A Residential VoIP Example

SCENARIO: A family living in Melbourne whose monthly phone bill is $150 plus line rental. They have one teenage child living at home and another who is currently living in Singapore . They run a second phone line for the teenager. Of the $150 total, 25% accounts for local calls, 20% for national calls, 40% for calls to mobiles and 15% for international calls to Singapore . The average call time is 6 minutes.

SERVICE

QTY

CURRENT PROVIDER

TALKSCAPE™

Primary Line Rental

1

$30.00

$30.00

Second Line Rental

1

$30.00

N/A

Local Calls

187

$37.50

$22.44

National Calls

16

$30.00

$9.50

Mobiles

23

$60.00

$41.26

International

7

$22.50

$2.39

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

$210.00

$105.59

Comparison based on Telstra's published rates for its Homeline Complete service as at 21/9/04 .