Axen Air Card Net Connection With Pay As You Go Sim?

[Gerry290]

Hi

I have an Axen Aircard (about 2 years old) & I used to have an account specific for this with DTAC, I was not using it very much it was only an emergency back up in case broadband crashed, so I closed account on it.

I wanted to find out, (I do seem to recall getting this to work along time back, admittedly it was a very very slow connection but at least allowed me to download emails & upload)...

Can I use this Axan Aircard (even though originally it came with DTAC SIM), & say pop in my AIS 1-2 Call Pay as You Go, SIM from from my mobile phone & use the Aircard with this to dial up to get internet connection to down load emails. (I am going to be away from any normal internet or net cafe & have important few emails I have to reply to, so only way will be to haul notebook along, & try to use the aircard wtih 1-2 call mobile phone AIS sim I have. pay as you go).

Is there an optimal way of doing this, so it works best?

Any tips to make download or if i have to access web work fast as possible? ( I assume out in country side it will be slower, than say in a few KM outside Pattyaya area??)

With this sort of connection, as i am hoping to use, is there anyway it could support a Skype call? (or would that just be too much for it to power?)

Thanks

Gerry

[Gary A]

I'd suspect that it is not EDGE capable. GPRS alone is VERY slow. It's possible that it is locked to D-Tac but I doubt it. Just put in your AIS SIM card and try it.

[andyc2006]

I looked at a new Axen aircard just yesterday in a DTAC store. Doubt it's the same one you have, but fyi, that aircard 1) is EDGE enabled, and 2) is locked to DTAC/Axen.

Saw it at the DTAC store in Siam Paragorn, if you want to check it out... didn't buy, it was 9800 baht (came with 6 months unlimited usage).