Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Dec 16, 2009 8:00 pm I am moving in on the 22nd and I need to know what I need to do for the first phone connection. It has all been trenched and connected to the house already but I am confused as what to do. Do I need to connect with telstra first if I plan on going with another provider? Can I just get connected straight up with someone else, or does telstra need to flick a switch at an exchange somewhere? Re: Phone line Installed, What to do next? 2Dec 16, 2009 8:12 pm I am in SA, but I had to connect with Telstra, no one else in SA has installed their own infrastructure. JIts easy to get conncted, ust ring them, and the man comes and plays with that little tube box which is somewhere down the road. Thats if your builder has bought the teltra cable to your house, its a little box near your meter with the telstra logo on it, My connection had a few issues, it will be intersting to see how much I get charged, because there has never been a house here, Telstra says it could be up ot $300, and I am stuck with Telstra for 3 months before I can switch. Re: Phone line Installed, What to do next? 3Dec 16, 2009 8:18 pm I go through a company that re-sells Telstra phone lines, so while Telstra owns the infrastructure and connects the service, I personally don't deal with Telstra, I deal with the company I am paying, a telstra wholesale customer. They organise the phone connection to be installed by Telstra for you. 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Phone line Installed, What to do next? 4Dec 16, 2009 8:21 pm Do you mean someone like optus? I rang optus first and that was who i was previously with, and they said telstra is the only one that can connect. must be a state thing. Re: Phone line Installed, What to do next? 5Dec 16, 2009 8:28 pm buildingwithhamra Do you mean someone like optus? I rang optus first and that was who i was previously with, and they said telstra is the only one that can connect. must be a state thing. Nope, optus wont have their own lines in probably. I'm talking about companies that are a Telstra re-seller like AAPT, Primus etc I'm with AAPT 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Phone line Installed, What to do next? 6Dec 16, 2009 10:16 pm gilese ... It has all been trenched and connected to the house already but I am confused as what to do. So, there is an actual phone cable in your conduit that is already connected to the house? gilese Do I need to connect with telstra first if I plan on going with another provider? Can I just get connected straight up with someone else, or does telstra need to flick a switch at an exchange somewhere? I thought that we must use Telstra to connect from our trench to their pit, even if we then decide to go with another provider. I think Telstra owns all the infrastructure. My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Phone line Installed, What to do next? 7Dec 17, 2009 10:03 am Oh and Telstra will also need to connect you to the exchange, even though your house is connected to the street they need to do something down the road or at the exchange or something - that's the bit that costs $300 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Phone line Installed, What to do next? 8Jan 19, 2010 6:13 pm You can connect to any company that has services on the Telstra Wholesale Network. You don't have to connect with Telstra first. First time connection will be $299. Lara and Joshua http://pdheywood25.blogspot.com/ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=31186 16.03.10 Scrape 29.03.10 Slab 08.04.10 Frame 11.05.10 Lock Up 03.06.10 Fixing 24.08.10 Handover Re: Phone line Installed, What to do next? 9Jan 19, 2010 6:20 pm larajane You can connect to any company that has services on the Telstra Wholesale Network. You don't have to connect with Telstra first. First time connection will be $299. but that also includes the Lead In cable and NTD installation. Kodiak Data Cabling onFaceBook Consult*, Design and Installation Data, TV, Home Theatre/ AV Cabling, Multi Room Audio, IP CCTV and Door Intercoms Ask for a Quote. *DIY DATA Cabling Is Ilegal Re: Phone line Installed, What to do next? 10Jan 19, 2010 7:24 pm g'day ring telstra and tell them that the lead-in is already complete, im assuming that a maddison box ( the small grey box on the outside of the house where the street phone line,and the house phone line are junctioned ) is there aswell.. they'll put you onto another department regarding new connections. they''ll charge you OMG AND they'll say something like itl be connected between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm and they prob wont turn up.. so be patient.. not the best company to deal with good luck Electrical - Automation - Smart wiring - New homes - Commercial - Data cabling] 1300 050 315 www.cenemelectrical.com.au