I live in a remote area of Western Australia and I am taking advantage of a government scheme that offers $A2500.00 rebate on installation of satellite internet broadband (I have used that technology before), the same government offers a rebate of up to $A1000,00 on purchase of a satellite phone (about which I know nothing) and I wonder what would be the best solution as I do not know the current state of VoIP used by those satellite internet providers, especially when it comes to ring POTS (plain old telephone systems).

I am also a bit confused because I've noticed a provider of both of these services charging $A300.00 per year for a static IP address for the phone when some sell them for $5.00 or give them free. Is this plain robbery?

I can evaluate the satellite internet plans on offer but I have no clue about the VoIP addition or about the separate satellite phones. All I want from the phone is to avoid having to drive 100k to make a phone call.

Could anyone enlighten me on the subject and perhaps give advice.

Thank you for your help.

Well once you are connected to internet you can make cheap calls with skype or from today even with gmail.

We got a lot of calls on stationary phone from varius statistics makers, sellers, etc. while you can plug in POT like phone into lan or with wlan.

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Thank you yooy, but is it available in Australia? Googleing gives conflicting or unclear answers.