Mobile tariffs
Tariff "Month - 512 Kbps unlimited" from Iota allows the operator's client to use wireless Internet. Before connecting the tariff, the subscriber needs to purchase a USB modem. It is worth noting that the company did not provide these services before. The opportunity to purchase this package of services has appeared among the Russians recently. By the way, the company allows users to purchase a Yota 4G modem, thanks to which the subscriber will be able to choose the terms of service, as well as their cost and terms. If the client prefers this tariff, the operator will provide him with the opportunity to use unlimited Internet. The subscription fee in this case will be 400 rubles per month.Description of the Iota network tariff plan "Month - 512 Kbps unlimited"
Unlimited Internet within the tariff is provided to the client for 30 days. The maximum access speed according to the tariff plan will be 512 Kbps. Tariff "Month - 512 Kbps unlimited" from Yota is valid throughout Russia. True, depending on the region, the amount of the subscription fee may differ. As part of the tariff, the company provides the client with additional services. For example, if a user used the services of an operator for the first time, then when connecting, he is provided with 2 days of Internet access at maximum speed. If desired, the user can switch to another tariff.
In addition, there are other options within this tariff. For example, if a client does not use the Internet for a whole month, then he can take advantage of the operator's special offer. Within 2 or 24 hours, he can use the Internet at maximum speed. True, the rest of the time the subscriber will be able to access the Internet only at the minimum speed (64 Kbps).
Sometimes amateur users, acquiring their first (and not only the first, because technologies and devices change and improve over time) computer, mobile phone, become stumped, trying to solve several issues for themselves at once. The most pressing questions are whether the Internet is needed on this device at all, which type of connection is better to choose from those available on the market, and what Internet speed is considered good. Well, we will try to briefly deal with these pressing problems in our time and give useful advice and recommendations.
Internet speed for computer and laptop
Take the case that occurs most often - the acquisition of a new or laptop. In such a situation, there are the most options for solving the problem of connecting to the World Wide Web. Here are just the main ones: local area network, fiber optics, ADSL connection of a local fixed telephone operator, wireless connection through a mobile operator's network.
The ADSL standard is good in cases where the user has a landline phone, and other wired connection methods are either too expensive or not feasible at all. The speed of such a connection can vary from a rather slow 512 kbps to the maximum possible 24 Mbps. The answer to the question of what Internet speed is considered good depends on the individual needs of a particular user, but even the minimum 512 kbps is enough for voice chat or for leisurely downloading movies, and this is already a lot.
The highest connection speeds are provided by local networks and fiber optic connections. Depending on the provider, the Internet speed can vary from 5 to 1000 Mbps. In most cases, speeds above 80-100 Mbps are already redundant and serve rather to create a positive image of the provider, and not to meet the urgent needs of customers.
Internet speedfor mobile phone
But the question of which Internet is better for the phone, as a rule, is not worth it. And all because there are only two options for connecting to the Internet from a phone (or smartphone): GSM-connection or 3G. Moreover, if now support for third-generation networks in phones more expensive than $ 80 is the norm, then with regard to the old, but beloved Nokia (Samsung or other model), you cannot be 100% sure. Of course, if a particular model supports 3G, it is most likely better to use this particular standard, because it is both a high speed (up to 3.6 Mbps versus 474 kbps for the most "advanced" version of GSM - EDGE), and the possibility of simultaneous conversation and data exchange (in GSM networks, data transmission is interrupted for the duration of a telephone call). Of the minuses of using the new communication standard, it should be noted, firstly, a large load on the battery and, secondly, not the widest 3G coverage area.
It must be borne in mind that after the user decides on the communication standard that will be used to connect the phone to the worldwide network, it is necessary to decide on the operator. As a rule, friends (neighbors or colleagues) who have already connected to such services can provide invaluable help at this stage. And first of all, it is important to find out what Internet speed is considered good for different operators in the place where you are supposed to visit most often (at home, at work, on the way between these two points, etc.).
Internet speedfor tablet
And, finally, the intermediate niche between computers and smartphones is occupied by the youngest segment of electronics - tablet computers (or tablets in common parlance). To decide which Internet is better for a tablet, you need to clearly understand what Internet speed is considered good for certain tasks. It's one thing when a user needs to check his email a couple of times a day, but at the same time he can be in any part of his native (or not native) city. It is quite another if a person mostly sits at home, where there is a private Wi-Fi access point, and periodically watches YouTube videos on the tablet. In the first case, you will need a tablet with support for mobile networks, and in the second, the already familiar Wi-Fi will suffice. And if Wi-Fi is available in all tablets, then the same cannot be said about 3G / GSM, and such a gadget costs 30-50 dollars more than its less "fashionable" counterparts.
In order to take into account all the nuances when choosing an Internet tariff, you need to know a few facts about the principles of the network that will help you use the services more efficiently.
