Buriram Expats
Buriram Province - General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rabbi on April 24, 2014, 08:23:55 PM
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Hey... Not only am I brand new to using forums but I am new to this forum having moved from Pattaya to Chompun Buri during March and living in a village 17kms from the town and joined Buriram Expats about a week ago
I have established a beaut Internet service via microwave [10Mbps down & 5Mbps up] for around 1K THB pm but I also want to get a good TV service and was wondering how I get a True Sat service. Not really interested in TCH [or whatever it is called - isn't that the main chemical in Wacky Baccy?] I want Australia Network, Universal , BBC. Our existing sat service is all Thai, Indian, Arabic no English channels. My wife tells me I have to drive to Surin about 2 hours away whereas Buriram is only 1 hours drive.
Anybody got some advise or can guide me to the right forum place as I am certain this is not a unique question/challenge
Cheers
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Maybe you should talk to a company called PSI in Buriram. They will install any kind of dish for you, the programs are still rubbish though.
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Thanks. There is a PSI in Chumpon as well [they seem to be everywhere now days] but I thought they only did CTH. I'll go in this morning. I can put up with a bit of rubbish provided I can get BBC, Aljashira & Australia net so I can listen to some English.
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Hey... Not only am I brand new to using forums but I am new to this forum having moved from Pattaya to Chompun Buri during March and living in a village 17kms from the town and joined Buriram Expats about a week ago
I have established a beaut Internet service via microwave [10Mbps down & 5Mbps up] for around 1K THB pm but I also want to get a good TV service and was wondering how I get a True Sat service. Not really interested in TCH [or whatever it is called - isn't that the main chemical in Wacky Baccy?] I want Australia Network, Universal , BBC. Our existing sat service is all Thai, Indian, Arabic no English channels. My wife tells me I have to drive to Surin about 2 hours away whereas Buriram is only 1 hours drive.
Anybody got some advise or can guide me to the right forum place as I am certain this is not a unique question/challenge
Cheers
Both CTH and Truevision have what your requesting.
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Its great to see that the Australian Network is still showing "Home and Away" :blink: :blink:
Its just a pity they dropped the rugby league (NRL) a few years ago :(
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I'll report back after I've seen PSI - Thanks for the info.
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At last check Truevision has both the Australian Net and Setanta.
http://www.setanta.com/au/tv-listings/
http://australianetwork.com/
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Gotlost - I am certain True has what I need it's just a matter of getting it connected!! I am about to go to Chumpon Buri, if no luck I'll go to Satuek and if still no success I'll try Buriram. I assume there is a True office in Buriram. I'll check their website/s
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Gotlost - I am certain True has what I need it's just a matter of getting it connected!! I am about to go to Chumpon Buri, if no luck I'll go to Satuek and if still no success I'll try Buriram. I assume there is a True office in Buriram. I'll check their website/s
Check your back door experts at your local PSI. bananadance
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You can go to 2 True shops in Buriram now,one in the Trewit centre and the other in the BigC centre,have you up within 2 or 3 days,1000Baht to start and 499Baht a month,inc the Aussie channel,and some sports,also you have about 6 to8 channels you can change to english on the remote controls.
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By the way,I'm about 50ks from Buriram,and up in 2 days,so you shouldn't have any probs,get the Wife or Girlfriend to stick it on,and you will get billed monthly.Step daughter showed me how to change channels to English,so I felt like an idiot of the first order!
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Thanks for that JasonB
I got nowhere with PSI in Chumpon Buri so I think I'll just go straight to True in Buriram tomorrow. Don't think I'll bother with Satuek.
Must admit I emailed True today and at least I got an acknowledgement but no action so far. They advised they would "pass my enquiry on"!!
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Yes,just go with the Wife,make sure she knows EXACTLY what you want,and it will be done,the guys that put the dish up are contractors,thow them a little extra baht is you want extra cabble incase you want to move tv's around the house etc,JasonB
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Excuse the spelling,new system and keyboard party13
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Mai pen rai maaaate! I understand. Maybe I'll be ready for next weekend's AFL & NRL although I am streaming fantastically over the internet but I'd just like to hear some English TV!!!!!
When you say you are 50kms from Buriram - in which direction? Coz I'm only 93kms . 29kms after Satuek. In fact I am closer to Buriram airport than Buriram city but am in Surin Province.
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Hi Rabbi,Im fairly close to Khumarung north of Buriram Mate,Yeh I like the NRL too,you Aussie??
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Not sure where Khumarung is but I'm the other side of Satuek near the airprt. Yep I'm Ozzie had a bar in Pattaya for 7 years and moved here a month again and trying to sort out village life. I am more AFL than NRL but not EPL!!
Off to True in Big C Buriram with the wife in the morning
Thanks for your help
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No problems Mate.
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Well!!!...... I went to True at Big C Buriram and my wife applied for a Gold Package.
All confirmed the men will come Monday and install but 500THB for extra travelling. We are 88kms from Buriram Big C. That was no problem anyway I got the package with 50% discount for the 1st 3 months [784.06 rather than 1568.12 pm]. "don't pay anything now you can pay the man on Monday"
Got a phone call while having breakfast at KFC hungry1 saying they could not install because my wife had an outstanding issue...
we cancelled a Platinum service in Aug 2013. I am certain our reason was not unusual at the time as we had a bar and they had no EPL] In Nov 2013 we got a Solicitors letter say we owed True 7000+THB and our service had been cancelled. In fact it was cancelled the day after I rang in August! On receipt of the letter we both went to the True office in Pattaya Klang and it was confirmed we owed money but after a number of calls to the lawyer[collection office] BKK Customer service from the Pattaya Office it was "agreed" that even though True continued charging for 3 months supposed service, after we cancelled our subscription that they would clear the fees owing, keep our deposit paid some years before and pickup the De-coder box, remote and dish.
I checked this morning and the decoder etc was still at the bar with my note to the new owners 2 months ago saying True would come and pick them up.
The staff at Buriram were great but I could see there was nothing they could do so I told my wife, so they could hear, that we would have to go to PSI and get CTH. They instantly asked me if I had a Passport to which I replied "yes in the car why?" Well we can connect in your name. I hesitated and said I had my Thai Drivers Licence on me and they accepted a signed copy of the licence and apparently all is fine and "I" am getting an installation Monday!! thumbup
Let's see what happens Monday...