AAPT launches capped home phone plans

Stuart Corner
Monday, 26 September 2005 19:16

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AAPT has launched a range of capped plans for home phone lines claiming that 74 percent of Australians still use the home phone to chat to family and friends, despite the supposed ascendency of mobile phones.

AAPT also announced the results of a commissioned survey which it claimed "reveals the importance of, and reliance on, fixed line communication throughout Australia".

The new range of capped plans, dubbed Homechat, are claimed to offer price surety for Australian families. They follow the launch in May of by AAPT of the first fixed-line capped plan for the Australian consumer market.

Homechat comprises: a $29 plan including $50 worth of local, national, fixed to mobile and international calls, excluding line rental; a $49 plan with $120 worth of calls; a $79 plan includes $250 worth of calls, and a $129 plan includes $1,000 worth of calls from the home phone. All calls are charged at AAPT's standard competitive rates, and there are no lock-in contracts.

AAPT says it research also revealed that Australians spend an average of 16 hours chatting to family and friends each week, and that while 61 percent of respondents believe calling cards are cheaper, only 25 percent have ever used one.