Two phones are better than one

Ah! Yes! Reminds me of the time when I was in Bangkok and Jakarta six years ago. Remember that? Close to 6,000 pesos in just one month? Plus another 8,000 pesos the next month?

Ah, memories. :P

At the very least, it gives you a valid reason to shop, heheh.

Haha, but if you wanted to be practical, you can buy a second-hand or low-end phone you know? :P

The problem here is that prepaid SIMs are not as readily available abroad as they are in the Philippines.

Migs: prepaid SIMs are not as readily available abroad...

That's true, although it's changing. Many countries with prevalent texting cultures (like ASEAN countries) have prepaids readily available. Many, like Vietnam, sell with no identification needed. Singapore, on the other hand, requires that you show your passport if you buy a SIM card.

it's nice to have a column or whatever to discuss some ways to help the the pnoys who have relative and loved ones contact each other the cheapest way they can. this should be discussed more often and i am pretty sure it will be well read

Hi Guys, i enjoyed reading your remarks. I've got a question... Is there a website that shows the rate/ cost of text msg and call around asia? or maybe US and EU? some kind of a table?

yes..this technique is also applicable in the M.E. you just have to maintain your international roaming sim from deactivating by occasionally checking its load.

I agree that having a second mobile phone is the best option. This reminded me of my sad experience when I asked ***** company to activate my postpaid plan's international roaming months ago. I was required then to deposit P2,500. A big "WHAT" was plastered all over my face. Hahaha, talk about loyalty. I bought then a ***** prepaid SIM and activated the roaming an hour before leaving the country. Unfortunately it was only activated when I returned to the Philippines. So I bought a local SIM card in Malaysia which is more convenient as they charge minimally. But would you believe that there is one place in Sandakan, Malaysia that you can use your ***** SIM locally?. Fortunately, ***** has a cellsite near Sandakan Malaysia.

i agree, even a second hand phone will do for the roaming line and it would be better to have an extra load in the sim since here; (kuwait)for us to be able to buy their sim we have to present an ID which we acquire within around 2 weeks for processing. no problem for reloading some are selling prepaid cards here (though a little bit higher than the normal price out there)

Learned this late. When I went to Jakarta for 1 (one) week. Then China for another, my mobile charges peaked to 60,000 pesos. That is for a call to home at less than 10-15 minutes per day. Lucky my company(former) paid for it. With an advice to just get a local SIM next time.

That's true the price of roming it's kata kataka...

just a question..what about for prepaid SIM card, can do roaming too, how?

international roaming is a very hot topic in EU right now and in fact, the EU commission will start implementing a lot of regulatory moves this coming year which they hope would decrease roaming charges (both incoming and outgoing) a lot. I'm an economics phd student in France and currently studying this issue (albeit in the EU context). Though I'm not familiar with how regulation works in the Phil, I do hope that someday I can be of help with respect to alleviating the rather monopolistic behavior of our mobile operators.

Mike

i use skype for outgoing SMS and calls when abroad. the people i text never know the difference :d it's really cheap too.

i've been working in bangladesh and china and theres prepaid too.
maximum filipinos abroad are having 2 mobiles,sim card abroad and roaming for receiving text msgs fm philippines.

I'm currently in Bangkok. It is still good to keep two mobile phones one is with a roaming and the other is the local operator.
For the one in roaming: For your love ones and friends they can send you messages for a normal SMS charges like 1 peso.(But take note when somebody calls you from this roaming phone don't answer them because it will charged you for receiving calls).

I am working in KSA and most Filipinos are really using two phones instead of using one. But now I am using my Yahoo messenger instead, it is much more cheaper.

Just buy a cheap tri-band and buy a prepaid sim of the host country you are visiting. Roaming rates are soooooo expensive. Best solution hands down. Also long distance rates from prepaid sim cards on host countries are EVEN cheaper! Its really highway robbery if you go roaming with the service providers in Manila.

I am also facing the same dillema. I just hope my mobile SIM receptacle wont be too worn out by the time I get back to the Philippines. This is my first month out of the country and I still have one month more to stay in Europe.My roaming service didnt work very well when I reached Amsterdam.Can only receive msgs but cant send any replies...So was forced to buy a SIM in Belgium and kept swapping SIMs to receive incoming msgs...too burdensome...

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