BayanWireless is a “wireless” phone service offered in metro manila and some selected provinces in the Philippines. I took plan 799php (16USD) initially which has unlimited calls within all bayantel networks all over the philippines and for local calls within metro manila. I took what they call a “fixed wireless terminal phone” which looks llike the regular house phone minus the phone wires. There are also options of using cellphone units. Its quite convenient to have a cellphone unit since contacting you within metro
manila costs like just being called from a local phone but i opted to use the fixed terminal since it has the internet capability not present with the cellphone option. So there you have it, a wireless phone that is fixed rate for local calls, an modem for your internet needs and did i mention that you can also send and receive SMS via your phone?
I opted for this service primarily because of the internet service. Currently (and for unknown reasons) our village ...