Dan Warne15 November 2007, 12:00 AM
Finally, Naked DSL has gone on sale -- it's broadband which does away with the hated compulsory Telstra line rental fee forever.
Broadband ISP iiNet has published the pricing for its new "Naked DSL" service, which provides, for the first time in Australia, home broadband over your phone line without the painful Telstra monthly line rental fee.
The plans start at $49.95 for 2GB peak + 2GB off peak, but in a surprise move, iiNet has revealed that customers will also get free local and national phone calls through iiNet's VoIP service.
The all inclusive price, which has no additional monthly fees, is $20 cheaper than Optus Fusion, which, at $69 a month with 2GB usage and unlimited calls to landlines and Optus Mobiles, had been one of the most attractive broadband deals on the market for average consumers.
iiNet's $49.95 package doesn't include free calls to mobiles like Optus' package, but the $20 cost saving equates to about 65 minutes of mobile calls per month -- to any network -- at iiNet's 29c per minute VoIP rate.
iiNet is offering full ADSL2+ speed for all the plans, which is a change from its previous strategy, which required customers to take a VoIP or PSTN telephone service in order to 'unlock' the full speed of the ADSL2+ connection above 3Mbit/s.
The new plans all have a VoIP service built-in, and include the ability to port an existing home phone number to iiNet VoIP. If you don't have a phone line when you apply for the service, iiNet can issue you with a new VoIP phone number.
However, unlike all DSL services previously, because iiNet's Naked DSL does not require a phone service, you don't actually need to have a phone number to sign up -- you can simply submit your name and address and iiNet and Telstra identify the copper twisted pair running into your house and provision the DSL service over that.
iiNet's full pricing table: home plans
| Plan name | Price | Total GB | Peak GB | Offpeak GB |
| Naked DSL Home 1 | $49.95 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Naked DSL Home 2 | $59.95 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| Naked DSL Home 3 | $69.95 | 30 | 10 | 20 |
| Naked DSL Home 4 | $79.95 | 45 | 15 | 30 |
| Naked DSL Home 5 | $89.95 | 90 | 30 | 60 |
| Naked DSL Home 6 | $119.95 | 130 | 65 | 65 |
Home plans come with:
- Speed slowed to 64K after quota exceeded (no excess usage fees)
- Unlimited local and national phonecalls (fair use policy applies)
- Peak period 12 noon - 2am. Off peak 2am - 12 noon.
- Phone calls: mobile calls 29c/min. No call connection fee.
- Roaming dialup account included
iiNet's pricing: business plans
| Plan name | Price | Anytime quota |
| Naked DSL Business 1 | $84.90 | 5 |
| Naked DSL Business 2 | $104.90 | 35 |
| Naked DSL Business 3 | $124.90 | 65 |
| Naked DSL Business 4 | $154.90 | 100 |
| Naked DSL Business 5 | $184.90 | 150 |
| Naked DSL Business 6 | $324.90 | 250 |
| Naked DSL Business 7 | $624.90 | 500 |
Business plans come with:
- Speed slowed to 128K after quota exceeded (no excess usage fees)
- Unlimited local and national phone calls (fair use policy applies)
- Data allowance can be used at any time
- Phone calls: mobile calls 29c/min. No call connection fee.
- Roaming dialup account included