One debate that I'm always surprised to see is never more prominent in Israel (or mentioned at tech conferences etc) is how our quality of internet service - surprisingly middling, at least in parts - is an impediment to the vision of the startup nation.
The data available about this seems contradictory. According to the Digital Quality of Life Index, Israel is fourth globally and first in West Asia. However according to @Speedtest and the data they automatically parse we're 69th in the world.
Anecdotally - working frequently from home from an apartment in near central #Jerusalem - reliable connectivity is a major problem. My mother, in Cork (Ireland) and in-laws in Dallas both have far faster and more reliable connectivity.
Like many things, I think broadband distribution is probably a more useful indicator than averages. Remarkably, in 2022, Israel is still only transitioning towards fiber. Large swathes of the population are only served by vDSL and coaxial (Bezeq, Hot, respectively).
Clusters of startup activity (Tel Aviv etc) are almost certainly prioritized in this rollout. But this is actually a problematic situation for encouraging work-from-home / #telecommuting / digital job creation outside of the unsustainable and unaffordable TLV economic nucleus.
Or perhaps I'm just grumpy because my upload speed tops up at 4 Mbps. The more that my professional workflow involves working with video, the more problematic this is becoming.
The best solutions for those struggling with poor connectivity: a) @speedify. b) Following the dual connection load balancing method which I've documented on @Medium and @YouTube
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