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Thai Communications
Communications
are generally throughout Thailand. Although certain islands and
other remote areas may not have postal services, land phones or
even mobile phone coverage. But in most tourist areas, this is not
an issue.
Most people
will only experience the postal side of this; you can click here
for Thailand's
Postal Rates. A few will need to use the telephone (Red call
boxes are for local calls only, while Blue ones are local and all
of Thailand). Most Post Offices also have an adjacent telephone
/ fax service office. Although finding privately operated fax and
telephone service centres are never normally a problem.
Internet Cafes
also abound in Thailand, with the normal charge being just 4 baht
per minute. In addition to this, laptop users can purchase temporary
Internet access accounts from most of the countries ISP's (If you
want to organize this in advance of your trip, you can purchase
these online from Loxinfo,
who have dial-up access numbers throughout Thailand.
Thai web site owners, have you checked out our Featured
Sites Page?
"Siamfiles" - Don't be shy to suggest extra text, links
or other information.
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Other main ISP's include
KSC
and CSComs.
But Loxinfo is generally regarded as the fastest / better.
People bringing their
mobile phones to Thailand will find roaming is not a problem, although
very expensive when you consider a local call will cost around 115 baht
per minute (a call from a regular phone costs 3 baht for unlimited time,
and around 3 baht per minute from Thai registered mobile phones). The
main cellular phone company in Thailand is AIS900.
You are able to purchase
"pay as you go phones" in Thailand from around 10,000 baht.
The trouble is, they have no voice mail, forwarding, etc. Unlike some
countries, you can go without using them for long periods (while you are
not in Thailand), without the number being discontinued and the SIM card
delisted. But they are not data enabled. So you can not connect your laptop
to them, even if the phone has a physical connection for this. Also, it
is not possible to buy a regular service activated phone (so that you
can connect to the Internet from your laptop via a mobile), unless you
have a work permit (and show this plus your passport).
An alternative to
buying a phone, is to rent it. AIS900 also have this service available
through most larger hotels and also at the MOBILE FONERENT counters (arrival
terminals 1 and 2 of Bangkok International Airport). A deposit of 30,000
baht for a regular cellular handset or 40,000 baht for a digital, data
enabled GSM phone is required. The rental charge depends on how long you
rent for. If you rent 1-2 days, you will pay 440 baht per day. 3-6 days
for 410 baht / day. 7-15 days for 260 baht a day. And 16 days plus for
150 baht per day. Air time charges are 10 baht per minute for domestic
calls, 10 baht plus Telephone Organization of Thailand’s rates per
minute for long distance calls, and 15 baht plus Communication Authority
of Thailand’s rates for international calls.
Other bits? The International
code is "001+country code etc.". Police are "1699",
Fire Brigade "199".
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