OT: Bezek via netvision

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Feb 18, 2010, at 11:21 PM, Alex Shnitman wrote:
>
> And reliability probably does depend on the area, but also very much  
> on luck, it appears. I had it working fine here for a year until  
> disconnections started, and then 9 (!!) visits by HOT technicians  
> weren't enough solve the problem. This included replacing all cables  
> down to street level, and replacing the modem, twice. I had to  
> switch to ADSL eventually. When it works, it works, but when it  
> doesn't, may the God of bits & bytes have mercy on your soul...


First of all this is Israel. Perfectly working connections fail at the  
first sign of rain. :-(

Second if you have 99% reliabilty that means one day out every two and  
a half months. Most people have much better reliability, most less  
than 99.9% (more than 12 hours a year out). Note that if you have two  
connections, one with BEZEQ and one ISP and the other with HOT and a  
different ISP it does not guarentee you 100% reliability.

I did find out that BEZEQ has a test system. If you change your ISP to  
1 <any user id> @1 and any password, it will open a PPoE link and  
flood it at maximum speed forever. If the link fails, it's BEZEQ's  
fault. If it runs clean, it's not, it's your ISP or your PPoE software/ 
router.

Geoff.

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