Optus Fusion goes 3G

Stuart Corner
Monday, 11 August 2008 13:13

Your IT - Home IT

Optus has launched version of its Fusion broadband and telephony bundled offering that operates over its 3G network, mimicking the product launched by its subsidiary, Virgin Mobile earlier this year.

Optus Wireless 'yes' Fusion (OWF) provides home phone, with a fixed line phone number and Internet access all via the Optus 3G network and allows customers to make and receive calls with their normal home phone handset, via a modem connected to the mobile network, at fixed line rates. OWF offers unlimited standard local and national calls and unlimited calls to Optus 2G & 3G mobiles, a free Internet security suite and 2GB of broadband data for $79 a month.

When the fixed line Fusion plan was launched in July 2007 it offered unlimited standard local, national and calls to Optus mobiles on 24 month contracts at $69 for 2Gbytes of data per month, for $89 7Gbytes and for $99 20Gbytes.

The Virgin Broadband at Home service ,  launched the same month as Optus Fusion, offered unlimited local and national long distance calls and 4GBs of download data for $60 month, with all traffic carried on the Optus 3G network.

The new Optus OWF service comes with come caveats: it is not suitable for people who require disability services, who have a back to base home alarm system, or who require an uninterrupted telephone line. Also customers cannot preselect any carrier other than Optus for national and international calls and calls to mobiles, and, according to Optus the ACMA Customer Service Guarantee does not apply to the service.