issan2 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 (edited) Ive just come over to Thailand after two years away, when I was last here I was able to buy an aircard dongle to provide wireless internet access for my laptop. It was one of those usb dongles that I plugged into my laptop using a dtac sim card. Most hotels now seem to have reasonable wifi but I just want to have internet whilst on away from the hotel. I went to Pantip Plaza this morning and none of the stalls seemed to have a dongle like this available. Am I missing something here ? Are they not sold anymore ? I was able to buy the dtac sim cards without any problem. Edited December 21, 2016 by issan2 text needed formating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamkyong Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 i think the dongle system has now been replaced with a new system by dialing an ais number something like *777 ---# and the internet can be purchased for 1 day1 month etc i think the minimum card is 3 g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issan2 Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 I thought it was something like that i.e. things had changed .. but if you need to buy internet access how can it be done when you are travelling with a laptop ? I mean my laptop has a wireless card but that doesnt help me when I am away from hotels or at the beach and there is no wifi service. Hence the reason that the wifi dongles used to be so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theguyfromanotherforum Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 It's not a wireless dongle, it's a 3g or 4g one. I bought one at it mall for 900 baht and it even came with a free sim card.Where are you looking?Edit. Worst case scenario AIS will sell you one, but you'll be stuck with their service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamkyong Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 27 minutes ago, issan2 said: I thought it was something like that i.e. things had changed .. but if you need to buy internet access how can it be done when you are travelling with a laptop ? I mean my laptop has a wireless card but that doesnt help me when I am away from hotels or at the beach and there is no wifi service. Hence the reason that the wifi dongles used to be so good. you access the internet on your phone then bluetooth/tether/ make it a hotspot and open your laptop with your own hotspot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issan2 Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 Thats a good idea Lamkyong .. Im going to try that - Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issan2 Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 (edited) theguyfromanotherfor... : I bought my sims at the dtac shop on the first floor in pantip plaza .. when I asked about dongles they sent me to the ground floor and all of thestall holders said they didnt have dongles. I was asking for aircard though so the daft foreigner probably just confused them :) Edited December 21, 2016 by issan2 bad formatting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halfaboy Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Dongles can still be bought at the True shop. More sophisticated these days are the portable wifi's. These can serve up to 9 devices. Around the same price as a dongle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issan2 Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 Hi Halfaboy : Where is the True Shop ? Is that at Pantip Plaza ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halfaboy Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Sorry, bought my aircard upcountry in a True shop. If I remember it correctly it was in Lam Plai Mat (not too far from Buriram). But there are True shops everywhere I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Dongles sales pretty much went way, way down since much everyone has a smartphone with a mobile data plan. Just turn on the HotSpot setting in your phone, your laptop makes a Wifi connection to your smartphone's hotspot, and you do your laptop interneting. Even with the HotSpot function turned on you can still make and receive calls with the phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carib Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Look up ' Mifi ' or portable routers, they more or less replaced dongles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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