This is faster and safer but the cost is higher. Private couriers like DHL are also available in Phuket. In Phuket Town, head for the main post office on Montri Road. Small branches are found in areas such as Karon, Chalong, and Kamala. You can send postcards and regular size letters from reception at most major hotels around the island.
Most hotels can provide telephone and fax services.
Public telephones are not the greatest choice for making long distance or overseas calls - far easier to go to one of the many business offices that offer this service or do it from your hotel. There is the option of going to a sidewalk mobile phone stand - they offer you the use of their mobile phone to make long distance or overseas calls for a fixed price per 5 minutes. Local calls are easily made from public phones but you will need to check whether the phone is a card or coin phone. Telephone cards are available from various places such as Seven-Eleven convenience stores, some stationary stores and pharmacies, the post office and telephone authority offices. Internet services are springing up in all the main tourist areas, catering for Internet savvy tourists.