Calling International Can Be Expensive

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Straight Talk for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

I just spent twenty dollars on international call I made to my family in the Philippines. Twenty dollars give me less than two hours of talking with them. Twenty dollars isn't enough  for me and can only do this once a month or it will be too much in our budget if I call them more than once in a month. As much as I wanted to talk to my family often, I cannot do that.

But with this Straight Talk International Long Distance Service, I may get a better deal rather than my current subscription. With this flexible prepaid calling service it enables me to make international phone call from cell , home or office phones. 

Not only that, Straight Talk also offers Hook, line and sinker  that will definitely cut your cell phone bill in half. Also, Android on Straight Talk for people who use Android phones for text messaging or to Call a friend. If you switch to Straight Talk you can get the following benefits;

$45 unlimited monthly service

1,000 minutes, 1,000 texts and 30 MB of web data

411 calls included at no extra cost

Free from activation, reactivation and termination fees and many more. Visit the links above to find out more of the great features of this phone or watch the embedded video below.

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Business Phone Service

It's been over a month since I've talked to my family except for my brother who occasionally get online to chat with me but other than that, nada. My father and little sister went to Davao and my mother stays at home with my small brother. I can only communicate with them when they are intact in Cebu through voice chatting and webcam. Since my little sister isn't home, we have lost contact with them. They won't be back until June. My mother on the other hand, doesn't know how to use the internet, they have phone line but I don't have international minutes to use and call her. I guess I will just put our communication on hold until Papa and sissy get back from their vacation.

Anyway, the reason I am bringing this up because I just found a hosted pbx or vocalocity hosted PBX online just now and I thought it could somehow help me with international personal calling but I am wrong. It is a total business phone service that uses VOIP technology—in other words, your phone service is delivered over the internet. The only thing you do is use your phone like you would normally do in your daily life and leave the company the rest. This service best suited for business establishments and not for personal use and for that I just have to look for other phone service that meets my needs.

This post is sponsored by Vocalocity Hosted PBX

We just bought this little thing called magic jack that I can use calling locally and across US and Canada for just 20 dollars a year. Hopefully, this works very well and could save us some money on our telephone bills. We bought a prepaid balance so that I can call my family in the Philippines without using Nickeltalk.

I only tried it a few times and it seems working for me. It is easy to use, just plug in the magic jack usb in your computer of course with internet running so it will work and plug in the other end of the cable to your phone and voila! Start using it. To those who wanna call me on the phone, you can do so and expect for unlimited chitchat from me since this magic jack I have is what it's for.