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Globe to Globe at P 0.10 per second

by J. Angelo Racoma
written by J. Angelo Racoma

Good news for Globe subscribers. Part of Globe’s CELEBRATE, Globe is offering per-second charging (as opposed to the normal per-minute, rounded-off charge). Up to January 16, 2006, Globe-to-Globe calls are now priced at Php 0.10 per second with a special dialing prefix.

Globe to Globe calls are now charged 10 centavos per second! Simply dial 232 + 10-digit Globe number. Available all day and no registration required!

With this promo, Globe prepaid and post paid subscribers truly get their money’s worth because they will only pay for the actual callduration down to the per second level.

But their claim of this being the “first time ever [that] mobile phone subscribers in the Philippines can … enjoy per second charging on their calls” is untrue. Piltel implemented a per-second charging with their Mobiline PhonePal brand (now Talk N’ Text, a brand of what is now a subsidiary of PLDT) analog cellular service about eight years ago.

At any rate, I hope they make this per-second charging a regular feature!

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J. Angelo Racoma is an economist by profession and IT executive by occupation. He served the Philippine government for three years before moving on to join a leading firm in the local ICT industry. Having a passion for writing since his more youthful days, Angelo has been active in the online community since the time he operated his own Bulletin Board System (the Cyber County BBS) in the mid-1990’s, to actively participating in online tech forums, and now authoring his own blog, the J Spot, which he started late 2003. This personal publisher regularly and frequently posts commentaries on information technology, business, economics, politics and government, public relations, and family matters. A present personal advocacy is to increase local awareness and accessibility to alternative/I.P.-based means of content distribution. Angelo is married to educator Caren Marie Guevara, with whom he has two daughters, Sofia Bernice and Agatha Clarisse.