On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, Oded Arbel wrote:
> Bezeq's sales person verified this (but what do they know, right ? :-), said
> that upgrading will be possible later, said it's not available right now and
> refused to comment on a time frame in which it will be available or how much
> it will cost (though, again, the ADSL forum on Bezeq's site suggested 200
> NIS for aditional 64k a month as a nice round figure - seems way too
> expensive to me).
too expensive - why? remember that upstream speeds are competing with
their frame-relay/sifranet rates, so there is no reason for them to give
you this feature at a low price as for the incoming stream's price.
> > 2) Normal ratio for home user d/l:u/l is 10:1 , so this 64Kbs u/l limit is
> > equvivalent to 640 Kbs d/l. ou do not get this with ISDN.
> Could you explain the last sentence, please ? what can't I get with an ISDN,
> the download rate ?
yes, ofcourse he was refering to the download rate. and think about it -
you _might_ also want to use the line for downloading too, won't you?
don't you have other machines at the same location that will be used for
downloading (browsing, email, whatever)?
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> ISDN - one time:
> ISDN card (400~800 NIS)
> ISDN line installation (~1000 NIS)
does that include the various deals that ISP give, that can help you
reduce costs, or those deals work only if you pay ahead for 1-3 years?
> ISDN - monthly:
> Bezeq maintainance (90 NIS)
> Bezeq usage (monthly flat for internet - 100NIS)
> ISP (monthly flat 128k - 90 NIS)
90 NIS for 128k(!) ISDN? that means about 20$? then how much do they
charge for 64k ISDN?
> total monthly - 280 NIS
>
> ADSL - one time:
> ADSL installation (~450 NIS)
> ADSL - monthly:
> Bezeq maintainance (45 NIS) {for the normal Bezeq line the ADSL uses}
> ISP (monthly flat - ~180NIS) {assuming double what I currenlty pay for ISDN.
> I'm hopeful it wouldn't be that much}
> total monthly - ~230 NIS (limited to 64k u/l)
you forgot that the normal monthly fee of bezek is 149 NIS for an ADSL
link (this, as explained in the newspaper lately, includes the normal
line's maintanance fee). so the 45 NIS fee above should be changed to 149
NIS (150 NIS in your rouding-speak), thus the total monthly is about 335
NIS.
--
guy
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or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
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