012 phone line replacement.

[geoffrey mendelson]

I was called up and offered a package from 012 to replace my phone  
line. Currently I have an aDSL line from BEZEQ (NGN) and a package  
deal from 012 where I pay them for the combination of the aDSL portion  
of the line and the ISP service.

I have my own router because I set up my network myself and use  
different settings such as IP address, etc. It's also because I have a  
cable modem and a second internet connection. The cable modem was down  
once when I needed it and I got the aDSL line as a backup.

The two networks are "blended" so that everyone exists on the same  
connection and I can control which device connects via which network  
by setting a default route in the dhcp server.

The package replaced my modem with a "superbox" which is an aDSL  
modem, router, VoIP box, wifi access point and DECT phone base  
station. So far, so good. You can log on to the router side of the box  
and make all the changes I need to have it function with my network.

The reason for doing it is cost. It replaces my BEZEQ land line with a  
VoIP line from 012 with the same number. The only change is that you  
always need to dial area codes. :-(

The price was much cheaper. They even offered to pay my BEZEQ bill (25  
NIS a month for the "bare" aDSL line) for 2 months, give me 30 minutes  
of international calls a month free for a year and so on.

The problem is that they reload the settings of the superbox every 24  
hours. So all the settings that I made disappear. Instead of fitting  
nicely in my network, it would crash it.

The tech was very nice about it, and apologized for wasting my time.  
He told me that they do something different to accomodate people with  
more advanced networks, but they are always businesses, and it  
requires special permission, a different box, and a router.

Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM











-- 
Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM