Morning all!

OK, we will be imminently moving into the new house and I want to get a few things sorted out and even set up either before, or certainly very soon after we move in.

During the build, we relied on the SIM internet connection via our mobiles as we were not actually living in. The workforce living in the Chonburi Hilton appeared to have a v small dish with 'True' printed on it, and I assume that provided the entertainment - TV for sure and maybe internet? (sorry I really have no idea who or what provides what).

So, the last 2 visits I have made i attempted to 'get connected' via True, Dtac, TOT et al, this is for internet and TV because that's what i thought was supposed to happen.

I met with a brick wall.

''we don't cover that area'', ''you are too far out in the sticks'', ''try this other company'' etc etc etc.

OMG...living in paradise with no comms connections. Then someone told us that if all else fails we could get a SIM box (i think, like a phone but with a net connection via SIM card only). so we looked at that.

Crappy connection rates and expensive charges were a deterrent.

Anyway... the connection was finally sorted and its good.

We went to 3BB. The difference with them is, they are an internet service provider, not a phone company that do other stuff too.

''Yes we can connect you. Yes, you can have fibre optic. Yes... you can have an always on connection with reasonable speeds, and yes...when do you want us to connect it up!?''

So now we have a 700 /700 MBPS connection for 1300THB/month and I think that's pretty good.

so now..lol... what to do with it?

I want internet everywhere in the house and in the garden too, and I think that part is covered with my LAN-connected house and the Linksys EA9500 Max-stream AC5400 MU-MIMO gigabit WiFi router. (a gift from Etihad Airways via their guest miles program)

So that leaves the TV.

and I am asking.... ''what to do''?

Of course i want access to everything. i would like to get some or all of the UK channels. the premier league would be good. movie channels (actually showing movies i have heard of), plus the usual news and documentaries. Of course, also she need Lakorn-fest so any system needs to get the Thailand channels too.

The list goes on - 4k broadcast content? yes please. subs option? if possible (don't even know if some systems do not transmit that if available, maybe they all do?), You-tube content? Yes I want that too..

I realise that each TV will need a 'box' to provide individual content (I'm sure the Thai contingent will get pretty fed up if I lock the only box to 24-hour Rush after Neil Peart's demise). but ,... do I need more than one box per TV to get everything i want? lol im not even sure what it IS that i DO want tbh.

I looked at international boxes (I want to make clear at this point that there is no double entendre intended with the word 'box' although i could envisage studying international boxes if the tv connection allows it, but shhh... dont tell PJ) such as the Amazon Fire TV cube nd the NVidia Shield Pro. Yes... they of course promote their own (paid) content because of course they are a business... but here is where i get lost. do they provide free content too? Do they provide, say, access to the Thai tv channels? or BBC1? Any youtube vid i have watched never explains or confirms this. do i need Netflix? i know its a subscription service but its not too expensive - or is it? what else should i be looking for? how can i get the above and any other stuff i do not even know but which members might suggest? can I get it all for free? do i need a 'dodgy box' (lol) which might stop at any time? questions questions questions!!!

Answers would be great - thanks in advance to all who have read this far and can assist.

Sorry... it's another of my famous war-and-peace threads.

Cheers all!