hi all

i have a samsung galaxy appolo 15800. i bought the 200 baht 50 hour package, and was reasonably pleased with it, but my 50 hours lasted about 2 days and i only used it for maybe 1 hour. i turned off the back ground data for the apps tried another 100 baht, and it took that in about 2 hours of not using the internet.any ideas on this would be much appreciated

cheers john

For a Smartphone you cannot use a time based package. You must buy a data based package. Even if you turn off app data, the phone is still connected to the carrier's data unless you completely turn off mobile data. It counts every minute against your time package. Figure out how much data you need (200MB is sufficient for low, normal usage) and get yourself a volume data plan. The volume plans don't count time, just how much data traffic passes to and from your device. Then you just leave connected 24/7 as a smartphone/tablet is supposed to be.

You have to switch your package on when you need internet and then off when you want to log off otherwise your package will keep running down. That us why your 50 hours only lasted 2 days. Give ais a call and they will tell you the correct numbers to open and switch off.

For a Smartphone you cannot use a time based package. You must buy a data based package. Even if you turn off app data, the phone is still connected to the carrier's data unless you completely turn off mobile data. It counts every minute against your time package. Figure out how much data you need (200MB is sufficient for low, normal usage) and get yourself a volume data plan. The volume plans don't count time, just how much data traffic passes to and from your device. Then you just leave connected 24/7 as a smartphone/tablet is supposed to be.

thanks for that.. i will go in to ais and get what you say

cheers john

For a Smartphone you cannot use a time based package. You must buy a data based package. Even if you turn off app data, the phone is still connected to the carrier's data unless you completely turn off mobile data. It counts every minute against your time package. Figure out how much data you need (200MB is sufficient for low, normal usage) and get yourself a volume data plan. The volume plans don't count time, just how much data traffic passes to and from your device. Then you just leave connected 24/7 as a smartphone/tablet is supposed to be.

I have a samsung galaxy and use a time based package, 100 hours for 350 bht. See above post on using switch on and off numbers.

AIS has a new plan that is 99 baht for 75MB of data. If you are a low volume user that might be enough. For normal email and light web browsing I would suggest the 150MB plan or higher. You can just order them via sms code from website info. Be careful you get enough as their rates for over use are very high.