I have internode VOIP and can vouch for the quality of the calls - I couldn't pick it from the landline.
Down here in Albany we don't have the full internode range available yet - if I run the coverage check on: <https://secure.internode.on.net/webtools/internode-dsl-finder> only the bottom 2 of the six package types are available - so I have kept the Telstra line on their $20.95 Homeline budget minimum package. One thing to beware of if you go VOIP only is that if your internet connection goes down you lose the phone - I find that the broadband internet now is VERY reliable, BUT it still occasionally has glitches - recently went down for a short while blamed (I seem to remember) on Telstra hardware. My ADSL/VOIP router has ADSL in AND phone in sockets so if the VOIP DOES go down it failsafes over to the landline (just remember not to make that expensive phone call till the VOIP is back up!!) I see that internode now has the ULTRA package: <http://www.internode.on.net/residential/ultra/> which combines ADSL2, VOIP and landline (but not in Albany yet!). One other advantage?? of having VOIP and landline is that even if someone has tied up the VOIP with a long outgoing call you can still receive incoming calls on your normal landline number (assuming you plug in the requisite phones of course). Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 3/5/09 12:34 AM, Robert Howells at rhowe...@arach.net.au wrote: > > On 02/05/2009, at 11:27 PM, ponti...@iinet.net.au wrote: > >> As an Apple Macintosh user, there is nothing to recommend the >> bigpond internet product from Telstra, relative to iinet & >> thus westnet, unless Telstra is the only service provider in your >> area. As a mac user, essentially all your internet traffic (both >> uploads & downloads) are counted towards your monthly Gigabyte >> limit, ie Apple software updates (a bevy of Apple software >> updates can exceed the monthly limit of Telstra's cheapest plan - >> this being only 600 MB - in one run of Software Update). >> Any iTunes product (movie trailers, music purchases or movie >> rentals) are counted, as are ABC iView streaming of recent ABC >> TV shows. The cited examples are all part of the iinet freezone. >> Bigpond's own movie rentals & pay TV offerings, although >> not counted as part of the bigpond traffic limit, are not usable on >> Apple computers running an Apple OS, because the >> products rely on Windows only DRM. If you have an intel mac, you >> could purchase Windows and a product like Parallels and >> run windows on the intel mac to get access to the bigpond free >> content, so you may not be so technically constrained as >> Apple PPC users. Therefore, as a fulltime mac user, the 12 GB/25GB >> per month products from bigpond, depending upon >> your internet tastes, may only be equivalent to a 3/6 GB product >> from iinet. On the phone side of things, I am noting that >> iinet's VOIP product, with its much cheaper calls, has improved >> remarkably in quality - however there can be good reasons >> to maintain a more expensive standard POTS service (iinet market >> this as Phone1) , than switch to something like iinet's >> Naked service which offers only VOIP calls. >> >> Richard > > > You may also like to check out Internode Naked adsl2 with a node > phone and a node phone number > which as I interpret it can make and receive the same usual phone > calls as your Telstra landline ! > Of course I could be wrong ! > > Bob > > Start here : > > <http://www.internode.on.net/residential/internet/home_adsl/extreme/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> On Sat May 2 22:59 , Malcolm McCallum <doc...@westnet.com.au> sent: >> >>> Suppose it would not hurt . >>> Mac >>> On 02/05/2009, at 10:35 PM, Robert Howells wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On 02/05/2009, at 9:42 PM, David Moyle wrote: >>>> >>>>> Promised you an approximate speed.. :) >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Malcolm McCallum" doc...@westnet.com.au> >>>>> To: "WAMUG Mailing List" wamug@wamug.org.au> >>>>> Sent: Saturday, 2 May, 2009 9:39:38 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / >>>>> Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi >>>>> Subject: Telstra. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I have just had a very plausible-- and pleasant Indian salesperson >>>>> at >>>>> my door and he talked me into changing from Westnet who have >>>>> given me >>>>> exceptional service for some years. >>>> >>>> >>>> So did you ask westnet to quote on the same package ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> They (Telstra) have promised me >>>>> speeds of !7 megs approx and $70 dollars less on my combined >>>>> telephone/ >>>>> Foxtel/internet cost as well as reliable well supported >>>>> services. I >>>>> told the salesperson I would personally remove his reproductive >>>>> organs >>>>> if he did not stick to his side of the bargain. :-) >>>> >>>> >>>>> I have a rule not to buy anything at the front door , >>>> >>>> >>>> A damn good rule ! I suspect you have been sold by the silver >>>> tongue ! >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I hope I do not regret breaking my >>>>> rule :-( >>>>> >>>>> Mac >>>>> >>>>> PS I have a 10 day cooling off period. >>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
