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[Craig Ringer]

>>One of the main reasons for getting DSL is to end
>>the stupid situation we have here where nobody can contact us.
>  
> Do you have anything in particular against getting the same brand of mobile 
> 'phone as your friends and letting them call you for free at night? (-:
Free mobile from work. Telstra. I just hate the things, and also I need 
to be reachable _affordably_ from land-lines and internationally. All of 
us have family mostly overseas.

>>BTW, is that un-capped (no byte charge) or something?
> 
> Yes. 24x7. At the $38.50 a month rate, you'll get kicked off somewhere between 
> about 1x and 3x per day, so factor in call charges (at, I think, 21c a hit 
> but ask Telstra to be sure). Double the call costs, line costs, and add $22 
> for 128k.
_now_ it sounds a lot better - since it appears to be very much w/o the 
usual probs of alleged "broadband" services like ADSL like caps, 
byte-charging, etc. Worth the extra cash up-front for the reliable 
no-worries link that you know how much it'll cost for, I'd say. I gather 
that DoV pricing structures are of similar levels of stability to those 
of 56k services - that is, rock solid and not likely to be violently 
upped or altered w/o warning?

I honestly thought it was a "no ADSL area only" option but it seems it 
may be the service Telstra forgot to destroy...

Quick question: if I was to get 64k DoV ISDN put in on a new line into 
the house, would it then be possible to w/o adding another line go to 
128k later?

Thanks for the advice and for clearing up my (apparently utterly 
scrambled) ideas about ISDN. Further investigation definitely required. 
Aahhh, uncapped high-speed service....

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