How would you like to make unlimited calls to the US, Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, the UK and Puerto Rico from the comfort of your home in the Philippines (or in any country, for that matter)? Vonage makes this possible.
Vonage is a leading provider of broadband telephone services. It uses a technology that enables anyone to make and receive phone calls with a touch tone telephone almost anywhere a broadband Internet connection is available.
I have a friend Lem who uses this Vonage service from his home-office in Manila. I’ll tell you about that and how OFW families can use the same Vonage service to keep in touch.
My friend Lem started using this service back in February 2008. I’ve tried the service, talked to some friends over in the US and the voice quality is perfect! They wouldn’t know at all that I’m making the call from across the Pacific Ocean.
Lem encountered some problems at the start with the intermittent dropped calls. They later traced the problem to a conflict with another VOIP service using the same Internet connection. After eliminating the VOIP connection conflict, they’ve been able to use two (2!) phone lines to call the US and to receive calls from the US.
Depending on the subscription, you could either make unlimited calls or you could get an allocation of minutes (e.g. 500 minutes per month — that’s a lot!). Calls over the allocated minutes will be charged accordingly. Packages range from US$14.99 per month to US$49.99 per month.
How can an OFW family use the Vonage service? Let me tell you how.
What you’ll need:
- A broadband Internet connection in the Philippines
- A regular telephone handset in the Philippines
- A Vonage phone adapter (purchased online, delivered in US, Canada or UK)
What to do:
- Go online and choose your Vonage subcription plan at http://www.vonage.com/
- Your selected Vonage phone adapter will be delivered to your US, Canada or UK postal address
- Send the adapter to your family in the Philippines
- Connect the adapter to the broadband internet in the Philippines
- Connect a phone line (two phone lines for some) to the adapter
- Start making unlimited calls to the US, Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, the UK and Puerto Rico
Monthly subscription Payments will be charged to the OFW subscriber. Make sure you and your family understand all the call guidelines. We don’t want to incur un-expected charges, do we? For example, Certain call types, such as calls to cell phones, are excluded.
Oh by the way, There’s also a convenient thumb-drive Vonage adapter that you can connect to the USB port of any broadband connected computer. This is ideal for families without an Internet connection at home — they can use this service at the nearby Internet shop.
Visit the Vonage website, make sure you read the details and find out whether this is the service that will help you and your family stay in touch from across the seas.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackVonage has 3 settings for saving bandwidth, high, medium, and low. we now use 2 lines in parallel at medium setting and it’s fine.
in the morning in manila, when internet use is higher within the network, voice becomes somewhat choppy.
it’s free to call anywhere in US and canada. no longdistance fees. i have a chicago number.
it’s interesting how the psychological distance narrows when you are aware it is not a long distance call. there’s not mental meter ticking as you talk on the phone. the way we use it, parang nasa kabilang room lang yung qc team.
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pano gamitin ang vonage d2 sa pinas ? i followed the instruction pero laging error ang lumalabas sa screen ng vonage
i tried vonage pero my friend told me that Pinoy Tawag is better than this. I am now a subscriber for 8months now and the quality of the service is really good. They just gave a PLDT sim to my mother in Bicol, insert it in a GSM phone and i can call her anywhere in Bicol just like a cellphone but it’s limited within the areacode only becuase the SIM number is PLDT landline. Pinoy Tawag didn’t give me anything aside from the assigned US number that i will dial to make local calls. No need for internet. They use Smart network and they’re licensed PLDT reseller. For me this is the best service provider becuase i can still call my mother even when she’s in a rural area with no phoneline and internet.
http://www.pinoytawagunlimited.com/
They have a new product too…
http://www.pinoyglobalphone.com/product.php
I’m looking right now for an appropriate service of a voip unlimited long distance call in USA & Canada.
I have a mini call center and as a start what can you suggest to offer for me.
we offer unlimited call for just $20. a month 1 way and $40 a month for two way calling.
for more information pls. call my direct line number @ 714-876-0527 or call our customer support
@ 1-800-769-6672 and lokk for niño tamayo.
i’m trying to contact pinoy tawag 2 times and no response, i have also made an application at your website..
Pls i want to have a monthly subscription and here is my contact # 415-756-3608
e-mail add: chrispang61@yahoo.com
THE LONG WAIT IS OVER!
TIPID WIRELESS PLAN!
Just follow the 3 easy steps.
Step #1. We issue PLDT SIMCARD to your recipient in the Philippines. Your recipient inserts the sim to an open line celphone.
Step #2. We give you a local number in the US/ CANDA or 62 other countries.
Step #3. Call the number that OOPA gave you wait for the ring tone when answered, talk for as long as you want.
for more info. please visit our website @ oopacommunication.com
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