SIM card Question

[burnalot]

Greetings, and thank you in advance for reading this.

My idea:

I want to use 2 cheap, mobile phones to act as "video surveillance" for my house.
Both of these phones will be online, connected to the internet, but what that unfortunately means is that they both need SIM cards.
I already have one registered SIM card associated with my passport details. So my idea means that I would have 3 SIM cards attached to my passport.

Is it even LEGAL to have more than one mobile phone over here?
Any ideas about how to get around this hurdle?

FYI:
Mobile phones acting as motion sensors and connected to the internet, is far cheaper and superior than getting actual video cameras to do the same thing. And any thief can EASILY steal your recording VDR, thereby stealing any, and all evidence.

Plus, my solar panels can keep the phones charged.

Thanks in advance!

[Jiu-Jitsu]

You can have as many as you like

[Lannig]

+1 I must have at least half a dozen SIMs registered under my name.

And for the time being, they're not interested in what mobile phone(s) you own and how many (might change sometime...)

[Oscar2]

can't you use wifi??? then you don't even need the cards.

[burnalot]

Excellent guys, thank you!

@Oscar2 : You are correct, and I hadn't realized that.

Do those cheap smart phones (1,440 in the 7-11 come with SIM cards I wonder?

Do you need to show your passport to purchase them?

Cheers

[Rotweiler]

No, the phones do not come with SIM cards. Those you can purchase (almost) anywhere. No, no passport required to purchase. But the cards will not worj long unless registered. THAT will require some form of identification.

[Chicog]

You're just going to eat data if you try and use the mobile network, and it isn't the cheapest way to do it.

Honestly, get yourself down to Panthip or the Computer places near KSK and buy one or two cheap Video cameras.

You can get Wifi ones with motion detection, so you can go in and look when you want, or get alerts if there is movement, but they won't use data otherwise. They usually take MicroSD cards so they can record, too.

Not hideously expensive; don't write it off until you've priced up a few and seen them in action.

Mobile phones acting as motion sensors and connected to the internet, is far cheaper and superior than getting actual video cameras to do the same thing. And any thief can EASILY steal your recording VDR, thereby stealing any, and all evidence.

Most modern cameras can start uploading images or video to the net as soon as motion is detected.

What's to stop anyone nicking your mobile phones anyway?

P.S. There are plenty of models that actually have pan and scan if you want it, which you can control from your mobile device anywhere in the world. Try that on a mobile phone.

Edited June 22, 2016 by Chicog

[Lannig]

Excellent guys, thank you!

@Oscar2 : You are correct, and I hadn't realized that.

Do those cheap smart phones (1,440 in the 7-11 come with SIM cards I wonder?

Do you need to show your passport to purchase them?

Cheers

I beg to differ from Rotweiler's reply: yes, most of the phones sold at 7/11 do come with a bundled SIM, some call time and internet megs and they're usually simlocked to the operator (that's why they're so cheap).

Yes, you do need to show your passport if the bundle includes a SIM card. Not if it doesn't but I can't recall having seen a naked phone sold at 7/11.

Edited June 22, 2016 by Lannig

[burnalot]

Hey

So I did in fact go to Panthip Plaza, I went to 2 different stores in fact. I was disappointed by four factors:

Firstly, the lack of English and my shoddy Thai made communication really hard.

Secondly, Chicog is correct by saying that if the thieves steal a camera recording onto an SD card, what's the point?

Thirdly price. A wireless deal is about 4000B for one single camera, and I need 2 cameras.

Fourthly, incompetence. I need a geek. I need a specialist who know his stuff inside out, not someone who scratches their head and doesn't really know his products.

Two mobile phones inside my house sounds like a better option in many ways!

-Running on WIFI, it costs me nothing outside of my pre-existing internet bill

-Text message, and email of photo/video

-If the thieves steal my mobiles, who cares? It's already too late. The data has already been sent to my email.

-No need to pull out the hammer drill. There are enough selfie-sticks and camera tripods out there and on the cheap

-No need to worry about a thief killing the power to my house before he enters. The phones have batteries, so killing the power is irrelevant.

-Both mobiles can be attached to my outdoor solar panels to ensure the batteries are constantly charged.

-Unlike a hardware device, software is always being updated, new improved software comes out, and so far I've collected about 5 different FREE apps, all competing to do the same basic things.

Thanks for your guys' input, very much appreciated!

[STUDMEYER]

Buy 2 "IP Cams" from panthip plaza. They are stupid cheap, 1400-3000 baht. Hook them up to your wireless. Now you can log in and watch in real time each camera, plus they have infrared lamps for night time, you can get motion sensor alarms with a photo attached by email, you can live stream everything to an offsite recording company if youre worried about someone stealing your VDR or SD card.

Google ONVIF. Its easy. Remember to password protect the ONVIF stream

Rgs

Sm

[STUDMEYER]

Was in Icon Plaza today. Much better than Panthip. Please disregard advice to go to Panthip.

Rgs

SM