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It looks like I might be able to bring my phone but have to buy a ThaiTelephone SIP Account - http://www.thaitelephone.com/EN/Products/I...ne/index_IP.php

I guess I can post that link since their banner ad is at the top of this page.

Well, that sucks. I use my IP Phone for work and I'm not sure my boss will let me relocate without it.

How does this law affect Skype? Is it technically illegal but too difficult to enforce?

Does anyone know if there are any restrictions for bringing an IP phone to Thailand? A colleague of mine had the exact same phone when he worked out of Malaysia. He tells me that all communications devices like that need to be verified by the "Communications Department" possibly for the reason of making sure it's a phone and not something else. The one I have (IWATSU) isn't one of those cheap little things you simply plug into a usb port. It cost about $1000 and looks like a standard office desk phone.

So what happens if you're living alone in an owned or rented place and are refused re-entry into Thailand? Do your possessions become property of the Thai gov't, or landlord or is it just first come, first served looting? Or just hope they are all still there next time you make it back in? Maybe before leaving give a key to your place to someone you trust the most and hope they don't screw you over?

Can anyone recommend a site listing rentals on Koh Samui?

If I understand correctly, the whole stay 90 days out of every 180 applies only to VOA and not to people who get visas at a local Thai embassy/consulate before arriving in Thailand. If true, how many 90-day tourist visas can you get in one year? When one expires can you go to a neighboring country to get a new one and return?

I cant understand why they are stopping people from getting unlimited 30 day exemptions unless they are trying to remove permanent tourists. So why would they issue tourist visas indefinately. I think after a year or so of tourist visas they will refuse you as you are obviously living in los and not a tourist.

When you get a VOA they really have no idea who you are. You could be any undesirable lving in their country. When you fill out applications for a Tourist visa, they know who you are and they get fees each time you get a new one every 90 days.

Does that sound right?