Confessions of a Guru » voip http://www.guru.net.nz/blog Random stuff from a Dunedin (NZ) based web developer, beer drinker and dad Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:18:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Goodbye Telecom http://www.guru.net.nz/blog/2009/01/goodbye-telecom.html http://www.guru.net.nz/blog/2009/01/goodbye-telecom.html#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:39:16 +0000 GuruBob http://www.guru.net.nz/blog/?p=261 Next week I’ll be porting my Telecom phone number to a VoIP provider (2talk) and then getting naked DSL provisioned on my line.  This setup should leave me with full speed broadband, the benefits of a VoIP line (I’ll blog about that later) and all the features that 2talk provide for my voice line for only $85 per month.

Considering my broadband/phone bill currently sits at about $120 per month this will be a nice saving, plus an excuse to play with some technology :)   I’ll be using Snap for the naked DSL, only because Orcon (my current provider) haven’t unbundled in Dunedin yet and it looks like it’ll be quite a while.

If you don’t mind a bit of downtime on your phone line or broadband service, the steps are:

  1. Port your phone number to 2talk.
  2. Get naked DSL provisioned on your home line.
  3. Configure your system so that your phone rings at home by connecting to 2talk’s servers

You’ll need some hardware, and some charges (termination charges with your current broadband provider for example) may apply.

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