Spent 3 months trying to get a reliable SIM card in Bangkok

I kept buying tourist SIMs that throttled after 10GB, then tried a local carrier plan that needed Thai ID. Ended up taking 4 trips to the shopping mall and 2 hours of paperwork to get a proper prepaid card. Has anyone else dealt with that mess?

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kaigibson4d ago

I get what you're saying about the hassle, but "that mess" is a bit much. I walked into a 7-Eleven in Bangkok, bought a TrueMove card for like 300 baht, and it worked fine for a month with no throttle issues. The key is to grab the right package at the register, not the tourist ones from the airport. Those airport SIMs are overpriced and capped low, so people get stuck. Sounds like you skipped the easy route and went straight for the complicated one with the local carrier.

michael_green444d ago

Idk man, I bought one of those 7-Eleven TrueMove cards a couple years back and it throttled me hard after like 10 GB with no warning. Maybe it's just me, but the prepaid plans in Thailand can be real hit or miss depending on the store and what they scan.

jakeb814d ago

So you're saying the easy route was the one you didn't take?