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

[Stephen Forsythe]

I use skype over alphalink wireless quite well, except for the dodgy 10Gb 
limit i bust after about 20 days each month.

it doesnt like 64k though, and uses a shitload of ports to get it speed.


Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rick" <mibz at optushome.com.au>
To: "Steve Smithies" <steve42 at gmx.net>
Cc: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] [OT] Deal on home phones.


> optus cable
>
> Steve Smithies wrote:
>
>>Gabrielle Harrison & Paul van den Bergen wrote:
>>
>>>personally I have been toying with the idea of switching over to
>>>broadband  and getting a VOIP phone... anyone have an opinion on that?
>>>
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>It doesn't help, either, when some ISP's billing/login systems are
>>linked to your phone number.
>>
>>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!)
>>
>>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.
>>
>>Steve.
>>
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