Wikipedia's first sentence called it “provided through the phone and cable infrastructures”. Today it says “provided through the phone”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Internet in Israel has been available since the late 1990s in theory, but it only became practically accessible to most customers in 2001. By 2008, Israel had become one of the few countries with developed broadband capabilities across two types of infrastructure—cable and DSL—reaching over 95% of the population. Actual broadband market penetration stands at 77%, ranked 7th in the world. in 2010, Israel was ranked 26th in The Economist 's Digital Economy Rankings. Internet in Israel is provided through the phone and cable infrastructures, by Bezeq and Hot respectively.1Bezeq provides dial-up and ADSL , while HOT provides cable Internet services. Every ADSL or cable Internet user has to pay separately to the infrastructure provider and to the ISP, due to competition laws . Unlimited, a new company formed as a subsidiary of Israel's electric company and other telecom companies, is expected to become the third competitor in the infrastructure market in 2015, and will provide customers with symmetrical FTTH residential lines starting at 100Mbit/s and up to 1Gbit/s.2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Broadband Internet in Israel has been available since the late 1990s in theory, but it only became practical to most customers in 2001. By 2008, Israel has become one of the few countries with developed broadband capabilities across two types of infrastructure, reaching over 95% of the population. The actual broadband penetration stands at 77%, ranked 7th in the world. Internet in Israel is provided through the phone and cable infrastructures, by Bezeq and Hot respectively. Bezeq provides dial-up and ADSL services, while HOT provides cable Internet services. Every ADSL or cable Internet user has to pay separately to the infrastructure provider and to the ISP, due to competition laws .
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The opening as it stood in 2015 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Broadband Internet in Israel has been available since the late 1990s in theory, but it only became practical to most customers in 2001. By 2008, Israel has become one of the few countries with developed broadband capabilities across two types of infrastructure, reaching over 95 percent of the population. Actual broadband market penetration stands at 77 percent, ranked 7th in the world. in 2010, Israel was ranked 26th in The Economist 's Digital Economy Rankings. Internet in Israel is provided through the phone and cable infrastructures, by Bezeq and Hot respectively. Bezeq provides dial-up and ADSL , while HOT provides cable Internet services. Every ADSL or cable Internet user has to pay separately to the infrastructure provider and to the ISP, due to competition laws . IBC, a new company formed as a subsidiary of Israel's electric company and other telecom companies, is expected to become the third competitor in the infrastructure market in 2015, and will provide customers with symmetrical FTTH residential lines starting at 100Mbit/s and going as far as 1Gbit/s.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 3 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Main information about World Wide Web in Israel Broadband Internet in Israel has been available since the late 1990s in theory, but it only became practically accessible to most customers in 2001. By 2008, Israel had become one of the few countries with developed broadband capabilities across two types of infrastructure—cable and DSL—reaching over 95% of the population. Actual broadband market penetration stands at 77%, ranked 7th in the world. In 2010, Israel was ranked 26th in The Economist 's Digital Economy Rankings. In 2022, Israel was ranked first for digital quality of life by Surfshark .Internet in Israel is provided through the phone, cable and direct fiber to the home (FTTH) infrastructures, by Bezeq , Hot , IBC and Partner .Bezeq provides DSL and FTTH; IBC and Partner provide FTTH services, while HOT provides its own cable Internet services, as well as FTTH through IBC.Speeds range from 15 mbit/s on ADSL to 2.5 gbit/s on Bezeq's FTTH service.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
mmmعلى الغيس Broadband Internet in Israel has been available since the late 1990s in theory, but it only became practically accessible to most customers in 2001. By 2008, Israel had become one of the few countries with developed broadband capabilities across two types of infrastructure—cable and DSL—reaching over 95% of the population. Actual broadband market penetration stands at 77%, ranked 7th in the world. In 2010, Israel was ranked 26th in The Economist 's Digital Economy Rankings. In 2022, Israel was ranked first for digital quality of life by Surfshark . Internet in Israel is provided through the phone, cable and direct fiber to the home (FTTH) infrastructures, by Bezeq , Hot , IBC and Partner . Bezeq provides DSL and FTTH; IBC and Partner provide FTTH services, while HOT provides its own cable Internet services, as well as FTTH through IBC. Speeds range from 15 Mbit/s on ADSL to 5.0 Gbit/s on Bezeq's FTTH service.
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provided through the phone and cable infrastructures
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provided through the phone
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