You are interested in moving to Naked DSL, but are afraid to lose your phone number? Don’t worry you can now keep your phone number and still enjoy the benefits of fast ADSL2+ broadband without having to pay for line rental!
Which Providers Allow You To Keep Your Phone Number?
Currently iinet is the only provider that can transfer your phone number – it’s also called ‘porting’. Porting is a term also used if you take your mobile phone number from one provider to a different one. In the same way you are porting your landline phone number from the Telstra based network onto iinet’s VoIP network.
iinet is currently the only company to offer porting with Naked DSL, but others are likely to introduce it throughout 2009.
Can You Move Your Phone Number Back to Telstra?
Sure, if you really want to. You’ll have to organise it through Telstra and it may take them a couple of months to complete the process. You will have to pay a line reconnection fee too. This is usually $59, but you can talk to Telstra and they give you all the latest details.
How Much Does iinet’s VoIP service cost to use?
iinet includes iiTalk, which is far cheaper that traditional home phone services. How cheap? Local calls and National calls to landlines within Australia are free! International rates start from just 5 cents per minute and calls to mobiles are 29 cents per minute.
iiTalk doesn’t cost anything to set up and doesn’t have a monthly access fee, so it’s a great option for saving money on phone bills. It’s simply included free with iinet Naked DSL accounts.
