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FYI: I checked this out and it works with both, AIS and Orange (so I guess, DTAC won't be a problem either). By CAT Telecom.

Someone asked about "dual band mobile phones". I bought the "SMILE S 3316" with 900 / 1800 mhz capability for both Europe and the U.S. for only THB 2,290 at Carrefour. But have no idea who makes it and where. Q: can someone enlighten me? Thanks! [email protected]

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U.S.A. Canada U.K. Germany Australia

China HongKong Japan Singapore Taiwan

Belgium Denmark Finland France Greece

Guam Indonesia Brunei Korea,Rep.Of Italy

Norway Macau Brazil Israel Laos

Malaysia Mexico Russia Kuwait South Africa.

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Someone asked about "dual band mobile phones". I bought the "SMILE S 3316" with 900 / 1800 mhz capability for both Europe and the U.S. "

This is correct if you mean you can call Europe or USA

from LOS. But a 900/1800MHz phone will not work in

USA as the carrier frequencies there are 850/1900MHz.

You need a tri-band phone which usually adds the

1900MHz band. The quad-band phones also have the

850MHz which is not fully deployed there yet but

has better penetration into buildings. My NEC525 is

quad as is the Motorola V600 (also the 400 I think).

Cheers

:o

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The UK, major European countries but not Austria and Switzerland if I recall from a "Farang" article. The U.S., China... CAT Telecom provides the service. Sorry, I cannot answer that any better right now. Chris

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A: yep, they are different programs and TOT's is more expensive (8 0r 9 Baht versus 7 Baht). One cannot call 1-800 numbers in the U.S. though :-(( Chris

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dialingl 001-809+ country code+ number from a landline gets you the 7 baht a minute rate.

Is this correct? After reading this thread yesterday, I browsed CAT's website and found this Rate table and all of them are well over 7Baht. The lowest is Malaysia for B9.50 which seems to be a special offer.

Is the rate table out of date?

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dialingl 001-809+ country code+ number from a landline gets you the 7 baht a minute rate.

Is this correct? After reading this thread yesterday, I browsed CAT's website and found this Rate table and all of them are well over 7Baht. The lowest is Malaysia for B9.50 which seems to be a special offer.

Is the rate table out of date?

Yes and No. You only need to dial 001-809 if you are using a TOT line

"press 009 + Country code + Area Code + Telephone number

(Note: press 001-809 for Home Phone of TOT Corporation Plc.)"

Full details are on pop up if you click What's New/VOIP at CAT

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Yes and No. You only need to dial 001-809 if you are using a TOT line

"press 009 + Country code + Area Code + Telephone number

(Note: press 001-809 for Home Phone of TOT Corporation Plc.)"

I saw that too Lopburi and thought the same thing. My husband looked at the page in Thai and felt it had a different meaning (since all landlines are TOT lines originally, he thought it meant everybody had to dial 001-809). Have you tried dialling 009 yet from your non-TOT landline? does it work?
Is this correct? After reading this thread yesterday, I browsed CAT's website and found this Rate table and all of them are well over 7Baht. The lowest is Malaysia for B9.50 which seems to be a special offer.

Is the rate table out of date?

Its listed under news on the main page, not on the rate page. So, yes, the rate page is out of date. Apparently these rates are valid until the end of the year.
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Yes and No. You only need to dial 001-809 if you are using a TOT line

"press 009 + Country code + Area Code + Telephone number

(Note: press 001-809 for Home Phone of TOT Corporation Plc.)"

I saw that too Lopburi and thought the same thing. My husband looked at the page in Thai and felt it had a different meaning (since all landlines are TOT lines originally, he thought it meant everybody had to dial 001-809). Have you tried dialling 009 yet from your non-TOT landline? does it work?

Is this correct? After reading this thread yesterday, I browsed CAT's website and found this Rate table and all of them are well over 7Baht. The lowest is Malaysia for B9.50 which seems to be a special offer.

Is the rate table out of date?

Its listed under news on the main page, not on the rate page. So, yes, the rate page is out of date. Apparently these rates are valid until the end of the year.

Do not want to make a call but not all lines are TOT. I have two TA lines and one TOT lines. There are also TT&T lines. TOT is selling a different product so will not patch directly is my reading. But I could be wrong.

CAT rates have not changed. This is a special voice over internet promotion rate (to counter TOT 9 baht rate). The normal 001 access rates I assume remain the same - they were just lowered a few months ago.

