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Backdoor dialing

Backdoor dialing is one method to establish free calls to  Internet phones using regular phones (landlines or mobile phones). It is a two-step process:

Dial the nearest access number (can be in New York, London, Sydney,etc)  -  the list of numbers is usually posted on the provider’s website
When the call is answered, dial the Internet phone [...]

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Country code for VoIP

country code for voip internet phones

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If you think in 1994 by CAMTECO, the Phil-German Telephone Project, you are dead wrong!!! It was on the 60’s. Ask your elders. Post your answer.

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In the last General Assemby meeting, the elected officers were:
Board of Directors

James Bollozos – Chairman
Antonio Credo – Vice-chairman
Evangelisto Almonia
Jesus Flores
Jesus Wong
Gorgonio Manlangit
Emmanuel Aranas

Audit & Inventory Committee

Corazon Ballentos – Chairperson
Mercy Marquez – Member
Josefina Ebarle – Member

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My relatives and friends abroad are now calling me using their regular phone for free! Even though it only cost them $0.16 per minute to call Philippines via regular phone, it’s a big savings for an hour talk especially now that the gasoline is very expensive in the USA/Canada and the rest of the world.
We’ll [...]

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I came across this BBC news that Intel is backing Wireless Africa Plan. Wireless Internet and telephony? Yes, I agree this is the most feasible technology for remote areas. Being a pioneer of the Phil-German Rural Telecommunication Network project, I cannot help but worry about the future of the telephone cooperative I started [...]

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Manila Bulletin posted that PLDT’s domestic fiber optic network to reach terabit capacity by year-end. Terabit is a measurement of volume of digital information. Each DVD disk contain 4 gigabytes. In my rough calculation, PLDT fiber network can transfer 31 DVDs per second!  Why?  “To support our economy which has become to be more and [...]

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February 12, 1994, exactly 14 years ago, was the inauguration of Camiguin Telephone Cooperative (Phil-German Rural Telephone Project). It was also the start of commercial operation of the network. Everybody was excited and busy since it was the culmination of years of preparations since 1990.
Just a few months before the inauguration, Alcatel was busy in [...]

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I have decided to mainly focus the history of Camiguin telephone where I served from 1992 to 1998. Please see the Pages section for details. It will be updated continually. Your comments are highly appreciated. Updates on technological developments will be posted as well.

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