I notice that the internet calls to the whole world are cheap, except to Honduras I wonder if is because the government over there charges a big ammount of money to receive a call through their monopolized telephone system?.\n\nIf this was the case Why the rest of the world doesn't reciprocate when calls coming from a country like Honduras is using their systems?
130017
Because most calls need to be routed over a landline when they reach Honduras, and Honduras only has one telephone services provider (called Honduras Telecom).\n\nTherefore they can charge Skype, MSN and whoever else who wants to use their network as much money as they like.
234811
Ok, the best thing I know is Verizon Wireless "Across The Globe Service" as they call it, but it's big money and also is rumored to not work well. And besides, don't people in the army get internet for free to send email? I know tons of people in Iraq who I email. I don't know how they get the emai, but don't worry, if they get it, so will you.
510688
Some, but not all mind you, are probably looking to find someone to either marry them or be their 'financial sponsor', i.e. their "Sugar Daddy". \nI used to work with a Filipino gentleman, and, according to what he told me once while we were talking on a break at work, a hundred US dollars, or the same amount in British pounds, is enough for a family of three or four to live on for almost a month in the Phillipines, and ten or twenty thousand dollars could buy the next best thing to a mansion outright. \nDon't fall for any lines they may give you, like one or both of their parents being ill and not having enough money to pay for medical care or being in college and suddenly losing their 'scholarship' or 'grant'.\nI also mentioned some girls from his home country had to my former co-worker and he informed me that the ones who 'offer to strip' are basically the kind of girls you NEVER want to give any personal information to, because they're either scamming you on their own or working for someone else running the scam, usually someone with better computer skills than the average person on the internet, meaning a hacker or even group of hackers.\nLike I said in my first line, not all of the girls are like that though, some genuinely want to find a foreign spouse, since even someone who makes less than $25,000, or the equivalent in British pounds, is considered to have a mid to upper middle class income in relation to the the average income in the Phillipines, and other countries as well.\nSo, try to avoid the ones who 'offer' to do anything at all in return for money, and block them from contacting you if at all possible, but if one of them merely wants to talk with someone who lives in a different country, and there are some of them out there, feel free to chat with them, but if money ever comes up in the conversation, meaning she suddenly needs some, within the first month, it's probably a long term scam.\nAlso, I'm sorry to say, the Filipina women aren't the only ones doing this sort of thing, I've seen numerous women from the former USSR, and even a few from Southeast Aisa, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam, and Korea (North and South), doing the same thing.\nOne Russian woman even contacted me out of the blue and told me she had seen my picture and knew from merely looking at it that she and I were 'soulmates', then tried to persuade me to pay for her visa fees and airline ticket to come to the US--as if I could afford that sort of thing on what I was making at the time. (If I could have afforded to let her have the amount of money she was asking me for I wouldn't have been driving a thirdhand Dodge Dakota with over 200,000 miles on the odometer at the time.)\nJust try to ignore the more blatant ones out there, or if you can report them for abusing the chat room privileges, if they have and usually 'offering to strip' for money falls into the category of abuse because they're basically using the chat room to line up clients for their business, namely the porn or scam business.\nI apologize if my statements offend anyone, but I am merely passing on my own experience and information I have received in a firsthand conversation with a Native Filipino gentleman.\nI fully realize a lot of single women in other countries are merely looking for a foreign spouse who can give them a better life than they have in their own nation--this warning is not directed against those honest women, it is directed at the DISHONEST ones trying to get money from other people.
354686
I'm really surprised. My parents get broadband in Spain (Almeria). You'd expect in Alicante there to be it, as a much more built up area of Spain. My parents broadband is with Telefonica too. I would imagine there to be an equivalent that would offer. \nI've just googled Google.es and found this (re Alicante, Spain)\n\nDSL Spain offer telephone and broadband connection anywhere in Spain, we have just purchased a system and its fanastic.
400018
It sounds like the automated messages at least are in shady territory and there may be a legitimate gripe to take to the FCC.  They do identify the message as coming from the Republican candidate, but only toward the end of a call that initially sounds from a democrat, so people who hang up immediately are left with that impression.  This blog mentions it in the 6th cong. district in PA...is it happening in other places too?  I'd be curious to see some documentation from media outside the parties.
72604
Of Course it would. All Credible Economist agree. Its a no brainer. Its better in everyway.\n\nThem sending money abroad is a loss for us. But the work they provide is much more valuable. A simple example.\nA worker gets payed 2000 a month, sends 500 and keeps 1500 to spend here. The work they do helps Developers Make Millions, then Spend their money here to make more money and on...  Its all part of the Global Enonomy. The family in mexico will probably use the money to buy Cells phones etc.. which are made by Motorola, a US company. Do you see ? its very complex and simple at the same time. Alot of people dont get it.
