Some ISPs (I'm thinking of Exetel here, but I know others do the same) let you bundle the line rental with the DSL and give you a discount, and then let you use VoIP to reduce the cost of calls.
Wouldn't work well for me - I don't remember the last time I made a landline call.... On 12/12/06, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Have you looked at the possibility of using VoIP on your ADSL connection to mitigate your mobile call charges, thus justifying the cost of you line rental. Sonia Hamilton wrote: > (slightly OT...) > > Is there a way of getting ADSL at home without paying for a landline? I > use my mobile for everything, and don't use the landline but am paying > for it to run ADSL on. > > I know there's things like wireless from http://www.unwired.com.au/, but > to get decent downloads the costs would work out the same. > -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people <http://lannetlinux.com> When you want a computer system that works, just choose Linux; When you want a computer system that works, just, choose Microsoft. -- Flatter government, not fatter government; abolish the Australian states. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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