AIS is going to have the best coverage outside the city and fastest speed inside.

I think dtac is a great value option for city life.

I have true because it was bundled with fiber.

If you site next to someone positive you have to quarantine, not hospital. Most of the major insurance companies, including Thai, will not pay for the quarantine.

Now Thai insurance will pay for an asymptomatic hospital stay if you test positive. The two circumstances of testing positive verse of being near someone is different.

If you test positive, you will go to hospital or "hosptel" which cost around 200k up. If you simply bear someone you would have to quarantine which is about 30k up.

The requirement was always it needed to be from Thai company. I am former STVer in its early days. Some embassies though did give the STV with non Thai insurance, but not going to fly in bkk immigration. Their was at least one province office that let it slide with safety wing I remember a member.

Visa on arrival is 15 days only and no extension and not available to Australians.

You probably came visa exempt, meaning you don't have a visa. Staurt provided you the information on extending visa exempt.

It depends if your flight is part of their VTL (vaccinated travel lane) or not. If the flight is VTL you need digital proof (qr) of vaccination if that's your question. I would reach out directly to the airline to answer your questions to make sure you get the absolute right answer.

Why do you needs to prove funds to immigration? What visa are you entering on?

Stuart's answer is for a retirement visa.

@Bä ***

I think in most people cases, they not really tourist here for a short term but just might end up on the visa for a while. I have been here a year, stv then visa exempt, then Thai ed. So most of that time is under tourist visa. It can be inconvenient with high atms fees, plus some places need bank transfers like for water bill, or even a bar went to the other day, no cash, no card, bank only.

@Will ***********

yes. But could not transfer money via online services like wise, no domestic transfer in or out. Had to be swft based only. If you deposit cash have to fill out a form where you got it. And no mobile banking, no payment with debit card either. Only cash in or swft in, and atm withdrawal.. Absolutely nothing else.

You can open a bank account without a WP, all banks tend to say that first.. But it stupid. How many retires and elite in Thailand is an obvious indication you do not need a WP.

You can get a letter from your embassy, in the case of the US it just an affidavit of your address. Other embassy do it differently. Some branchs may just accept a lease agreement if you hit the pavement hard enough.

Sounds like Bangkok is probably the best place to go on tourist visa. I did one at krungsri, but basically only cash deposit and atm, no transfers in or out, mobile banking, etc.

I ended up opening one once I got my ed visa ink at krungthai and pretty with that.