Palatkik Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Thai prepaid SIM international roaming options? AIS or DTAC? First off I own a Happy SIM so know more about it than AISâ??s One2Call and I know international roaming costs a fortune. From my understanding both Happy DTAC and AIS One2Call offer international roaming. To use DTACâ??s Happy prepaid international roaming one needs to enroll at a cost of 214B and show a passport, work permit, Thai credit card which must virtually rule out 99% of expat owners? Not only that the enrollment must occur every time one leaves Thailand. To use One2Callâ??s prepaid international roaming (Freedom Planet) I understand one doesnâ??t need to do anything except read instructions on how to use the system which is already activated? Am I missing something here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palatkik Posted November 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 >Am I missing something here? Guess I summed it up pretty well then :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iuytrede Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 12call roaming: u must activate it by calling their call center or dialling *125. Happy D-prompt roaming is more complicated. 12call roaming: not in every country can u make outgoing calls, in Laos and other neighboring countries u can only receive calls. They told me i can only top up 12call with maximum 5000 Baht, serious roaming will cost u a bit more than that (my phone bill for the last 2 days was 5000 B, at a rate which is a fraction of 12call) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palatkik Posted November 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Thanks for the added info on 12Call. AIS already sounds less impossible than DTAC for IR application (Thai credit card barrier for foreigners) so I will have to switch. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iuytrede Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 why dont u apply for DTAC postpaid? if u use roaming a lot this is a lot more convenient U dont need a Thai credit card. Some DTAC customer care centers (World Trade, Paragon) dont even require a work permit as long as u pay the bills by automatic debit, so all u need is passport and savings passbook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palatkik Posted November 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Really? Thanks I'll try DTAC again first then. Last time I tried (at the Paragon branch) they wanted Thai credit card for both prepaid and post paid roaming along with work permit. Will report back my findings from DTAC later. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthaiguy Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 I just did data roaming in Japan on True pre paid for 299 thb per day. Still expensive, but at least they are doing a flat rate. http://www.truemove.com/en/ir-out-post-promotion-dataroaming.htm I think AIS has the same promo. I used to use post pay DTAC as well, now on pre pay and find it much cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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