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[PeaceBlondie]

I stand corrected: in checking all my dongles, I find that two of them are past their use-by date, and one is entirely too large to input into the serial port. Maybe I need a new serial port?

[Pi Sua]

[AndyCanfield]

george, on 2007-04-01 07:13:59, said:

New Luxury tax on internet usage in Thailand

No problem. I will sign up for Satellite Internet Access from an ISP in Mynamar and my friends and I will move the dish over the border into Thailand.

[Peht]

Just saw news feed on BBC News.com.

Thaksin has heard about this and is now on-route to Singapore. Want's to buy back his old company in view of increased revenue potential :-)

[bloody tiger]

Most 7-11's stock thier dongles just to the right of the slurpee machines, on top of the unsold commemorative plates of Dick Smith towing an iceberg into Sydney harbour................N1 george

Edited by bloody tiger, 2007-04-01 09:03:50.

[bloody tiger]

Thailand is a small island in the bahama's right?

[frankthetank]

Nice one George!!

[swanks]

Yep
You got me to boiling point before I realised....

Er...
It WAS a joke wasn't it?

Edited by swanks, 2007-04-01 09:11:00.

[cdnvic]

swanks, on 2007-04-01 09:10:41, said:

Er...
It WAS a joke wasn't it?

Until someone in the Ministry of Communications reads it.

[QualityTouristNumberOne]

I was informed that Irish expats cant use a dongle,
it has to be a "Dougal"

wombat, on 2007-04-01 09:15:57, said:

and the date today is.......

[pascharay]

The dongle will be sold today from 2-5pm in the sections of 7-11 normally reserved for teenage beer purchases

[lazyguy]

good one...

[batami]

lazyguy, on 2007-04-01 09:24:03, said:

good one...

My local enterprising 7-11 read this article this morning and promptly but a large sign up outside his shop advertising "FARANG dongles availble here - ThB 200 discunt". Don't believe, ride past 7-11 across the road from Chiang Mai University.

[Khun Bob]

Good opportunity for the visa run operators here - they can have a few laptops on the bus and when you get over the boader into, maybe, a less developed country, enjoy tax free internet usage at 12Kbps ! Wow thats a key selling point !

[wolfmanjack]

martinhuahin, on 2007-04-01 08:29:37, said:

He he that one ranks high up with the spaghetti trees of Italy.... I was almost believing it until I realised the Date!!

However I am concerned you might be giving the government some new policy ideas!!

I wa_ thinking the _ame thing. Hey my _ quit working on my keyboard. I read that they are impo_ing a property tax in addition to the building tax already in place which will be higher for unu_ed property. The tax will be ba_ed on the current value of the land. I _ee problem_ for older thai_ that have had their land for 20 year_ not being able to afford the tax and lo_ing their property. A few days ago I was informed that a higher tax had to be paid for pickups with metal racks on the back. The next will be the internet dongle tax.

Thi_ April joke would be funny if it wa_n't po__ble that they might really do it.

[andylee]

The most frightening thing is that it could have been true .... totally unworkable .... but it could have been true ..... and then "oops", we didnt mean that.

[tweezer]

I really love reading the knee-jerk posts from the TV users who fall for this every year...cracks me up! Thanks for an enjoyable Sunday AM!

[mikethevigoman]

QualityTouristNumberOne, on 2007-04-01 09:17:55, said:

I was informed that Irish expats cant use a dongle,
it has to be a "Dougal"

wombat, on 2007-04-01 09:15:57, said:

and the date today is.......

DONT LAUGH, MY WIFE WAS HALF WAY TO THE 7-11 WHEN I SUSSED IT , I TOLD HER IT WAS JOKING, THEN SHE LOOKS AT ME AND ASKS " WHY JO KING MAKE ME GO 7-11,". THAIS, DONT YOU LOVE EM

[SnakeBite]

not falling for it, have fun.

[Stekmer]

andylee, on 2007-04-01 09:38:45, said:

The most frightening thing is that it could have been true .... totally unworkable .... but it could have been true .....

Exactly right.

On reading it I'm thinking "this has to be wrong, must be a joke" .... but then ..... what if it isn't.
With other recent developments it is not completely outside the realms of possibility.

Very scary

[AGareth2]

This is more informative than the Bangkok Post. Thanks George

[MILT]

Well I must say that getting up having me coffee and looking at Thailands current events on Thaivisa this morning my jaw drop to the floor. I have lived here in Chiangmai 12 years and have pretty much seen it all. I to was about at my wits end when I realized what today is and that even though something like this could happen here in amazing Thailand I was so relieved to realize it's April Fools day. Fool me once shame on me Fool me twice shame on you. Good one! Thanks for a good start to this day

[harsh4]

Oh yes, there were rumours of this going to happen... and not at all surprising that it did indeed happen...and the 1st of April is the best date to announce this... :-) Good one ...

[louissmith]

I pay 500 bht to TOT already for broadband....will this new tax be an extra on top of that? The only time a porn site was opened on my com was when I let a Thai use it.

[Maxwell Book]

I am so glad it's April 1st.