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VoIP Acceptable Use Policy

About this policy

This document is our VoIP Acceptable Use Policy (policy). In this policy the words ‘we’, ‘our’, ‘us’ and ‘Swoop’ are all references to Swoop Telecommunications Pty Ltd ABN 87 109 931 731 trading as Swoop Broadband and its related bodies corporate. This policy is accessible on our website and is distributed to customers and former customers (together, ‘customers’) and our staff. Our Chief Executive Officer (or equivalent) has approved this policy and is responsible for ensuring its implementation, operation and compliance with any applicable regulations and industry codes. By your use of any Swoop VoIP service (‘services’) you agree to comply with the terms of this VoIP acceptable use policy.

Our principles

This policy is designed to protect the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service quality and integrity and make sure all customers receive fair and equitable access. The policy specifically relates to untimed (‘flat rate’) use calls and ‘included’ calls on all VoIP plans that have these call inclusion types provided to subscribers. We may depend on our Fair Use Policy in circumstances where your use of ‘flat rate’ or ‘included’ untimed call charges that form part of a pricing plan or promotional offer is deemed to be excessive or unreasonable. We retain the right to vary the terms of the Fair Use Policy at our discretion from time to time.

Excessive use

The Fair Use Policy’s excessive use aims to identify those customers likely to be using residential plans for commercial purposes. This is likely to place unsustainable demands on the system. Swoop broadband considers a call duration of more than 120 minutes per call where a ‘flat rate’ applies, and or more than 1,000 minutes of talk time per month as potentially indicative of non-ordinary residential use. We may also consider a regularity of calling that indicates that the service is not being used for residential use only. If your use of the prescribed VoIP plans is excessive, we will contact you by phone or email, using the contact details you have provided advising that you may be in breach of the Fair Use Policy. If for the next billing period use continues at a similar level and frequency you will receive formal notification from us, advising that you have 14 days to provide a statutory declaration to Swoop Broadband, in which you affirm that the service is used for residential purposes only. If after 14 days, we have not received a completed Statutory Declaration or you have not requested (and been granted) an extension within which to provide that Statutory Declaration, we may:
  • bill calls above the at standard rates, or
  • suspend or terminate your service without further notice.

 Unreasonable use

Without restricting what is meant by ‘unreasonable’ Swoop Broadband will supply the service for the purpose of you making and receiving calls on our network for your personal use. We will consider unreasonable use of the service to be:
  • using a residential service for business purposes
  • if you use a device that reroutes calls to/from our network or the network of another supplier, or
  • wholesale any service on our network.
In contrast to the above subclauses, we may in our absolute discretion give our consent to this type of behaviour, subject to conditions and in writing. We further consider your use of the service to be unreasonable if you reduce or limit the ability of other customers to access our network as you:
  • engage in the bridging of conference calls
  • use the Swoop Broadband service to link two or more communication devices together for the purposes of providing a permanent or semi-permanent circuit, or
  • use the Swoop Broadband service for any other purpose than the predominant function of person-to-person voice communication.
Without reducing or restricting our rights under the service terms, where we consider your use unreasonable we may:
  • contact you by phone or email, using the contact details you have provided advising that you are in breach of the Fair Use Policy and to cease unreasonable use immediately otherwise your service may be subjected to suspension or cancellation without further notice, or
  • choose to suspend or cancel your service immediately and without any prior notice if the breach is considered seriously detrimental to the network.

International Rates

To limit the impact of fraud, international dialing is restricted to a selected set of approved prefixes. If you do not see the prefix of the number you are attempting to dial below, then it is not currently available.
PrefixNameRate
001154Argentina$0.082
0011549Argentina Mobile$0.329
00115411Argentina-Buenos Aires$0.019
0011542 / 0011523Argentina-Corredores$0.030
00111Canada$0.013
00111Canada-Independents$0.016
00111Canada-North West Territory$0.050
001186China$0.026
001186China Mobile$0.026
0011372Estonia$0.086
001149Germany$0.032
001149Germany Mobile$0.101
0011852Hong Kong$0.051
0011852Hong Kong Mobile$0.083
0011353Ireland$0.020
001135383Ireland Mobile H3G$0.068
001135385Ireland Mobile Meteor$0.069
001135386Ireland Mobile O2$0.058
00113538Ireland Mobile Others$0.077
001135387Ireland Mobile Vodafone$0.058
001135381Ireland-Others$0.036
0011353700Ireland-Others$0.036
001135376Ireland-VOIP$0.036
001139Italy$0.011
001181Japan$0.060
00118170Japan Mobile$0.166
00118150Japan-IP Phone$0.105
001181315Japan-KDDI$0.112
0011813160Japan-Softbank$0.070
001160Malaysia$0.100
0011601Malaysia Mobile$0.099
0011603Malaysia-Kuala Lumpur$0.101
001131Netherlands$0.073
0011316Netherlands Mobile KPN, Telfort, Vodafone$0.118
PrefixNameRate
00113168Netherlands Mobile Lycamobile$0.190
00113166Netherlands Mobile Others, Paging$0.120
0011312Netherlands-Amsterdam$0.026
0011311Netherlands-Rotterdam$0.073
001164New Zealand$0.032
0011642New Zealand Mobile Others$0.154
001165Singapore$0.051
0011658Singapore Mobile$0.051
001141Switzerland$0.052
001141Switzerland-Geneva$0.053
001141Switzerland-VAS Corporate$0.065
001141Switzerland-Zurich$0.052
0011886Taiwan$0.045
0011886Taiwan-Taipei$0.049
001144UK$0.032
001144UK Mobile$0.037
001144UK Mobile Alt Ntwrk$0.148
00111USA$0.032
00111907USA-Alaska$0.093
00111808USA-Hawaii$0.032
0011357Cyprus$0.018
001135797Cyprus Mobile Cyta$0.097
001135799Cyprus Mobile Cyta$0.097
001135796Cyprus Mobile MTN$0.110
001135794Cyprus Mobile Others$0.097
001135795Cyprus Mobile Others$0.097
0011357121Cyprus-SS$0.132
0011357122Cyprus-SS$0.132
0011357123Cyprus-SS$0.132
0011357700Cyprus-SS$0.132
3001157777Cyprus-SS$0.132
001133France$0.020
0011336France Mobile Orange$0.194
0011336France Mobile Others$0.194