🚀 go-pugleaf

> Its arguable that there is much point in even bothering to report
> telstra faults, someone is likely to report them eventually and its
> less that clear that when I have reported them to iinet that its
> actually got telstra to look at them sooner, even when its been
> a fault thats unique to my phone exchange etc.

Telstra are not allowed to prioritise retail faults over wholesale faults, 
or vice-versa, for competition reasons.

By having a wholesaler and reporting them to them, you, as a customer, are 
just adding an unnecessary layer

>> I'm thinking in order to save a few bucks, change to Telstra Homeline
>> Budget (then Telstra get shafted $10 or so bucks) $19.95, and then

They dont get shafted at all

>> I'll have to pay for VoIP $9.95, but hopefully make more savings with
>> 15cent Australia wide calls.
>
> I dont make enough calls for that to ever pay for itself.
> The absolute vast bulk of calls I make are local or
> 1300/1800 calls. It would be handy to be able to have
> cheap calls to mobiles, but none of the major voips have that.

Because they want the cream

> I wouldnt really care that much about pass thru. I'd be
> quite happy for the incoming calls to come in on the
> homeline budget line and just use voip for outgoing.
>
>> Take two years+ for it to actually pay it off, given low call volumes.

Even its a stupid solution