Megabits and megabytes are two different things. 1 Mbps is about 8 times larger than 1 Mbps. It turns out that having an Internet speed of 8 Mbps, we get a real speed of about 1 Mbps. A 5 MB music track will download (or fully download) in 5 seconds. Thus, knowing your needs in the network, you can calculate the time for which this or that task will be completed at the current tariff.
The final speed of the Internet is determined not only by your provider. Its performance is influenced by the most important factors, for example, network equipment, the speed of the remote server, the level of the wireless signal, the speed of the end device, and so on. If your provider proudly claims 50 megabits per second, then when watching a movie online, you may simply not get such a speed, because that computer with the movie is somewhere far away. The server is busy distributing this film to several thousand or even tens of thousands of the same users.
This is comparable to a wide pipe through which a small stream flows: the source (server) is no longer able to give, and all the extra space is empty. A similar situation occurs if you are with a tablet through 2 walls and a layer of furniture from the router - the speed of the Wi-Fi channel will drop, and no matter how fast Internet comes to your house, it will reach the device at other, lower speeds.
An important indicator of the quality of communication is ping. In essence, ping is the speed of access to data on the Internet, i.e. How fast is the request. If the ping is high at high speed, then there will be practically no sense from it: requests will go slowly. A large ping has a particularly negative effect on ordinary web surfing, where each mouse click is sending a request, as well as on online games, where real-time synchronism depends on ping.
One of the most frequent and demanding user tasks - online video. If everything is not so important with music, because the size of the compositions is small, then with the video you should always pay attention to the quality in which you watch it. The higher the quality, the slower the buffering (loading) of the movie or clip. For example, 480p quality requires almost half the speed of 1080, although many reputable sites automatically set video quality, so the problem is not so significant.
Torrents are the surest test of speed. Here, users' computers act as a server, and the speed of sending information to your computer is summed up over all servers. As a result, the overall upload speed can be very high, capable of loading any Internet channel.
Considering all these factors, the following recommendations can be made.
- about 5 Mbps will be more than enough for web surfing and listening to music at the same time, and the Internet channel can be shared by several devices with such tasks
- 10 Mbps can ensure uninterrupted playback of FullHD video on 2 devices, and on the third one you can browse pages quite comfortably
- 20 Mbps is already a serious speed that will allow you to watch a FullHD movie with simultaneous torrent download, and you can still safely hang a phone with a tablet on the channel and comfortably watch Youtube. For correspondence and web surfing, the speed is excessive.
- 40 Mbit. Older routers just don't support these speeds anymore. Needless to say, 40 Mbps is enough for everything. It can only be recommended to users with special tasks, such as an FTP server or working with files in cloud systems. You should not take such a speed if you are just listening to music, chatting on the Internet and sometimes watching movies. It will be an overpayment.
- 60 Mbps and above. Yes, at present, some providers offer such numbers, and they are really rarely needed. It happens that the provider promises even 100 Mbps and higher at night, but to support this speed you need expensive powerful routers and "gigabit" cables. Almost all mobile devices will not be able to open at this speed, and the computer needs either an expensive motherboard with a 1000mb network card, or a gigabit network card.
Taking into account the average requirements of Internet users, in modern conditions, an Internet speed of 15-20 Mbps is enough for almost all tasks. Most often, large numbers mislead users, as if promising that "everything will be fast." But providers are well aware that only a quarter of the same 60 Mbps will be used, so in fact you are supplied with 15-20 Mbps at the price of 60. Most often, the difference is felt only when working with torrent clients, but for most users this is hardly worth the overpayment.
What does the concept of “normal Internet speed” imply, what should it be for optimal work and leisure time on a personal computer. The same connection will seem to someone quite sufficient, and to someone - the inability to work effectively. What is normal for an Internet cafe, for the University of Moscow State University, for example, "will not be enough."
Using computers at home raises reasonable questions for users: what is the speed of a suitable tariff plan.
If the finances of the PC owner are limited, when choosing a tariff for home Internet, he will definitely come across a number of offers from providers that prevent him from making the right decision. To avoid mistakes, you should know some parameters that determine the quality of the Internet at home.
To determine, you first need to familiarize yourself with the basic concepts.
Bits, kilobits, megabits
Data transfer speed is usually measured in bits / sec. But since a bit is a very small value, kilobits or megabits are used:
- Kilobits = 1024 bits.
- Megabit = 1024 kilobits.
With the advent of optical cables, Internet speeds have increased dramatically. If earlier 128 kbps was considered normal, today the parameter is measured in megabits and is 100 megabits per second (Mbps).
Therefore, megabits per second is the standard unit for measuring the speed of the modern Internet. The conditional classification of Internet communications is as follows:
- slow - 512 Kbps;
- low - 2 Mbps;
- medium - 10 Mbps;
- high - 50 Mbps;
- very high - 100 Mbps.
