This week I went to Tuk Com (Pattaya) to recharge my prepaid ipad 4g simcard (320 baht for 2.5gb of 4G).

However, the lady at the desk asked me if I have a work permit, I said no and she said I had to choose another plan. I insisted that I've been using that plan for months and she said ok and put it for me (and charged some weird 20 baht fee already on top of the 7%).

As I was leaving, another customer walked in to ask about plans and I've heard her asking him about work permit and saying he can't have that plan.

Is there a new regulation for this? I googled it but couldn't find anything like this for prepaid plans.

Just lload up your phone with credit about 500 baht and call dtac they will put you in plan i have 4.5 gig for 400 per month.

There used to be a passport + wp required to get a contract phone

I think it's a bit more lax now, last year they trusted me with just a driving licence and gave me a phone on contract so it's worth asking a few shops

You can activate the prepaid plans by topping up your credit and finding the ussd code on their website too... No staff required at all

Farangfb. What network?

could be true - http://truemoveh.truecorp.co.th/topping/4g_package_en.html

Farangfb. What network?

Dtac.