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    Quote Originally Posted by loopyloo View Post
    The voip phone can have long delay, echo, modulation and all sorts of spacey sounds whereas uni-v makes for a totally natural sounding phone. We were connected via uni-v before and you couldn't tell it from a normal phone. Another thing with voip phone, if the internet goes down so does the phone. With uni-v the phone runs separate to the internet. Also it's possible to have separate providers, eg: phone with Telstra and internet with Optus.
    What a load of BS. uni-v IS VOIP! The main differences are that UNI-V ONLY uses G711 codecs and is always marked TC-1 priority. ALL packets are still routed to the RSP (that is from both UNI-V & UNI-D ports). A UNI-D VOIP service using G711 with TC-1 priority marking is EXACTLY the same as a UNI-D service as far as the NBN is concerned. The UNI-V service uses EXACTLY the same internet as the UNI-D service - if the internet goes down, so does your phone.

    UNI-V is no different to any other service as far as supplier goes. In fact a lot of lower cost ISPs do not provide a voice service at all and encourage you to go to a third party like MyNetFone if you want one.



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    the main reason i stayed with telstra with nbn fttn changeover was the phone service, i need landlines, some isp's wernt even sure if they could transfer my number
    all the phones in my house have a phone line connection,
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    Quote Originally Posted by jgm View Post
    What a load of BS. uni-v IS VOIP! The main differences are that UNI-V ONLY uses G711 codecs and is always marked TC-1 priority. ALL packets are still routed to the RSP (that is from both UNI-V & UNI-D ports). A UNI-D VOIP service using G711 with TC-1 priority marking is EXACTLY the same as a UNI-D service as far as the NBN is concerned. The UNI-V service uses EXACTLY the same internet as the UNI-D service - if the internet goes down, so does your phone.

    UNI-V is no different to any other service as far as supplier goes. In fact a lot of lower cost ISPs do not provide a voice service at all and encourage you to go to a third party like MyNetFone if you want one.
    My setup with Skymesh was very reliable, but there was a time when the internet went down but I still had phone, and a few times when the phone went down but I still had internet...Go figure.

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    How many email addresses do you get with telstra and how much extra do they cost ?
    Just spoke to one telstra sales person who stated 5 email addresses max for free for 12 months, after that $79 each per year.
    Last edited by loopyloo; 17-05-19 at 06:03 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by loopyloo View Post
    The voip phone can have long delay, echo, modulation and all sorts of spacey sounds whereas uni-v makes for a totally natural sounding phone. We were connected via uni-v before and you couldn't tell it from a normal phone. Another thing with voip phone, if the internet goes down so does the phone. With uni-v the phone runs separate to the internet. Also it's possible to have separate providers, eg: phone with Telstra and internet with Optus.

    Only a few weeks ago my wife had a call from a friend. She said it was very difficult trying to understand what her friend was saying, then her friend told her she was on a voip phone.
    That is rubbish.
    Been using VIOP for over 10 years and have never any of the issues you mention and would not want anything else. You just need to set it up correctly and use a reliable provider.

    I can still use all my old reliable Panasonic wireless phones, no need to keep paying $$$ for propriety phones that only work with one provider, when every I want to churn my service.
    A neighbour has now 3 useless Uni-V port phones, all a scam for me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nomeat View Post
    That is rubbish.
    Been using VIOP for over 10 years and have never any of the issues you mention and would not want anything else. You just need to set it up correctly and use a reliable provider.

    I can still use all my old reliable Panasonic wireless phones, no need to keep paying $$$ for propriety phones that only work with one provider, when every I want to churn my service.
    A neighbour has now 3 useless Uni-V port phones, all a scam for me.
    Can you use your phone in a blackout ?

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    Signed up with Telstra tonight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nomeat View Post
    That is rubbish.
    Been using VIOP for over 10 years and have never any of the issues you mention and would not want anything else. You just need to set it up correctly and use a reliable provider.

