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Mobile data plans are cheap enough and good enough that most people, even travellers use them now. Enforcing this law could simply get free anonymous wifi turne
by dageshi 7y ago
Mobile data plans are cheap enough and good enough that most people, even travellers use them now. Enforcing this law could simply get free anonymous wifi turned off so all traffic goes over the mobile networks.
- Cakez0r 7y agoMy experience is that SIM card providers (at airports) will take a scan of your passport before giving you a SIM card, so they are probably already in compliance.
- stephenr 7y agoThey have to I believe by law - foreign tourists (not sure about non-tourists my sim is older than the law) also get different sims apparently. I’ll see if I can find a link about it. Edit: found it. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/10/thai-regulator-backs-sim-card-plan-to-track-tourists https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/10/thai-regulator... Edit: to clarify I don’t think the two are linked specifically - most services/purchases like this in Thailand require some form of Government ID. For locals that’s usually an ID card, some places will accept my Thai drivers licence others want passport.