True Fiber Optic Broadband

[m_right]

Does True publish a TV schedule anyplace? I get lost on the various True (TrueVision, TrueMove, TrueMove-H, TrueOnline) web sites.

Here ya go:

http://www.truevisionstv.com/trueworld. ... k=0&mode=3

[Big Boy]

My road has been getting wired for True for a couple of weeks now. I've just spent the last 15 minutes sat on my porch watching the man from True doing the latest bit in the wiring up production line.

He's been connecting the wire that would come into my house if I were to subscribe, to the main line up the street. I found it fascinating that they don't actually join the wires as you would electrical cabling (please remember that I don't do anything so technical as DIY). All they did was strip the outer protection off both the feeder cable and main cable and bolted them together side by side. Both inner wires are now fully exposed to the elements - the only protection on about a 12" stretch of wire, is the clamp where they bolted the lines together, and 2 half inch metalic securing straps/tapes. It made me wonder why they protect the cable at all.

Is this normal, or are they installing something destined to fail?

Not very good, but here's a photo of what they've just done:

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[poosmate]

This is fiber optic cable not wire.

[Big Boy]

Yes, I understand that much. But if it doesn't need a sheath, why put one on it at all? Additionally, the cable touches where it's bolted together, but sitting here now, I can see daylight between the wires. It looks such a poor job, that I thought I'd ask the question. I guess your reply is telling me not to be so stupid

[Nereus]

Yes, I understand that much. But if it doesn't need a sheath, why put one on it at all? Additionally, the cable touches where it's bolted together, but sitting here now, I can see daylight between the wires. It looks such a poor job, that I thought I'd ask the question. I guess your reply is telling me not to be so stupid

Not a stupid question at all. I have been long away from it, but when I was involved with equipment that fibre optic was used for carrying control signals, it needed both special "joining" accessories, and a technician that was trained and experienced with installing it.

As posted previously, I have fibre optic in my Soi, and the fibre optic part of the installation is just the "trunk" cable that terminates in a large interface box. The line into the house is still copper, which may be what you have seen them connecting.

[Big Boy]

That was my point, it's not connected, just bolted together - one wire laying alongside the other (sorry if wire is not the correct terminology). If you look at the photo, you can see the square box with a bolt sticking out of the top. To the right of that, you can see daylight between the wires. I am just amazed that any signal can jump from one wire to the other with being physically connected. Just as amazing is the removal of the sheathing, leaving whatever was previously sheathed fully exposed.

[wpcoe]

Does True publish a TV schedule anyplace? I get lost on the various True (TrueVision, TrueMove, TrueMove-H, TrueOnline) web sites.

Here ya go:

http://www.truevisionstv.com/trueworld. ... k=0&mode=3

Thanks! (I somehow missed this thread the last couple of forum visits?)

[Super Joe]

I don't think this new True service is fiber optic, or at least not all of it is... it's seems to be a bit of a mix-match!?!? Apparently it's a 'DOCSIS' system whatever that is, this from Wiki:

"Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) is an international telecommunications standard that permits the addition of high-speed data transfer to an existing cable TV (CATV) system. It is employed by many cable television operators to provide Internet access (see cable Internet) over their existing hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) infrastructure."

Anyway's whatever it is it's the bees as far as I'm concerned, they put ours in today and we're getting download speeds of 3 Mbps to Los Angeles server and 5 Mbps to Bangkok server... oh hang on I missed a nought off, that should read 30 Mbps to L.A. and 50 Mbps to BKK

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Bit gutted though really... the old Samsung's only doing 38meg


SJ

[Pleng]

Yes we've moved on from discussing the fibre optic package, and we're now discussing the cable broadband package but shhhh... the mods haven't noticed yet!

[wpcoe]

One thing I've read about on another forum, and found to be true with my True DOCSIS (cable) plan, is that True somehow, for some reason, overprovisions capacity. My plan is the 15Mbps/1.5Mbps plan, and I routinely get 22Mbps speedtest results to Bangkok.

I even got sustained 2.4MB/s (8 bits = 1 byte, so) = 19.2Mbps actual download speed on a torrent download.

[Pleng]

Also, it's a bit irritating to have to keep pressing the channel up/down button to pass through all the blacked-out Gold/Platinum/HD channels that I don't receive to get to the next channel I *do* receive. As far as I can tell, there's no way to set up the cable converter box to skip the display of channels that I don't receive.

You can get around this by going through all the channels and pressing the red button to add the channel as a favourite if you find the channel is included in your package. You can then press the star button on the remote to cycle through the favourite channels (unfortunately this only goes in one direction, no way to scroll backwards through the list)

[SunandFun]

Any ideas on what package with True has American Football (NFL), Golf Channels and English Channels? Do I have to subscribe to the Platinum Channel or can I spend less? Where can I find the monthly cost of the channels? (Not in Thai) Thanks in advance.

[jingjoe]

Any ideas on what package with True has American Football (NFL), Golf Channels and English Channels? Do I have to subscribe to the Platinum Channel or can I spend less? Where can I find the monthly cost of the channels? (Not in Thai) Thanks in advance.

i have all the channels you want on the gold package the nfl is on the espn channel i think,plus i get all the golf tournaments and business channels,5 movie channels and plenty of english shows for about 1560bht
The only benefit of the platinum is if you are into reality shows like the kardashians and such.

[PeteC]

NFL is on Asia Sports Network (ASN) and I think that is with a Platinum package only. Pete

[pitsch]

Truevision dropped the ASN channel last year, thats one reason I cancelled it.
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