One relatively new carrier in the Philippines offers unlimited texting within its network for up to 30 days, for 150 pesos (that's about $3.50). This also comes with 4 hours of free calls.
To keep up, the larger carriers are offering X free text messages for every Y pesos the subscriber loads to his/her account. No free calls, though.
I guess this is why the country remains as the so-called texting capital of the world -- the norm is to use your phone to text, even for life or death situations. It's like everyone here forgets that the primary function of a phone is to make calls.
One thing that continues to defy explanation to me is how, inspite of the fact that everyone knows the WMD pitch for the war has been a questionable deal all along, Americans still went for Bush in 2004. If your president obviously lied to you -- and a costly lie at that -- then wouldn't it make sense to ditch him if he sought the presidency for a second time?
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Really? What about Greenpeace?
To keep up, the larger carriers are offering X free text messages for every Y pesos the subscriber loads to his/her account. No free calls, though.
I guess this is why the country remains as the so-called texting capital of the world -- the norm is to use your phone to text, even for life or death situations. It's like everyone here forgets that the primary function of a phone is to make calls.
One thing that continues to defy explanation to me is how, inspite of the fact that everyone knows the WMD pitch for the war has been a questionable deal all along, Americans still went for Bush in 2004. If your president obviously lied to you -- and a costly lie at that -- then wouldn't it make sense to ditch him if he sought the presidency for a second time?
Who's gonna pay for the call charges? I don't suppose the pigeons have jobs to pay for the calls they'll make.