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

[Noam Rathaus]

Geoff,

I will start with thanking you for giving the other alternative - I believe 
though that those are not very good alternatives, as you stated they mainly 
talk about "phone" oriented services, rather than Internet oriented 
services - I didn't see any mentioning of HOT aren't they a good alternative 
(never tried them)?

What bothers me is the fact that you have stated that BBL are scum of the 
earth and Netvision is the greatest.

This kind of comment is redundant, as Dotan didn't try to convince you to 
move, he just stated what he thinks. When you write the opposite from him, 
you are just degrading what he is saying, and it sounds like you are trying 
to protect your opinion, but again Dotan didn't say Geoffrey thinks 
otherwise... what a fool, he just stated how unhappy he is, it is his right.

On Monday 16 February 2009 14:10:52 Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> 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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