Single Internet Gateway is a project of the government of Thailand, recently approved by the cabinet on August 27, 2015. It is to control the Internet connectivity from multiple channels to a single channel. The heart of the Single Internet Gateway is to centralize all domestic Internet to be controlled in the same spot. The government has written principles and reasons for this project that "to be used as a tool to control inappropriate websites, and data flow of news from abroad through the Internet." As some countries, such as China or North Korea, where the government can control the communication channels of the Internet. If the government finishes this project. It will affect all Internet users broadly. There are several reasons why Single Internet Gateway is not good for you.
Firstly, the Internet will be slow down because you need to share the Internet speed with the whole nation. According to Anudith Nakornthap, Pheu Thai's former minister of information and communication technology, and Pheu Thai's deputy spokesman Anusorn Iamsa-ard:
A single gateway handling a lot of data would slow down internet services and might cause nationwide internet services to collapse totally if there was a technical problem. That would have a huge impact on business and Thailand would have no chance to become a center of Asean's digital economy.
Secondly, the general Internet users are restricted to use the network with abroad. The government can scan or block foreign websites that they do not want the people in the country access. Such as, Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.
Finally, you will lost privacy because your all personal information will be presented to the government. The government can access the personal information of the Internet users efficiently. Such as, your email password, credit card information, ATM code, etc. It is a very dangerous thing if your personal information leaks. This may result in the loss of your property.
The government controls Internet access of people in the country is possible to filter information that is useful or not useful to people, including preventing access to websites with inappropriate contents, but it will access to foreign websites more difficult. People in the country will get the information only within the country which is not enough and the information may tend to be distorted the truth.
These are the reasons why Single Internet Gateway is not good for you. According to the results above, it makes many people disagree with the idea of the government to set Single Internet Gateway. It would do more harm than good because having a single exit door will cause a slower Internet connection and another is if the gateway fails, it will crash the whole country because there are no other gateway support it. What is your opinion of Single Internet Gateway and do you still want the government to set it? I am really sure that you do not want it too.