Which pre-paid SIM card to buy?
Nov 20, 2017, 6:26 pm
#571
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SIM registration deadline moved to Dec 15
The telecom regulator will extend for another 45 days, until Dec 15, the deadline for mobile operators' franchise dealers and retail shops to use the new SIM registration with a biometric verification...
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business...oved-to-dec-15
The telecom regulator will extend for another 45 days, until Dec 15, the deadline for mobile operators' franchise dealers and retail shops to use the new SIM registration with a biometric verification...
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business...oved-to-dec-15
Nov 23, 2017, 9:12 pm
#572
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SIM registration deadline moved to Dec 15
The telecom regulator will extend for another 45 days, until Dec 15, the deadline for mobile operators' franchise dealers and retail shops to use the new SIM registration with a biometric verification...
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business...oved-to-dec-15
The telecom regulator will extend for another 45 days, until Dec 15, the deadline for mobile operators' franchise dealers and retail shops to use the new SIM registration with a biometric verification...
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business...oved-to-dec-15
Huh ?
Nov 24, 2017, 8:38 am
#573
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I used Flexiroam's service in Thailand for the first time on my recent visit. I wonder how these regulations would effect their service since they are basically buying data on the local cell providers' networks
Nov 24, 2017, 6:37 pm
#574
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I don't think the "authorities" have thought that far ahead (i.e. roamers). I think they just want to clamp down on any local dissent and be able to track down any trouble-makers and make examples of them. Probably best not to say more.
Jan 26, 2018, 6:11 pm
#575
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For some reason on my browser, old threads don't show the later posts, but I think I will see them if I post a reply. So sorry everyone, trying that now.
Yeah that worked, sorry it was necessary. Has the long line situation for buying tourist SIMs improved; i.e., is it now easiest to buy at the airport?
Yeah that worked, sorry it was necessary. Has the long line situation for buying tourist SIMs improved; i.e., is it now easiest to buy at the airport?
Last edited by RichardInSF; Jan 26, 2018 at 6:16 pm
Jan 27, 2018, 2:01 am
#576
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For some reason on my browser, old threads don't show the later posts, but I think I will see them if I post a reply. So sorry everyone, trying that now.
Yeah that worked, sorry it was necessary. Has the long line situation for buying tourist SIMs improved; i.e., is it now easiest to buy at the airport?
Yeah that worked, sorry it was necessary. Has the long line situation for buying tourist SIMs improved; i.e., is it now easiest to buy at the airport?
Jan 27, 2018, 8:56 am
#577
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Not only is it faster, but it's so much easier. The last time I purchased a tourist SIM (not top-off) intown the first person had no idea how to install it and it took the second person forever. At the airport they do it quickly because they do so many of them and if there is a problem there are a half dozen other clerks to help out. One time I got stuck behind a large Korean tour group, so I just moved over to the next counter and was out in seconds.
Jan 27, 2018, 10:53 pm
#578
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I saw an AIS stand in the int'l baggage claim area, but didn't notice TrueMove H or DTAC (they may well be there somewhere?).
TrueMove H has a few automated KIOSKs at their shop on level 2, outside ARRIVALS (and door #4). I think the queues vary based on the number of arrivals? All were quite long this past Tuesday, ~ 06:45.
TrueMove H has a few automated KIOSKs at their shop on level 2, outside ARRIVALS (and door #4). I think the queues vary based on the number of arrivals? All were quite long this past Tuesday, ~ 06:45.
Apr 18, 2018, 7:07 am
#580
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I don't know the answer to your question, but have you had experiences with SIM cards that do not allow wifi hotspot? In my experience, it's the phone that blocks the hotspot functionality.
Apr 18, 2018, 11:21 am
#581
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I have gotten SIM cards from True, DTAC, and AIS, all allowed your phone to be used as a hot spot as long as your phone allowed it. It isn't blocked by the carriers, as CrazyInteg mentioned.
Apr 18, 2018, 7:15 pm
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Back on topic, AIS will most certainly allow it in Thailand.
Apr 19, 2018, 11:36 am
#583
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Not particularly relevant to this specific discussion but Verizon in the US does not allow you to use your phone as a wifi hotspot unless you pay them an extra monthly fee. So I will politely disagree that it's "the phone" that blocks that functionality.
Back on topic, AIS will most certainly allow it in Thailand.
Back on topic, AIS will most certainly allow it in Thailand.
Apr 19, 2018, 6:29 pm
#584
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I believe that is a carrier branded phone along with network settings that blocks that - my friend had the issue with his Verizon phone going into Thailand until he forced a reset of the network settings, then it worked fine. Even in Thailand, it prompted him to unlock by visiting Verizon.com. Connecting back to the network in the states, it popped up with a message that he needed to pay for mobile hotspot from Verizon. Carrier subsidized phones are not as common outside of the US though. Data is data, my opinion is that US carriers are just gouging people to pay for mobile hotspot capability.
When I'm in Thailand and I put my AIS SIM card in - automatically allows for WiFi hotspot. When I go back to the US and put my Verizon SIM card in - no hotspot capability.
(Verizon is gouging people for hotspot capability; when I had T-mobile there was no such restriction. Same phone.)
Apr 20, 2018, 12:03 am
#585
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Sorry, that's incorrect. I purchased my phone with single payment - unlocked, without a SIM, for easier use overseas - directly from Apple so it is not a "carrier branded" phone. The hotspot restriction is a Verizon policy.
When I'm in Thailand and I put my AIS SIM card in - automatically allows for WiFi hotspot. When I go back to the US and put my Verizon SIM card in - no hotspot capability.
(Verizon is gouging people for hotspot capability; when I had T-mobile there was no such restriction. Same phone.)
When I'm in Thailand and I put my AIS SIM card in - automatically allows for WiFi hotspot. When I go back to the US and put my Verizon SIM card in - no hotspot capability.
(Verizon is gouging people for hotspot capability; when I had T-mobile there was no such restriction. Same phone.)
