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 After a year of
preparation, Internode now offers full national reach for its NodePhone2 voice-over-broadband
service, extending it to 2100 zones ranging from Aberfoyle to Zamia Creek.
NodePhone effectively turns all of Australia into a local call zone by
running over a broadband service to deliver 18-cent untimed calls to any fixed
phone in the country. NodePhone2 is Internode's
two-way NodePhone service, allowing both incoming and outgoing calls.
The latest
NodePhone2 enhancements allow Internode to issue telephone numbers within any phone
zone in Australia,
creating a truly national call origination and termination voice service.
NodePhone2's
national reach elevates it above most Internet-based VoIP (Voice over Internet
Protocol) phone services, which only offer phone numbers in major metropolitan
areas.
NodePhone product
manager Jim Kellett said the extended reach for NodePhone2 was part of
Internode's commitment to regional customers. "Most VoIP services only offer
in-dial numbers for metropolitan centres or, at best, large regional towns," he
said.
"While that suits
some people, it is frustrating for potential regional customers whose next door
neighbour may have to pay for a ‘long distance' call to reach them by phone.
"To solve this
problem, Internode has worked for more than a year to add the capability for
new NodePhone2 customers to select their NodePhone2 telephone number in any
local calling zone in the country. That capability is now available -
meaning that NodePhone2 customers all the way from Aberfoyle to Zamia Creek can
now have a telephone number that is local to where they live."
Aberfoyle is a
rural area north-east of Armidale in the Northern Tablelands of NSW, while Zamia Creek is a pastoral property near a 7km
waterway in central Queensland.
NodePhone customers
require a broadband service that runs at speeds of 512 kilobits per second or
faster in order to take advantage of the NodePhone service. NodePhone is designed
to run on third party broadband services as well as Internode-provided plans.
Internode has also
more than quadrupled the coverage of its newly announced NodePhone MultiLine
service, which provides NodePhone customers with quick, easy and
affordable on-demand access to extra telephone channels. Internode has added an
additional 121 zones * from which it offers MultiLine, increasing the total
from 37 to 158 zones.
Internode is a first tier IP carrier committed to using broadband technology to redefine the national telecommunications environment. The Australian-owned company is a trailblazer that delivers broadband services to individuals and businesses throughout Australia.
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The additional MultiLine-capable
zones include: Aldersyde;
Badgerin Rock; Badgingarra; Bakers Hill; Balkuling; Ballidu; Beacon; Beacon
North; Beaudesert; Bencubbin; Beverley; Beverley West; Bibby Springs;
Bidaminna; Bindoon; Bolgart; Boonah; Bribie Island; Brookton; Bullsbrook East;
Burakin; Caboolture; Cadoux; Calingiri; Christmas Island; Cleary North; Cocos
(Keeling) Island; Coomallo; Coomberdale; Coominya; Cranbourne; Crossdale;
Cunderdin; Cunderdin North; Dale River; Dalwallinu; Dalwallinu West;
Dandaragan; Dangin; Dayboro; Dowerin; Dukin; Dunwich; Ejanding; Emerald (VIC);
Esk; Gabbin; Gabbin North; Gatton; Gidgegannup; Gillingarra; Gingin; Goodlands;
Goomalling; Guilderton; Harrisville; Healesville; Jelkobine; Jennacubbine;
Jimboomba; Jurien; Kalannie; Kalannie East; Kalbar; Karatta; Kingscote;
Konnongorring; Koorda; Kooringal; Laidley; Lancelin; Langhorne Creek; Lord Howe
Island; Lowood; Manangatang; Maroon; Marysville; Meckering; Milang; Mildura;
Miling; Moora; Moore; Mornington; Mount Helena; Northam; Ormeau; Pantapin;
Parndana; Penneshaw; Quairading; Rathdowney; Red Hill; Regans Ford; Rosebud;
Rosevale; Rosewood; Russell Island; South Quairading; Studleigh; Talbot Brook;
Tammin; Tankerton; Thornton; Toodyay; Toogoolawah; Trayning; Wannamal;
Warburton; Watheroo; Wongan Hills; Woodbine; Wubin; Wubin West; Wyalkatchem;
Yanchep; Yankalilla; Yelbeni; Yerecoin; York; and Yorkrakine.
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