tjansen Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hello, I am trying to sort through the best and cheapest way to make international calls. I live in Thailand and will be visiting India for two weeks, so my main interest is in making international calls from Thailand. I would be calling primarily the US and Malaysia. My present setup is as follows. I have a new Nokia 2730, with Bluetooth capable of 3G. I have an ACER 4730 Laptop, with Bluetooth. I have SKYPE, which works fine when I am on a high speed connection. I am using DTAC prepaid for my phone calls and also to access the Internet from my apartment. This connection does not usually make for good SKYPE calls. When I use my cell phone directly to call the US, it costs, I believe, 4 bt/min, using DTAC, dialing 004 My usage rate, if I had some cheaper service, would probably be around 10-25 hours per month to the US I would like to avoid getting a TOT account in my apartment if possible. That would cost around 1200 bt to install and around 600 bt per month, which I prefer not to do. I was reading a thread on TV forum from a few years back, and there was mention of Truphone and also Deedial. I could not sort out what all they were saying on their websites, so I am coming back here for some clarification or for any new alternatives. I am hoping for good quality calls, simple procedures, and of course, low cost service. If possible, I would also like to get a system that can work when I am in India to call Thailand and the US. Thanks in advance for your help. I always get good solutions to my problems on this site. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiu-Jitsu Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 TRUEMOVE's Inter SIM 49 baht. Dial via 00600 for calls from 1 baht per minute. Do you have 3G coverage in your apartment? "Living in Thailand" is too vague a statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaigold Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Just as the other poster states, use True "inter Sim." Two levels of service; 1 baht a minute or 3 baht, depending on your needs. Highly recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjansen Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 (edited) Just as the other poster states, use True "inter Sim." Two levels of service; 1 baht a minute or 3 baht, depending on your needs. Highly recommended. Thanks to both o you or this information on True. I wasn't aware of it, and it does seem to be the best deal. I am still trying to figure out if there is some way to get rates in the same price range without changing my phone number. If not, I will go with the True option. Sorry I wasn't more clear on the 3G mention. No, I don't have 3G available at my apartment. I live in Ratchaburi Province. I mentioned the 3G capability of the phone, not knowing if that might affect some option that someone had in mind. I am obviously fairly clueless in these phone calling technicalities. Tom Edited January 12, 2011 by tjansen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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