Bruno123

Before you actually port the number, simply ask for your MNP code, stating that your reason is that you want an unlimited data deal, such as 4 Mbps/10 Mbps with calls for 150/200 baht and the only way you can do it, is by porting the number and applying one of the new SIM promos. This often spurs them into offering you such a pack...soon enough. Requesting an MNP code does not change your number. You have to actually give it to the other network for it to be any use. It expires after thirty days.

Bear in mind that the code is for existing Truemove H. The 10 Mbps variation should also work. There is also an option to add unlimited calls to the package for 50 baht per month, though I haven't checked if the code still works. Though there is another option to apply a similar pack with unlimited any network calls, to Truemove H SIM more than a year old; 165 baht for 4 Mbps with free calls and 220 baht for 10 Mbps with free calls. New SIM have more options. It's my policy to not share codes and links with certain characters on the board, so you'll need to talk to vendors direct to get the Truemove H deal.

Port your number to another network and apply a promo pack to the newly ported SIM.

This is nonsense. Transfer in Sterling and you get the local bank's TT rate and a 0.25% charge up to 500 baht. Transfer in baht and you get the U.K. bank's exchange rate. Whether there is another charge on arrival is unknown to me. Better to use WISE; their rate today 42.4189. Transferring £1000, after fees, would net you an exchange rate of 42.14. So that's around a one baht loss for every £1 you exchanged.....or perhaps you would prefer one baht gained for every £1 you transfer using WISE.

Appreciate your good humour. Searching out the lowest fee may have seemed a geeky Internet thing and price is not the only deciding factor.

Blacks?! Do you even have a brain in your head? When I see the way that you guys express yourselves, I feel only pity. Nobody hates immigrants doing well? Really? I beg to differ. Try being a black person and driving around in an expensive car. Ignorant racist nonsense, as is usual. You do know that Chinese are Asians too don't you? You do know that Black people aren't all the same, don't you? All of the black people I know have a standard of education that would put you to shame.

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Founded: January 2011; 11 years ago... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wise_(company)

Do people still smoke cigarettes?

It's worth knowing that the WISE web interface limits you to 2,000,000 baht per transfer. You can enquire as to whether it's something you can bypass or whether you'll have to make multiple transfers. As an aside, ANZ might also use a correspondent bank which can add to the charges when you do ANZ - SCB.

I take the savings and share them with those who might need it.

No...you just didn't understand at the time. I remember explaining it all before. But to older heads who were used to certain ways of doing things, it's sometimes difficult to grasp. The bank offers you a lower rate and says "look, no commission". Not transparent, as their commission is hidden in the poorer rate. Whereas the new services give you the full mid-market rate and take a transparent commission.

That's still AU$450+ you chucked in the bin each time.

No. That's you being terrible at maths. That is why I quoted both after all fees. The actual exchange rate for WISE is something like 24.64. Whereas SCB rate is around 24.19. So transfer AU$1000 and that's 450 baht(AU$18.27) more than going via the bank.....But wait. The bank(ANZ) charges you another AU$32 to send the money, so that now a AU$50.27 loss. WISE fee is AU$7.47. So you would get AU$42.80 more via WISE. But wait.... SCB has another fee; 0.25% up to 500 baht. So that's another AU$2.50. So with WISE, you are AU$45.30 better off on a AU$1000 transfer today.

Most certainly will. They may offer an even better rate than I have stated, as I used just 10k for the illustration. For 30x more, imagine at least 100,000 baht more with WISE or a similar specialist.

You would have probably lost 20,000 baht on that transaction, if not more even if they had transferred in AU$.

Wise seems a better fit, unless it's for retirement funds that need a certain routing. For example AU$10,000 transferred with WISE today with net you a rate of 24.479183 after all fees. AU$10,000 via ANZ - SCB will net you a rate of less than 24.11867625 today. More than 3600 baht lost.

The fee from ANZ. AU$18 via Internet Banking or AU$32 via Telephone Banking. That cuts into the exchange rate. But you already have your answer as to which exchange rate.

There are lots of 'villas/houses' west of Sukhumvit. I don't know why you imagine otherwise. They perhaps aren't sitting on Beach road or Soi Bua Khao. Though I agree with you in exercising caution. High expectations can lead to disappointment. I know someone who was doing the same, in Jomtien. They weren't achieving the figures they imagined.

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If you initiate the transfer in AU$, it's the TT Buy rate....minus a 0.25% commission up to 500 baht. Currently 24.19125. Wise currently 24.6651

It doesn't affect how you apply a data pack. It just means that you cannot buy the annual prepaid packs via Lazada et al; though you can buy them direct from the network. https://www.dtac.co.th/en/new-number/esim But you can still apply the promo monthly packs in one way or another.

You can easily order any SIM online, so you don't need to go anywhere in order to have it set up.

A SIM card. 50 baht from your local 7-11/Family Mart. Top up with a couple of hundred baht, tap in a code on the phone keyboard to apply an Internet pack and there you are; an alternative to your failing 3BB package. If you don't currently own a Smartphone, you can place the SIM card into one of these specially designed routers; https://www.lazada.co.th/products/dwr-m920-d-link-wireless-n300-4g-lte-router-by-vnix-group-i794564720-s1593010653.html You slide the SIM card into a special slot on the router. It uses the data pack on the SIM to create a WIFi signal that you can connect to with any and all of your devices; up to 32 of them. You can also plug an Ethernet cable in for a wired connection if you choose. The data pack on the SIM supplies unlimited data, so no worries about the cost. 200 baht will get you unlimited usage for a month. You can prepay for a whole 12 months of usage from as little as 1200 baht(100 baht per month). This way you have a back up system should your land based connection fail.