Jan 07 2009
No prepaid sim
When I arrived in Thailand in 2001 there was no prepaid simcard. If you wanted to buy a phone it’s got to be on a contract and the price of simcards were ridiculously expensive you could buy another phone. It was a difficult time for me because it means I couldn’t buy a phone. One requirement for buying a mobile phone is work permit which I obviously didn’t have. So I put my neighbor’s number instead.
Having a mobile phone was more of a burden than a convenience because it cost so much to call and text. Actually, it was cheaper to call than to send SMS.
But Thailand is not resistant to the latest technologies. A few months later, prepaid sims became so popular you could even get them for free.
