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I used to use Edge via AIS, as stated above, most definitely not broadband, and here in East Pattaya it would get really slow at peak times... bordering on useless. It was extremely convenient though as I could take it anywhere in the country with my laptop. Even used it on a blue bus! It was also extremely cheap, you could buy a fixed number of minutes pre-paying for the month. Excess usage was charged at 1b/min, cheaper than a Bangkok netcafe. No dongle required, went through my Samsung mobile phone...connecting to that with a USB cable (or bluetooth).

There may also be an alternative method whereby you can add money to any Thai number via a Thai bank ATM (as I can do from my HSBC ATM,in the UK, just have to put in the UK phone number). I heard this mentioned once, but when I tried to investigate on the AIS webpage, I'm afraid my lack of the Thai language, stopped me. Now get yourself off to bed!

They tell you if you have posted in that thread, (black dot) and it changes to red if it is a hot topic. They also are 'grayed out' if tou have read all of that thread.

I spend too much time on this board, but it has become my routine over the morning coffee. I see the following 'annoyance'..... seems to be repetitive, and both in Firefox and IE. I have a single instance of Pattaya Talk Open... but perhaps another Tab on something else. I go to an active Forum like 'The Members Bar'. On Page 1, there are 14 topics, perhaps 13 with the Little Blue Boxes, 'Go To Last Unread'' I will start cherry picking the boxes and 'reading the unread', via the blue click boxes. Then returning to the 'Members Bar Forum' using the convenient 'Go' at the bottom right corner. All seems to work well, the little blue boxes clear as I read, unless someone else posts in one subject. So I have 2 or 3 little boxes left, posts to read in 2-3 subjects...then I decide to post. After I have posted, the little blue 'Unread' boxes are all back, all 13 of them, the only new post on the Forum is likely only mine! The tracking of what I have read in that forum, is not maintained across a posting event! Sorry MM, a bit complex and trivial, just wondering if it is something I am doing wrong!

Yes well it would hardly get onto 1-2-Call network in the UK. As I said try a balance check...*121# To top up....*120*# Someone above suggests that the SIM will still work after the balance has expired, but that would depend on the timeframe... the number might get reclaimed.

Check whether you have international roaming enabled first. Put the SIM in an unblocked phone and see if it can get onto a network. If it doesn't, sorry...end of my knowledge.If it does, do a balance check to see if that works....... If so, now you need a top up card. Send £1000 to my Paypal account and I will toddle off the 200m to the 7-11 and buy you a 100 baht one, and PM you the number!

Also Jet airways were offering deals to London. Saw it on Pattaya One news......

Although I haven't sat comparing the two, I think they are indicative, and the D2D menu seems similar to wehat I recall. Anyhow it gives you an idea and since I couldn't find anything else......

I have been to Korea, have worked in Korea, have eaten in Korea and had sex in Korea... since you asked.

And in case you missed the posts above as well....yes, barfines reduced to 500 baht!

Optimistic outlook but I think flight prices are dropping because business is down!

Your wish is my command... Menu

Take a look at the OP, it's at the top of page 1.

There is only ONE 'biggest', not 'one of the biggest', that is a catchall phrase used by those who do not want to research or know the details. Emirates are most certainly stepping up it's services and presence, to Oz with the A380 to Sydney and services to Brisbane and Melbourne. They are looking at a bigger share of the UK(Europe)-Oz market, their sponsorship of sports indicates that. You may be correct, but a few times I pushed my trolley past the Emirates check-in towards KLM at Manchester, the queue did not look Australia bound! Probably seasonal. Most certainly Manchester serves more leisure travelers. Perhaps they need to start flying in some support for Manchester City from Abu Dhabi! That could fill a few A380s.

Great airline but I couldn't afford them anyhow? Emirates will make up their own mind, but they feed a different market, Middle East and sub-continent. One day I will use SQ to Bangkok, in business class, have to start saving!

Agreed, I have eaten here and would go along with the above recommendation.

Which part of 'English' did you not understand?

I kinda think that the best part of waking up, is a nice OJ.... beats 'Folgers in your cup' or cornflakes! Did I say OJ?.... Meant BJ!

I think you would be given short shrift by the boys in brown if you were to complain about one of the established places on Soi Diamond.... They threatened Barrie enough for taking pictures outside! Justice would have been done if the cameraman was to be evicted, slightly damaged, including his skin and equipment...after paying his check-bin of course. I once saw some guy trying to surepticiously use his camera phone for up the skirt shots at Happy.... he was dealt with very politely. The innards of a GO-GO are certainly not a public place, you may get away with a cigarette... but not this, deservedly.

Well April 10th-13th would be Easter weekend, The 12th-15th would also be Songkran.

As opposed to half a dozen bigger than average looking Thai men glowering at you if you had not mistaken the door. Good move by Catz, leaf from LD1, it works for them, I hope it does for you.

Mmmmmmm Carlsberg, I do miss it in LOS!

These changes have no impact on tourists, who provide the 8% you mentioned. What the Expats, who have decided to live/retire in LOS , provide for the 'much dependent' Thais, is probably an unknown quantity on the national scale. I don't think the aim is to make it more difficult for the farrang, more likely easier for the Thai. Probably hard to confirm the residence of a farang in Ubon, when he is at the Immigration office in Had Yai..

Did you sell this yet? My laptop uses DDR2-533 MHz (PC2-4200) and it is only $20 in the USA or £10 UKEbay for 1GB chips. Am I missing something?