[LINK] Voice on the NBN

[JanW]

At 10:57 AM 9/09/2016, David Lochrin wrote:
>Thanks for those interesting responses.  However I wonder what the average non-technical householder is expecting and what they'll do, particularly if an FTTN connection requires existing POTS wiring to be isolated from the VDSL2 signal cable and NBN Co. don't do the work at installation time.

Question: I have two lots of twisted pair in my house (had it run at the time of first installation with an idea of a second phone line or a network at some stage). Does this give me any benefit?


>As far as voice goes, my guess is that many people will abandon their wired 'phones altogether in favour of their mobile, which would be nice for Telstra, Optus & Vodaphone.

I may have to rethink. I spend maybe $10/year on mobile if that, and only top up when it's running low or I go into a 'you owe us' point. I've had to keep a landline for data because that was the only thing available at the time and I was lucky to get that! $$ and performance drives my decisions, with emphasis on lowest cost first and reliable performance second. My current total monthly spend on comms is around $70 (phone and internet, Telstra/Internode), not counting my netflix which adds $9/mo.

I wouldn't object to changing to a semi-mobile service if I could get equivalent or better performance (50gb/mo at max 8mbps) for those costs.


>On 08/09/2016 09:26, Roger Clarke wrote:
>>And I've never missed not having a mobile phone.
>
>I'm with Roger there, though I do have a mobile for occasional & emergency use.  I find mobile sound quality is OK for short conversations but not for longer ones, they're relatively expensive to run, and I'm not convinced EM radiation isn't a problem.

Yeah, I find mobiles a pita. I always refer people to my landline because it has a reliable message service, I don't have to run to find the blasted mobile and dig it out of my bag, and it just works. Ppl ask me for my mobile for various reasons and tell them I have it but I don't hear it. Cheaper to ring them back at $.30/call on the landline. What really gets me is when they ONLY give me a mobile number which costs me heaps! So I often don't call and instead send an email.

Jan


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