[RBS] Smile (012) internet phone - a good idea?

[Yitzchok & Hasha Lavi]

If your internet connection is from HOT then you can directly compare 
this to the cost of your Bezeq line.


But if you currently use ADSL and want to keep that, then comparing this 
39 shekels with the 40-something you pay Bezeq for the line (OK, extra 
for voicemail etc) is comparing apples with oranges.


Because your Bezeq phone line fee covers the infrastructure over which 
your ADSL also works (what you pay Bezeq for ADSL is for the service 
running over the line). To keep ADSL you can only afford to drop the 
phone service. To have the line alone (they call it "kav neto" or 
something like that) will cost you about 25 shekels a month. So your 
savings by "dropping" Bezeq don't amount to as much as they might appear.

I believe that calls to these phones are considered land-lines and cost 
the same as calls to Bezeq. (On this page the tariffs are for calls "to 
Bezeq and any other land-line": 
http://www02.bezeq.co.il/Telephony/Conversations/Pages/CallsGallery.aspx)

Yitzchok

yechiel lewis wrote:

> Hi all
>
> This seems like a good deal to replace Bezek.
> 39 shekels per month for 500 minutes and no other charges.
> Includes voice mail, etc.
> Does anyone know of any drawbacks?
> For example, how much does it cost to call some with an IP phone like 
> this.
>
> Thanks
> Yechiel