Rik, the cost of a phone line from Telecom is made in two parts, a monthly line rental and a per minute charge.
The per minute charge for local calls on a business line is 3c/min. That includes dialling your isp When you get DSL you do need a phone connection, but you can do away with (or free up for voice/fax calls) a line. You also save - in the case of 200 hours/month, $360 per month On Fri, 13 May 2005 14:18:46 +1200 Craig FALCONER wrote: > No - telebastards generally will not put DSL on a pair unless theres a phone > number assigned to it as well. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 13 May 2005 2:17 p.m. > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: DLink 504G > > > Nick Rout: > > I think he is referring back to his dialup modem. > > Yes. > > > what he is forgetting is the $360.00 +GST per month phone bill (200 > > hrs @ .03 per minute) for accessing the line. > > So does one lose the phone bill in taking on ADSL? If so, I've just saved > my client $59 per month. I can't believe Telecom are that generous. > > Also, Telstra are ringing my place looking for custom on the nice green > boxes on our street - $6 p.m. cheaper for just the line. Does anyone know > the comparable download kbps for the cheapest Paradise link, now that I > know Tcom's is 33 (vs dialup c5)? > > Cheers > > - > Rik
