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You seem to be confusing these promos you mentioned with the low income plans offered in other countries. They are unrelated. These free plans don't have any d

by tedivm 5y ago

You seem to be confusing these promos you mentioned with the low income plans offered in other countries. They are unrelated. These free plans don't have any data limits, they have site limits. You're only allowed to use certain sites otherwise you get charged. However, the phones themselves are supposed to identify this and keep you off those sites so you don't get a surprise bill. For some reason the free facebook app is leaking data from other IP address/Domains that aren't included in the free data plan. The ISPs are picking this up as non-free data usage and are charging customers. Facebook needs to fix their crappy free version to stop this "leakage".

gexla 5y ago
Maybe the terms are just confusing to me. In the Philippines, there are no plans. You buy a SIM and it's ready to go. You can get Free Facebook immediately. There is no Free "plan." If you don't buy load, then you aren't going to get "charged" for using free Facebook because you don't have load. And you're right, you get free Facebook for as long as you need to use it. Source: I live in the country and use free Facebook all the time because I'm always forgetful and run out of load. The main reason for using Facebook is to keep in touch with people while I'm on the run. The service is still very popular in the Philippines. EDIT: To clarify, there are no prepaid plans. They call them promos. The terms "plan" and "charges" seem to fit better with a postpaid setup. I believe the reason they would have "promos" is because at one time you could just buy load and it would "just work" without buying any sort of promo. The cost was relatively expensive, and about the same as you would pay for an internet cafe. It was a bit of a pain, because sometimes you would buy load and instantly lose part of that as soon as your phone connected to the internet. You could shut that off though. I don't know if they still have an option for doing that.

by tedivm 5y ago

gexla 5y ago

Maybe the terms are just confusing to me. In the Philippines, there are no plans. You buy a SIM and it's ready to go. You can get Free Facebook immediately. There is no Free "plan." If you don't buy load, then you aren't going to get "charged" for using free Facebook because you don't have load. And you're right, you get free Facebook for as long as you need to use it. Source: I live in the country and use free Facebook all the time because I'm always forgetful and run out of load. The main reason for using Facebook is to keep in touch with people while I'm on the run. The service is still very popular in the Philippines. EDIT: To clarify, there are no prepaid plans. They call them promos. The terms "plan" and "charges" seem to fit better with a postpaid setup. I believe the reason they would have "promos" is because at one time you could just buy load and it would "just work" without buying any sort of promo. The cost was relatively expensive, and about the same as you would pay for an internet cafe. It was a bit of a pain, because sometimes you would buy load and instantly lose part of that as soon as your phone connected to the internet. You could shut that off though. I don't know if they still have an option for doing that.