Originally Posted by louise (Post 8559451)

HI

Right I am soooo confused:confused:

Not got a clue who to use, I have looked at the whirlpool website that has been recommended, however :

I have no idea how much gb I will need (all far too technical for me)

Could someone please advise an estimate from the folowing info:

I send/receive maximum 15-20 emails a day

I want to make 3 "MSN or Skype" calls a week to different family members

I don't really download music/movies/tv etc.

I want a landline so mum can phone from UK as she get free calls

I use facebook and BE daily

Then just to do some general surfing for current info

If anyone could give me an info to make my search less painful, the library are beginning to think I want to take up residency:rofl::rofl:

Cheers in advance

Originally Posted by asprilla (Post 8559486)

first go here and then put in your phone number. Then come back and tell us which ISPs are offering ADSL2+ in your area.

http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/

Originally Posted by mark213 (Post 8559525)

Depends if you are tech savy should you dabble with naked DSL

Naked DSL on iinet is great though - $60 bucks - ADSL2+ speed, 10G peak/10G offpeak downloads only, uploads not counted, a freezone of content (itunes and tivo are free!) & free local and national calls (includes phone number - you just need a VoiP router.

Just avoid telstra at all costs - unless you are country and then you are screwed

Originally Posted by DadAgain (Post 8559480)

For phone I'd be seriously looking at mynetfone.com.au

https://www.mynetfone.com.au/whirlpool/VoIP/Plans

for $5 a month I get all the free calls I need.
... of course you need an ISP but I' sueyou could find an NakedADSL plan with very low data usage that woudl suit your needs.

You ought to be able to get your entire telco budget down to comfortably under $50 a month.

Most Australians will pay almost that for their line rental on the landline! :D

Originally Posted by louise (Post 8559571)

Hi

I don't have a phone number to enter, we are in a rental and no idea when it was last occupied???

Originally Posted by asprilla (Post 8559580)

ok, find a building nearby your rental that will have a phone number listed on the internet. e.g. a church, doctors, sandwich shop, vets, accountants... anything.

Input their number, there's a very good chance that you'll be on the same exchange because you're close by....the closer the better.

Originally Posted by louise (Post 8559573)

Absolutely not tech savvy at all, neither is hubby

Naked is what you do in the shower in our house:rofl::rofl:

Originally Posted by asprilla (Post 8559580)

ok, find a building nearby your rental that will have a phone number listed on the internet. e.g. a church, doctors, sandwich shop, vets, accountants... anything.

Input their number, there's a very good chance that you'll be on the same exchange because you're close by....the closer the better.

Originally Posted by DadAgain (Post 8559480)

For phone I'd be seriously looking at mynetfone.com.au

https://www.mynetfone.com.au/whirlpool/VoIP/Plans

for $5 a month I get all the free calls I need.
... of course you need an ISP but I' sueyou could find an NakedADSL plan with very low data usage that woudl suit your needs.

You ought to be able to get your entire telco budget down to comfortably under $50 a month.

Most Australians will pay almost that for their line rental on the landline! :D

Originally Posted by elice_in_oz (Post 8559611)

:p
Naked DSL means you get both fixed line and internet through your internet connection. That means you don't need to pay Telstra for the line rental/connection but you still get the benefits of a fixed line, especially for people who want to call you.
Main drawback is that if the internet is down, your phone is down too. Always good to have a mobile handy to call provider and ask for it to be fixed!

Once you have input the neighbour's number (or the church, doctors, whatever...), Whirlpool will give you a list of providers that offer naked DSL in your area.

The plan that mark213 suggests is a good one. Iinet (and others) can also provide you with a wireless modem/phone all in one (you might have seen the ads for BoB, iinet's phone/modem) which I suspect might make it easier to work with. It saves trying to fiddle with plugging different devices into a modem. We don't have one ourselves as we already had a phone.

Iinet and Internode are really good with customer support as well so they should be able to help if you have problems setting up. TPG were not so great re customer support a few years ago but that might have changed.

I have heard that PennyTel is good for international calls. You already get pretty cheap calls with neked DSL though so you may not need anything extra, especially if you're using Skype to call overseas.

Hope that's not too much info to digest and good luck!

Originally Posted by louise (Post 8559649)

Thank YOU for explaining the Naked thing, thing I might be starting to understand it a bit now:o