sattelite internet access in Thailand?

[Palatkik]

>see if you can't use gprs(gsm2.5)

 

 

 

I think the original question was for access near Nongkhai? They don't have it up that way afaik as of now according to latest coverage maps on web.

 

 

 

Cheers,

[adikgede]

" see if you can't use gprs(gsm2.5)

 

 

 

I think the original question was for access near Nongkhai? They don't have it up that way afaik"

 

Pala

 

 

 

Yes I read the original question and I am no more certain that he has access to gprs services than I am that he can turn off inline images in his browser or set up a proxy that is why predicated my remarks with "you should be able to" and "see if you can."

 

 

 

Are you trying to be helpfull or are you trying to be a pill?

 

 

 

The map that Palatkik referred to above is at:

 

http://www.mobilelife.co.th/mLIFE/gprs/e/coverage/coverage.html

 

and lists the areas where gps is available as:

 

 

 

Bangkok and Vicinity Area, Upper Central : Bangkok, Nontaburi,

 

Pathumthani, Samuthprakarn, Ayuthaya, Lopburi, Singburi, Angtong, and

 

Sraburi

 

 

 

North : Chiang Mai, Maehongsorn, Lampun

 

 

 

North East : Nakornratchasima

 

 

 

East : Chonburi, Pattaya, Rayong, Chachaengsrao

 

 

 

West : Nakornpathom, Samuthsongkram, Samuthsakorn, Ratchaburi,

 

Petchaburi, PrachPachaupkeereekhan

 

 

 

South : Phuket, Hatyai, Pangnga, Songkhla

 

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Off on a tangent:

 

AIS mentions gprs as a VAS for roamers on their network here:

 

http://www.ais900.com/e/public/ir/network4.shtml

 

 

 

AG

[Guest]

I am going to try out the IP Star service which costs 20,000 baht to instal and 5000 baht for 3 gig or 8000 baht for 7.5 gig.

 

 

 

I am aware that this facility where one has both the satellite download and upload service for domestic use is available in the States but assumed it was not generally available elsewhere.

 

 

 

Am I a bit behind the times or is this service that CS is offering fairly radical?

 

 

 

I would appreciate any feedback from anyone who has already been down this route and the one thing I am still trying to establish is whether these quoted prices include International bandwidth.

[Guest]

The URL provided by thinkstbkk has a link to CS Internet. C.S. Communications Company Limited, a joint venture between Shinawatra Satellite and the Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT).

 

 

 

I wonder if this iPTV http://www.cscoms.com/en/product/iptv_system.html system is the one that Mr. Thaksin would be using in his Tambon Internet project, a project to provide an Internet connection the country?s 7,000 Tambons.

 

 

 

According to the Bangkok Post http://scoop.bangkokpost.co.th/bkkpost/2001/october2001/bp20011023/news/23oct2001_news14.html the government has already begun to distribute computers to many Tambons as part of establishing this service.

 

 

 

In regards to the iPSTAR (also a CS Internet service) that PHIIJAMES refers to: http://www.cscoms.com/en/product/ipstar.html ?The first generation user Terminal is expected to be available in year 2001.? ?The Company intends to launch the first iPSTAR Broadband Satellite ("iPSTAR-1") in 2003.?

 

 

 

If Tambons are already establishing Internet service via satellite it would be interesting to find out where and make a visit if convenient to see what the setup is and how well it works. Just a thought?.bahnawk

 

 

[rickfarang]

From the illlusration on the iPTV web page (http://www.cscoms.com/en/product/iptv_system.html s), information from the home to the internet starts out via telephone. That makes the service fairly marginal for those of us who have to use GSM cellphones on AIS for the uplink. I'm starting to think that it might be worth it to move to Nong Khai and find a house in a neighborhood that has DSL

 

 

 

At least the answers are falling into place.

 

 

 

 

 

RickF