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NYC:
Interesting. Sounds like I really only need International Dialing, since all I want to do is every so often add baht to my number to keep it active. I don't need to accept any calls or SMSes from Thailand.
Hopefully I won't need the work permit/id card. If so, maybe I will get my TGF to use hers.
Had the number for more than 3 months, so that shouldn't be an issue.
I guess when I go to the DTAC store next week I'll find out what I need to do.
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Posted on: 7:51 pm on Feb. 23, 2006
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nyc boy
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Quote: from retiredintahoe on 9:39 am on Feb. 24, 2006
NYC:
Interesting. Sounds like I really only need International Dialing, since all I want to do is every so often add baht to my number to keep it active. I don't need to accept any calls or SMSes from Thailand.
uhhh.. just a second there...
If you plan to use the card in the US to keep topping off the account... then you need International Roaming from DTAC or AIS turned on here for you to use in the US (or anywhere) to access the line...
international dialing... is for calling internationally from here (BKK) to anywhere outside... because once you are roaming.. its a different ballgame...
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Posted on: 12:58 am on Feb. 24, 2006
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retiredintahoe
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I'm getting the run-around from DTAC.
I want to be able to top-up my DTAC SIM when I am in the USA so that my number does not expire.
Went to DTAC office at Robinson's Suk Soi 19. They gave me phone number to call. I call it and the person who answers the call says that I can only set things up at a DTAC Call Center.
So, I go to the DTAC store at Siam Paragon. I get told that I CANNOT top up my pre-paid SIM from the USA. And, that there is no web site to do this.
Also, since I have a pre-paid SIM, to turn on International Roaming, I have to give them my Passport and a Credit Card because the pre-paid part of the SIM will not work if I try to dial from the USA.
I talked to 3 different people at the DTAC center, including one that spoke excellent English. They all insisted that I could not top-up from the USA, and that there was no way that I could avoid having my number expire if I didn't top-up as necessary.
Sounds like some other forum members have different DTAC experiences. Any suggestions?
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Posted on: 3:08 am on Mar. 2, 2006
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breconion
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I think two options
have your gf callinto a DTAC call center and top up your account for you can be done without your phone
Change to the permanant number option at 30 Baht a month Then just top up in Thailand before you leave. Cost 360 Baht a year.
If you have a problem I cannot remember the option name but my gf did mine from my phone after she made a call to the callcenter.
Every 1st of the month when I'm in country I get a TXT saying 30 Baht deducted and my new expirery date.
Works for me.
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Posted on: 12:41 pm on Mar. 2, 2006
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retiredintahoe
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Breconion:
Thanks. I might try this later. For right now I have solved the problem.
DTAC has a promotion called "Baby SIM". Costs 50bt to join (change plans). Extends the amount of time before your phone number expires based on top-up amount.
Top-up for 300bt and get 90 days extension. Top-up 600bt (2 300bt cards are fine) and get 180 days extension.
Works for me. I'll be back before the 180 days are up.
2bt for each of the first 2 minutes. After that, 1bt per minute of calling time.
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Posted on: 9:07 pm on Mar. 2, 2006
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Quote: from ColoradoGuy on 1:43 am on Feb. 17, 2006
Quote: from Basil Bush on 1:51 pm on Feb. 16, 2006
Anyone know the name of this service as it seems a better deal than topping up as I do not make that many calls.
I suggest emailing them and asking them for a descption of all their current programs.
email is: callcenter@ais.co.th
OK now found the thread and did so here is what I got back the members can try and figure it out 
Referring to your e-mail about how you can keep the number, we would like to inform you our 'Save Number' service and its details are as follows:
Save Your Nmuber
You can keep your mobile number in the same number when you want to stop the service temporarily and you don't have to top up during this service is activated
Service Charge Rate
Charge 60.00 Baht for first 30 days (including VAT) and 2 baht/day afterwards
You will be charged 60.00 Baht (including VAT) for first 30 days and after that will be 2 baht/day by deducting directy to your account on the registration day
If you want to keep your number less than 30 days, you will be charged 60.00 Baht (including VAT)
If you want to keep your number over 30 days but less than 60 days, you will be charged as 60 days (including VAT)
** Remark : During the Saving period you will not be able to make or recieve calls since the number status will be set as suspend.
You can also have a new number with Sawasdee or Nan Nhan Sim, which will give you longer validity with lesser value of top up card. You can view the detail in the fille attached.
NhanNann
Promotion Details
Nann..Nann is a new promotion for One-2-Call. This promotion suits to light usage with longer validity. When customer top up credit, they can get more valdity than normal conditions. However, customer will have a monthly fee of 30 Baht with service charge rate 5.00 Baht/minute and SMS rate 3.00 Baht for 24 hours
Service Channels
1.Please dial *777 to listen to the Interactive Voice Respond (IVR)
2.AIS branches and outlets nationwide
3.1175 AIS Call Center
Duration Promotion
To select this promotion is valid from 30 June 2005. This promotion is valid until 31 December 2005
Terms & Conditions
1. The maximum accumulated balance must not over 3,000 Baht.
2. The maximum accumulated validity must not over 450 days.
3. There is no limitation to change promotion.
4. Monthly fee of 30.00 Baht will be deducted on the 1st every month. Your monthly fee will be calculated as daily rate in the first month after changing to "NhanNann" promotion
5. If the system cannot deduct monthly fee in case of insufficient balance, the promotion cannot be changed.
6. If you have insufficient balance on the 1st to deduct monthly fee of 30.00 Baht, the system will change your promotion to Sawasdee promotion.
Sawasdee
Promotion Details
1. Sawasdee is valid for 1-2-call numbers only
2. To change from Sawasdee to Freedom Freestyle, your number must be active and registered with Sawasdee for at least 15 days.