    I can still use all my old reliable Panasonic wireless phones, no need to keep paying $$$ for propriety phones that only work with one provider, when every I want to churn my service.
    A neighbour has now 3 useless Uni-V port phones, all a scam for me.
    Agree entirely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by loopyloo View Post
    Can you use your phone in a blackout ?
    yes, phone and Internet with redundacy. The only issue is the crap battery in the NBN box that lasted only a year but
    that does not matter as my automatic transfer switch goes to the offgrid system in less than 10msec.
    All calls can also be routed to my mobile and I also have 4g tethering.

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    Quote Originally Posted by loopyloo View Post
    How many email addresses do you get with telstra and how much extra do they cost ?
    Just spoke to one telstra sales person who stated 5 email addresses max for free for 12 months, after that $79 each per year.
    Don't believe this is true. I've had 2 bigpond email address for a number of years.
    You can learn alot using Google, and the search button.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by loopyloo View Post
    Can you use your phone in a blackout ?
    No, unless you have back up power. Your modem loses power, your phone doesn't work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keith View Post
    No, unless you have back up power. Your modem loses power, your phone doesn't work.
    That's one of the differences between plugging the phone to the modem or using uni-v.
    If the power goes and you're using uni-v, just plug a standard phone (non powered) into the jack and it will work until the NBN battery dies.

    I made 5 calls to Telstra and spoke to 5 different people. The first 4 couldn't satisfy my questions about price, connection and what I would receive for my money. I could tell they really didn't have a clue. The fifth was good. She new it all and was always polite and professional.
    The emails bit was weird. One said only one email allowed. Another said 5 at a cost mentioned in an earlier post. Turns out you can have up to 14 free.

    One thing I couldn't find out yet is what are the email settings, server name, pop, incoming, outgoing, port#, password (if needed) etc. .... can anyone help me with this ?
    Last edited by loopyloo; 19-05-19 at 09:41 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by loopyloo View Post
    One thing I couldn't find out yet is what are the email settings, server name, pop, incoming, outgoing, port#, password (if needed) etc. .... can anyone help me with this ?
    Incoming:
    Username - your email address
    Password - your password
    Server - imap.telstra.com
    Port - 993
    Encryption method - SSL/TLS

    Outgoing:
    Server - smtp.telstra.com
    Port - 465
    My outgoing server requires authentication
    Use same settings as my incoming mail server

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    Quote Originally Posted by WhiteOx View Post
    Incoming:
    Username - your email address
    Password - your password
    Server - imap.telstra.com
    Port - 993
    Encryption method - SSL/TLS

    Outgoing:
    Server - smtp.telstra.com
    Port - 465
    My outgoing server requires authentication
    Use same settings as my incoming mail server
    Cool thanks for that.


    They tell me, when he modem arrives to just plug it in and it will work.
    Is there any modem settings I should know about ? .... At this stage, I don't really trust them to help me with any setups. They prob don't have a clue.

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    Yes it will work out of the box.
    If nbn is not activated it will fall back to 4g.

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    Quote Originally Posted by loopyloo View Post
    Cool thanks for that.


    They tell me, when he modem arrives to just plug it in and it will work.
    Is there any modem settings I should know about ? .... At this stage, I don't really trust them to help me with any setups. They prob don't have a clue.
    i think there just plug in now
    ready to go, last job i did anyway, maybe go in & setup wireless, altho it comes on a card the settings

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    Quote Originally Posted by Philquad View Post
    10.0.0.38 admin - admin mine anyway
    Mines 10.0.0.138

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    Quote Originally Posted by WhiteOx View Post
    Mines 10.0.0.138
    ha
    i was close mate
    just 100 out
    thank bloody auto login for that
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    Quote Originally Posted by Philquad View Post
    i think there just plug in now
    ready to go, last job i did anyway, maybe go in & setup wireless, altho it comes on a card the settings

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    emails: wtf would you want telstra jobs, if your a hoarder, 5000 emails later, you change isp, gone.
    get a outlook or gmail, or buy a domain,
    Ha ha no I don't keep old emails, but I do use 7 addresses.
    Thunderbird is my handler.

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    in that case, id buy looploo.com & a cheapo web host with cpanel like $36 yr
    & you can have as many @looploo.com emails as you desire
    setup with thunderturd is piss easy
    make them imap & your covered, server has backup
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