<p>My friend and I both live in NYC with cellphones. If I move to the Phillipines and he calls me, would we get charged for making an international call?</p>
<p>Would you get service in the Philippines?</p>
<p>Yes, both of you would get charged for making an international call if there is service in the Philippines. It would be better to get a SIM card in the Philippines instead and dial back.</p>
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If I get a SIM card in the Philippines, do we both have to pay?</p>
<p>Well, you’d have to pay for the SIM card, and then separately pay for minutes (like a prepaid card). Then you can dial back for “free,” since you’ve already paid. If your minutes run out, you’d have to renew them by paying more. If your friend calls you, he’d have to pay based on the international rate. It’d be better for him to use an international calling card to call you because it would save him a lot of money.</p>
<p>Wouldn’t you only pay insane roaming (being in the Philippines), but no actual long distance because the area codes would still be the same (assuming you keep the same number)?</p>
<p>it’s really going to depend on you phone company and plan.
You should call the company and ask about their policies.</p>
<p>well if you are permanently moving there, wouldn’t it just be easier to not use your cell phone? that would depend if it was cheaper. it is pretty expensive to use cell phones. i went to france on a trip and i had to go through the process of switching it over to their company and it costs about a dollar/minute, maybe a little more. my friend calls our other friend in france all the time and just calls a normal phone. i don’t think it’s very expensive when they do that. definitely call the phone company to check though.</p>
<p>Call him using Skype.</p>