ot: israeli sip providers ?

[geoffrey mendelson]

On May 20, 2009, at 5:13 PM, sammy ominsky wrote:

> Thanks for the plug, but I don't think we're what he would consider  
> "cheap".  Unlimited calling to the US and Israel would be $31/month,  
> with a DID in either the US or Israel (077 or 072).  That's fine for  
> a landline replacement, or if he's staying abroad, but for  
> occasional use from a wifi phone, it's more than I'd want to pay.

The weekend after my mother died a friend tried to call me on my  
olehphone line and could get through. My HOT connection to the outside  
world had died taking my Internet connection, etc with it. Sunday  
morning a tech came out and spent an hour and half in the rain fixing  
it.

Saturdy night a friend of mine called to console me and a month later  
found out that dialing direct to Israel via Verizon was $5.00 a minute  
plus tax without an "international calling plan".

When my wife was in Amsterdam, Orange had a special service which you  
entered a code and the number you wanted to call in Israel and it  
called you back. That was 7 NIS a minute, far cheaper than just  
dialing direct as a roamer.

Skype is around $15 a month for 10,000 minutes to the US and Israel  
and a US incoming number.
Considering the original poster said that SKYPE call quality was not  
good enough for his purposes,  $31 is not that expensive. If he kept  
it up and used it here too, it would IMHO be worth it.

It's like the old joke:
	"How much is that item?"
	"$31"
	"$31! the store across the street sells them for $29" :
	"Go buy it from them."
	"They are out of them".
	"When I am out of them, they are $25."

SKYPE is cheap and easy to use, but only if it works for you. Also  
have you ever tried to get support from SKYPE?

Geoff.
--  
geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM
Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendelson at gmail.com