[MLB-WIRELESS] [OT] Deal on home phones.

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optus cable

Steve Smithies wrote:

>Gabrielle Harrison & Paul van den Bergen wrote:
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>>personally I have been toying with the idea of switching over to
>>broadband  and getting a VOIP phone... anyone have an opinion on that?
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>Unless you're thinking of cable or wireless broadband, I wish you luck
>in finding an ISP that can provide you an ADSL connection without having
>to pay Telstra $18/month for the copper line rental, with the basic home
>phone package.
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>I'd love to rent just the copper line, without having to pay for a home
>phone I don't use, and then put that money towards my mobile, or VoIP.
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>It doesn't help, either, when some ISP's billing/login systems are
>linked to your phone number.
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>The best I found, when I looked a year ago, was a 2nd tier (I think
>that's the term) provider, who quoted me something over $500/month (of
>which $20 probably goes to Telstra anyway!)
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>That rant aside, I've used PC to PC VoIP a little bit, and found it to
>work really well - applications like Skype and Firefly are easy to set
>up, use relatively little bandwidth, and have excellent audio quality.
>Family friends have used VoIP for calling people in the UK, and are very
>impressed with it.
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>Steve.
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