Hi All,
I realise I could possible find this info with a bit of searching but as you will soon read I don't have much time online to be able to do this.
Here is my situation summarised as best as possible.
Set up a 1 2 call connection using my laptop talking to my mobile phone via bluetooth when I was in Bangkok. Very happy with the connection and price.
Arrive in Ubon Ratchatani and no problems either. Arrive in the village and the fun and games begin.
I can get connected a few times a day if I am lucky and then only for a few minutes before it drops out. Basically unusable for what I need to do.
My brother in law has one of the aerials still connected to his house which was used before a normal 1 2 call connection came to the village a few years ago. In Det Udom I tried to buy a connection from the aerial to my phone. It didn't fit the phone but I still bought it thinking with a bit of force I could make it fit enough just to see if it would improve the connection at all. It didn't.
In another town we found a 1 size fits all connection from aerial to phone and so have ordered one in but that will be a few days away.
Since I was last here a games shop has opened in town (20 - 30 min bike ride away, depending on how many cows are on the road, if it has rained then forget it.) This is where I am at the moment trying to sort a few things out including this big headache as I need the internet every day for work.
I have a bad feeling that this part that I have ordered wont make much difference either so my two questions are:
How can I improve my connection?
If I can't improve my connection what options are available to me regarding using a satellite dish. Who does it, is the speed any good, how much etc etc?
Cheers.
PS - Bloody games shops as I type there are two little kids seeing how hard they can slam their heads into the wal behind me. I kid you not.