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![]() Hi all, I am not technically minded on this but just wondering why I cannot find a reliable way of phoning my wife who is in Manila, Philippines. When she can get to a computer then Yahoo or Skype seem ok, but I need to phone her mobile phone if I need to talk urgently. I have used the re diallers where I phone a number then another number, sometimes they are ok but not often. I have tried the paid for phone service both with Yahoo and Skype, Skype seems more reliable but again not always. What prompted this is that I read in a newspaper on 25-3-2--9, that some 118 888 directory enquiries calls were handled in Manila, and they would need a reliable service with good voice reception, So what am I doing wrong that I cannot phone her in a reliable way? Even phoning direct from my mobile to her mobile, even though it is expensive is still not always reliable. Can someone please explain to a novice how best to do this? she cannot carry a laptop with her all the time. Thanks, Mick. |
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![]() On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:19:18 -0000, "Mick Cant" wrote: Hi all, I am not technically minded on this but just wondering why I cannot find a reliable way of phoning my wife who is in Manila, Philippines. When she can get to a computer then Yahoo or Skype seem ok, but I need to phone her mobile phone if I need to talk urgently. I have used the re diallers where I phone a number then another number, sometimes they are ok but not often. I have tried the paid for phone service both with Yahoo and Skype, Skype seems more reliable but again not always. What prompted this is that I read in a newspaper on 25-3-2--9, that some 118 888 directory enquiries calls were handled in Manila, and they would need a reliable service with good voice reception, So what am I doing wrong that I cannot phone her in a reliable way? Even phoning direct from my mobile to her mobile, even though it is expensive is still not always reliable. Can someone please explain to a novice how best to do this? she cannot carry a laptop with her all the time. In most parts of Manila you can get packages including landline rental and a broadband connection for around £15 a month. I have a broadband connection in Manila which I use to make VoIP calls back to the UK, and the call quality is normally quite good. You would probably get better connections that way rather than trying to call a mobile in the Philippines. Chris |
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![]() Mick Cant wrote: So what am I doing wrong that I cannot phone her in a reliable way? Even phoning direct from my mobile to her mobile, even though it is expensive is still not always reliable. Can someone please explain to a novice how best to do this? she cannot carry a laptop with her all the time. Thanks, Mick. I have relatives in the Philippines and apart from busy times such as Christmas, calling the Philippines has been okay. Quite a few VOIP operators here have poor service/connections to the Philippines (either difficult to get through or poor quality). I've tried a couple and found Draytel the best. Very occasionally that fails and I have to revert to the very expensive BT which always seems to work to landlines and SMART mobile network (I have had no experience with the other mobile operators, but as SMART is owned by PLDT (the main landline telephone company in the Philippines), one may get more reliable connections for incoming international calls compared to Globe Telecom or Sun. For normal day to day calls from home, I supplied them with a VOIP router which is configured for a couple of UK VOIP services (Draytel and Sipgate) and runs on their PLDT MyDSL Xperience connection (which doesn't seem as reliable as UK ADSL), calls to the UK or vice versa can be made for free or little cost. |
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![]() Hi all, I am not technically minded on this but just wondering why I cannot find a reliable way of phoning my wife who is in Manila, Philippines. When she can get to a computer then Yahoo or Skype seem ok, but I need to phone her mobile phone if I need to talk urgently. I have used the re diallers where I phone a number then another number, sometimes they are ok but not often. I have tried the paid for phone service both with Yahoo and Skype, Skype seems more reliable but again not always. What prompted this is that I read in a newspaper on 25-3-2--9, that some 118 888 directory enquiries calls were handled in Manila, and they would need a reliable service with good voice reception, So what am I doing wrong that I cannot phone her in a reliable way? Even phoning direct from my mobile to her mobile, even though it is expensive is still not always reliable. Can someone please explain to a novice how best to do this? she cannot carry a laptop with her all the time. Thanks, Mick. You can call her on her mobile with http://nonoh.net for 7.4 pence/min it's one of the Betamax clones, its PAYG with a minimum topup of 10 Euro. You can either download their softphone, or use your own IP phone or ATA if you have one. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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![]() Graham. has brought this to us : Mick. You can call her on her mobile with http://nonoh.net for 7.4 pence/min it's one of the Betamax clones, its PAYG with a minimum topup of 10 Euro. You can either download their softphone, or use your own IP phone or ATA if you have one. Or initiate calls between home and there from the website |
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![]() On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:59:04 +0000, Jono wrote: Graham. has brought this to us : Mick. You can call her on her mobile with http://nonoh.net for 7.4 pence/min it's one of the Betamax clones, its PAYG with a minimum topup of 10 Euro. You can either download their softphone, or use your own IP phone or ATA if you have one. Or initiate calls between home and there from the website I have had numerous conversations directly over Voxalot (.au server) to a friend, using the 'x-lite' application on his computer. I was using an SPA-3000 at my end. At the Philippines end the broadband was just a wifi link but most of the time it seemed to work OK. I also tried it via my mobile into the Leeds Sipbroker PSTN access number and most of the time it was OK. However I wouldn't call it 'reliable'. The suggestion to call the mobile, via a Betamax provider, is a good one. You can also make a callback from their web site as previously mentioned but,as an alternative, you could also use the Voxalot callback service which can be triggered via the Net on a standard computer or a mobile phone. I have used Voxalot in this way quite a lot when outside the UK and it has worked very well. Another way of initiating callback (using ANI) is to use 'libera il voip' - though you'll need to learn a little Italian to work it all out. |
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