mircri22 Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 HI THERE,I will really appreciate if anybody in Perth can answer this;When one gets installed a land line,does the instrument(phone) comes with the line rental?Or we have to buy it?Does the South African phones work over there,or do the phone plugs are different?Thanks a mill!Erika Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 In Victoria you have to supply your own phone, I guess in WA it would be the same, however, you can rent or buy one from Telstra. If you go into a Dick Smith shop (electronics) you can easily buy a phone for as little as $25. We have one of those set of four phones, one is plugged into the phone line and electrical point and that enables the other three to pick up the calls, whilst they are only plugged into electricity. For something like this you would pay as little as $75.The SA phone plugs are different to the Australian ones, at least they were when we left 16 years ago, do not know about now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 We brought our phones, plugged them in and they work just fine, the plugs are the same in Queensland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyote Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Its the same here in Sydney - you also have to buy your own handset. But as Mara says, they are really cheap. We have the same set up, 3 handsets, the main one has an answering machine and then the other 2 just lie around the house... I wouldnt bother bringing your handset with, the plugs wont fit here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOMA Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 HI THERE,I will really appreciate if anybody in Perth can answer this;When one gets installed a land line,does the instrument(phone) comes with the line rental?Or we have to buy it?Does the South African phones work over there,or do the phone plugs are different?Thanks a mill!ErikaHi Erika,We are in Perth, and we had to buy our own phone to put into the socket. They do not supply the phones. And for your cellphones, you can bring it with - but then you have to buy a special plug from the duty free shops at the airport..... 'cause the plugs differ.Hope it helpsLoma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrica Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 When you are renting some houses do come with a phone, otherwise you need to buy a phone from the phone shop.A very basic phone costs about $20.00 , if you want cordless phones they start from about $59.00 for a set of two and go up from there , depending on your phone features.There is no point bringing you SA phones they are not compatible here- I mean normal landline phones. Certainly bring your cell phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tookie Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 HI THERE,I will really appreciate if anybody in Perth can answer this;When one gets installed a land line,does the instrument(phone) comes with the line rental?Or we have to buy it?Does the South African phones work over there,or do the phone plugs are different?Thanks a mill!ErikaThe plugs are different, but you can get an adaptor from Dick Smith (or any other electronic shop). We brought our Telkom cordless phones from SA, and they work fine with the adaptor, phones are really cheap here if you decide to buy one.Noele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeInOz Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Its the same here in Sydney - you also have to buy your own handset. But as Mara says, they are really cheap. We have the same set up, 3 handsets, the main one has an answering machine and then the other 2 just lie around the house... I wouldnt bother bringing your handset with, the plugs wont fit here.Australia hava different socket in older houses, but as is the standard accross the world for new phones the RJ-12 is used (small 6 pin 4 connector plug)http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefro...duct/View/F2143If you buy or rent an older house it will have a thing similar to South Africa (Big white plug called a 610) but the centre plastic bit is offset. Any decent phone can remove this and plug into new or add an Aus adapter. The bigger issue is the power supply wont fit becuase the mains plugs are different on any electronic RSA phonehttp://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefro...duct/View/F2966The big plastic adapter thing and alsorts can be bought.When we arrived at the rental there was a phone. I phoned Telstra to connect and was told (who own all the exchanges and cables to homes ) there is supposed to be one as supplied by Telstra, but over the years people break them, keep them and are not replaced but fancy wireless ones are bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordy Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 In Aus the most common phone is a wireless phone http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.fileread...gs/CTG1000518_2One doesnt see wired phones like almost every house in RSA house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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