VoIP Now: Australian ISP iiNet launched VoIP service

August 29, 2005

Australian ISP iiNet launched VoIP service

The VoIP market is on the rise. West Australian Internet Service Provider iiNet launched a new VoIP service throughout the country. The new service is names as iiNetphone. This product will be available to the users having a fixed-line service which is bundled with iiNet's broadband internet plan. A subscriber who has a DSL connection with iiNet will have to take a fixed-line service from the provider. It is necessary for them to use the VoIP service.

According to the Michael Malone, company's Managing Director, iiNetphone will have no monthly line rental fee. Local calls and calls to the capital cities countrywide will be charged at 10 cents, while National calls outside capital cities will cost five cents per minute over fixed lines. smh.com reports:

Bader said users would be provided a free second phone line and number using VoIP technology. While the VoIP product is available from today, hardware sourced from Belkin, which is ADSL2-compatible, would be available only from mid-September, Bader said.