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That coworking space owner who told me to stop chasing 'perfect WiFi'
I spent 6 months bouncing between 7 different cafes in Chiang Mai trying to find the fastest connection until a guy running a small coworking spot said 'just get a local SIM with a hotspot and you're set.' Has anyone else found a better workaround than relying on cafe WiFi?
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samreed10d ago
Did any of you try a dual SIM phone with two different providers so you can swap when one gets slow? I met a guy in Bangkok who keeps one AIS and one TrueMove SIM active and just switches to whichever is faster at the moment.
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david_walker9710d ago
Wait a hotspot really replaces cafe wifi for you? I spent years thinking the same thing until I realized even a solid 4G signal gets throttled after you hit a data cap. Most SIMs in Thailand give you like 10-15GB of high speed before they drop to dial-up speeds. I burnout my whole monthly data in three days just loading Slack and Zoom.
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anthony_jackson3110d ago
A buddy of mine from Chiang Mai tried this exact setup. He bought this tiny 4G hotspot from a random shop on Nimman Road and was hyped about ditching cafe wifi. For about two weeks it was amazing, he could take calls from his balcony or even sitting by the pool. Then he hit his 12GB cap on day 18 and suddenly his "high speed" turned into something that couldn't even load a Google image search. He ended up at my place begging to use my wifi for a Zoom meeting. The hotspot is still sitting in his drawer collecting dust.
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