Can I buy a prepaid SIM to use in my phone?
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Spog offered the following advice on Dec 21, 2005
You can get them (a prepaid SIM card) in one of the many mobile phone shops you will encounter. An Orange SIM will cost you a massive 200 THB ($5 USD) and includes 100 THB credit. Refills are 50 or 75 THB (only valid for 3 days from activation) or 100 or 300 THB. refills are available all over the place, including 7-11
DTAC is a bigger company and has better coverage outside Bangkok. I am not sure of the price, but I guess 300-400 THB for the card. Refills are the same. An interesting promotion they offer is with the Happy SIM which offers a translation service at no extra charge. But I am not familiar with the details.
Cindel offered the following advice on Dec 21, 2005
Write your phone numbers down before you do that. The guy in the phone shop reset my whole phone, fuck knows why and I lost all my numbers and ringtones.
April 29th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
There was a rumor that you’re supposed to register your SIM card within some time period or they deactivate it. Apparently it’s not a rumor after all, but I’ve never heard of anyone having one deactivated so I reckon it works like most Thai laws - selectively.