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[Lazybones]

Anything TCP based will be slow if you are far enough away / there is significant latency.  CDNs are good but they do not have a presence everywhere. 

[Tom]

Anything TCP based will be slow if you are far enough away / there is significant latency.  CDNs are good but they do not have a presence everywhere. 

I've seen my max bw use occasionally. From canadian speedtests even. BW is not a real factor over long distances. It can fill up the pipe, even with the large latency. At least for the connections I've tried. The real problem is the instability and odd traffic shaping I think Im seeing.

CDN wise, even some of the youtube content I watch at home isn't CDNed, and can be slow to initially load. youtube's own servers can be horrendously slow on not so popular content.

[Thorin]

Sure it's cold in Canada, but at least we have reliable high-speed internet!

Which is why it's so expensive eh?

Its less reliable here, AND more expensive. And I'm not even adjusting for cost of living. It is purely just more expensive here. 100mbps cable? $500/mo cad. And I have my doubts as to the stability. I am pretty sure they are also limiting my per connection speed at times to 30-60kBps. Makes youtube at peak times quite sucky, even at 480p and even sometimes 360p.

Wait, they're charging 14,000+ baht per month (500 CAD) for 100Mbps cable?  When the typical software developer makes about 50,000 baht per month?  Can you imagine paying 28% of your income before taxes for high-speed internet?  HOLY COW!

[Mr. Analog]

Sure it's cold in Canada, but at least we have reliable high-speed internet!

Which is why it's so expensive eh?

Its less reliable here, AND more expensive. And I'm not even adjusting for cost of living. It is purely just more expensive here. 100mbps cable? $500/mo cad. And I have my doubts as to the stability. I am pretty sure they are also limiting my per connection speed at times to 30-60kBps. Makes youtube at peak times quite sucky, even at 480p and even sometimes 360p.

Wait, they're charging 14,000+ baht per month (500 CAD) for 100Mbps cable?  When the typical software developer makes about 50,000 baht per month?  Can you imagine paying 28% of your income before taxes for high-speed internet?  HOLY COW!

I'm going out on a limb here but I'm guessing the coup d'?tat has made a few conveniences like high-speed internet more expensive not to mention heavily monitored

http://www.telecomasia.net/content/google-yahoo-smtp-email-severs-hit-thailand

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/thai-police-we-ll-get-you-for-junta-criticism-1.2666988

[Tom]

I didn't even look at internet in Thailand seriously. This is in the Philippines, and in Pesos.

Electricity in Davao is at like 18-20c/kWh. We're going to have to keep a closer eye on the power use, especially the Aircon.

[Tom]

Is there a way to copy sync'ed movies off an android device? The tv i have here can't find anything plex has synced, and for that matter, my laptop can't see it over ptp or mtp, so plex doesn't seem to save it anywhere visible.

I had hoped I could actually play synced content off my nexus7 to this sony tv we are using (it has usb support for video, audio and pictures).

[Darren Dirt]

Find some junta-friendly forums to post positive yes-man things in, maybe your speed will increase.

[Thorin]

I didn't even look at internet in Thailand seriously. This is in the Philippines, and in Pesos.

Electricity in Davao is at like 18-20c/kWh. We're going to have to keep a closer eye on the power use, especially the Aircon.

Oh, thought you were in Thailand.  That's where you'd said you were going last time, if I remember correctly.

So internet and power are both way more expensive...  Are there things that are cheaper?  I would imagine there must be, the average Phillipino salary is a lot lower than the average Canadian salary.

Also, back on topic, https://forums.plex.tv/index.php/topic/73329-where-does-plex-for-android-store-its-synced-media-files-by-default/ says if you have root access you can find the files at /data/data/com.plexapp.plex/app_sync.

[Tom]

Some things cost less, depending on where you buy it. Gas costs at least as much as it does in Canada which makes it more expensive here... It's just crazy. I really don't understand how people can afford to live here (or shop in the expensive malls).

[Lazybones]

You have to look at the whole picture like hosing costs and taxes.

[Tom]

You have to look at the whole picture like hosing costs and taxes.

Indeed. A lot of people live, eat, and work in plaes many people would consider 'third world' at the same time they have these large cities where things are nearly on par with Canadian prices.its pretty crazy.

Ate in this one BBQ joint near our appt. There is no front wall, animals are free to walk in... Food is pretty cheap though... Lol.

So!e of Mia's family live in houses that aren't sealed to the weather at all. Like the builder didn't even attempt it. Strangely a lot of buildings and roads are made from concrete. I assume that its cheaper here and stands up better to tropical storms than the way we build in Canada.

Just got back from the grocery store. A 1.5L Pepsi was 46.5p or about 1.22cad. Though we got it cause it was 2for1 so we really paid half that. 2.50 for a pack of hotdogs... 52c for a pack of cucumbers... So some things are less. Some are the same or more. I suspect if you avoid the supermarkets and malls things are less expensive but it seems its not easy