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Tips to Make a Long Distance Call to the Philippines without Overspending
Most Filipinos would love to hear from their relatives or friends from Australia. Who won't? There's just so much to tell and burning the lines would be one huge understatement when you make an international call to the Philippines. This is because the Philippines is one of the most eventful places in the world right now. See the news to prove this.
Placing an international call could be a very wallet-pinching endeavor. But this should not always be the case. There are numerous ways to make a long distance call to the Philippines.
Here is a rundown of suggestions on how to make that international call to the Philippines without shelling out much of your hard-earned dollars.
1. Be careful when buying phone cards.
Several prepaid phone cards have hidden charges. There could be a connection fee that could be almost tantamount to getting ripped off especially when the card buyer makes a call and get through to their messagebank or to an answering machine. Connection fee deduction is automatically done even when the caller did not say anything.
Other phone card hidden charges include service fee, maintenance fee, access number and long talking fee. The expiration date should also be checked.
2. Choose what type of phone to call from.
It won't be advisable to make a long distance call using your mobile. This is because of the cost your mobile phone company charges you for calling a local access number.
3. Say no to a telephone operator.
When you choose to be assisted by a telephone operator when placing an international call, you choose to pay considerably more. Always choose to dial direct.
4. Use the ephonecards.com.au service to compare the phone cards.
The phone cards are delivered online 24 hours/day. A customer visits our site and selects the country they want to phone using our “phone card finder” service. Our website presents them with all the cards available for that destination ranked by the cheapest card first. We have made it really easy for students to find the best card quickly.
5. Calling during non-business days or off-peak time will help you save.
You can save even more by checking on what your phone card offers. Just make sure that it won't be too much of an inconvenience to the recipient of your call.
6. Bad connections should be noted.
Bad connections happen and the Philippines is not an exception to this nuisance. When this happens, take note of the time and the number you called. If you have any problems contact the phone card customer helpdesk who can review your call history.
With these simple tips, you don't have to worry when your phone bill arrives.
Finally, here's the step-by-step process in calling the Philippines.
a. Dial your access number then 0011, which is the international code
b. Then, key in the Philippines' country code, which is 63.
c. Now, dial the city area code where your wife and kids are.
Here are the major cities in the Philippines with their respective city area codes:
Angeles Luzon - 455
Bacolod - 34
Baguio - 74
Cebu - 32
Clarkfield, Pampanga - 45
Dagupan, Pangasinan - 75
Davao - 82
Iloilo - 33 Laguna Province - 49562
Lucena, Luzon - 42
Makati, Luzon - 2
Manila - 2
Ozamiz City - 88
San Fernando, Pampanga - 45
San Fernando, La Union - 72
San Pablo - 49
Subic, Zambales - 47
Tarlac - 452
Tarlac Province - 45
Zamboanga - 62
d. Finally, dial the remaining digits.
Also, don't forget to greet your Filipino friend using her native lingo. "Kumusta", pronounced as "cooh-moose-TAH" – this will never fail to make her smile.
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