[LINK] Tesltra Home Budget Line and ADSL

[Rick Welykochy]

Hi Linkers,

I am planning to move to a new location and use an ISP that does
not provide phone + ADSL bundled.

A reasonable option would be to pay for the most basic landline
service from Telstra, Homeline Budget (HLB):

<http://www.telstra.com.au/homephoneservices/plans/homeline_budget.htm>

at 20.95/month. But the terms of use mention the following:

<http://www.telstra.com.au/homephoneservices/docs/home_phones_c019e_0808.pdf>

    "8.  Only one fixed line per customer. You must agree not to
         acquire services from other carriage service providers by
         dialing their access override code and must not acquire a
         broadband service from another service provider which is
         provided using line sharing technology."

A Telstra retail consultant points out that this clause is counter
to the concept of *operation separation* to which Telstra must abide.

<http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=731531&ux=145146>

So, in a nutshell, can I purchase the HLB plan and then get ADSL1
from a budget ISP? (ADSL2 is not available in the area I am moving to ... sigh)

Or if anyone has pointers on how to minimise the cost of a phone line from
one provider and cheap ADSL1 from another, I am all ears. I *have* investigated
phone+ADSL1 bundles but they seem more expensive.


cheers
rickw


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