Buying The Sierra Wireless Card

[Entrep]

Hi All

I am going to be purchasing the Sierra Wireless card tomorrow and just wanted to see what the latest was on pricing and the best deal for it?

I know this information was posted several months ago, however I believe some pricing changes were going to be coming into effect around now and just want to make sure I minimise that initial several thousand baht outlay for the actual card.

So where would be the best place to get it, and do I need my passport to get connected and setup/purchase it?

[LivinLOS]

I was 12k something a month or two back from CAT..

I couldnt get a straight answer from them about if they would activate / turn on / connect a second hand one or change someone elses cAT account into my name and address.. Figured if I went this way that just buying from CAT was the easiest solution.. Then again I do tend to want to take the path of least resistance if its only a couple of k difference.

[hecky]

i paid 12800 baht in CAT Samui in February, got 3 free months then 630 a month. Put it in the wifes name and she did need her ID card so i guess they will want a passport from a farang. works well in the long run it is cheaper than tot and tt&t. You can use it anywhere in Thailand except Bangkok as Hutch have the monopoly there, but they have come to an agreement to share it in the future

[geoffphuket]

The old Sierra 580 card is out of production now. The company are replacing it with the new 595 which has a much better/faster spec.

Cat Telecom may still have the 580 card availiable for their CDMA network at 15,990 Baht.

Ckeckout

http://www.contactcenter.cattelecom.com/th...nfo.asp#anchor6

It's in Thai if you can read

Geoffphuket

**Passport and work permit are required to susbscribe to the service**

[LivinLOS]

Dont need a WP if you have a non imm O.. And that 15990 price has been discounted..

Odd thing is they wanted 12800 and it was then 590 baht a month (maybe the 630 is VAT included) ??