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I'm very happy with Internode ADSL2+ and Internode's VoIP.  $59.95/month (no 
monthly fee for VoIP) and I'm getting a download speed of about 14000 MBPS. 
Sweet.  The Internode VoIP quality is superb because it uses dedicated paths 
within the Internode communications system rather than general internet. 
(18c/call for calls to landlines within Oz, 30c/min for mobiles, 5c/min to 
most major o/s landline destinations - not the cheapest but the quality is 
faultless.  Calls to other Internode VoIP customers are free.)

ADSL Landline:  I use Telstra's lowest-cost plan - I think it's called 
'Homeline Budget' (<$20/month).

So my all up comms costs are <$80/month excluding phone call charges.

I like Astratel for long o/s calls - 19c for the first hour to major 
landline destinations.  Call quality is not quite as good as Internode VoIP 
but hey, the price is hard to beat.  Astratel within Australia is not really 
an option - relatively expensive, average quality and poor accounting.


"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:4m0jnoF3pch1U1@individual.net...
> Sammy Jnr <Knight4success@yahoo.com> wrote
>
>> I currently use dial up and am looking into getting ADSL.
>
>> A package deal would be nice: landline, ADSL and voip or each 
>> separately - whatever gets me the best deal. 512K download 10-20GB,
>
> There isnt a lot in it price wise with that so far. I still
> like iinet but it isnt as good value as it once was.
>
>> unlimited download over off-peak would be great.
>
> That chops back the choices much more and you end up
> with much more marginal operations like exetel and dodo.
>
> May be better to separate the voip from the rest, but that depends
> on how you plan to use the viop, whether you even care about incoming,
> or just need outgoing calls to be voip, and whether you want to pay
> a fixed monthly charge for your voip, and whether you ever call outside
> the capital citys and mobiles.
>
>> Also, what hardware would be recommended for the above combination 
>> including wireless option for 2 laptops, pocket pc and VOIP on the same 
>> router to receive normal calls and make VOIP calls on a standard cordless 
>> phone.
>
> That last limits your hardware choices considerably.
>
> Do you care about a fixed cost per month for voip ?
>
>> Suggestions would be appreciated.... thanks!
>
>