Netvision: The early-disconnect fees! 40 NIS * 11 months = 800 NIS fees!

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 10:42:10PM +1100, Amos Shapira wrote:
>The problem in Israel is that there only about two(?) real options for
>home users, aren't there?

I want to preface this with I have been a happy customer of Netvision since
the day IBM stopped accepting Israeli credit cards, around the year 2000.

I also want to preface this with IMHO BBL is the scum of the earth, part
of the BEZEQ, BBL, Pelephone trio who threatens you with jail time if
you don't agree to their bills. 

The two for landlines I know of are QOS (www.qos.co.il) who is the
"consumer" division of BYNET. I don't know more about them than they
exist.

The other is Orange. Orange has a deal where you provide your own line
(aDSL/cable), they provide a router, 2.5m download speed ISP service and
a VoIP line with 600 minutes a month to all Israeli phones for 139 NIS.

IMHO it's not a good deal unless you make lots of calls to cell phones. If
you a home phone switch and can route cellular calls via it, you could save
a lot of money, routing your other calls to a cheaper alternative.

Cell-Com has a deal for 130 NIS a month, including modem (18 month
commitment) for cellular based, unlimited Internet access. It's designed
for laptops, but if you can figure out how to use it with a home
network, it would be a good alternative. People using it say they get
better than 2.5m download speeds.

Orange has a similar, cheaper deal, 80 NIS a month, with a 5 GB limit. There
is a 36 month payout on the modem (20 NIS a month) and no commitment on
the service (60 NIS a month).

Geoff.
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel gsm at mendelson.com  N3OWJ/4X1GM