www.facebook.com/cenemelectrical Re: Phone line Installed, What to do next? 11Jan 26, 2010 8:20 am we are building in a place called sandarra in the south east of melbourne .We have to go through the estate corporation ,called club links they are the sole providers of internet/phone services in the estate. reason being telstra didnt want to install any of the infrastructure therefore the developer stepped in . We were told after 3 or 4 years with them we can switch to another provider. talk about monopolising a product. we must install a smart wiring package(part of the guidelines).2 phone lines,4 tv pts ,1 data pt .to get free to air we install our own tv antenna have you come across this before ? and what are the pros and cons. what do I do about pay tv ?? and what is star serve? Re: Phone line Installed, What to do next? 12Jan 27, 2010 7:52 pm g'day It is true, we are installing ALOT of smart wiring in new estate houses throughout victoria as a minimum package.. 'smart wiring' or the proper name structured cabling basically extra wires ran throughout your home ( before plaster ) to accomodate technologies such as high speed networking, internet, multi room av, multi room audio, security.. etc etc etc etc.. its endless. the possibilities are endless only in your imagination BUT comes at a price. from being able to watch surveilance cameras from any room in your house OR anywhere in the world to keep an eye on your children , being able to watch foxtell in ANY room where there is a tv.. with only 1 foxtell box, the ability to watch a dvd in ANY room of your house .. when the dvd player is located in a cupboard out of the way, distributed audio in every room from an ipod located in your office..locate ALL your movies and audio on your office computer and the ability to access this media from ANY room in your house, ability to turn on your heating or cooling before you get to your front door! ... also with customization of current smart systems it makes life ALOT easier.. really if you can think it up it can be installed with smart wiring. BUT at a price. there are MANY beneifits of having this ' smart wiring' installed ( including re-sale ) BUT you must have a plan... its soo easy to go overboard with extra wires... and likewise soo easy to not install enough... this is where a plan is needed.. what do i want to acheive? do i want to have extra wires for future technologies etc..? research research research... there are sooo many technologies availible to a home owner... it becomes very overwhelming starserve is clipsals answer to smart wiring.. its not the best system or the most comprehensive but it does the basics pretty well... multi room internet.. networking, cctv, distributed / av. etc etc. and is kept in a neat and tidy box. this is a system that most estates demand as inclusions.. it is let down because it does not support high definition and high speed applications such as blu-ray and adsl 2... and as these are becoming more popular people are finding that starserve is underperforming. but if you are happy to go without hd in evey room ( which is really only useful if you have hd tv's everywhere ) then starserve is one of many options available. there are prurpose built display houses that can show you the extent of what smart wiring can do for a house.. demonstrations can be organised through middies or your electrician.. id suggest doing some research so you dont have the ' whoops, i wished i installed more wiring to accomodate this n that' later on down the track. more dollars here saves lots n lots later with this technology. i hope this helped Electrical - Automation - Smart wiring - New homes - Commercial - Data cabling] 1300 050 315 www.cenemelectrical.com.au www.facebook.com/cenemelectrical Re: Phone line Installed, What to do next? 13Jan 29, 2010 4:20 pm andy we must install a smart wiring package(part of the guidelines).2 phone lines,4 tv pts ,1 data pt .to get free to air we install our own tv antenna sounds rediculous that you have to have all that if you aren't going to use it. I certainly wasn't going to run thousands of dollars worth of cables when we are starting to go wireless. Anyway. I had to pay $299 to get the lead in cable installed(I had to dig my own trench) and $299 for telstra to connect. Does this sound right? Re: Phone line Installed, What to do next? 14Jan 29, 2010 4:55 pm PieMan andy we must install a smart wiring package(part of the guidelines).2 phone lines,4 tv pts ,1 data pt .to get free to air we install our own tv antenna sounds rediculous that you have to have all that if you aren't going to use it. I certainly wasn't going to run thousands of dollars worth of cables when we are starting to go wireless. Anyway. I had to pay $299 to get the lead in cable installed(I had to dig my own trench) and $299 for telstra to connect. 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