getting busted by international ring tone while roaming

[jay757]

hi guys i would like any info regarding dial tone when im in thialand ,on people ringing me while in thailand,

i usually roam my phone due to family and work,

the international ring tone that people hear while ringing you :ie long beeps

instead of ring ring.....

 

people usually know im overseas when they call me , due to the different ring tone ...'

 

any solutions? maybee divert all calls to a aussie number back at home and let it ring out , with normal ringtone ,and get a text on to who has called, ring back with roaming number, no one will suspect a thing.....

 

any other ideas? will my plan work?

any other solutions?

[cuzzy]

 

Would one of those annoying songs that play instead of the ring work???

[PeterKe]

Maybe route everything to Voicemail, and then call the people back when you get a message that you have a voicemail waiting. Messy. but not sure there is an easy way around this.

[Sam Beckett]

I bought a phone with SIM in Thailand

I bought at a shop and asked them to set up

They also adived the NUMBER to dial out for CHEAPEST rate

Just left MY phone in the SAFE

Checked it when I got up , or when I was next in room

Cheaper to call back on THAI sim phone anyway

[FROST MEDIC999]

Like your Style and know where you coming from 555

 

What I have done is set up calls to divert straight to Voice Mail with the normall Shit say I am busy etc

 

I then get alerted saying I have a message or whatever and ringing them back just feed them some Crap saying sorry I was tied up 5555

 

Problem with this is if no message left then I haven't a clue who rang.

 

Dependant on how you fixed can say Phone was broke or lost 555 this can only work a couple of times But work it does 55555

[anchor777]

if you dont answer in thailand and you are romaing the callers will hear a Thai voice,,,,,so if they recognize thai they will know you are here.

 

There is a service which lets you choose a number in whatever country you want, with a dedicted call center answering, saying whatever you order them to say. andonly patch through the calls you want. a bit pricey but does the job, noone will be wiser......

[jerry]

Why you don't want people to know you're in Thailand ?

Don't you tell them you go for the temples and to play golf ....... ?

[swissbanker]

Get Skype

Get Skype in your mobile

Get a local Aussie Skype-In Number

Divert your mobile to the skype in number

Get a thai prepaid SIM like 1-2-call

Sign-up for unlimited data at thb 799 per month

 

Now if people call you the call will automatically routed to Skype. Uf you don't pickup you get Skype Voicemail.

 

If you call back using Skype thye will see your australian Skype In Number. Plus calling back is cheap.

 

Works for other countries too.

[Holtime]

I divert my phone to message bank at the airport when leaving oz.

 

People know I am away & I get the ring 101 messagebank sms but I never reply, I just use the phone for receiving & sending texts

[manarak]

Get Skype

Get Skype in your mobile

Get a local Aussie Skype-In Number

Divert your mobile to the skype in number

Get a thai prepaid SIM like 1-2-call

Sign-up for unlimited data at thb 799 per month

 

Now if people call you the call will automatically routed to Skype. Uf you don't pickup you get Skype Voicemail.

 

If you call back using Skype thye will see your australian Skype In Number. Plus calling back is cheap.

 

Works for other countries too.

 

Hi Swissbanker

 

I tried to do the same with peoplephone.ch and netvoip.ch - rerouting per VOIP on a Thai mobile number. But the quality of calls I received in Thailand was mostly very bad and a good share (about 20%) didn't ring at all.

 

Did you try receiving calls in Thailand with Skype? How was the quality?

Edited January 25, 2012 by manarak

[Joe_Le_Force]

Like your Style and know where you coming from 555

 

What I have done is set up calls to divert straight to Voice Mail with the normall Shit say I am busy etc

 

I then get alerted saying I have a message or whatever and ringing them back just feed them some Crap saying sorry I was tied up 5555

 

Problem with this is if no message left then I haven't a clue who rang.

 

Dependant on how you fixed can say Phone was broke or lost 555 this can only work a couple of times But work it does 55555

 

Whats with all this 555 everybody puts in posts !!

 

Its senseless !!

[manarak]

Whats with all this 555 everybody puts in posts !!

 

Its senseless !!

448 posts and never been to Thailand?

[Joe_Le_Force]

448 posts and never been to Thailand?

 

Just under 200 visits buddy and in 25th year, and 5 in Thai is Ha but for the life of me why its all over this forum is beyond me.

 

If its an expression along the lines of lol, its rather pathetic to be honest ??

Edited January 28, 2012 by Joe_Le_Force

[Woofiee]

Whats with all this 555 everybody puts in posts !!

 

Its senseless !!

"555" is what "hee hee hee" sounds like in Thai .

 

No worries - we're not laughing at you...um. Oh wait - yes, we are.

[Joe_Le_Force]

"555" is what "hee hee hee" sounds like in Thai .

 

No worries - we're not laughing at you...um. Oh wait - yes, we are.

 

Well I'm glad someone is 5555555555555

[jonross]

Well I'm glad someone is 5555555555555

 

 

 

5555555 means hahahaha get it? in Thailand when you say the number "5" it means HA Get it?

[jonross]

Whats with all this 555 everybody puts in posts !!

 

Its senseless !!

 

 

5555555=HAHAHAHA in Thailand when they say number the number "5" is HA.

 

example 1=nueng. 2=song. 3=som. 4=see. 5=HA.

 

5555555!!!!

[takode]

Sorry... I can't resist this comment 555++!

 

To get back on track, thanks for the ideas around Skype, I'll do a bit of research on this and see if it'll work out for me.