I received a text advisory from Globe yesterday informing me that from October 15 to December 31, 2008, I could make 20 minutes Globe-Globe or Globe-TM calls for only 20 pesos. Wow, that’s only 1 peso per minute!

According to the instruction, you should simply change the 0 at the start of the number that you are calling with 236 (For example, if you’re calling say 09171234567, you should dial 2369171234567 instead) and the promo rate will be use for that call. Calls will be automatically terminated after all 20 minutes have been exhausted.

If you’re familiar with Globe’s 235 promo, which I am a heavy user of, this Tawag236 promo works the same but with the better rates. And this is a good thing because the promo will run during the Christmas and New Year holidays.

So Globe has now three 023x special call codes namely:
236 - 20 pesos/20 minutes
235 - 10 pesos/3 minutes
232 - 0.10 pesos/1 second

See, kaya naman pala ng Globe ibaba ang rates nila… Maybe they’re feeling the pressure of competition from Sun. But I hope that they’ll make lower call rates a permanent, standard thing on this land of text messages.