Call US and Canada from the Philippines Free!

Posted on December 8th, 2007



I have been using this for months now and I would like to share it to you since it will be beneficial to you, for personal use and of course as entrepreneurs in the Philippines, it will be for your business. 20% of my clients are from these countries and without this. I could be spending about a thousand dollars from my monthly revenue for making sales and conference calls without In the early ages of the internet, I have been using the free service DialPad which was aquired by Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which is a technology used in

VOIP

Many of us here is already familiar with this technology and I know that many are already using VOIP. But only few people know that you can United States and Canadafrom the Philippines Free but not totally and here’s the catch. You can call toll free numbers in US and Canada without any charges and without using any credit or debit cards. And should you wish calling Non-toll free US and Canada numbers you are charged by Yahoo Messenger VoiceYahoo Voice Phone Out $0.01 per minute, and that’s 1 US cent a minute or about P 0.50 and that really is cheap. Of course there is a free PC to PC Yahoo Messenger feature but in the field of business, most of my partners and clients want to communicate using the phone since they bring it all the time.



Now, for Yahoo Voice Phone Out, here is what you need. First a broadband connection, a computer and the latest version of Yahoo Messenger. And for calling non-toll free numbers in US and Canada you may need a credit card or a debit card and buy load for as low as $10 or about P500. Here is a list of the charges to other countries.

For people who doesn’t have a credit card you can apply for a debit card under Visa Electron or Mastercard Maestro.

Before I forget, you need to change your Yahoo Voice settings in the latest version of Yahoo Messenger to United States. You may change it under Preferences >> Yahoo Voice.

Also, here’s another good feature of Yahoo Voice. You can have a local phone number in the United States even though you are in the Philippines in whatever state available using Yahoo Phone In.

skypeBecause many people are using this feature worldwide, there are sometime lines congestions so, you may also want to try Skype Out and a comparative review between Yahoo Voice Phone Out and Skype Out. And here are lists of other VOIP Providers.





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This entry was posted on Saturday, December 8th, 2007 at 2:49 pm and is filed under Articles, Business Tips, Call Center, Communication, Credit, Entrepreneur Philippines, Outsourcing, Philippine Business, Strategies. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.



4 Responses to “Call US and Canada from the Philippines Free!”

  1. SeedNet Technologies on December 12th, 2007 at 10:46 am

    We would like to take this opportunity to relay to the business community the supreme power of online technology. Outsourcing for Offshore IT Solution Provision would help elevate the economy of our country.

  2. Ian Tan on February 16th, 2008 at 7:01 am

    i’m using an ACN with US number for $30 a month unlimited call to US Canada puerto rico. you can call landline and celfone…. I still have 3 units left if interested just txt me 09204441111

  3. mona on August 7th, 2008 at 10:00 pm

    how do i call toll free numbers without a credit or debit card? i can’t find it anywhere in my yahoo..:(

  4. Skype Rival: Smart Communications Philippines - Business | Global Filipino Entrepreneur | PinoyBusiness.ORG on December 14th, 2008 at 2:01 am

    [...] addthis_pub = ‘USPB’; Smart Communication is keen on launching a new service that will rival Skype. This new service comes with their new product called Plug N Text, a USB thumb drive pre-loaded [...]

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