VOIP review
Calls are cents per minute unless specified and in AUD
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VOIP Provider |
Per Month Fee |
Local Call |
National Call |
Mobile Call |
USA |
UK |
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Skype |
0 |
2.7 |
26.7 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
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Skypes minimum recharge is 10 Euro’s each time http://www.skype.com |
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Freshtel (normal Plan) |
0 |
6.9 |
6.9 |
30 |
6.9 |
6.9 |
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Freshtel ($5.95 plan) |
$5.95 |
10c flat rate |
10c flat rate to capitol cities otherwise 4.9c per minute |
29 |
3.9 |
3.9 |
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Freshtel’s $5.95 plan is $5.95 a month and includes $6 worth of calls for that month, if you do not use the full $6 worth it does not roll over to the next month. To make calls above the $6 worth of credits you must have a positive balance for your account. (No DID's currently available) Minimum Recharge is $10 http://www.freshtel.net |
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Pennytel |
0 |
2.31 2.11 for Syd & Melb |
2.31 2.11 for Syd & Melb |
22.46 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
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( DID's currently available for $5/month) Minimum recharge is $5 http://www.pennytel.com |
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Astratel |
0 |
10c flat rate |
10c flat rate |
29.9 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
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( DID's currently available for $5.95/month) Minimum recharge is $10 http://www.astratel.com.au |
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Faktortel |
$5 |
10c flat rate |
10 up to cap of $1 for 100 minutes then back to 10c per minute after that |
29 |
6.1 |
6.3 |
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$5 is the minimum monthly spend so if your total call costs are under that then you pay $5 if it over that then you pay the call costs only. Call costs are automatically billed to the credit card on file at the end of the month rather than prepaid. ( DID's currently available for $9.50/month) http://www.faktortel.com.au |
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Engin |
$9.95 |
10c flat rate |
10c flat rate to capitol cities otherwise 5c per minute |
30 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
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Engin monthly fee of $9.95 does not include calls, if you join one of the higher plans they include and ATA which will allow you to just plug in a normal phone. The next plan is $29.95 which includes $25 worth of call credit for that month and a DID (a real phone number that can be used for people to call you on the phone) http://www.engin.com.au |
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Information supplied has been gathered from the websites of the companies reviewed and is current as of 10/08/2005