<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:27 PM, Mord Behar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mordbe0@gmail.com" target="_blank">mordbe0@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>So, today is the day that Bezeq is finally starting to subcontract their ADSL infrastructure to other companies, thus allowing an ISP to provide the full service.<br></div>I personally think that this is a good thing, the somewhat artificial distinction between ISP and infrastructure seemed like a good way to make rich people richer, without actually benefitting anybody else. I am thoroughly sick and tired of having to deal with two separate tech support systems, each one blaming the other for their own faults.<br></div>Anyway, it looks like right now the only sensible option to bundle the two services is with 018 Xfone. (<a href="http://018.co.il" target="_blank">018.co.il</a>)<br></div>Looking around, I found very little information about the company that doesn't look like it came from the company's own press team.<br>Does anybody use their services? How is it? Do they deliver on their promised up/down speeds? (Bezeq and Bezeqint don't, at least for me) How is their tech support? How is their customer support?<br></div>Has anybody heard any rumors about other companies bundling service and infrastructure?<br></div>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I use 018 (30Mbps), but not through DSL... I would say they're quite stable... by far most of my issues are from the infra and not from them.<br><br></div><div>Downloads are reasonable (but who doesn't have a CDN with an Israeli endpoint nowdays? so you're likely downloading from Israel which is fast for everybody...)<br><br></div><div>I've seen traffic to abroad go through <a href="http://gtt.net">gtt.net</a>, sometimes through bezeqint (!!!)...<br><br></div><div>If you d/l with multiple (like, 30) TCP connections (e.g. from an NNTP that allows you), you usually get your full speed even in busy hours.<br><br></div><div>If you want me to download a specific resource at a specific time of the day to check performance, let me know....<br><br></div><div>As for tech support - rarely do I call them, but I remember one time I did and the person on the other side (equivalent to the regular checklist-reading-representative, not an escalation in any way) was actually knowledgable. He figured out what was wrong (I have to use their L2TP as IP and not a hostname due to a limitation of my router - and the IP I used became oversubscribed). We discussed their L2TP servers load balancing algorithm... I think the regular techsupport guy doesn't know what load balancing means. So, surprising. But really, it's just an anecdote and perhaps a corner case...<br><br></div><div>-- Shimi<br></div></div></div></div>