Hi Wendy, Like Reg we are very happy with internode.
Like Reg we were limited to standard ADSL down here in Albany when we signed up and are still happy with the speed/download limits. Internode have rolled out some new plans and some are due to be available in Albany soon - so I may look at that again later. We also kept the Telstra landline (no option when we signed up) but dropped down to the cheapest plan (now $20.95/month) which let us keep our existing phone number (for incoming calls). We went with Internodes own Nodephone for outgoing VOIP - slightly more expensive calls at 18c untimed local and STD calls but no monthly fee and since our monthly phone bill is nearly always less than $9.95 anyway we come out ahead. If we made more phone calls I'd look at some of the other cheaper offerings - but since we would only save $2 or $3 I like to keep the VOIP with Internode. Since we have one cordless phone unit (4 handsets) plugged into the VOIP and another cordless phone unit (2 Handsets) plugged into the landline we also get the advantage? That if one of us has phoned out (always on VOIP) and someone else calls us they come through on the landline and can be answered without affecting the outgoing VOIP call. However, if there is no outgoing call, incoming calls can be picked up on any of the handsets since the VOIP modem passes the incoming landline calls through to the phone (this will depend on the type of modem you have). Hobart will be quite a climate change from Mauritius - I hope you are planning to make the move in (Hobart) summer! Cheers, Neil on 29/3/09 3:03 PM, Reg Whitely at rwhit...@internode.on.net wrote: > Yes Wendy Internode are great. Great service, rates and reliability, > and they know Macs. > We don't have ADSL2 because I'm happy with the speed and download > limits with ADSL, particularly considering the price difference. Also > it's only just become available here in Geraldton. > > Maybe you could get ADSL2+ naked for a better price as we still have > Telstra land line. > > We do have voip phone one way with Engin at around $9.95 a month with > 10c untimed local and STD calls and really good international and > mobile rates too. You might consider voip 2 way with them and have no > land line connection. We use voip to call out STD and landline for > incoming calls. Also our Telstra plan gives us 50 free local calls > which covers a lot of calls I make for school business, phoning for > relief teachers. I could pay a lot less per month and forego the 50 > call bonus - probably I should consider it too. > > Reg > > On 29/03/2009, at 2:45 PM, Wendy S. Austin wrote: > >> Greetings All >> >> Your off shore member in Mauritius is moving to Hobart and I would >> appreciate some advice regarding broadband lines. >> >> I am looking at Internode so if anyone uses them can you let me know >> if you like them or not. >> >> I am totally unable to decide whether we need a land line or not. >> What are the pros / cons of having one? We do all our >> international calls via Skype and have mobile phones. >> >> Please feel free to send your advice off list if you consider this >> too OT. >> >> Kind regards >> >> Wendy >> Mauritius Island >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
