My story about getting internet backup.

I've noticed, because I've had to make some calls from Thailand back to the U.S., that my internet service wasn't handling Skype very well. Since I want to do coaching using Skype I realised I needed a better connection.

At first I thought I would need to change internet providers, but what I was told was that the providers wanted me to sign a one year contract and because I am a foreigner to pay six months in advance. Since it's quite possible that I'll be moving in a few months I didn't want to tie myself down to that.

So a friend suggested that I get internet service on my iPhone and use it as a hotspot. She had gone to a provider called Dtac and gotten 10GB service for around 800 Baht (Baht is the Thai currency and at present they are about 35 Baht to the dollar).

That seemed like a good idea, because I need backup for the times when the internet is down, which does happen every now and then. But I wanted to check with my current provider before I changed over. In Thailand you can switch from provider to provider and keep the same number, but you need to change sim cards.

I went to AIS, my current provider and told them that I wanted to add internet service. they said that would cost 1,098 Baht (12GB). Since I knew I could get it cheaper I told them that I would be changing over to Dtac. Lo and behold, the customer service rep. looked around in his computer and found that he could give me 10 GB service for a year for 499 Baht a month. I had been paying 299 Baht for telephone service alone, so it was a great deal.

So the two morals of this story are that 'there are all kinds of solutions out there' and 'You don't get what you don't ask for'.

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