4G Internet operators in Moscow and the Moscow region - choosing the best supplier

Rating of the best Internet providers in Moscow

When compiling a list of the best providers in Moscow that provide their Internet connection services, 6 operators were considered. These are WiFiRe, Rostelecom, MGTS, 2KOM, Online, Beeline and Akado. So that you can choose which Internet provider in Moscow is better, we have compiled a rating of operators and rated them on a five-point scale. The assessment was influenced by Internet speed, the presence of television and mobile communications in the tariff, the size of the subscription fee and user reviews.

What you need to know before connecting - technology

For those who are completely green, I leave the most important thing for choosing the right technology, so that in the end everything will work well for you for many years. Now there are two options for getting Internet at home:

• By wire (recommended). Here the provider runs a wire into your apartment, from which you receive the Internet (for example, using a Wi-Fi router). The main advantages are excellent speed and stability. I strongly recommend pulling the wire, and resorting to the second option only if it is impossible to install the cable and all providers refuse to connect.
• Wireless Internet. If you are unlucky with the first option (you are in a new area of ​​the city, in a country house, in the remote taiga), but there is good coverage of cellular operators (MTS, Beeline, Megafon, Yota, Rostelecom) - you can choose a tariff from them and choose the final receiving device A USB modem or the same router with support for SIM cards (the worst option is your phone). Cons: relatively low speed (see below) and unstable “jumping” connection.

In this article, I deliberately omit “perverted” methods of connecting to the Internet - from a cable TV provider or via satellite - but sometimes you cannot do without them. Here we will talk about the most common cases, for the rest I invite you to comment.

Now I will dwell in a little more detail on specific connection technologies. With this, you can safely go to the provider, and scary abbreviations will no longer scare you.

For a wired connection (the lower the better):

• ADSL. Connection via telephone cable. It is still a popular connection method in our country and neighboring countries. The downside is the low speed (in practice, up to 2 Mbit/s). But sometimes, especially in remote villages, you can’t live without it.
• FTTx (recommended). Here, a fiber optic cable runs to the entrance, and a twisted pair cable is installed into the apartment. The most popular connection option today. Tariff speeds are usually up to 100 Mbit/s - enough for a home user. Prices for tariffs and equipment are reasonable (you can find a good router for 1000 rubles).
• GPON. The fiber optic cable is routed directly into the apartment or house. The main advantage is speeds up to 1 Gbit/s. The technology is only being introduced in large cities and developed areas. If possible, connect. The downside is that the equipment is still expensive (terminals from 6,000 rubles).

If it is not possible to lay a wire at all, consider the networks of cellular operators. The main recommendation is to choose the operator whose network is good for you specifically. It’s unlikely that anyone can give advice here better than your personal experience. And even with your friends everything may be different. Those. You can see how your phone and other operators receive communications from your neighbors; if it’s really bad, google the “coverage map” for a specific operator (write, for example, “Megafon coverage map”).

Typically, such maps indicate the generations of the cellular network (and this is only the spread of technology, and the level must be measured on site):

• GPRS + EDGE – very slow.
• 3G – national average up to 4 Mbit/s.
• 4G LTE – 20-60 Mbit/s.
• 5G is not in Russia yet, but competition with a wired connection is possible.

Screenshot of a coverage map using Megafon as an example.
Regarding the tariffs of mobile operators - they change every month, you can’t keep track of everything.
But on average they remain at the same level. You can try the “average” tariff, and after a month of use, increase or decrease it, or use the same provider catalogs and study reviews.

WIFIRE

The provider's rating is 4. Operator's website. To activate the tariff, call +7 (499) 553-0-666.

Best WiFiRe tariffs:

Rostelecom

The provider's rating is 4. Operator's website. To activate the tariff, call 1.

The best tariffs from Rostelecom:

Connection technologies

The user himself decides which home Internet is suitable for his situation. There are several connection types:

• mobile internet: G line;
• GPRS;
• LTE;

To connect your home Internet, you need to decide on the required characteristics, and then connect the one that best suits the user’s goals and objectives.

ADSL, fiber optic

For online work with a large volume of traffic, xDSL type networks (ADSL, VDSL, etc.) are suitable. The ADSL digital line is connected via the telephone network at speeds of up to 60 Mbit/s. But to install it you need:

• landline phone;
• splitter;
• modem.

Fiber optics is a modern technology that allows you to increase the speed and quality of the connection. It does not rot and is not exposed to rain, snow and sunlight. If the user has the opportunity to connect to a ready-made fiber optic system using cheap passive splitters, then there is no question about which Internet connection is best for the home. Fiber only!

Wireless network

To transmit the Internet over a wireless network, no cable installation is required. The connection is made using a modem that receives and receives signals using WiFi and WiMax technologies. Mobile operators always offer subscribers: “First choose a tariff, and then connect the Internet for home use or for work.” There are several types of connections:

• 2G (connection speed up to 64 kBit/sec);
• 3G (up to 3.6 Mbit/s);
• 4G (up to 100Mbit/s, in some cases up to 1Gbit/s).

Satellite Communications, Dial-Up and Docsis

Satellite Internet connection is an evolutionary way of accessing the World Wide Web. There are two types of connection organization:

• asymmetric (data reception is carried out via satellite communication, and transmission is carried out via any other);
• symmetrical (information is received and transmitted via satellite).

