Talk:Israel/@comment-2604:2000:1241:D3:28ED:4602:C288:61E2-20190505030041

I'm traveling to Israel soon and will be there for 29 days, from mid-May to Mid-June, so I'll need a 30 day plan. In case it matters in terms of what plans and rates I qualify for, I was born in Israel and have an Israeli passport, citizenship and ID #, but because I've lived most of my life in the US and came here as a child, I don't have an Israel ID card. I am also a US citizen so I also have a US passport.

I'll be staying with my father in his apartment in Hadera most of the time, but I'll also be traveling to see relatives and maybe doing some sightseeing, and calling lots of government offices and visiting retirement homes with my father, as he wants to move into one and the main purpose of my trip is to help him with that. So I'll be making lots of calls and using lots of data, as my father doesn't have WiFi at home, and he doesn't get out much.

When I leave, I'm hoping to leave my Israeli SIM card with him in my old cell phone, so he can Skype or Whatsapp with me when I'm back in the US, and maybe even use the internet (although my father is so tech-phobic that I doubt he'd want to), with a cheap 5-10GB/mo data plan.

I have several questions I was hoping folks could help me with.

First, would I be able to "tether" my laptop to my cell phone once I've set it up with an Israeli SIM card and plan, using either WiFi or USB, and if so do I have to select specific plans or ask for some special add-on option, or do all data plans allow "tethering" natively, so long as the phone does (mine does)?

Second, I'm strongly leaning towards the Hot/Altice service, as they have very affordable data plans and I'd rather get a high GB plan as I have no idea how much data I'll use (here in the US most of my data is through my cable company and it's unlimited). Does is have good voice and data service in central Israel (say from Rishon to Hadera)?

Finally, I know that this site is for prepaid so apologies if it's inappropriate for me to ask, but since I'm an Israeli citizen and my father lives in Israel with an Israeli ID card, and I'm hoping to leave my SIM card with him and downgrade the service to data-only and keep it active, would I be better off going with a postpaid plan under my father's name?

Thanks to all.