[plug] Consolidated supply

[Paul]

That's not just a Telstra advantage though - a lot of the Telco's
(meaning the Telstra resellers) will offer the same thing.

It's a feature of having a normal ("old style") phone connected to a
landline which is connected to Telstra equipment in the local exchange
(i.e. something beyond the MDF). It means that the line, and hence the
phone, is powered from the exchange.

Naked DSL type services don't offer this of course.

Paul


On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 17:34 +0800, Brad Campbell wrote:
> Adrian Chadd wrote:
> 
> > (Who thankfully can choose to have a "standard" line at home,
> > complete with exchange-powered handset, in case of emergencies.)
> 
> This is one of the reasons I went with the most basic Telstra home package and then an adsl on top 
> of that. To be honest, the cost difference between a comparable "naked line" packaged from one of 
> the providers, and the equivalent ADSL on top of the cheapest Telstra package was almost equivalent 
> in cost. As you said though, doing it this way I can dial 000 if the excrement hits the rotary air 
> distributor.
> 
> 
> Brad
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