daveh

TT&T's T-net 30-day unlimited for 335 baht, max connection time = 3 hrs. Speeds are ok, if not brilliant, seems to depend more on your line quality.

Thanks, but I was told based on my phone number that I cannot use TT&T.

If you have a multi entry one year visa, then you do NOT need 4 Thai employees. For the work permit it is NOT required. It is only a requirement for the one year visa if you have a work permit.

From this statement, I assume it means it is legal to work without a work permit, no? I was under the impression it was legal to work without a work permit as long as you were in the process of getting one.

Also, it seems to imply that I would have to make a visa run every 90 days. This does not seem a very attractive option as it will burn pages in my passport, not to mention being costly in both time and money. Am I correct in this understanding?

If I'm correct, then it may be cheaper than paying four Thai employees to do nothing. I suppose I could modify the purpose of the company to actually give Thai employees something to do on a tangent to the what I would be doing. But right now, I cannot think of a money making business for them to occupy their time.

I currently use Idea Net. Up until a few weeks ago, I was fairly happy with them. For $499 baht (discounted to $440) a month, I have unlimited hours (max connection time of 4 hours) and unlimited download quota. But recently, their connections have been really crappy. During peak hours in the day, more than 50% of the time, when I click a link outside of Thailand it fails. It is really frustrating. It seems they may have reached their maximum network capacity.

Is there good ISP with monthly unlimited hours and downloads at a reasonable cost?

I've been in Thailand for over a year now working as an English teacher. But I want to get back to my original tech field job. A friend of mine back has a start up company doing well in the States. We have been tossing around the idea of setting up a corporation here so I could work for him and remain here.

The company builds and sells network appliances used for network monitoring. Currently all customers are in the States, but there is interest from several Asian companies, so having an Asian presence would be good for the company.

We would like to set up a company that for now would be a one man show, me. Realistically, there probably wouldn't be any sales from this office for at least 6 months. So most of the money coming in would be transfered from the office in the States. Is this doable?

I've read http://www.thaivisa.com/314.0.html and it seems possible, but I am certainly not sure of the details of Thai laws. I would like to get in touch with someone who can help me set up a Thai corporation.

After reading the above page, the biggest question I have now is regarding the four Thai employees per work permit. I know these are required, but is there such a thing as having virtual employees? That is, real people that get paid a small fee just to have their names on record as employees.

Also, it looks as though in order to get a work permit, I would have to have a very real office. Initially, I was hoping to have a virtual office, then work out of my apartment. But since it seems I will need a real office, I was wondering if what the office real estate market is like. Is it possible to rent an office space that is fairly small, but has conference rooms potentially shared with other companies.

Anyone have any recommendations as to who can help me out?

Thanks.

Dave.