mulder12345 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Is there a place in CM where i can make a private call? Internet places and some travel agencys offer a phone but it usually ends up with talking loudly in a room filled with people. Any suggestions besides buying a phone? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmesJr Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Offer any thai 100 baht to allow you to use their phone…they will probably think you're a freak for not having a phone and demand money upfront. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 just go and buy a cheap 299 baht mobile ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke000 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Theres an internet shop near Tapae gate, opposite McDonalds , that has a quire telephone cubicle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) Welcome to the future stranger. What's it like in 1980 ? Edited March 29, 2016 by balo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trujillo Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 There are pay phones around. There is even a phone booth near my house on the small, unremarkable soi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulder12345 Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 Thank you. I have enough info. FYI- I have lived here for 2 years and have never needed to call anyone. The wonder of email. My call is to the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) Thank you. I have enough info. FYI- I have lived here for 2 years and have never needed to call anyone. The wonder of email. My call is to the USA. 2 years without a phone ? What if you get involved in an accident and need to call for help ? Or if you need to access internet from the mddle of nowhere? I can't imagine a life without a phone. But I live in the future Edited March 29, 2016 by balo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Thank you. I have enough info. FYI- I have lived here for 2 years and have never needed to call anyone. The wonder of email. My call is to the USA. Download Skype and buy $10 of Skype time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arunsakda Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Thank you. I have enough info. FYI- I have lived here for 2 years and have never needed to call anyone. The wonder of email. My call is to the USA. 2 years without a phone ? What if you get involved in an accident and need to call for help ? Or if you need to access internet from the mddle of nowhere? I can't imagine a life without a phone. But I live in the future I know a couple in their 50's (no kids) who only have a landline and only one more guy who do not have mobiles. Impressive but people used to survive without no? Thanks to the OP for not bothering everyone in the internet cafe. Buddy Internet had a special room on the upper level for those who had to trouble all and sundry with their loud self-important sounding skype convos. As for private IDD booths have not seen one for a LONG time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Thank you. I have enough info. FYI- I have lived here for 2 years and have never needed to call anyone. The wonder of email. My call is to the USA. 2 years without a phone ? What if you get involved in an accident and need to call for help ? Or if you need to access internet from the mddle of nowhere? I can't imagine a life without a phone. But I live in the future You can use Skype to call any number....If you have on your laptop use that.....Works like a phone.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulder12345 Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 To answer a couple questions: I am 59. I actually did try to get my tablet/phone activated but everywhere i went all i got was "No Can". I guess i need a thai to go with me. I might move to Nepal soon so no sense in getting a phone account here yet.Thanks for the input. TV is a great resource for information and many good laughs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmesJr Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Welcome to the future stranger. What's it like in 1980 ? LIfe without a smartphone sounds pretty smart to me. I am witnessing a new breed of "Phombies"…they are everywhere, in every country….usually spotted walking on road crossings and crowded pavements, train stations and malls walking while looking at a movie playing on their phone instead of seeing whats around them. I have no problems 'bumping' into such people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMartinHandyman Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 How long does the euphoria last after bumping into a phombie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arunsakda Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 To answer a couple questions: I am 59. I actually did try to get my tablet/phone activated but everywhere i went all i got was "No Can". I guess i need a thai to go with me. I might move to Nepal soon so no sense in getting a phone account here yet.Thanks for the input. TV is a great resource for information and many good laughs. What kind of Visa can one get to "live" in Nepal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulder12345 Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 You can only stay as a tourist for 5 months. You get a 90 day visa that can be renewed twice for one month for a total of 5 months. Start this in August. January starts the new year and you can repeat the same for another 5 months. Total 10 months. The 2 month interim go live in india or wherever. Nepal is very much like CM in that it has air and gravity. Otherwise, it's very 3rd world but cheap and the weather is very nice. And if i think it sucks, i move back to CM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESmith Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 To answer a couple questions: I am 59. I actually did try to get my tablet/phone activated but everywhere i went all i got was "No Can". I guess i need a thai to go with me. I might move to Nepal soon so no sense in getting a phone account here yet.Thanks for the input. TV is a great resource for information and many good laughs. Did you try Dtac main offices in the shopping malls? Usually speak very good English, can sell you a 50 baht SIM card for PAYG & set it up for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmesJr Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) How long does the euphoria last after bumping into a phombie? Funny thing is, the morons don't even seem to notice. One guy dropped his phone after bumping into me….gave me a glare….but no one goes beyond that with the Holmes. (cuz I walk fast…with 100% situational awareness) Edited March 29, 2016 by JHolmesJr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrified Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) Thank you. I have enough info. FYI- I have lived here for 2 years and have never needed to call anyone. The wonder of email. My call is to the USA. 2 years without a phone ? What if you get involved in an accident and need to call for help ? Or if you need to access internet from the mddle of nowhere? I can't imagine a life without a phone. But I live in the future I know a couple in their 50's (no kids) who only have a landline and only one more guy who do not have mobiles. Impressive but people used to survive without no? I know several people who only use landlines and don't have mobiles. I use my landline 95% of the time. This may be funny to some but I only got a mobile a couple of years ago and seldom ever use it. (I did have one in Europe years back because getting a landline in my own name was not possible without a company). There has never, ever been a time in my life where I have needed to make a telephone call so bad that it couldn't wait until I got home, back to my hotel, etc. Since i got my mobile here a couple of years ago, I doubt I've made more than 5 calls from it. I do use Skype sometimes when WiFi is available to call USA or Europe, check stocks quotes sometimes, but that is about it. I much prefer my landline and desktop computer with 24" monitor to read. And I hate maps on mobiles, I much prefer reading a fold out map. To each their own... Edited March 29, 2016 by elektrified Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konini Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Thank you. I have enough info. FYI- I have lived here for 2 years and have never needed to call anyone. The wonder of email. My call is to the USA. Download Skype and buy $10 of Skype time. And you don't even need to buy a headset if you have a laptop - our headset broke months ago and I haven't got around to buying a new one. It means that calls are on 'speaker phone' but it's private if you're in your room alone. Works perfectly, we phone family and friends and businesses several times a week and never have a problem with being heard or hearing people on the other end. I imagine a tablet would work the same, we've never tried it but we can use it for Skype video calls, so it would have to. (I intensely dislike using Skype video. I much prefer using the laptop as a phone where I don't have to look respectable.I often tell fibs and say I'm having problems with the web camera.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Check into the Hilton and call from your room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyL Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Check into the Hilton and call from your room. There's no Hilton here, but Le Meridien would work just fine, too. Great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LannaGuy Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I have noticed some copy shops near Pantip Plaza offer phone service - in fact thinking about it there are probably places IN Pantip Plaza that offer the service too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetley Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 CAT offices have a few phone booths where you can make cheap rate international calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) Thank you. I have enough info. FYI- I have lived here for 2 years and have never needed to call anyone. The wonder of email. My call is to the USA. 2 years without a phone ? What if you get involved in an accident and need to call for help ? Or if you need to access internet from the mddle of nowhere? I can't imagine a life without a phone. But I live in the future I can remember life before mobile phones. Then in 1987 I got a job with Vodafone in the UK building their network. I quit in 1988 them to work for Motorola to help build the Cellnet network in the UK. Many years later in 2009 I retired after working in about 30 countries in Asia, South America, the Arab Gulf, Europe, Pakistan, Bangladesh, PNG and NZ. Now my phone bill is about 250 baht a month and sometimes days go by and I don't use it apart from the clock, calendar and maybe the camera. Edited March 30, 2016 by billd766 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLover Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 The OP can use my phone, no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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