474619
Im sorry but the people in third world countries are NOT being exploited. I have been to Indonesia (East Timor) twice. They are lucky and fortunate to even have a job. The value of currency in East Timor was 17,000 rupiahs to 1 Dollar when I was there in 2001. I've given dollars to children and fistfights would break-out because their family could live for a week on that amount. So in terms of the dollar, which they recently switched to, they make "crap" to you or me in America but in their country pennies per hour of work is sufficient to live on, so you should think about this from their perspective not yours. If they were paid relative to what we make the whole country would be millionaires in a week and then nobody would work and they would be right back to where they were 5 years ago with rampant inflation leading to another cycle of poverty.
247395
it could be possible to use an satellite internet service provider from anywhere on the globe without filtering.  though you would have to have a satellite dish installed to recieve the signals.\n\nthe filtering occurs at the ISP level so if you cant get to a different provider, you have little chance of defeating the filtering without HEAVY coding/hacking.
521710
I cannot imagine any US jurisdiction even contemplating such a situation. The local tax payers would not accept it.\nJust from a logistics standpoint, call takers and dispatchers need to be familiar with the geography served by their call center. Many law enforcement agencies have the electronic equivalent of a GPS for the officers' locations. How could somebody in another country effectively dispatch and manage officers?
263650
No, it doesn't work here. But you could do what I do:\n\nFree PC-2-Phone calls to over 45 countries - but you still gotta recharge, at first, for 10euros - cuz not every country is free. Also, to call the free countries, you'll need to recharge and keep some money in yer account.\n\nHere: http://www.internetcalls.com\n\nDownload the messenger, recharge with yer credit card, and the voice quality matches SKYPE - I love it! And you get yer own free phone-in no. which SKYPE charges like 30 dollars or so for - Yahoo! charges some 3 dollars - here it is free.\n\nYou'll be surprised - just like I was - itz awesome.
557858
I wish they wouldn't always answer the phone when I call a business from the U.S.! Very frustrating, I can't understand most of them. Other than that, no problemo.
349503
Thank you, that was very informative.  I have a sister-in-law that is Mexican and one day I asked her, "how is it you keep telling me how poor all the people are in Mexico, that they all manage to come up with $2000 and $3000, (sometimes more) to get smuggled over here. That's more dang money then a good share of Americans can come up with if they had to." Never did get an answer from her that made any sense what so ever. Leads me to believe that things are not really all that bad over there.
24659
Yes.  Several VOIP providers offer cheap international calling and unlimited USA/Canada Calling.  They also offer free calling to their other VOIP subscribers regardless of location.\n\nYou can compare them here:\n\nhttp://metrot1.com/content/view/21/32/
142708
That's just one more side of all this problem, and the previous answer is rigth too.. The drugs find most of the consumer in the USA, and meanwhile in Latin America we haven't been able to have the economical growth needed, and that's a very profitable business!!!\n\nBut this is only a part of it, as i have been said, those lots of sides of the story should be known, studied, and solved TOGHETER!\n\nWhy don't we all take a break on this issue, as the congress men, and maybe we'll comeback with a whole bunch of information and good new ideas.lol.
356855
just what I was thinking.  You probably have a dialer software.  That means your phone is calling an international number and your getting charged a whole lot of money per minute.\n\nadded*\n   run your computer in safe mode to download the software that was recomended.
133526
For one thing, it has caused more people to think of a "global economy". Older communication systems barely got past the "village economy", then the postal service and Sears Roebuck allowed a breakthrough into a national economy. As AT&T and the other wire services expanded advertising, a global economy developed. The World Wide Web has made searching for products and global sales easy and cheap. FedEx and UPS (as well as the old fashioned postal service) are able to keep shipping costs to a minimum. Translation is also a key part of the new communications economy as well, as English has become the dominant language for business.
538991
I think a lot of westerners dont think about 2nd and 3rd world countries. I think westerners have a lot of other things that press them and dont allow for the prioritization of other countries, or even states within their own country.  I think that's why you have only small handfuls of organizations that are dedicated to the cause, and many other causes. Money makes the world go 'round, so when it comes to donating, no matter where in the world, if you cant see directly where the money goes, you tend to keep it, That seems to be the norm. Hopefully that makes sense. Oh, and I am very in touch with people-their lives and cultures and tribulations. This is something that has been a factor in my family's life since before I was born and even more so today. \nI cannot say which country I would go to, because if I could travel, I'd visit them all.