Anyone experiencing this?

[∞♥ 17]

Since before New Year's, it has been nearly impossible for my calls to go through to my fiancee in Cebu. A few times the calls went to completely random people. I have tried all hours, and at first the calls would go through in the afternoon (Ph time) but the past few weeks none of my calls will go through at any hour.

Is anyone else experiencing this? What is up with the Ph phone system? Any help would be appreciated.

Btw, Anyone wishing to contribute OT drivel in this thread, keep you smart @$$ comments to yourself, please.

Thanks.

Edited January 18, 2011 by nc2cebu

[Zharren Young 32]

Since before New Year's, it has been nearly impossible for my calls to go through to my fiancee in Cebu. A few times the calls went to completely random people. I have tried all hours, and at first the calls would go through in the afternoon (Ph time) but the past few weeks none of my calls will go through at any hour.

Is anyone else experiencing this? What is up with the Ph phone system? Any help would be appreciated.

Btw, Anyone wishing to contribute OT drivel in this thread, keep you smart @$ comments to yourself, please.

Thanks.

hello, me and my fiance is having the same problem. he could hardly get thru when he tries to call and i dont even get his text in time. i thought my BB is acting up coz i can send text messages just fine so we just use fb and skype to call. sadly for some crappy shitty reason skype if not my internet has been acting up so so we barely understand each other coz it chappy so we just type our chats instead of the usual video calls.

sorry i dont have a solution for you man, just thought id share that you're not the only one experiencing it.

[∞♥ 17]

hello, me and my fiance is having the same problem. he could hardly get thru when he tries to call and i dont even get his text in time. i thought my BB is acting up coz i can send text messages just fine so we just use fb and skype to call. sadly for some crappy shitty reason skype if not my internet has been acting up so so we barely understand each other coz it chappy so we just type our chats instead of the usual video calls.

sorry i dont have a solution for you man, just thought id share that you're not the only one experiencing it.

Thanks for the info ERY.

Also it seems her internet connection is really poor also...gets booted off a lot.

This seriously sucks!!!

We can send people to space, but we can't have a telephone system that works properly???

[waya2010 0]

Thanks for the info ERY.

Also it seems her internet connection is really poor also...gets booted off a lot.

This seriously sucks!!!

We can send people to space, but we can't have a telephone system that works properly???

where did she live in Cebu is it Down Town City? or Province and flooded area and might be that is the reason that you can not reach her through telephone call. My Fiance used to call me everyday or I will make a call to him & we do not have a problem about.So, I hope soon you can contact her.By the way I live in Davao City.

[proud_bisaya 3]

Since before New Year's, it has been nearly impossible for my calls to go through to my fiancee in Cebu. A few times the calls went to completely random people. I have tried all hours, and at first the calls would go through in the afternoon (Ph time) but the past few weeks none of my calls will go through at any hour.

Is anyone else experiencing this? What is up with the Ph phone system? Any help would be appreciated.

Btw, Anyone wishing to contribute OT drivel in this thread, keep you smart @$ comments to yourself, please.

Thanks.

Hello me and my fiancee also experience the same issue. I think the main reason for this is the weather that we experienced here in Pinas....

[rheanick 42]

Since before New Year's, it has been nearly impossible for my calls to go through to my fiancee in Cebu. A few times the calls went to completely random people. I have tried all hours, and at first the calls would go through in the afternoon (Ph time) but the past few weeks none of my calls will go through at any hour.

Is anyone else experiencing this? What is up with the Ph phone system? Any help would be appreciated.

Btw, Anyone wishing to contribute OT drivel in this thread, keep you smart @$$ comments to yourself, please.

Thanks.

I did skype with my 5 year old niece 2 days ago. It was crappy. I had to end the call and re-dial.

But my call to my mother is quite good, everything is fine. My mom is in luzon area, not cebu.

[∞♥ 17]

where did she live in Cebu is it Down Town City? or Province and flooded area and might be that is the reason that you can not reach her through telephone call. My Fiance used to call me everyday or I will make a call to him & we do not have a problem about.So, I hope soon you can contact her.By the way I live in Davao City.

waya, she lives in the city during the week and travels home to Alcoy on the weekends. Either way...it is nearly impossible. At first I was able to reach her during her lunch time but then that quit working.

I was able to speak to her a few minutes today...I guess that's the way it goes.

[∞♥ 17]

Hello me and my fiancee also experience the same issue. I think the main reason for this is the weather that we experienced here in Pinas....

Thanks for the info regarding the weather. She said it's been raining a lot...she also said that there was something in the news about communications being overloaded around christmas/new years.

Hopefully things will get back to "normal."