It must be understood that the lower the speed, the lower the tariff.
A byte is not a bit
Internet users are interested in working with files, their size is usually measured in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes and gigabytes, equal to:
- Byte - 8 bits.
- Kilobyte = 1024 bytes.
- Megabyte = 1024 kilobytes.
- Gigabyte = 1024 megabytes.
Inexperienced users confuse bytes with bits. And they get megabits (Mbps) instead of megabytes. This leads to a serious error, for example, when calculating the download time of files.
It is unrealistic to accurately determine the period for downloading a file, because:
- Providers indicate the maximum connection speed. The average (working) will be lower.
- The speed is reduced by interference, especially if a remote router is used.
- The remote FTP server restricts downloads so much that everything else becomes irrelevant.
But the approximate time, nevertheless, is possible to establish. Calculations will be easier if you round:
- byte = 10 bits;
- kilobyte = 1 thousand bytes.
But it's better to just start downloading and determine the download time using the program than to calculate the time theoretically.
What tasks affect the choice of speed
The lower the Internet connection speed, the smaller the range of available tasks, but the tariff is cheaper. The right choice allows you to feel comfortable without wasting money.
Outlining the circle of interests
The Internet is used to solve various problems:
- Surfing social networks, listening to music.
- Online games.
- Organization of streaming broadcasting (stream).
- video calls.
- Watching videos online.
- Downloading music, movies, other files.
- Uploading files to cloud storage.
Choose a connection
When the circle of interests is defined, we set ourselves tasks and choose the appropriate tariff.
Providers offer various types of connection, for example, 300 rubles per month for Internet access at a speed of 15 Mbps.
There are two numbers in the tariff descriptions: 
If the second number is missing, then the speeds are equal. If necessary, check with your internet service provider.
How much internet speed is enough
To determine this indicator, the user is helped by a number of tasks that he needs to work with a PC:
For social networks and music
You don't need high speed to surf social networks and listen to music. The user will feel quite comfortable with 2 Mbps. Even a speed of 512 Kbps will do, but the pages of the sites will open more slowly.
To watch videos online
The following speed indicators for watching videos online are considered normal, depending on the quality of videos and movies:
- SD Video (360p, 480p) - 2Mbps
- HD video (720p) - 5 Mbps
- Full-HD (1080p) - 8 Mbps
- Ultra-HD (2160 p) - 30 Mbps.
100 Mbps - this speed is more than enough to watch online video in any quality. Because browsing is buffered, small dips in speed do not affect browsing.
For streams
To organize streaming broadcasting, you need a stable Internet connection. For a quality stream, the speed should not fall below a critical level. For video stream:
- 480p - 5Mbps
- 720p - 10Mbps
- 1080p - 20Mbps
But these are risky values. The transmission is the most critical, since broadcasting is the uploading of data to the Internet, so we focus on it.
Still, jumps are possible. The tariff is chosen so as to level them.
We calculate the optimal speed for the Internet by multiplying the speed of a quality stream by 2.5. For example, let's calculate the speed for 480p: 5 x 2.5 = 12.5 Mbps.
Taking into account the fact that the boundary values are risky, we select Upload not lower than 15 Mbps.
Online Games
Games are undemanding to speed parameters. For most popular games, 512 Kbps is sufficient. This value is suitable for:
- Dota 2.
- World of Warcraft.
- GTA.
- World of Tanks.
But downloading the game and downloading updates at 512 Kbps will be very slow, as you will have to download tens of gigabytes. In order not to wait for hours, it is better to provide speeds up to 70 Mbps.
For games, the determining factor is the quality of the communication channel, characterized by the parameter "ping" (ping). the time it takes for a signal (request) to reach the server and return back (response). Ping is measured in milliseconds (ms).
Ping is affected by:
- The reliability of the Internet provider, which consists in the ability to maintain the declared quality of communication.
- Distance from client to server. For example, the player is located in Sevastopol, and the World of Warcraft game server is in London.
Acceptable ping values:
A persistent ping value above 300ms on any servers is seen as a symptom of serious network connection problems. The reaction time is extremely low.
For smartphones and tablets
If the device is connected to the router via Wi-Fi, it will work in the same way as a computer. The difference is that advanced sites offer pages for gadgets with convenient placement of information on a small screen.
But smartphones and tablets are “sharpened” for mobile Internet. Cellular operators for working with the Internet offer:
- 3G standard - up to 4 Mbps;
- 4G standard - up to 80 Mbps.
The operator's website contains a coverage map with marked 3G and 4G zones. The relief of a particular area makes adjustments, then instead of 4G there will be 3G, and instead of 3G there will be 2G - the standard is too slow for the Internet.
