Michael <michael@yahoo.com> wrote
> thegoons <thegoons@bigpond.com> wrote

>> On Telstra's propganda website, they are now spruiking that VOIP is crap and consumers whould avoid it like the
>> plague. Sorry Telstra,
>> you have missed the boat and have become more irrelevant than ever.
>> No wonder why Coonan chose OPEL and that Telstra will NEVER get a look-in again at any Federal money for broadband
>> expansions.

> generally, it is crap.

Only in the hands of fools that havent got a clue.

> its an immature product.

Its perfectly viable when the service provider knows what they are doing.

> go look at whirlfool forums, posts like
> - i cant get through to a local number unless i dial 03 9xxx instead of just 9xxx . . .
> - i cant dial certain 13 numbers
> - incoming calls get ring tone but dont ring at my end

You get that with the POTS service too, fuckwit.

> mindless levels of complications and faults

Only in the hands of fools that havent got a clue.

> Then, you have a hard wired phone

> it rings, you pick it up, you talk

Not always.

> when you want to dial out, you lift it, and make a call

Not always.