On 10/08/2020 2:51 a.m., Vk3jed wrote:

Long distance calls incur charges per minute.
Local calls are free.

My plan includes all national calls (for me that's within Australia), so I can
call any standard landline or mobile in the country and not pay any extra. The
plan itself costs $20/month. So for me, "long distance" is irrelevant, unless
it's international.

$20/mo seems to be the average for most LD plans. But my use does not justify even that much.

I use the pay-as-you go option with www.yak.ca At 3.5› /min I rarely go over even $3/mo from the shop, and rarely over $5/mo from home.

How does it compare with your AUS version?

BUT.. I pay over $80/mo for the basic POTS line service at my shop and (waste) over $35/mo for each POTS line at home. :(

I should probably retire the landlines at home (or at least downgrade them to dry-loops), but when I *do* use them, I like the better voice quality, no lag compared to digital/VoIP, and 24/7 uptime even during a power-outtage.

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On 08-10-20 11:31, Ogg wrote to Vk3jed <=-

$20/mo seems to be the average for most LD plans. But my use does not justify even that much.

I use the pay-as-you go option with www.yak.ca At 3.5­ /min I rarely
go over even $3/mo from the shop, and rarely over $5/mo from home.

The $1/month pay as you go plan is a bit more for calls, and 25c/SMS, but the killer with the pay as you go is data. You only get a small amount per month (I think 50MB), and anything more is 10c/MB, whereas I currently get 4GB included, which I normally don't use.

How does it compare with your AUS version?

Depends on included data, which is the big killer, and I don't have to be tightarse on text, because they're included as well on my plan.

BUT.. I pay over $80/mo for the basic POTS line service at my shop and (waste) over $35/mo for each POTS line at home. :(

I should probably retire the landlines at home (or at least downgrade
them to dry-loops), but when I *do* use them, I like the better voice quality, no lag compared to digital/VoIP, and 24/7 uptime even during a power-outtage.

No choice here, it's all VoIP.


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