Just bought a house and will be moving into it in May. But before doing so just wanted to hopefully get the internet sorted out first. Am looking at getting ADSL 2+ with perhaps a bundle from iinet, TPG, internode, exetel or Belong. But before doing so I'm assuming that I will need to set up a phone line? How do I know if a phone line has been set up already? And how do I actually get a phone number?
Sorry if this sounds stupid but we've actually always ported our home phone number so completely in the dark when it comes to setting a new one up.
I'm no expert so others might give a better answer, but if you don't want a home phone, you can get Naked ADSL which doesn't require a phone line at all. It's usually a little bit more than traditional ADSL, around $10 a month at the providers I've been with, but it's better than paying $22 for line rental if you have no use for the home phone. Check out the bundle prices with a home phone line against just having naked ADSL without a phone line and see what works out best, depending on the bundle deal it might be worth it for you to still get one.
If you do want a phone line, I'd leave that to setting it up to the provider you go with and talk to them when purchasing your bundle.