Thread: What’s your phone company like?

Originally Posted by mojo

We got rid of our Optus landline 6 months ago - they were charging close to $30 / month line rental.


Sean

You were charged 30 bucks a month? the minimum where i am is 50 with no call credit or anything/... 30 seems great!

Originally Posted by Xavie

You were charged 30 bucks a month? the minimum where i am is 50 with no call credit or anything/... 30 seems great!

That's what you get for living in "the sticks".

I'm with iinet, bundled adsl and phone.
they do now have an offer where you can ditch the landline rental and use voip.
But I don't have the pc running 24/7 so I would not receive calls. There service has been great. fast communication and I've even had tech emails returned with an answer within 5 mins twice now.

Originally Posted by Rovernaut

I'm with iinet, bundled adsl and phone.
they do now have an offer where you can ditch the landline rental and use voip.
But I don't have the pc running 24/7 so I would not receive calls. There service has been great. fast communication and I've even had tech emails returned with an answer within 5 mins twice now.

You don't need your PC running 24/7 to use VOIP, just your broadband modem. You get a device that sits between your normal phone handset and your broadband modem (think its called an ATA - Analogue Telephone Adaptor??), and away you go. The one I got cost about $80 from memory, maybe less. Some broadband modems now come with an ATA built in, so you just connect your existing handset directly to the broadband modem.

Oh, and Xavie, $50 line rental is a disgrace - I feel your pain.

Keep all the info coming people, some good feed back so fay.

Mojo, thats good advice, I should have whirlpool first off but the feed back here is helpful too.

Cheers