"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:5mon18Feg1o1U1@mid.individual.net...
: 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.

Telstra misguided propaganda. I have to agree with Rod. I've had Engin on
cable for a long time, and no landline. It works so well, no one knows the
difference. I get a locally assigned number for people to call me on, I pick
up my standard cordless phone which has the base unit plugged into the wall
as per normal, but leading to my Engin box.
If I want to call emergency, they know where I am because of my local
assigned number that Engin gave me. If the power or cable goes down, well,
shock, horror, it diverts to my voicemail. And if I need to call out while
it's down (which has never happened while I was home), I guess I'd use my
mobile.
Visitors who use my phone don't even realise it is VOIP unless I tell them
afterwards, and most don't belive it until they see the Engin unit, tucked
up on a shelf in the walk in robe, alongside the router and modem. And even
then some think its a trick, until I flick the Engin box power off and tell
them to try to call out on the cordless in thier hand.

VOIP is not a problem for me and many others.

Adrian.