damian5000 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I'm using 1-2-GO GSM right now, but just realized an SMS to the USA costs 10baht. Unacceptable. Any suggestions for a good company for cheaper international SMS rates and decent within Thailand phone call rates? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian5000 Posted November 24, 2008 Author Share Posted November 24, 2008 I'm using 1-2-GO GSM right now, but just realized an SMS to the USA costs 10baht. Unacceptable. Any suggestions for a good company for cheaper international SMS rates and decent within Thailand phone call rates? Thanks! ummm...nobody has a suggestion for a SIM card with decent international SMS rates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmd5855 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 The sim you are using is the cheapest for me to call the UK, Australia and Singapore. When in Aus or the UK I always use my Vodafone sim, in Thailand use it to confuse GF that I have not yet arrived. 555 555 555 Can the network your sms is (calling) to charging you a premium since its not a partner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groongthep Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 (edited) I'm using 1-2-GO GSM right now, but just realized an SMS to the USA costs 10baht. Unacceptable. Any suggestions for a good company for cheaper international SMS rates and decent within Thailand phone call rates? Thanks! ummm...nobody has a suggestion for a SIM card with decent international SMS rates? The direct equivalent of a One-2-Go pay-as-you-go phone in the US is the AT&T "Go Phone". There are other pay-as-you-go phone services in the US, but they are all fairly similar. Both One-2-Go and the Go Phone have no contract; you just top up as needed. The DOMESTIC rate for an SMS with the AT&T Go phone is 20 cents a text message. In the US and Thailand text messages are much cheaper per text if you buy a long term contract, but by buying the long term contract you end up paying much more in the long run unless you send 20 or more texts a day like a teenage girl. Ten Baht at 34 Baht to the US Dollar is slightly over 29 cents. So you are paying a whopping 9 cents more for an international SMS with 1-2-GO than you do for a domestic SMS in the US. Unacceptable to you perhaps. But unless you are willing to buy a Thai phone with a long term contract I doubt if you will find a deal that is too much better. Edited November 24, 2008 by Groongthep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWalkingMan Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 You could try the prepaid SKYPE option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuttySark Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 TRUE MOVE has a 1 Baht/min to USA (however, it is a 2 stage dialing). Promotion now on. Check the website for details. What I also like is that, fill up 10 Baht, last for 1 year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008bangkok Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 DTAC is 5 baht a text to the UK, maybe the same to US?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiu-Jitsu Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 DTAC is 5 baht a text to the UK, maybe the same to US?? Finally...someone with a brain. HAPPY DTAC is the one that you need. the HAPPY SIMPLE SIM card is 49 baht in many branches of 7/11 and Family Mart. Calls around 5 baht to the USA using prefix 004 1. International SMS; 5 baht. http://www.happy.co.th/en/low/17_service_idd01.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian5000 Posted November 28, 2008 Author Share Posted November 28, 2008 awesome...will give dtac a try.. thanks much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian5000 Posted November 28, 2008 Author Share Posted November 28, 2008 (edited) i'm assuming domestic rates within thailand with dtac are similar to 1-2-GO/Call? thanks Edited November 28, 2008 by damian5000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotime Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 (edited) 1-2-Call is also 5 baht a minute. Just dial 009 then 1 and then the number. You could have just called them, and they would have told you. Not sure about 1-2-Go. Edited November 28, 2008 by Shotime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian5000 Posted November 28, 2008 Author Share Posted November 28, 2008 (edited) ok..thanks for the info... i'm assuming that works for international SMS also? ?? and will putting 009 in front of a local/thai number reduce rates at all??? and just so i'm getting this straight..to send an sms or make a call with the discounted 1-2 rate, an international call/sms would read something like this - 009-country code-area code-phone number... yes?? Thanks in advance Edited November 28, 2008 by damian5000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotime Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 ok..thanks for the info... i'm assuming that works for international SMS also? ??and will putting 0091 in front of a local/thai number reduce rates at all??? TIA You're asking me questions I can't answer. I would suggest calling them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiu-Jitsu Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 1-2-Call is also 5 baht a minute. Just dial 009 then 1 and then the number. You could have just called them, and they would have told you. Not sure about 1-2-Go. But charge 9 baht for International SMS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiu-Jitsu Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 ok..thanks for the info... i'm assuming that works for international SMS also? ??and will putting 009 in front of a local/thai number reduce rates at all??? and just so i'm getting this straight..to send an sms or make a call with the discounted 1-2 rate, an international call/sms would read something like this - 009-country code-area code-phone number... yes?? Thanks in advance No. No. No. Use, up the credit, throw the thing away and get the HAPPY SIM as instructed. 004 1 for calls to the USA +1 for SMS No prefix for Domestic calls http://www.happy.co.th/en/index2.php HAPPY SIM is designed for those who want to keep the same number. You can change the tariff in order to get cheaper Domestic calls by dialling *1003 Didn't I say that 12Call was crap? HAPPY DTAC is much more foreigner friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiu-Jitsu Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Cost for calls to the USA with HAPPY 004 1 is actually 4.28 baht per minute. First minute charged fully, then charged every six seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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