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Relax you guys.  I've been doing it by post to the above address for more than 3 years now and have never been dissappointed.  I do remember I was a bit nervous the first time, and had my wife call them when I hadn't received the return envelop after a week.  They told me "don't worry, call us back if you haven't received it after a month".  Some times it takes just a few days, some times it takes over a week.  I do have a copy of the old reciept I send in, along with the reciept from the post for the registered mail, so I figure I'm good if anyone wants to make a problem for me.

I'm sure Haybilly has the DOCSIS cable internet as I have the same Thomson TCW750-4TH router supplied by True.

I think he may have an additional internet add-on to his True visions cable TV service, not just the internet service we have, which is why it is 9 Mb.  

We still don't know why he thinks he has a DNS problem.

Personally, I've completely given up on speedtests, as I think they have become pretty much meaningless here.  For me, the proof is in the pudding, which is how fast I can actually download and upload files, how well I can watch streaming video without buffering, and how well I can carry on a video call.  

With my 10Mb/1Mb plan, I would be more than happy if I was able to get 6Mb/0.89Mb to international servers.  I don't think it's poor at all.   And, as stated, changing the DNS servers won't improve that at all.

I have the same Thomson router that I got with the True cable 10Mb/1Mb plan.  I can't give you any inside info, but I can verify that I haven't been able to find anywhere in the router settings where I can change the DNS servers, and I do have the manual for it.

I've had this True service for about 2+ months and I've been pretty happy with it.  Before True, I had CAT ADSL service which was pretty bad.  The Allied router they gave me had the DNS servers hard wired into the router settings, which could not be changed, and it was absolutely terrible.  Luckily, I still had the old Zyxel router that I had kept when I cancelled service with Maxnet/3BB, which I was able to use with CAT after making a few changes.  I tested just about every free DNS service available to me, and concluded that Google was the best.  So I basically only used the Google DNS for the 2+ years that I had CAT, which was the only thing that made the CAT ADSL usable for me.

When I got the True service, I tested various DNS servers by changing the settings in my computer rather than the router (I'm a Linux user) and concluded that the True DNS were just as good as Google, as well as the other ones I looked at, so that is what I am using.   I can also verify that they are the same as Pib.

I would like to add that from another thread and info provided by Pib, I'm also changing around using the True proxy settings and am seeing some interesting differences.  Which is not to say that one is better than the other, only different.  The setting for the True proxy that I sometimes use is  proxy.asianet.co.th on port 8080.

haybilly, on 2012-02-22 05:47:30, said:

I have recently started following this thread and have read through all 26 pages. True has recently wired up my neighborhood in Lamphun for cable broadband and put up advertising for their Ultra High Speed internet all over the place, so I am seriously considering it.

I have been marginally satisfied with the CAT dsl 4M/1M service I've had for the last couple of years.  It's fine in the mornings and I can usually get 2 to 3M download speeds internationally, but it really starts to slow down in the afternoons and evenings when I can get maybe 200 to 300K.  The good thing is that it has been very constant and reliable, and actual downtimes when I have no connection at all is very rare.  I'm paying 690 baht a month, just about the same as the 10M/1M True cable service which I would be interested in.  The problem, of course, would be jumping from a known into the unknown.

I'm also concerned with the free cable modem that would be supplied by True. I use Magic Jack to make calls to the US, and for some unknown reason the free Zyxel dsl modem/router supplied by CAT gives me terrible call quality.  I had bought my own D-Link dsl modem/router and have no problems making Magic Jack calls with that one.  If one of you guys could give me some information on the free cable modem that would be supplied by True, it would be most appreciated.

Interesting thread, of which I also have my own ideas, opinions, and preferences.

So I thought I'd do a little search, and found this.

http://www.inspectap...Tissue_Test.htm

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