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Yes, AIS, in its office at the Mall in Nakhon Ratchasima, is displaying a number of maps showing the 3G coverage in the area. Why a company should not be able to tell you where it "sells" 3G ?
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In Topic: Cat Cdma
2011-08-11 11:27:09
muratremix, on 2011-08-11 11:08:30, said:
Actually Mac OS X since tiger or snow was always 64 bit, but they had 32 bit support for backwards compability. It seems they have removed 32 bit engine to force 64 bit for the future. If your 3G Usb device is supported by 3G supported wireless routers, you can try them. It is also possible to convert an old pc into wireless router with your current device.
What you say is very correct, but I should underline that at CAT office we tried all their devices unsuccessfully. Anyway the real problem is that they have no updated drivers available.... and - not to be too critical - today no-one wants to invest anymore in CDMA, except in the US....
Since the village I live in is just at the limit of AIS 3G coverage, I will make a try with their device, but I believe that the race on 3G is now on and I may wait a little before choosing my new provider. In the meantime I'm very sadly forced to keep Snow Leopard and use CAT as a provider.
Again, I'm fully convinced - and few posts in this forum are confirming it - that CAT is not far from loosing the market. Moreover they lack competent staff able to provide REAL support.
In Topic: Cat Cdma
2011-08-11 10:27:47
afarang, on 2011-08-11 09:32:32, said:
botti, on 2011-08-11 09:09:11, said:
I'm probably a "special customer" since I'm a Mac user, but I faced serious problems over the past weeks.
Apple recently came out with its new operating system (10.7 - Lion) and I made the migration a week after it came out. Very bad decision because Lion runs in 64 bits. So, after the migration I tried to connect with my famous CAT modem (CDU-680) that I paid 10'000 baths 3 years ago.... but impossible to connect. I re-installed the driver unsuccessfully. I decided to visit CAT in Korat, and had really to insist to see a "technician" who after few phone calls to Bangkok told me that CDMA technology was NOT supporting 64 bits. When asking what to do to one of the CAT people in Bangkok, he told me there was no solution and that "I should better look for another provider....". I was even told that CAT was not going to make any effort for MAC users who represent an insignificant part of their customers... (they are very clever in CAT). Furthermore, I understood that FRANKLIN the US based company who provides the modems to CAT was not planning to issue a new driver supporting 64 bits for CAT.
In other words, I had to re-install my old operating system in order to connect again to internet.
This means that CAT is NOT upgrading its materials and that's looks quite gloomy. For this reason I would personally NOT recommend anyone to engage with CAT now as you may buy an equipment that is going to be operational for very little time.
For those who are lucky to be in AIS or TRUE 3G range you should definitely choose this solution that represents a better future than CDMA and CAT
Apple recently came out with its new operating system (10.7 - Lion) and I made the migration a week after it came out. Very bad decision because Lion runs in 64 bits. So, after the migration I tried to connect with my famous CAT modem (CDU-680) that I paid 10'000 baths 3 years ago.... but impossible to connect. I re-installed the driver unsuccessfully. I decided to visit CAT in Korat, and had really to insist to see a "technician" who after few phone calls to Bangkok told me that CDMA technology was NOT supporting 64 bits. When asking what to do to one of the CAT people in Bangkok, he told me there was no solution and that "I should better look for another provider....". I was even told that CAT was not going to make any effort for MAC users who represent an insignificant part of their customers... (they are very clever in CAT). Furthermore, I understood that FRANKLIN the US based company who provides the modems to CAT was not planning to issue a new driver supporting 64 bits for CAT.
In other words, I had to re-install my old operating system in order to connect again to internet.
This means that CAT is NOT upgrading its materials and that's looks quite gloomy. For this reason I would personally NOT recommend anyone to engage with CAT now as you may buy an equipment that is going to be operational for very little time.
For those who are lucky to be in AIS or TRUE 3G range you should definitely choose this solution that represents a better future than CDMA and CAT
Well the answer is : NO.
My MAC worked well with CDMA/CAT technology until the MAC operating system changed. And since CAT/FRANKLIN have decided not to upgrade the driver (or the technology) it seems to me they are not looking at the future. And I would underline again that CAT itself advised me to "look for another provider". That says all.
