Dan Warne07 August 2007, 6:29 AM
Optus and Virgin might be signing customers by the bucketload to their new unlimited calls + broadband plans, but the VoIP guys are fighting back.
Optus might be signing up customers by the bucketload to its new Fusion plans (unlimited national phone calls and 2GB broadband for $69), and Virgin Broadband is busy kicking Telstra's arse with its $60 unlimited national calls plus 4GB broadband service for $60, but the VoIP guys are fighting back.
MyNetFone has announced a new plan that offers untimed VoIP calls to landlines in 31 countries (including Australia) for 10c a pop. And the first 100 of them each month are free.
Admittedly, there is a catch (isn't there always?) There's a $14.95 monthly plan fee. However, even though MyNetFone is ensuring that it extracts its pound of flesh from you each month, it's still a very good deal -- the 100 calls will go a long way before the 10c charges start piling up.
Calls to mobiles are not included in the free calls or 10c untimed call prices, so for people who call mobiles a lot, this may not be the plan for you. Then again, many VoIP devices allow dialling plans to be set up that allow you to dial a prefix to send a call through one VoIP provider that has good deals on international calls, for example, and a different prefix for a carrier that's cheaper on mobile calls.
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MyNetFone has also slashed the upfront prices involved in getting hooked up to VoIP. It is making the NETGEAR TA612V analogue telephone adaptor available for $20, including $20 worth of call credits.
The countries included in the GlobalSaver plan are: Argentina, Belgium, Canada, China, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America.