[LINK] Google sets new "Free" Pricing policy on Google 1 GB Fibre Network

[Michael Skeggs mike@bystander.net]

You might want to consider an ATA, which presents a PSTN port to your
legacy phone system.
MyNetFone (who I can personally recommend as a customer) will sell you one
for about $20.
They can also arrange to port your existing number to their voip service so
you don't need to change numbers.
Call costs are a pittance, but if you make a large number of calls you can
get flat rate plans.
https://www.mynetfone.com.au/whirlpool

Regards,
Michael Skeggs

On 21 August 2012 09:32, Kim Holburn <kim at holburn.net> wrote:

> I went VOIP a long time ago.  I reckon the one-off handset cost is easily
> offset by the lower telephone costs.  Fax is not so easy though.
>
> On 2012/Aug/21, at 8:17 AM, Gordon Keith wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 05:37:08 PM tomk wrote:
> >> Quote/ [https://fiber.google.com/plans/residential/]
> >> special free-service option for Kansas City residents who don't yet have
> >> any broadband. For the US$300 installation fee, they will receive 5Mbps
> >> downstream and 1Mbps upstream for seven years. They can opt to pay the
> >> US$300 installation at US$25 per month over the first 12 months./Quote
> >>
> >> Ensuring that all Americans (in Missouri Kansas) will be able to connect
> >> at 5 Mbps, even if they cant afford the internet...
> >>
> >> An interesting example worthy of consideration for the NBN.
> >
> > Not entirely irrelevant.
> >
> > We now have NBN going past our house but haven't yet connected as to get
> a
> > phone service we'd have to fork out over $200 for a voip basestation and
> > handset. The NBN does come with an analogue phone port but it seems that
> is
> > not supported by the ISPs with the better internet offerings.
> >
> > I think it's probably still worth while, but not enough to rush into yet.
> >
> > Regards
> > Gordon
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