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[dave_ehssa 0]

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Long Distance call

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The smartest way to send money

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[JelloShotGirl 0]

thats good stuff maraming salamat i will have my husband look especially the long distance call !

[JelloShotGirl 0]

thats good stuff maraming salamat i will have my husband look especially the long distance call !

[JelloShotGirl 0]

thats good stuff maraming salamat i will have my husband look especially the long distance call !

[lirachadsbaby 0]

xoom is pretty good. My husband used such then. it's safe but it's not recommended for emergency call.

Edited July 26, 2007 by lirachadsbaby

[hmmm... 0]

yeah xoom is like western union but a lot cheaper to send ,, we used that.. And it was fast for me..

[dave_ehssa 0]

yeah xoom is like western union but a lot cheaper to send ,, we used that.. And it was fast for me..

yeah..xoom is great especially when ur sending monthly...cheaper than western union...

and would like y'all to have this too if y'all TFC subscribers!

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[doug & angel 0]

We've had good luck using SWIFT money transfers from my bank here in the US to Metrobank in the Philippines. This is the modern day version of the wire transfer. My cost for sending one is $5 with the upper limit being $10,000 USD (thank god I've never had to get near that!!) and the exchange rate is bank to bank so its usually the same as whats posted on XE .. If I get the forms in to them by 1pm my time, the money is in her account by the time she wakes up in the morning.

I know wire transfers very in price, so check with your bank/credit union .. I am using Credit Union Of Texas and I know they vary the rates depending on how much you have on deposit with them.

We originally tried this with BPI and OMG they were incompetent. It would take 7-10 days before she'd see the money, even though my SWIFT acknowledgment would come back in less than 3 hours. Phone calls, talking to management, etc would do no good ..

For phone we are using several methods ...

1. Direct dial MCI Local the rates for land lines is $.11 and $.19 for cellular

2. Calling Cards, varies .. theres an african card and an asian card at the local stop-and-rob which has $.09 and $.15 respectively

3. SKYPE can't say enough good things about it for computer to computer calls. As long as your DSL/Smartbro/3G works, it works. Get a skypein and skypeout account and they can dial direct in the US and other countries, as well as giving you the ability to call them. There are a few issues but good for cheap occasional conversations. The computer to computer video is good, and the voice quality is good. It also works through firewalls which is a must on any internet connection, but even more important there in PI as the providers there seem bridge a lot of the end user networks together and it can be nasty.

4. Eyebeam a SIP soft phone .. not for the technically challenged, but if you have a home based Asterisk system (like me ) or you can purchase sip services from a provide such as Packet8 or any of the others out there, you can have crystal clear voice communications back and forth, they have a US number (or any other country that has a SIP provider) and the two (or more) of you, can call each other any time. The big advantage over skype is the clarity and true phone functions.

[jj119 0]

As far as money goes, I use xoom as it is fast and so many places in the philippines to pick up the money. The exchange rate used to be far better then western union, but it is still much cheaper.

For calling, I just use yahoo messanger to call from my computer and it is very, very cheap. Otherwise on my cell phone it is I think around $2/min on Cingular.

[edp333 9]

Xoom is very fast as long as you use the standard service fee. If you do the value service fee it takes far longer than they advertise. Still it is much cheaper than Western Union.

+1 on Yahoo IM for webcam, pc to pc phone, and chatting.