calls to philippines

[tallcoolone 102]

If the CellPhone Company MetroPCS is in your area, it pretty cheap.

You can text to PI for free, and for $5 per month you make unlimited calls to PI Landline.

The monthly cost for MetroPCS for unllimited talk, text, and internet is around $45 per month

hey i checked it out metropcs utility said philippines is not included in the international plan here is what the utility spit out

Based on the information provided above your destination is:

Philippines -- Not currently available with the Unlimited International Calling Feature

MetroPCS offers great rates with International Long Distance Calling Cards. Find out more about our competitive rates on this and other calling destinations using our International Long Distance Calling Card

and I used a landline number as the input. I'm thinkin like most other carriers philippines is excluded. I have yet to see phils included in any unlimited calling plans even the new vonage world plan phils is excluded.

You may be correct, Since I don't call the Philippines. But last time I checked, you could call the Philippines landline for unlimited

Here is a link to see if it would work

http://www.metropcs.com/ild/findrate.aspx

How many Filipinos do you know that use a landline? For me, Zero! Even in America, folks are more and more skipping the landline, and just using a mobile 24/7 for all calling needs.

My wife's house in PI they have a landline, but I would think just like in USA, Landlines are on the way out

[tallcoolone 102]

just want to say if your in america and want to call your family,fiance,etc in the philippines , there is a company called [pinoy tawag] i used for 5 months now and it is 44$a month and you can call there unlimited all day and nite long.they send your filipino family etc a chip for there phone and it has an american local number and a philippine number in it,when you call from usa you dial the usa local number and your filipina recipients phone rings and you talk all you want.there is no contract either very good to have

I looked at their website and it seems like a good deal. Can you give me any input as to the quality of the calls using this service?

Would be very appreciated to get get your feedback here. Thanks!

Here is what my wife does to stay in contact with her friends / family in PI for almost free.

She purchased a International Sims Card from Smart Bros in Philippines, Cost around $3, and is a one time cost.

She has an unlocked phone in USA, Since all incoming text are free, She can receive all the free text from PI.

In USA she also has MetroPCS which has free unlimited International text, as part of her monthly plan.

This works for her and a couple of my other buddies who are courting Pinays.........

[SuperDuper! 230]

just want to say if your in america and want to call your family,fiance,etc in the philippines , there is a company called [pinoy tawag] i used for 5 months now and it is 44$a month and you can call there unlimited all day and nite long.they send your filipino family etc a chip for there phone and it has an american local number and a philippine number in it,when you call from usa you dial the usa local number and your filipina recipients phone rings and you talk all you want.there is no contract either very good to have

I looked at their website and it seems like a good deal. Can you give me any input as to the quality of the calls using this service?

Would be very appreciated to get get your feedback here. Thanks!

Here is what my wife does to stay in contact with her friends / family in PI for almost free.

She purchased a International Sims Card from Smart Bros in Philippines, Cost around $3, and is a one time cost.

She has an unlocked phone in USA, Since all incoming text are free, She can receive all the free text from PI.

In USA she also has MetroPCS which has free unlimited International text, as part of her monthly plan.

This works for her and a couple of my other buddies who are courting Pinays.........

But what service provider does your wife have in US, T-Mobile?

[tallcoolone 102]

just want to say if your in america and want to call your family,fiance,etc in the philippines , there is a company called [pinoy tawag] i used for 5 months now and it is 44$a month and you can call there unlimited all day and nite long.they send your filipino family etc a chip for there phone and it has an american local number and a philippine number in it,when you call from usa you dial the usa local number and your filipina recipients phone rings and you talk all you want.there is no contract either very good to have

I looked at their website and it seems like a good deal. Can you give me any input as to the quality of the calls using this service?

Would be very appreciated to get get your feedback here. Thanks!

Here is what my wife does to stay in contact with her friends / family in PI for almost free.

She purchased a International Sims Card from Smart Bros in Philippines, Cost around $3, and is a one time cost.

She has an unlocked phone in USA, Since all incoming text are free, She can receive all the free text from PI.

In USA she also has MetroPCS which has free unlimited International text, as part of her monthly plan.

