Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: > > Eli Marmor wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Bezeq has a new service, called "ATM Direct" (not "ATM"). It is planned > > as the future main connection between ISPs and their business customers > > (instead of currently Frame-Relay). > > > > It ends with an Ethernet port (RJ-45). > > > > Sounds VERY interesting. Any tips on price/bandwidth/availablity?
Yes. If 512Kb upstream was enough for you, and you lived in an area covered by HOT, then you already have had a cheap alternative for Frame-Relay. But for the rest of us, Frame-Relay was the only game in town (assuming Cellcom's prices for their FR/ATM are too high). Now there is a real (and cheap) alternative from *Bezeq* (!) It connects the ATM network to your office over the DSL infrastructure. There are different bandwidths (256Kb, 512, 1024, 1536, 2048, 4096) and different levels of quality (basic == CIR0, SHAMUR == at least 50% is reserved, and MUVTACH == 100% is reserved == like SIFRANET). Bezeq's prices are VERY attractive. For example, a symmetric 1Mb/1Mb costs 800/900/1100 NIS per month (for the 3 levels, excluding VAT). 1.5Mb/1.5Mb costs 900/1000/1300. Unfortunately, ISPs are still greedy, and their charge is similar to FR. -- Eli Marmor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Netmask (El-Mar) Internet Technologies Ltd. __________________________________________________________ Tel.: +972-9-766-1020 8 Yad-Harutzim St. Fax.: +972-9-766-1314 P.O.B. 7004 Mobile: +972-50-5237338 Kfar-Saba 44641, Israel ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