Nothing transmits a signal better than a satellite, and the advantage of this connection is that if there is no telephone line in the area (including fiber optics), then you will still be able to get the Internet, no matter how remote the house is!

Docsis is data transmission via cable television systems (as long as the speed does not exceed 42 Mbit/s).

Dial-up access is an old way of connecting to the Internet using a modem over a telephone line. When accessing the network, the phone is always busy.

MGTS

The provider's rating is 4. Operator's website. To activate the tariff, call +7.

Best tariffs from MGTS:

The best Internet operators for a modem

From a modem, citizens prefer to use unlimited data with a speed limit. Therefore, the choice of mobile operator with cheap Internet is limited to only 2 providers - MTS and Yota.

Today, mobile operators do not limit the Internet connection speed, unless it concerns a modem connection. Therefore, when choosing the best operator for the mobile Internet, its choice is made according to the price-traffic ratio. In this case, Tele2 offers the most acceptable conditions, but if you do not require full unlimited, then the mobile operator with the cheapest Internet is available from Yota.

2KOM

The provider's rating is 4. Operator's website. To activate the tariff, call by phone.

Best 2COM tariffs:

Online

The provider's rating is 4. Operator's website. To activate the tariff, call by phone.

Best Online rates:

How to choose your provider in this hustle and bustle?

The main advice is to choose the best in your budget - the best technology (FTTx is a good choice) and the best speed (100 Mbps is a cool speed now). All that remains is to figure out the available providers in your home. With wireless, everything is on average clear, but with wired ones... We ask our neighbors, use aggregators (link at the beginning of the article) or city maps (the same 2GIS).

And for all major cities of Russia, we have already done our own complex analysis of dozens of parameters and identified the three best home Internet providers. I really hope that this table will make your choice of provider at least a little easier.

Table - Rating of Russian providers by city

If we do a summary analysis taking into account the distribution throughout the country and the quality of services provided, we get the following three leaders in Russia:

1. Rostelecom and MTS share space.
2. Beeline.
3. Home ru.

In total, both according to external assessments and according to our research, the best providers retain their positions. Therefore, if you have the opportunity to connect to them in your home, you now know which provider is better to connect to.

Beeline

The provider's rating is 4. Operator's website. To activate the tariff, call by phone.

Best tariffs from Beeline:

Reviews from Muscovites about using 4G Internet from these operators

Mobile Internet MTS (Russia, Moscow) - One of the best, if not the best mobile Internet. For ten years, until December 2015, we were users of Megafon mobile communications and mobile Internet - smartphones, modem. There was nothing to compare with until the beginning of 2014. We were happy with what we had. Megafon was considered the best.

At the beginning of 2014, we received two MTS SIM cards with a Super MTS tariff and a mobile Internet option. The difference was striking in favor of MTS mobile Internet.

In December 2015, we finally said goodbye to Megafon and transferred our family numbers via MNP to Beeline to the “Everything for the Family” tariff. Everyone has a good tariff. One minus is a very modest internet package for three people.

We remain Beeline subscribers - a convenient and economical Beeline archival tariff “Everything for the Family”. But on the second MTS SIM cards it is precisely because of the high quality of the mobile Internet. Of course, in different regions and even within the same city there is different network coverage of cellular operators, including MTS. Based on personal experience and the experience of family members, including when compared with the mobile Internet of other cellular operators, I consider MTS mobile Internet one of the best, if not the best. As for the price, MTS is not a cheap mobile operator. In order to somehow save money, I transferred (not free of charge) the numbers of family members to the MTS Smart tariff for my own.

ltn777

https://otzovik.com/review_7207081.html

I’m not delighted with Megafon’s mobile Internet, I’ll say this right away, and I’ll explain it a little later. But I disagree with the twos and ones given to this operator. Although, if I had written this review at the time of the operator’s jamb, and such cases do occur, I would also probably have given one. In terms of the packages and tariffs provided, I am generally satisfied with the mobile Internet from Megafon. Or I’m just used to having to pay 350 rubles a month for 16 GB of Internet and have conditional unlimited use of social networks. But packages are packages, and the first thing is that the Internet works anywhere in the country. And that's the problem. Okay, I still agree that my village may have a poor coverage area. Although the network catches the maximum, but there is no Internet. But in the city, according to my foolish logic, there should be a good, stable Internet. And in general it exists, but periodically it disappears if you take specific places in our city. Naturally, we are talking about the city center, because the Internet should be the most stable in the center. But, alas, no. Be that as it may, I use Megafon’s Internet every day. It turns out that he is happy with it, since he did not switch to the Internet of another operator.

champion-max

https://otzovik.com/review_7048558.html

— Internet from Tele2 spoils your nerves. ADVANTAGES: Voice communication DISADVANTAGES: Internet. The quality of mobile Internet is, to put it mildly, disgusting! Constant interruptions of the Internet connection when working in 3G, and 4G appears very rarely (in any area of ​​Yekaterinburg), only turning off and on data transmission or rebooting the smartphone helps. If the Internet sometimes works in 4G, then the speed is very low. For those who are planning to switch to Tele2, I will say right away: If you only make calls and do not use the Internet, then this is for you, because calls throughout Russia for a small ab. fee.

ultracom

https://otzovik.com/review_6659676.html