Your referral could try using G3 Telecom's Philippine Rate. It can end up being orders of magnitude cheaper depending on their on their typical use (see below calculation for a price difference of over $360/mo if they use 2000mins/mo). Basically, they pick a pre-paid plan, and then they just dial an access number before the phone number. With this, they can call anyone on PLDT, SMART, or Sun Cellular networks in the Philippines for as low as 1.3 cents per minute if they use up all the minutes. Here are the plans:
- 500mins / 15 days for $10.50 CAD (2.1 cents/min)
- 2000mins / 30 days for $26 CAD (1.3 cent/min)
Under the Carrytel plan you mentioned, 2000 minutes in a month would cost about $393 ($4.99 + $0.169x2000). Under G3 Telecom, them same 2000 minutes would cost $26. In this specific case of a heavy user, G3 Telecom would save them $367/mo.
For a regular user, the 15-day plan with G3 Telocom would work best. It would get them 1000 mins every month for $21 total. If they happen to be a super-heavy user (makes an hour-long phone call to the Philippines every day), then the 30-day plan is better (only an extra $5 to double their minutes to 2000), although it would be a waste of $5/mo for most people, as 1000 minutes is already quite a lot!
Hope this helps!!
