Comments on: 3G’s Here, Why The Rush http://absolutelybangkok.com/3gs-here-why-the-rush/ The Portal for the Bangkok Connoisseur - The Elaborate & Profane of Big Mango Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:43:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jaded http://absolutelybangkok.com/3gs-here-why-the-rush/comment-page-1/#comment-10324 Jaded Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:40:05 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=7209#comment-10324 Roll on Feb 1. I don't mind paying a premium on AIS. It's better Thailand coverage and you are not funding the Democrats! The True tethering thing is interesting. I don't have it on my unlocked 3GS bought in Sydney. <em>(BD: The tethering is the reason why True tempts me. Tethering only works on "official", Apple-designated carriers. Well you can always jailbreak your iPhone, but I prefer smooth firmware upgrades. There are some scripts available on the net to activate tethering with an AIS or DTAC SIM card in the phone. Tried one script, didn't work.)</em> Roll on Feb 1. I don’t mind paying a premium on AIS. It’s better Thailand coverage and you are not funding the Democrats! The True tethering thing is interesting. I don’t have it on my unlocked 3GS bought in Sydney.

(BD: The tethering is the reason why True tempts me. Tethering only works on “official”, Apple-designated carriers. Well you can always jailbreak your iPhone, but I prefer smooth firmware upgrades. There are some scripts available on the net to activate tethering with an AIS or DTAC SIM card in the phone. Tried one script, didn’t work.)

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]]> By: Rich http://absolutelybangkok.com/3gs-here-why-the-rush/comment-page-1/#comment-10318 Rich Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:39:34 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=7209#comment-10318 I sit here with a TOT line struggling to get a consistent 1 Mbps, having migrated from True when I could only get the same as a 9600 Bps modem got me in 1989. And I am jealous. I sit here with a TOT line struggling to get a consistent 1 Mbps, having migrated from True when I could only get the same as a 9600 Bps modem got me in 1989.

And I am jealous.

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]]> By: Isaac http://absolutelybangkok.com/3gs-here-why-the-rush/comment-page-1/#comment-10315 Isaac Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:08:55 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=7209#comment-10315 I wouldn't get all hung up about not having 3G at 2100 MHz. 3G at 900 MHz and 850 MHz is just as fast, and has much better signal propagation characteristics (that is, better coverage, especially in fringe areas and in-building) than 3G at 2100 MHz. Telstra here in Australia have 3G at 850MHz (they call it NextG). It currently offers peak download speeds of 21 Mbps, and will be upgraded shortly to 42 Mbps. The service is so good that they get away with charging double what the competition charge. The only problem is handset availability. There are plenty of handsets available running 3G at 850MHz (thanks to AT&T in the U.S.) but not so many at 900MHz (up until recently only Australia, NZ, Finland and Thailand ran commercial services). Still, choose the right handset and you get a great service. I wouldn’t get all hung up about not having 3G at 2100 MHz.

3G at 900 MHz and 850 MHz is just as fast, and has much better signal propagation characteristics (that is, better coverage, especially in fringe areas and in-building) than 3G at 2100 MHz.

Telstra here in Australia have 3G at 850MHz (they call it NextG). It currently offers peak download speeds of 21 Mbps, and will be upgraded shortly to 42 Mbps. The service is so good that they get away with charging double what the competition charge.

The only problem is handset availability. There are plenty of handsets available running 3G at 850MHz (thanks to AT&T in the U.S.) but not so many at 900MHz (up until recently only Australia, NZ, Finland and Thailand ran commercial services). Still, choose the right handset and you get a great service.

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]]> By: Leosia http://absolutelybangkok.com/3gs-here-why-the-rush/comment-page-1/#comment-10310 Leosia Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:40:36 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=7209#comment-10310 I got the same package a few months ago. 3GS with 599 baht per month which includes unlimited data transfer over Wi-Fi, EDGE and 3G. Interestingly, True "forgot" to cancel my 250 baht per month Wi-Fi package which I had previously for my iPod touch/laptop. After complaining, they said the new package (599 per month) does not include laptop Wi-Fi access. An oxymoron if ever I heard one, since you can tether the iPhone to your laptop. As far as 3G is concerned I get the signal pretty much everywhere in Bangkok (and Hua Hin last weekend), but I certainly wouldn't call it fast. It's the same as the standard Wi-Fi signal - very slow. In fact, a month ago I was sitting in Starbucks in the new Central store complex in Pattaya. It was showing 3G and Wi-Fi but I couldn't access the internet at all. I got the same package a few months ago. 3GS with 599 baht per month which includes unlimited data transfer over Wi-Fi, EDGE and 3G. Interestingly, True “forgot” to cancel my 250 baht per month Wi-Fi package which I had previously for my iPod touch/laptop. After complaining, they said the new package (599 per month) does not include laptop Wi-Fi access. An oxymoron if ever I heard one, since you can tether the iPhone to your laptop.

As far as 3G is concerned I get the signal pretty much everywhere in Bangkok (and Hua Hin last weekend), but I certainly wouldn’t call it fast. It’s the same as the standard Wi-Fi signal – very slow. In fact, a month ago I was sitting in Starbucks in the new Central store complex in Pattaya. It was showing 3G and Wi-Fi but I couldn’t access the internet at all.

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]]> By: BangkokDan http://absolutelybangkok.com/3gs-here-why-the-rush/comment-page-1/#comment-10305 BangkokDan Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:23:23 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=7209#comment-10305 Well I'd be interest in a comparison how True benefits from a delayed 3G and AIS loses out. Anyone? Yes, True plays the "foreigner" card - AIS could have rolled out 2.5G faster. And AIS ... supporting Singapore's one-party regime? <a href="mailto:absolutelyBangkok@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">BangkokDan</a> Well I’d be interest in a comparison how True benefits from a delayed 3G and AIS loses out. Anyone?

Yes, True plays the “foreigner” card – AIS could have rolled out 2.5G faster.

And AIS … supporting Singapore’s one-party regime?

BangkokDan

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