expotbkk Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 11 hours ago, buddy616 said: What's a good sim card that's more phone call friendly than data friendly How much data comes with a plan is a bonus, for me the most important thing is I need to be making phone calls back to Australia on a regular basis About 100 minutes and 30 days should be sufficient Please advise If you use the links above your post. In the DTAC tourist sim a call to Australia is 6THB the minute. There are currently no packages for international calls (at DTAC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddy616 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 So its 599 Baht for the card and if I whack another say 500 Baht for calls (works out to about 83 minutes) it should cost me a total of 1099 Baht, this is using DTAC as an example Does that sound like the right way to go about it I had another way of setting up my phone overseas, it cost $25 AUD for the SIM and I added another $50 AUD for calls, but they don't offer this service anymore in Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expotbkk Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 39 minutes ago, buddy616 said: So its 599 Baht for the card and if I whack another say 500 Baht for calls (works out to about 83 minutes) it should cost me a total of 1099 Baht, this is using DTAC as an example Does that sound like the right way to go about it I had another way of setting up my phone overseas, it cost $25 AUD for the SIM and I added another $50 AUD for calls, but they don't offer this service anymore in Australia 599 is only for 15 days. So you would need 599 + 599 + 500 = 1698 THB = 69 AUD Also it is limited to 15GB (in total not daily or something). Better way to do it. Get the small card and upgrade net usage with promotion. It also extends your sim-card with every refill: (Prepaid promo page: https://www.dtac.co.th/en/dtac-promotion/packages/netunlimited.html?bnid=20150708794) 299 + 374 (2mbit/s) + 500 (calls) = 1173 THB = 47 AUD 299 + 695 (4mbit/s) + 500 (calls) = 1494 THB = 60 AUD A good deal if you don't mind a bit of overpaying: 299 + 900 (10mbit/s 90 days) + 500 (calls) = 1699 THB = 68 AUD The tourist sim is basically a prepaid sim card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddy616 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Bare with me expot, as you may think you're talking to a small child Quote 599 is only for 15 days. So you would need 599 + 599 + 500 = 1698 THB = 69 AUD Lets say I chose this option When paying the 2nd lot of 599, do I keep the same number or do they give me another number and the phone call credit just gets rolled over Like I said, I don't care how much data I get, for me its all about making phone calls I'm going to Thailand for the ladies, not to surf the net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expotbkk Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 3 hours ago, buddy616 said: Bare with me expot, as you may think you're talking to a small child Lets say I chose this option When paying the 2nd lot of 599, do I keep the same number or do they give me another number and the phone call credit just gets rolled over Like I said, I don't care how much data I get, for me its all about making phone calls I'm going to Thailand for the ladies, not to surf the net You need to extend it before the time is up, then you keep everything. You can download the dtac app from the stores and refill your account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddy616 Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Quote You need to extend it before the time is up That works well for me, by the time I arrive in BKK, that will be the 14th day of use I assume there is a DTAC shop in T21 were I can update the SIM Thanks for all your help expot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltasunrise13 Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 17 hours ago, buddy616 said: That works well for me, by the time I arrive in BKK, that will be the 14th day of use I assume there is a DTAC shop in T21 were I can update the SIM Thanks for all your help expot Yes terminal 21. When enter from BTS asoke station, you go up up ...DTAC shop is on last floor, close to cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannon11 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Is the DTAC still good for use in Bangkok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltasunrise Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 3 hours ago, cannon11 said: Is the DTAC still good for use in Bangkok? I m still using DTAC every 2 months when traveling in Bkk and South Thailand. Working well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannon11 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 13 minutes ago, Deltasunrise said: I m still using DTAC every 2 months when traveling in Bkk and South Thailand. Working well Thank you, will pick up a simcard at the airport when i arrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puhlz Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 AIS has a 300 baht 90GB plan. True has a 300 baht 80GB plan. I have both as an eSIM. working well for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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