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I just got a text from AIS telling me to hurry and upgrade my phone to a 3G model as 2G is being phased out. pdoggg had posted recently about a offer from AIS to trade in your old phone for a new smart phone for a small amount of baht added to you AIS account that can be used as top up credit. Apparently this was more than just a promotion to get users to get phones that can do internet. It allows those of us with 2G phones to still have phone service. I have a rather nice 2G phone with a QWERTY keyboard and I sure hate to give up but I guess that is the way it goes. I just called AIS and the lady I talked to could not even tell me the date when 2G would be discontinued. Apparently they will use some of the old 2G network to upgrade the 4G network and the contract for the 2G network has already lapsed even though it still works. At least that was the best answer I could get from her. I didn't have much luck with an internet search but maybe I picked bad search keywords. She did say the promotion to get a new smart phone upgrade was still in effect if I go to an AIS office. So I guess it's off to Central Festival AIS tomorrow. However I also assume that those that have the very old style Nokia phones that only have a number keypad will soon find those phones no longer work. At least that would be my guess. I heard about this some time ago but didn't pay much attention. So I have let it catch me by surprise. But apparently the bottom line is soon you will need a 3G phone to have phone service in Thailand. The topic can be found here: http://www.ladyboyreview.com/forum/index.php?/topic/6931-trade-in-your-junk-phone-for-a-free-smartphone/