xfone 018 phone service and Linux

[Arie Skliarouk]

Hi,

Eventually I did not went with 018, as they have the ugliest support I ever
seen - they don't reply on emails. I asked twice from them to send oraat
keva blank, and got nothing.
The broken "שלך" button on "צור קשר" page (under firefox) did not help
either:
http://www.018.co.il/contactus.asp

Now I am looking in direction of 012 and have couple of questions to actual
users of theirs voip service with Linux (if there are any):
http://www.012.net.il/sales.aspx?docID=8639&FolderID=1005&lang=he&tabn=0

   - Does the line management site (http://072web.net) works from firefox?
   - Do they provide SIP credentials, or are these hidden in the hw sip
   adapter they provide?
   - Can Asterisk be used with the service?

Thank you in advance!

--
Arie



On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 03:01, e2xbegqsdyt21hfc
<e2xbegqsdyt21hfc at yahoo.com>wrote:

>
> I don't know the technical details or 018.
> I do know that 012 provides you with a sip adapter that is plugged between
>  the bezeq/hot modem and your PC/ordinary phone. It could be that that
> adapter reserve some BW for the sip packets. In any case, my experience is
> that both 750K ADSl/cables is sufficient for a good quality phone service,
> with a lightly usage for internet and phone. The sip adapter I initially had
> was made in the US. I assume they use a US proven technology. My current sip
> adapter is made by AudioCodes. 012 claims that the sip adapter they provide
> should work with any ISP. I had two ISPs, and in my case their claim is
> justified.
> There is also a rumor that bezeq's new generation network uses sip over
> copper for the phone services.
>
> --- On Sat, 3/7/09, Arie Skliarouk <skliarie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Arie Skliarouk <skliarie at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: xfone 018 phone service and Linux
> > To: "linux-il" <linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il>
> > Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 11:21 PM
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 13:54, Gilad Ben-Yossef
> > <gilad at codefidence.com>wrote:
> >
> > >  Arie Skliarouk wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > How do they solve the latency problems inherent to any
> > internet connection?
> > >
> > > The round trip time to a well connected (read: 0%
> > packet loss) server in
> > > Israel from an Israeli ISP, where Israel here is
> > defined as "connected to
> > > the IIX", is under 50ms.
> > >
> >
> > On a 150kbit upload ADSL upload of a 1500 bytes packet
> > takes about 85ms. To
> > send out the VoIP packet would take another 85ms (on
> > condition that you have
> > a really good QoS). This causes latency of 85-170ms with
> > jitter 85ms. The
> > VoIP speech (SIP protocol) has a lot of skips and is
> > unacceptable.
> >
> > Theory aside, I would like to hear first-hand experiences
> > of people with 018
> > before I commit for a year of phone service with them.
> >
> > --
> > Arie
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>
>
>
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