[rhein 451]

Thanks for the info regarding the weather. She said it's been raining a lot...she also said that there was something in the news about communications being overloaded around christmas/new years.

Hopefully things will get back to "normal."

That's an understatement! You might want to google 'Philippines weather' in the google news section....

[RK_and_Inday 10]

I (RK) and my fiancee (Inday) in Philippines feel your frustration; yes it has not been unusual for my calls from U.S. to her in Philippines to have been routed to a third party or to have not gone through at all. However, she and I have discovered a few things which might be of aid to you:

(1) Yes, as another poster mentioned, calls seem to have more trouble going through when it is raining in Philippines (I will often go to weather web site and check PI weather before calling)

(2) She changed her # and we had more success in avoiding party lines, oddly enough

(3) Often I will hear on the line a recorded message "Customer Not Available" or "All lines busy.." or similar but if I stay on the line, after a few repititions of the recorded message the call will actually eventually go through!

(4) Sometimes multiple dialings (as many as 30+) have been necessary to get through but often eventually succeeds. The redial button on my phone is getting much use!

(5) Add alternative (and lower cost) communication methods: international text messaging, emails, even "snail mail"

(6) I and Inday have had more success with e-mails, although this and alternative communication suggestions can have their own frustrations as well for both of you when even those communications still don't go through or she experiences brown-outs at her locale

(7) Web cams and internet voice coms, have (when it works) been a delightful alternative

(8) From personal experience: a lot of patience added to the mix of suggestions above can go a long way to increasing frequency of communication and reducing some cost and frustration.

Hope some of these suggestions will be successful in reducing some of your frustrations. Good luck!

RK

[Retscpo 5]

YM has been a great way of keeping the lines of communication open! Skype is also great as well as YM videochats! Connections are usually slow but anything is better than nothing! Believe me I know... spent 24 years in the Navy! waiting for the "mail bouy" sucked! Internet email and YM is AWESOME!

[jrmejia 31]

I am experiencing similar problem using either my land line or CP. Started right after NY.

Back to the good old YM.

[∞♥ 17]

I (RK) and my fiancee (Inday) in Philippines feel your frustration; yes it has not been unusual for my calls from U.S. to her in Philippines to have been routed to a third party or to have not gone through at all. However, she and I have discovered a few things which might be of aid to you:

(1) Yes, as another poster mentioned, calls seem to have more trouble going through when it is raining in Philippines (I will often go to weather web site and check PI weather before calling)

(2) She changed her # and we had more success in avoiding party lines, oddly enough

(3) Often I will hear on the line a recorded message "Customer Not Available" or "All lines busy.." or similar but if I stay on the line, after a few repititions of the recorded message the call will actually eventually go through!

(4) Sometimes multiple dialings (as many as 30+) have been necessary to get through but often eventually succeeds. The redial button on my phone is getting much use!

(5) Add alternative (and lower cost) communication methods: international text messaging, emails, even "snail mail"

(6) I and Inday have had more success with e-mails, although this and alternative communication suggestions can have their own frustrations as well for both of you when even those communications still don't go through or she experiences brown-outs at her locale

(7) Web cams and internet voice coms, have (when it works) been a delightful alternative

(8) From personal experience: a lot of patience added to the mix of suggestions above can go a long way to increasing frequency of communication and reducing some cost and frustration.

Hope some of these suggestions will be successful in reducing some of your frustrations. Good luck!

RK

Thanks for the info RK!

Addressing your suggestions line by line...

1. I have done this, but it still doesn't seem to matter much...I'm using 2 calling cards, pingo and gtalk and the odd thing is that one might work one time and the other has serious problems...go figure.

2. I wondered about this. I was told that the phone number I listed as my fiancee's contact number on the G-325A form shouldn't be changed. Anyone care to enlighten me on this...is changing the contact number a headache for the visa process?

3&4. I almost always get a recording...and yes, 30+ redials I know very well. The speed dial is a great function.

5&6. E-mail is about the most sure way for us to communicate now...although her internet signal is bad a lot of the time, she goes to internet cafes to e-mail. I have written to her several times since the phone problems but she has yet to get them.

7. Unfortunately, this isn't an option for us.

8. Patience is definitely being observed now...no choice in the matter...not to mention my calling card costs have gone way down.

Thanks again for the reply...here's to hoping things get better soon.

[∞♥ 17]

Thanks everyone for all of the replies!

I had searched this site and hadn't seen any posts regarding it and was starting to think that I was the only one being affected.

Hopefully this will get better for all of us soon!!!

[Atencio 43]

Since December pinoytawag and magic jack have just been awful for me calling to Butuan. I would say 3/4 time I can not get through. Rebtel has been really good but the cost is just so painful.