Internet Issues

[sandman67]

I read a report on the internet network infrastructure in Thailand and its complete lack of any form of coherent or effective management by the ISPs involved in the BKK Post last year.

It was written by two farang ex-network analysts who concluded that the hard infrastructure is only partially to blame. The ISPs do not run and manage the network in any way comparable to the way it is done in Europe and the US, and the report also concluded that their work identified serious security loopholes that leave the networks wide open to abuse by "hackers". One recommendation was that no-body should use the Thai netwrk to conduct any form of e-commerce as your details are wide open to interception and cloning at multiple points within the system. They could identify no signs of active traffic management by ISPs, and also saw signs that any international traffic volume/spped improvements offered by the new SE Asia/Pacific cabling had been choked off by the CAT choke chain on all foreign traffic.

They also had some worries around the monkeying around with the network traffic that the ICT indulge in. Again data security was a major issue.

It made pretty grim and scary reading.

I now routinely encrypt all work and business comms with 128bit AXCrypt encryption software.

And funnily enough after two weeks the Post seemed to delete it from their archives..... I wish I d kept a copy.

Caveat Emptor HHF chums

[richard]

Well the good news is what with the Jazz festival and the rains the kids are not in the internet cafes and my download speed is on a high

[dizzythumps]

Looks like they have finally sorted out my internet problems - I think it was the 15 phone calls in one day that did it

[Name Taken]

Looks like they have finally sorted out my internet problems - I think it was the 15 phone calls in one day that did it

[margaretcarnes]

Just a little off track, but it isn't only Thailand where telecomms can be corrupt and controlling.
One of my pet gripes is with the UKs' Kingston Communications, the Hull based company which has operated independantly of British Telecomm here since the year dot. Which worked fine until computers and mobiles came along.
Now they have such a stranglehold on their own areas' business that it is impossible to use any other ISP there. They don't need to bypass any laws - simply ask way too much money for any other company to operate there, which acts as an effective deterrent.
As a result I am having to leave BT and sign up with Kingston Comms,with BT charging an early contract termination fee on their broadband provision which would feed a Thai family of 10 for a month.

[richard]

I blame the vikings

[Dr Mike]

it is widely known that theso-called Hua Hin wide, internet access is unreliable and patchy--a question--Does it ever work any time anywhere?