According to the Bangkok Post Advanced Info Service (AIS) will begin cutting its network connection with TOT’s mobile network on Feb 8 after submitting a formal notification on Monday.

The move is in response to TOT’s delay to a deal over 3G data roaming, says AIS chief executive Wichian Mektrakarn.

AIS had earlier scheduled data roaming to begin today.

gjbkk: Laos has had 3G for sometime now so why is Thailand lagging behind?

Absolutely Bangkok might have the answers here but this was posted sometime ago but the comments are ongoing and quite interesting.

(BD: You refer to this post as having “the answers”? http://absolutelybangkok.com/3gs-here-why-the-rush/ …)

In Finland when someone gets a phone with internet, they are likely to use it, people are obsessed with function, and most people look for a strong simple phone that lets them talk and live worry free (Nokia receives 80% of operating expenses from basic models, hi-tech models are an attempt to develop a future product that does not yet really exist).

In Thailand I’ve polled my classes 4 times (about 40 students at a time), and there is never more then 1-2 people that have read an email or used Google with their phones. 40% of the +16,000 baht phone users have no credit during the polling.

At home we would say these people have no life, they are poor, and prefer to cheat strangers about social status then to have money to call the real friends they presumably have.

To each his own, my advice is take your 20,000 baht and buy a hundred jeans and T-shirts, you will improve your quality of life more.

Activate? Unlock? WTF?

Any normal fone just works & is a lot cheaper.

But as a working tool, if you have to browse the internet on the go and such, it’s a way to go.

BangkokDan