My main internet is TT&T premier package and 2/1Mbit. I can download 320kb/s though so i think they have upgraded this to 3mbit. I am paying the 2mbit price though (1090baht/month).
I have CDMA aircard as back-up. it is reliable enough to have as main internet too. there's a cat telecom office in 2nd floor in central to get cdma.
3) in rawai where i live i had to wait like 7 weeks before i got my own telephone number&adsl. my landlord bought the number for me in this case too. i am not sure which other areas have this problem.
4) some areas are not covered with TT&T but only TOT which I have heard (mainly from newteabag) is much worse than tt&t. so i guess if you can't have tt&t in your house it might be worse area
5) dunno. CDMA works everywhere in thailand except bangkok so get that as back-up internet (and main internet when you are travelling etc). it is pretty expensive to buy (5-10k as new) and monthly cost is 850 baht. but if you need to have a connection ready 24/7 i guess extra 30 bucks a month is worth it