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Originally Posted by kitty1499  OK ... so now Im getting a bit confused here! So, if I have a prepaid phone (mine is with optus) that is not locked (and Im sure mine wdnt be as Ive had it for years - I think they are only locked for the first 6 months usually) THEN ... I can use this phone and get a thai simcard BUT ... I cannot put it onto global roaming - IS THIS RIGHT!!??? So ... global roam is where you use your own sim card and activate it to be used overseas and NOT changing it for a Thai sim card??? If I wdve known this, then I wdve taken my phone and done the Thai sim card thing - I had just assumed cos it was a pre-paid phone, that I cdnt do this. 70 bt for a 10 minute call to Australia is dirt cheap - I paid $18 for a 5 minute call!!!
Shane ... you say Telstra does have GR on prepaids - what about Optus??? Next trip, I may have to ring them up and find out ... but it still seems that using the thai sim card is a much cheaper option, as you sd that its $2.15 per minute for a call to oz with Telstra GR. Thats still much cheaper than using a hotel phone, but nowhere near as cheap as what using a thai sim card seems to be.
Thanx all ... something for me to ponder for my next trip!!!  Kitty |
To check if your pre paid phone is unlocked or not put someone elses sim card in from another carrier ie telstra in your case,if it works it is already unlocked.If it is not already unlocked contact your carrier and if you have had the phone for a ggod while they may unlock it for free but if not probably cheaper to get it unlocked overseas or maybe at one of the sunday markets in australia,Thai sims are definitely cheaper to use.
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