Low cell phone bills: A possible dream?

**stelvio** · October 23rd, 2004 12:24 PM

Originally posted by yebo
speaking of free text, may stupid question ako. so forgive my stupidity ha.

dami ko na free text credits pero hindi ko naman nagagamit. say i have 1200 free text, then naubusan na load sim ko. i try to text pero di naman pwede, check operator services pa din. so my stupid question is "how does one use the free text credits."

Acdg to the SUN welcome kit, you need to have at least two pesos in balance to be able to send and utilize your free text messages. Kinda stupid of SUN to do this......

**yebo** · October 23rd, 2004 02:58 PM

i'm talking about globe free text nga pala, sorry di ko nalagay.

glenn,

we (my wife and i) have tried it all kinds of ways already. texted until the load gets used up then di rin namin magamit free text. ganun din pag tumawag kami, pag ubos na ang load di rin magamit free text, check operator services lang lagi. mas grabe pa nga sa wife ko kasi she has something like 3000 free text credits eh. sabi nga namin baka gimik lang ng globe yun, di naman talaga nagagamit.

**GlennSter** · October 23rd, 2004 09:26 PM

yebo: grabe thats BS.dapat nagagamit parin yan!

pero may factor kasi na HINDI ko sure..like when texting from globe to smart..kung counted ba siya sa free text or not.

hmmm....that's weird kung ganyan nga.

**yebo** · October 23rd, 2004 09:39 PM

pareho kami globe e, di kami maka-text to one another pag isa sa amin no load na. kakainis nga e. anyway i'll ask sa globe na lang paano. di ko kasi maharap pag naka-bakasyon ako.

**GlennSter** · October 23rd, 2004 09:44 PM

master...pm mo si av8or5..malamang matulungan ka niya!taga globe yun...

**boybi** · October 23rd, 2004 09:52 PM

buti pa ang prepaid, nagaaccumulate mga free texts. dapat sa postpaid ganyan din.

**yebo** · October 23rd, 2004 10:31 PM

si glenn naman panay master ang tawag sa akin. may asawa na po ako, di na ko nagmamaster hehe!

ok try ko pm si av8or5. tenks.

**NightRock** · October 23rd, 2004 10:37 PM

Originally posted by GlennSter

OT QUESTIONs (IMPORTANT LANG TALAGA): my parents are going to canada next week, in ontario and in nova scotia. i told them to bring their phones with SMART PREPAID simcard.

1) pano i activate ang roaming?tatawag sa smart? (toll free naman yun diba?)

2) magkano ang carge sa texts? sa calls? kanino ma cha charge?

3) pwede bang iwan nila ang cellphone doon sa canada sa tita ko, then bigyan ko nalang ng load ung tita ko pag ubos na?

TIA.

Glenn

Pag SMART sim Prepaid walang call ang roaming puro text lang send and received Pero pag GLOBE meron

To activate and smart roaming (pre paid) type mo ROAM ON send to 333 pag de activate mo na ROAM OFF send to 333 ang charges nya 15p per send libre ang received (buti naman)..pero kung may PC sila mas mura kung sa Smart Online sila mag reply ng text 5p lang just enroll mo lang yung number mo sa Online bago ka umalis ng pinas para maka log in ka dito https://secure.smart.com.ph/SMART/My+Wireless+Center/

Pag sa globe para maka pag roaming ka punta ka pa sa center globe center dami pang hingi na mga ek ek na requirements para ma activate ang roaming mo.. Ginawa ko nag email ako sabi ko hindi ko sila i build up sa mga kasama ko na gusto mag pa roaming pag hindi nila activate ang roaming ko on line after mga 10email na sagutan ayon na activate din nila.. meron CALL & TEXT 50pesos per min ang call at received.. ang text 15p din.. kakainis lang may expiration ang roaming nila 6months lang yata after that papa renew mo ulit sa kanila ang roaming.

(sana may na intindihan k sa sinabi ko ako di ko na initindihan ) hirap mag type ng naka pikit hehehehe

**yebo** · October 23rd, 2004 11:26 PM

pssst! roaming ako sa globe, prepaid.

pag globe tawag ka lang sa 211 sabihin mo pa-activate ng roaming. P50 per minute nga, P15 per text. activation is 24 hours after calling 211. expiration ng roaming is 3 months.

*ang alam ko sa globe roaming, pag may tumawag o mag-text sa iyo, sa iyo ang charges. dun sa nag-call o nag-text the normal charges apply, pero dun sa roaming phone apply yung P50 per minute saka P15 per text. this is from my experience, bilis maubos ng load ko. i count the text that i send and i receive, talagang P15 ang charge sa akin kahit receive siya*

**also make sure your call barring is turned off at globe. pag hindi mo sabihin sa kanila na alisin ang call barring e di ka maka-call puro text lang. but you can receive calls**

kaso lang ngayon, although tumawag ako sa 211 e engot yata yung naka-usap ko kaya di na-activate. dati naman isang tawag lang activated na agad.

**silver_corolla** · October 24th, 2004 01:02 PM

Hi yebo,

To answer your question, actually the answer is already in between your statement...."naubusan na load sim ko. i try to text pero di naman pwede, check operator services pa din." Yes, you will normally experience this. Your free texts will not exempt you from being barred by the network operator that serves you simply because you already consumed all the amount of load that you purchased or you already have zero balanced in your load. You can only enjoy your free texts if you have a load. I'll just give you a HINT Sir, just maintain atleast PhP1.00 (depends on your network provider, in SMART atleast Php1.00 will do) on your load and you can use your free SMS until you consumed it. BUT never ever to set-up a call coz your PhP1.00 will be gone and your free SMS will be forfeited.

Br,
silver_corolla