Sending Letters to the Philippines was the only means used by OFWs for communication in the past. Although the use of telephones were possible in that time, the rates of call were too expensive, which is why OFWs as well as their family would rather send letters. Though cheaper, letters would usually take several days before it arrives. Usually, it takes 2 weeks for the letter to arrive. Nowadays, the use of letters have been widely replaced by the use of emails and chatting.
Emails are far easier and faster, particularly with the use of chatting which is instant messaging between two people, or with many. Another advantage of this, compared to calling, is that its free. Today, emails and chatting have now been replaced by online calling, which is usually free through several messaging softwares Yahoo! Messenger and Skype. The use of letters have now been widely diminished. However, a number of OFWs still send Letters to the Philippines because of few reasons. One is that their family back home doesn't know how to use a computer, let alone calling through the internet.
Letters, unlike others have thought about, is still used around the world. Courier companies still provide mailing services for people willing to send letters from one country to the other, such as the Filipinos. The use of letters also has its advantages. One advantage is that, like what I've mentioned above, no special devices are needed for communications. Almost everybody has a home, which means that they are easy to reach. A mailbox is all that the intended recipient needs - not like e-mail or phone calls where the intended recipient needs access to a computer and a telephone respectively.
Another more important advantage of using a letter is physical, hard copy. Important messages could be kept as physical record or hard evidence in many cases. Computer generated copies can now be easily manipulated through several softwares, which is why letters are far more reliable than messages generated by the computer.
Sending Letters to the Philippines have also been made faster and easier through fax machines. The facsimile (fax) machine took the technology of Morse code to a more one step farther and an entire letter could be completely transferred in electronic form from the sender's house to the receiver's home by means of the telephone network as an image. For more information visit to our site at http://www.lbcexpress.com
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