Palatkik Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Has anyone experience of upgrading their ADSL account to a higher bandwidth for more money in Thailand? I just have the el cheapo 512kbs from CSLox and wondered if their advertised higher bandwidths are worth the extra cash, as I have heard never to trust advertised rates? Applies to all ISP's not just CSLox, but I am stuck with them already. The Mrs is complaining about the buffering of YouTube! Thanks for any feedback guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I'd suggest maybe going to 1 meg with lox info. but forget about 2 meg (which is what I have). I never get 2 meg and my connection stops and starts often. 1 meg seems more stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I am changing from 4 mg True to 1 mg of someone else (not sure yet who that will be) When I went from 1 mg with true to 4 mg I think it actually got slower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palatkik Posted January 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Appreciate the feedback guys, I will try 1MB CSLox next month if they allow me option to return to my current 512mbs plan if I am not satisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocThai Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 I had Buddy Broadband for three years in previous condo. 2mb worked great (average speed 1500). I also have a house in Khon Kaen with True Cable (1mb) and it it rocks. Moved to a new place in BKK a few months ago. It had True 1.5 mb and it was crap. Kept cutting out and slow etc. Owner changed to TOT line (1 mb) and it was not much better. Then she bumped it to 2 mb and still awful. Bottom line - if your building has old phone lines, etc, it doesn't matter what you choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Very good point when it comes to ADSL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Bottom line - if your building has old phone lines, etc, it doesn't matter what you choose. I don't think that's a problems of old or new phone lines, but of distance to the next DSL distribution box (or whatever this think is called) and the number of DSL lines using this box. We just moved our office within a city in Germany to a much more central location and to our disbelief our provider dumped us from a 16 Mbit line to a 3Mbit line, because there was no free line available anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Hi, Agree, distance from distribution box is very important. I'm quite far from mine and as a result cannot get anything over 1Mb. The 1Mb (from True) is pretty decent though and I can get up 100+Kb/s with torrents. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Quality of copper is a large issue in ADSL/ Crappy copper crappy line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocThai Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Exactly.. This is an older building with lousy copper lines. It is actually quite near a switching station. Everything about this building is miserable. As soon as I figure out if and how I can retrieve my security deposit I will bail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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