I just Paid 6 Cents per Min To Call Van in Vietinam

[dalegg 143]

24 minutes for 1.28 Euros ($1.65). That's bloody unbelievable. I love you Robert. Too bad you live in Oregon or I would buy you a bowl of pho.

Edited May 31, 2006 by dalegg

[Tony_H 0]

Mike,

I usually reply to her message and she does the same to me. To start from scratch, here is how I do it: in the menu of Messaging, I select Send Message, Text, and in Mobile # line, I enter 01184 her phone number without the first 0 (my lady's cell number start with 0983......). So I would enter 01184983.....

In Vietnam, it depends on which mobile phone company she is using. If she is using Viettel, I believe I had to enter a "+1" and our area code and phone number. We message each other a few times a day and it is very convenient. There is a limited number of characters per message, I think it is around 150.

Once you can get the first message through on either end, you can just reply to that message then it keeps going. I hope it will work for you.

Tony

In addition, I also use my cellphone to text message her. It costs me about $5/month on Sprint for 100 messages or $8/mo. for 500 messages. I was told that it is affordable for her on her cell phone to receive and send messages as well. We tell each to turn on the computer using the text messages.

Tony

Hi STL_HCMC,

I used Ringvoiz to call home too. And you can get a complete printout of your calls with all the details. You can even change the time zone you are in as well. I remember that there is a button on the dialer called CALL LOG that you can press to get your log. If not, you can also go to their website and enter your card code and get the log as show at this link for my last card:

http://202.8.41.51/viewlog/viewlog.php?pre...55149502&sid=US

For Skype, under History, you can bring up your call logs and just print that. It shows her Skype name and yours with time, date, and length of each video call. With a webcam, it is such a wonderful communication tool.

Tony

Great info!

I will definitely pass this on to my family in St. Louis and let them know of a cheaper rate if they need to contact me in an emergency while I'm here in Vietnam.

I use RingVoiz and Skype to call home to St. Louis from Vietnam. I'm not sure if there is any call detail that could be used for evidence purposes, but it is certainly a cheaper alternative.

Perhaps some of you could do some calling on your end for good evidence records, and then if she has a computer and ADSL internet connection in her home, she could call you cheaper for more talk time.

STL_HCMC

[Matt_Stevens 5]

I signed up for this today and it was kind of easy to set up. Unfortunately the quality is terrible. After multiple calls all I can get is a connection that at best is unbearable.

[Robert & Van 0]

I signed up for this today and it was kind of easy to set up. Unfortunately the quality is terrible. After multiple calls all I can get is a connection that at best is unbearable.

For the first week It was a real good connection, Then this week not so good. What I did this week I would make a call and listen for the first ring, I can tell if i was going to be a good conection or not by the Ring, If it wasn't I just hang up and try again. The most times I had to do this was 3 times. It's ok as long as there is speed dial.

[Matt_Stevens 5]

I kept trying and got a good connection. So, basically you will need to just keep trying to get a good connection.