This works for her and a couple of my other buddies who are courting Pinays.........

But what service provider does your wife have in US, T-Mobile?

For her incoming text, she does not have a service provider. Just an unlocked cell phone (her old cell phone from PI),With Her International Sims Card (Smart Bro) from PI is all she needs to receive PI text.

Her outgoing texts and her cell phone provider in USA is MetroPCS.

[SuperDuper! 230]

just want to say if your in america and want to call your family,fiance,etc in the philippines , there is a company called [pinoy tawag] i used for 5 months now and it is 44$a month and you can call there unlimited all day and nite long.they send your filipino family etc a chip for there phone and it has an american local number and a philippine number in it,when you call from usa you dial the usa local number and your filipina recipients phone rings and you talk all you want.there is no contract either very good to have

I looked at their website and it seems like a good deal. Can you give me any input as to the quality of the calls using this service?

Would be very appreciated to get get your feedback here. Thanks!

Here is what my wife does to stay in contact with her friends / family in PI for almost free.

She purchased a International Sims Card from Smart Bros in Philippines, Cost around $3, and is a one time cost.

She has an unlocked phone in USA, Since all incoming text are free, She can receive all the free text from PI.

In USA she also has MetroPCS which has free unlimited International text, as part of her monthly plan.

This works for her and a couple of my other buddies who are courting Pinays.........

But what service provider does your wife have in US, T-Mobile?

For her incoming text, she does not have a service provider. Just an unlocked cell phone (her old cell phone from PI),With Her International Sims Card (Smart Bro) from PI is all she needs to receive PI text.

Her outgoing texts and her cell phone provider in USA is MetroPCS.

Ahh, that is wild. Thx for explaining it.

I bet it is required to set up/ use the International Sim Card in the PI B4 using it in the states.

[danvil101 0]

We also have Skype but was unaware of this feature, can you explain how I set my fiance in Philippines laptop to use that? Thanks

Both of you must have: 1. Laptop/personal computer 2. Headset 3. Good/High speed internet connection 4. skype application installed on both pc. If you have all these, you will both create an account in skype (it's free) then you will add each other as your buddies. Then you're good to go. You can chat, talk and see each other for free.

[BRB 6]

I use pingo (www.pingo.com).

[tallcoolone 102]

I use pingo (www.pingo.com).

Back in my childhood days

We used two cups and a string............

[SnME 3]

This thread was originally about phone calls to the PI using a service called 'PinoyTawag Coverage Plus SIM'

@ $50.00 per month for unlimited calls to the recipient of their SIM card in the PI + they get free local calling within their area there...

Sounded like a good deal, so I am in the middle of processing the order to try it out. My honey likes to talk a LOT so this 'could' save me a pile.

Things I have noticed so far:

1) Customer service sucks. They will get to you eventually but you better be willing to wait.

2) Customer service sucks. YOU better be able to figure out if you have a phone that is GSM compatable. Google will be your friend if you know the model info for the phone you plan to use for this...

3) Customer service sucks. Depending on WHO you speak to, You may be told different things. One lady told me that they had already called my girl on the phone and got her personal info from her... Nope. I was talking to her when they called and told me that and she said that she had received NO call from ANY company about ANY phone service. Hmmmm. I got in touch with them, Told them that they did NOT talk to the right person and they said they would call her back. (they DID have her correct phone number) Instead of calling they sent her a text message asking for the info. She forwarded this message to me and it was 'sorta' English but not really... Looked like a text message that your 3 yr old kid would send to someone...

4) Terms MAY change so pay careful attention to the emails that they send you. Everywhere on their website and in all previous emails I received, They said that delivery was free in the Metro Manila area... Last email I got from them said that there was a $6.00 delivery fee being added. I was fairly sure that Mandaluyong city WAS inside of Metro Manila?? Hmmmmm. I emailed the CS rep to ask about this 'extra fee' and am waiting on a reply currently.

My advice: Pay attention to the emails they send you, Be willing to do some work other than just giving them your payment info, And USE a Credit Card to pay for this service so that if things go south you can call your credit card company and have them issue a chargeback if you need to...

