I got a VOIP phone around 2009 when I moved to naked ADSL. It was part of the ISP deal at the time. I got two lines as part of the deal which was great at the time with kids. I have kept the number through several ISP changes. All I really get on it now are spam calls. With current cheap mobile plans with unlimited calls, and skype, why would you bother? I have been thinking of either dropping it or just for fun, learning asterisk and creating a spam robo-receiver tar-pit.
> On 2019/Apr/26, at 11:14 am, David <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is a little off the usual areas of discussion, but I'd like to hear any > recommendations Linkers may have regarding VoIP and internet services. > > I'd like to change my ISP, who currently provides both. However I'd prefer > to trial a VoIP provider first in order to assess their service quality and > supported user functions (call diversion, call waiting signal, etc.) before > burning my bridges. The problem is that many or most full ISPs won't offer > NBN users a VoIP service without internet access, and that means burning > bridges because an ISP "owns" the NBN connection and immediately takes over > everything. > > There are many VoIP-only providers - see > http://voipchoice.com.au/compare-voip-plans-residential/ for example. Can > Linkers offer any recommendations? > > A similar problem arises with email accounts. The sudden burning of bridges > means there's no period in which to advise the many organisations which have > a user's current address. I suppose the solution is to acquire one in the > .id.au domain, but are there any alternatives? > > I doubt these issues were forseen when the original FTTP strategy was changed > to the current mess. > > Cheers, > David L. > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