4G communication is provided only by devices equipped with modern radio modules.
In the mobile Internet, the client pays for traffic, not for speed. The question of choosing a normal Internet speed for the device is not worth it. The user selects the appropriate amount of megabytes of traffic.
For video calls
- voice calls - 100 Kbps;
- video calls - 300 Kbps;
- video calls (HD standard) - 5 Mbps;
- voice video communication (five participants) - 4 Mbps (reception) 512 Kbps (transmission).
In practice, these values are multiplied by 2.5 to compensate for spikes.
Factors affecting connection speed
The following factors affect the quality of the connection: 
- Wi-Fi standard supported by devices.
- The frequency at which data is transmitted.
- Walls and partitions in the signal path.
- Computer and browser settings.
- VPN and proxy.
- Outdated drivers.
- Interference from other networks.
- Viruses and malware.
You can find out the current connection speed (it is better to check at night) using the SpeedTest service. If it is very different from the one declared by the provider, you need to find the reason.
When choosing a connection speed, the number of users connected to Wi-Fi, the speed characteristics of tasks used in parallel mode and taken into account when choosing a suitable tariff are taken into account.
Conclusion
You can use the Internet in different ways. It is difficult to enumerate all the tasks set. But among those considered, it is necessary to find a similar one and decide on the connection.
Or, rather, what they mean are those numbers that smiling managers (if you can call them that) tell us so nicely when connecting, or, so to speak, when choosing an Internet connection.
There are two types of Internet connection - it is "anlim" and "by megabyte billing". Here, the choice needs to be made depending on your degree of Internet use, i.e. if you are going to conquer the expanses of the Internet around the clock, and at the same time also download everything from it, then it is better to choose "unlim", but if you only have "VKontakte" or "Odnoklassniki" to exchange a couple of triple messages, and what kind of abstract download something, then a “per megabyte” package will be enough. So, if you have decided on this choice, then let's move on.
For those who are “in the tank” (no offense :)), I want to say that the speed of the Internet connection is how quickly pages of sites will open and files will be downloaded.
It so happened historically that the speed of the Internet connections is measured in bits (kbps) and the speed downloads in bytes (KB / s), i.e. you connected 1024kbps, you came home, and there, bam, and instead of the expected 1024 you see 128KB / s. And many are confused in these definitions. Let's try to understand this, especially since it is not so difficult.
The first thing to know is that a bit is smaller than a byte, and there are eight bits in a byte. It's easy to remember - the word "bit" has fewer letters, which means it is "lower" than a byte, but one number "8", which, depending on the situation, will need to be divided or multiplied, I think everyone is able to remember.
Now about the designations - bytes, as large ones, in abbreviations are honored to be called the capital letter "B", i.e. if 10 KB is written, (or 10 KB) know that this is 10 kilobytes. Bits are usually denoted either by a small "b" or, for clarity, by the word "bit", for example 10 Kb or 10 Kb.
Now about the speed itself - now, when the speeds provided by Internet providers are for the most part sufficient to open web pages, everyone is interested in how much a program, game, music or movie will download.
Let's calculate - for example, your tariff is 512Kbps, so we divide 512 kilobits by 8 and get 64 kilobytes per second, i.e. the download speed with an Internet connection speed of 512Kbps will be 64Kbps. For clarity, we multiply this value by 60 (if you don’t forget, so many seconds in a minute) and get 3840 KB per minute or 3.8 MB (megabytes). Those. a 4 megabyte song should download in about a minute and a half.
In order not to bother too much, here's a small plate for you: the first value is the speed of Internet connections, the second is the download speed, the third is how many megabytes are downloaded per minute at this speed:
64kbps | 8KB/s | 0.48 MB per minute |
128kbps | 16KB/s | 0.96 MB per minute |
256kbps | 32KB/s | 1.9 MB per minute |
512kbps | 64KB/s | 3.8 MB per minute |
1024kbps | 128KB/s | 7.6 MB per minute |
2048kbps | 256KB/s | 15.3 MB per minute |
4096kbps | 512KB/s | 30.7 MB per minute |
well, you can calculate other tariffs and speeds yourself, the calculation formula is simple - x / 8 * 60, where x is the speed of the Internet connection.
Of course, these are approximate values, because the Internet connection and download speeds depend on many factors, and are usually slightly lower than those declared by Internet providers and, accordingly, are given in this table. If you want to check what your actual speed is, then go to
And finally, an interesting fact that also affects the accuracy of calculations - in fact, 1KB is not 1000 bytes, but 1024 and 1MB is not 1000 KB, but 1024, etc., and they are called correctly, not kilobytes and megabytes , but kebibytes and mebibytes. But such terms did not take root, due to their difficulty in pronunciation, but remained in the more understandable and familiar prefixes "kilo" and "mega".
That's all! Good luck!
