Talk:Vietnam/@comment-115.78.166.105-20160412160040

I used Vinaphone last year when I was in Vietnam for nearly 3 months and it was incredible. I paid about $7 for a 3 gig plan. The 3 gigs ran out and then I was "throttled". I was sitting in a restaurant with my wife having forgotten my internet sharing was on, her skype rang, she answered and proceeded to have a crystal clear call, tethered to my phone while throttled. I never had to buy another sim or topup the entire 3 months.

Contrast this to Viettel which I signed up for when I arrived 2 days ago. Worst connections I've ever experienced. I've been walking around HCMC today and unable to load web pages. I tethered and ran a speed test with Speakeasy NY (I always test against the same location as my servers are hosted in the east coast of the states). 6 meg down, .2 up. I've tried having skype calls and they are clear, then drop out 30 seconds later. Google maps? Huge struggle to load. Overall it is completely unusable.

Suffice to say I'll be going to pick up a vinaphone sim tomorrow and hope that it is still good.