3.The following Value added services (VAS) are included in Sawasdee
International Calls (Effective from 30/12/04)
International SMS (Effective from 30/12/04)
International Roaming (Effective from 30/12/04)
Local Direct Dial (Effective from 30/12/04)
GPRS / WAP / MMS / Java App./Mobile Office / Web Messaging / Fax On Demand
(Effective from 8/12/04)
4. When you change from Sawadee to Freedom Freestyle, you will get all Value added services (VAS) associated with freedom freestyle promotion.
5. When you change from Sawasdee to Freedom Freestyle, your credit balance will be fully transferred. However, if your credit balance is valid for more than 30 days, it will be reduced to 30 days or as stated as the maximum validity of each promotion
6. You cannot change your promotion via SMS. However, you can check your current promotion by sending a blank message to 77700
7.The Service charge rate is 5.00 Baht per minute 24 hours nationwide (except for service numbers such as starting with1900, BUG 1113 and any number used for downloading contents such as screensavers or ring tone.
- The SMS service charge rate is 3 Baht per sms
bimmher
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Posted on: 1:33 am on Mar. 4, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Monday 24 Jully 2006 :-
Sim updates needed for 10-digit dialling
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"Come and upgrade your mobile Sim card free of charge at your operators' shops nationwide, starting from Sept 1 until Nov 30, or you won't be able to receive incoming calls."
If you haven't already received an SMS such as the one above, you will soon, as mobile-phone operators prepare to shift their customers into the world of 10-digit dialling.
All operators say they're ready to use the 10-digit system by Sept 1, the deadline set by the National Telecommunication Commission (NTC).
But they have expressed doubts over the ability of fixed-line telephone service providers to adapt their switching networks and older technology to face the change.
The switch to 10 digits from nine will require users to add an '8' in the middle of the existing two-digit prefix, followed by the existing seven-digit number, in order to make either a mobile-to-mobile or a mobile-to-fixed-line call. For example, numbers starting with 01, 09 and 02 will become 081, 089 and 082 respectively.
The new system will increase the potential number of telephone numbers from 90 million to 300 million, to meet growth over the next 30 years.
All new mobile subscribers, both prepaid and postpaid, after Sept 1, will automatically be on the 10-digit system with a new type of Sim card.
Everyone else will have to have their numbers and Sim cards adjusted, with a grace period until Nov 30, otherwise they cannot receive calls. The short message service (SMS) system will be fully switched over to 10 digits next March.
Wichien Mektrakarn, executive vice-president for operations of Advanced Info Service, said AIS had seen no problems so far in its trials of 10-digit dialling.
"The actual conversion of new-subscriber numbers to the new format will start from Sept 1, with our existing 17 million subscribers having an additional three months to upgrade their Sim cards at our Telewiz shops and dealers nationwide," he said.
Sunti Medhavikul, chief customer officer of DTAC, said his company's switching software had transferred to the new system since last month, and free Sim card upgrading services will be available at 350 DTAC shops nationwide from Sept 1.
DTAC has also developed applications to allow customers to edit their mobile numbers in the phonebook memory to convert to the new system.
Mr Sunti said the 10-digit system would eliminate a number shortage problem, create fairer competition and benefit overall telecom industry.
The provincial fixed-line operator TT&T, says its switching units are not as old as mobile operators claim, and that there will be no problem converting to the new system.
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Posted on: 10:42 pm on July 23, 2006
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badfishlbc
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Am I reading this right? We have to have some kind of service performed on the SIM cards or else you can't receive incoming calls? So if I am not in LOS by end of Nov then what happens to my DTAC SIM which is supposed to be valid until July of next year? I guess I could mail it to a friend to have it taken care of but it'd be nice if I could do it all online like I do when I top up the card.
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Posted on: 12:12 am on July 24, 2006
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DaffyDuck
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From what this says, it seems like you just won't be able to RECEIVE incoming calls if you don't upgrade your SIM - my guess is that the Sept-Nov period is just the time during which the upgrade will be performed at no charge, and you can probably get it done past that date, for a fee.
Speculation, mind you, so take with grain of salt...
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Posted on: 1:28 am on July 24, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Wednesday 2 August 2006 :-
Mobiles converted for free
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In order to spare the tender thumbs of mobile-phone users, who face the prospect of having to change all the numbers in their SIM cards from nine to 10 digits, mobile-phone operators are offering a free conversion service starting on September 1, 2006.
The service, offered by most major mobile-phone operators at outlets nationwide, will automatically change the numbers stored on your SIM card to the soon-to-be-required 10-digit number.
The simple, quick conversion will save subscribers having to change up to one hundred numbers saved on their cards.
The move follows the decision of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to introduce a new numbering plan on September 1, 2006. From this point onwards, all mobile-phone numbers in Thailand must have 10 digits with the prefix 08. For example, the existing number 01 xxx xxxx will become 081, followed by the original seven digits.
Mobile users will still be able to dial the original numbers until November 30,2006 but after that the calls will not go through. Fixed-line telephone numbers will remain unchanged.
The numbering plan will increase the number of phone numbers in Thailand from 90 million to 300 million, which is estimated to be sufficient for the next 30 years.
Mobile-phone operators will also provide this number-conversion service at the offices of their major corporate customers and some major community areas across the country, such as university campuses.
Sunti Medhavikul, chief customer officer for Total Access Communication (DTAC), said DTAC's phone number conversion system could convert the phone numbers in digital phone books at a rate 100 numbers every 20 seconds.
Besides updating phone address books, mobile-phone operators will also edit the so-called message-centre numbers stored in mobile phones.
If these are not changed, customers will not be able to send or receive text messages, even if the numbers stored contain the new 08 prefix.
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Posted on: 11:04 am on Aug. 2, 2006
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