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At least where I live the lines were originally put in by TOT and are rented by TT&T (which includes doing all maintenance etc). Although my phone company is TT&T I have always used the 001-809 dialling code to phone overseas. Again, has anyone used the 009 from a landline and had it work???

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The 007 & 008 prefixes belong to TOT. 007 is for International(long distance) calls to Thailand's neighbouring countries. 008 for International calls.

001 & 009 (CAT) 009 being VOIP.

Do correct my statement if I'm wrong.

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From the Phuket Gazette:

http://phuketgazette.com/news/index.asp?fr...rch=yes&Id=3540

Friday, July 9, 2004

CAT slashes international call rates

PHUKET: The Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT) has announced a promotion whereby it has slashed to six baht a minute its charges on international calls to 30 countries, regardless of what time of the day the call is made.

The discounted rates apply to calls to: the US, the UK, Canada, Germany, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Guam, Indonesia, Brunei, Korea, Italy, Norway, Macau, Brazil, Israel, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Kuwait and South Africa.

To make a discounted call to any of the above countries using the CAT service, callers must first buy a CAT PhoneNet card.

They can then make a discount-rate call by dialing 1544, entering the PhoneNet card’s PIN Code (found under a scratch-off patch), then pressing “#” followed by 009 + country code + area code + telephone number and then pressing “#” again.

PhoneNet cards are available in Phuket City, at the CAT office at 112/2 Phang Nga Rd and at the Tops supermarket in the Robinson department store. They are also available at the CAT office on the upper floor of the Patong Post Office on Thaweewong Rd.

In the past, such promotions have often resulted in the service being so jammed by callers as to be inaccessible, so another, slightly more expensive option is being offered in conjunction with the CAT promotion.

This option, applying to the same 30 countries over the same period, is via Thai telecommunications company eFONE, which is offering calls at seven baht a minute.

To make a discounted call using the eFONE service from a fixed-line phone, dial 001-809 + country code + area code + telephone number.

If calling from a mobile phone (AMPS, CDMA, DTAC, AIS, Orange, One-2-Call), dial 009 instead of the 001-809 prefix.

For more information about either promotion, call CAT’s 24-hour Contact Center at Tel: 1322.

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Sorry to bump this -- but it came up when I searched my problem...

What is the "normal" international dialling code to dial a mobile in Laos from a Dtac mobile? I try +856 20 9782xxxxx but it seems to permanently fail :annoyed: Is the + correct or what am I doing wrong?

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The "standard" legacy prefix is 001, that's CAT and usually the most expensive. Don't know what the + in your phone is mapped to. Can always dial the full number.

007,008 and 009 are cheaper, I believe the latter 2 are VOIP.

Might be wrong but I thought there were only 8 digits after the 20 for mobile. ie 20 xx xxx xxx.

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Might be wrong but I thought there were only 8 digits after the 20 for mobile. ie 20 xx xxx xxx.

Yes, currently all my Lao contacts with mobile phones have 8 digits after the 20. Previously they had 7 digits after the 20. There was a recent change to Lao mobile phone providers to add a digit (2, 5, or 9 depending on provider) after the 20 and before the 7 digit number. Calls within Laos only use the 8 or 7 digit number.

I'm not sure, but I think the land lines still use 21 followed by a 7 or 6 digit number. All of my contacts have done away with their land lines and switched to mobile phones.

It's very difficult to come up with the correct number as most Laotians only use the local calling numbers. They often don't know the full international number. Sometimes you have to use some guesswork to come up with the number.

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thanks guys --

+ seems to be ok - I believe it is "interpreted" by the carrier rather than being mapped by your phone. :unsure:

You're right about folks in Laos not knowing the full code for their number -- but the same can be said of people many countries. B)

I don't trust any of these supposed offers -- Dtac ripped off my credit balance a while ago with some supposed offer of cheap calls to UK. I dialled and spoke for a couple of minutes and lost about 70 baht. When I queried the operator she glibly told me the offer hed "just finished" :annoyed:

Those guys should be made to wear masks......:ph34r:

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You're right about folks in Laos not knowing the full code for their number -- but the same can be said of people many countries. B)

Oh so true! :thumbsup:

Many people don't even know to drop the leading zero used locally in Thailand. ;)

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thanks guys --

+ seems to be ok - I believe it is "interpreted" by the carrier rather than being mapped by your phone. :unsure:

You're right about folks in Laos not knowing the full code for their number -- but the same can be said of people many countries. B)

Ask most Americans (living in America) what their country code is (just for fun, of course you already know) and they will say "what's a country code". Give them your phone number, including the country code, and they will say "what do I have to dial to get that?"

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