sunrise farm wrote:

I don't know if this would be of interest but I saw this device this morning
on Today called an 'Engin' (could be 'Engen' - it was early, i was 1/2
asleep) that uses the internet to make phone calls. Apparently theres no
quality issue - lines are as clear as Telstra/Optus lines but no flag falls,
tarrifs etc... local calls are 10c, STD are 10c and OS calls are a couple of
cents a minute. The box costs about $149 which is quite an outlay I guess,
but I think if you make lots of long distance calls (which we do at our
place) that it would probably pay for itself in fairly short order...
I don't work for them or anything (or I'd know how to spell it, lol :0p ), I
thought it was quite interesting and anything that cuts down the cost of STD
phone calls when you've just left the city and moved interstate is a good
thing...

Hi Andi
Certainly worth keeping in mind, I've seen some of these internet phones
before and most of em rely on both parties having the device/service
....which is very limiting.
Telstra do a Wide area network which means that you can call exchanges
upto 50 kms away for 25c untimed, this is helpful to us but it still
doesnt get us into the city for any necessary calls that need to be made
during business hours, luckily most government departments or large orgs
have a 1300 number which is local call price or an 1800 freecall number.



I can't wait until we're eating fresh fish and prawns a couple of times a
week *sigh* might have to relent and let the hubby get a boat after all...

Every Australian boy needs a boat ...ok and a shed :-)

Pete