TOT offers cut in phone installation fee

PHUKET: Residents of Thailand – Phuket included – have a chance this month to get a new phone line for 2,000 baht less than usual. To celebrate its 46th anniversary, the Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) will give a discount until the end of March on the installation fee for a fixed-line telephone. The installation fee has been reduced from 6,503 baht to 4,363 baht. The fee includes VAT of 7% and a deposit of 2,918 baht. For more information, contact the TOT’s Phuket branch at 211199 or 212299. Meanwhile, the Communication Authority of Thailand (CAT) has a new post office box for customers who want to send suggestions or complaints about its services. Comments about other Ministry of Transport and Communications departments may also be sent to the PO box. These include the Department of Land Transport, the Department of Aviation, the Department of Highways, the Harbor Department, the Post and Telegraph Department, the Meteorological Department and the Maritime Promotion Commission. Letters should be sent to PO Box 111, Laksi Post Office, Bangkok 10210.