Re: [SLUG] OT: WLAN VoIP phone

[Sebastian <sebastian.spiess@xxxxxxxxx>]

2008/7/8 elliott-brennan <elliottbrennan@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Ahhhhhhhhh. Now I see! The old "hide-the-goodies-from-the-missus" trick,
> huh?
>
> Maybe get a stuffed wombat and hide 'em in there??
>
> ;))
>
> I was considering iinet, but in the end the total savings of nudeDSL and the
> possible buggerising around was not enough to convince me.
>
> To take up the VOIP option I ended up with a mynetfone adapter instead
> (DECLARATION: I have no shares and no 'interest' in mynetfone :)) and that's
> cut my bill considerably.
>
> Regards,
>
> Patrick
>
> Sebastian wrote:
>>
>> 2008/7/8 elliott-brennan <elliottbrennan@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> Hi Sebastian,
>>>
>>> Maybe I'm missing your point but I'm not certain why you don't just get a
>>> cordless phone?
>>>
>>> Is it that you want to have some form of major level encryption on your
>>> calls?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Patrick
>>>
>>>> Sebastian <sebastian.spiess@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Mon, 7 Jul 2008 08:34:22 +1000
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I came across this
>>>> http://nuke.ip-ware.net/Portals/0/Brochures/ip_phone_WS-C.pdf nice
>>>> phone while I was searching for a new solution to my internet/phone
>>>> setup.
>>>>
>>>> I decided to hook myself up with iinet and a naked DSL package. By now
>>>> we still have one of those old yellowish telstra phones, nothing fancy
>>>> but it works.
>>>>
>>>> My question now is do I buy a VoIP router and hook my old phone on or
>>>> is there another option? I thought about a hand set which connects to
>>>> my existing WLAN.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Registered GNU/Linux User 368634
>>>
>>
>> My point is I have a NON VoIP router and want to use VoIP with iiNet
>> naked DSL package. I thought it might be an option to get such a phone
>> instead of a VoIP capable router and then hook my old dodgy phone onto
>> it (or buy a cordless one on top of the new router). And I just wanted
>> to have the least number of gadgets to hide from my misses!
>>
>> The encryption is not a problem, I want to keep it up for my WLAN and
>> not drop it cause of the phone.
>>
>> But this is all solved by iiNet not providing nacked DSL where I live...
>> :-(
>> Quote: "Unfortunately your premises is not connected to a telephone
>> exchange that is part of the iiNetwork which means we are unable to
>> supply you with Naked DSL." see here
>> http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1009134 as well.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>
> --
> Registered GNU/Linux User 368634
>

I thought as well that
less appliances to run = less power consumed