Since the OP never answered my question about the quality of the calls using this service, I WILL in a week or so once we get all of this sorted out and working.

[Scott and Mhay 57]

just want to say if your in america and want to call your family,fiance,etc in the philippines , there is a company called [pinoy tawag] i used for 5 months now and it is 44$a month and you can call there unlimited all day and nite long.they send your filipino family etc a chip for there phone and it has an american local number and a philippine number in it,when you call from usa you dial the usa local number and your filipina recipients phone rings and you talk all you want.there is no contract either very good to have

I looked at their website and it seems like a good deal. Can you give me any input as to the quality of the calls using this service?

Would be very appreciated to get get your feedback here. Thanks!

Here is what my wife does to stay in contact with her friends / family in PI for almost free.

She purchased a International Sims Card from Smart Bros in Philippines, Cost around $3, and is a one time cost.

She has an unlocked phone in USA, Since all incoming text are free, She can receive all the free text from PI.

In USA she also has MetroPCS which has free unlimited International text, as part of her monthly plan.

This works for her and a couple of my other buddies who are courting Pinays.........

But what service provider does your wife have in US, T-Mobile?

For her incoming text, she does not have a service provider. Just an unlocked cell phone (her old cell phone from PI),With Her International Sims Card (Smart Bro) from PI is all she needs to receive PI text.

Her outgoing texts and her cell phone provider in USA is MetroPCS.

Ahh, that is wild. Thx for explaining it.

I bet it is required to set up/ use the International Sim Card in the PI B4 using it in the states.

Yes and no....well mostly yes. My wife just bought me an international roaming sim card and sent it to me in kuwait. Now she can txt me for 1 peso a text when she is not at home on the computer. She tried using it b4 sending it to me. I think it turned off the roaming because it didnt work when i received it. So she went and talked to smartbro and they were able to activate it with the 14 or 16 digit number on the card itself. You can set up your smartbro card online and then you can turn the international roaming on and off that way too, but you need service to receive the txt it will send you.

We have been using skype every day and it works great. I have the Rebtel for when i am back in the states because i would call her to wake her up in the morning. Rebtel is the best rate i have found....13.9 cents a min to a cellphone and 11.9 cents to a landline. It is a prepay service. I found it after gorrilamobile stopped giving service.

[newlyweds 0]

It's great there are cheaper ways to call to Phils now, we used rebtel back then.. but yeah, just a heads up.. never ever call thru AT&T..they're evil! lol they charge $3.51 per minute!!!! hubby ddnt know about that back then and ended up getting $1000 + phone bill!!!

and that amount would've looked good added to the savings account lol

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

It's great there are cheaper ways to call to Phils now, we used rebtel back then.. but yeah, just a heads up.. never ever call thru AT&T..they're evil! lol they charge $3.51 per minute!!!! hubby ddnt know about that back then and ended up getting $1000 + phone bill!!!

and that amount would've looked good added to the savings account lol

I've made a few pricey calls to the PH on my AT&T cell phone, it adds up quick.

For now we've ordered a NetTalk for her Mom, they have a deal going now $100 for lifetime service (limited time offer). So for $20 per month (cost of PLDT Land line with DSL) we'll have unlimited calls between our cell phones (just add the NetTalk number to our AT&T A-List) and Mom in the PH. Of course she locked the PLDT Land line so others can't make toll calls.

[newlyweds 0]

oh yeah,they are evil! lol but calling within the us is good though so i cant complain lol

[SnME 3]

oh yeah,they are evil! lol but calling within the us is good though so i cant complain lol

I use AT&T for my cellular service. I get to send and receive free texts (including to honey in the PI) and free long distance in the anywhere in the USA and my friend in Canada.

Hoping that the PinoyTawag stuff works well so calling the PI will be cheap as well... Quality of the call is what most concerns me after price is considered.

Customer service is WAY different with the providers here.

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

I use AT&T for my cellular service. I get to send and receive free texts (including to honey in the PI) and free long distance in the anywhere in the USA and my friend in Canada.

What messaging plan gives you free international SMS? I get charges 25 cent per txt (send or receive) and I have the unlimited messaging plan!