atw: Re: FW: Phones and all that stuff - seriously off topic

As far as I know, unless you have an optus cable running outside your place, you'll be on a telstra land line regardless of the biller. I'm using Virgin mobile broadband. No land line. I've plugged a handset into the router which gives me free local and national calls. Calls to mobiles and OS are exy, but I use my mobile to call mobiles (because it's capped) and I either do skype to call OS or use a calling card. It works a treat. I'm not doing VOIP through it, but I don't see why you couldn't. They have a 30 no hassle guarantee. It includes a wireless router as well. It probably only works in the city, though. They're pretty good at answering the phone, too. 

BTW, the spell checker suggested 'maelstrom' for telstra.

Christine Kent wrote:


Guys
I can’t stand Telstra for another moment. I have gone past angry. I have been threatening to move on for several years now, so today I bite the bullet after being kept on the phone for 32 minutes to get a faulty bill corrected – their fault, my 32 minutes.
I am stuck with my Telstra mobile – only Telstra service this area, so that’s that.
But how to move on for the rest. Obviously I want VOIP. But VOIP still requires my Telstra landline and my Telstra broadband, (no wireless here). So first I have to get rid of them and move on to another provider.
Does anyone know where I can find composite information that ties landline, broadband and voip together, and even, if possible, a composite product? Has anyone researched it lately and what conclusions did you reach?
When I call companies, their sales staff are only trained to “sell” their own products using sales scripts. They cannot answer questions and give high level advice, so when I ask voip people about broadband options, they cannot tell me – etc. 
Regards, Christine


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