Internet "MGTS": reviews. Internet "MGTS": tariffs

Moscow is one of the most technologically advanced cities in Russia and the world. Dozens of large and not very big companies provide commercial access to the Internet. Among the giants of the market is MGTS, a subsidiary of MTS. What are the features of the services provided by this corporation in the aspect of Internet access and related services?

"MGTS": about the company

"Moscow City Telephone Network" is one of the largest wire communication operators in the Russian capital. At the moment, the company provides telephone services, Internet access and digital TV channels, as well as a number of related services.

MGTS is a company with a long history. According to some reports, it was founded even in tsarist Russia, in 1882, when the first telephone exchange in Moscow was opened on the Kuznetsky Most. Now the largest shareholder of MGTS is MTS and its subsidiaries.

The services

One of the company's most famous products is the Internet from MGTS (fiber). Reviews about this service are found in a wide range. Now, access to the network within the specified product is enjoyed by several hundred thousand Moscow subscribers. Also, MGTS provides similar types of services to legal entities.

For a long time, the main technology of communication with the network in MGTS networks was DSL-telephone channels. But little by little the status of a new Internet access method - GPON from MGTS - is gaining ground. Reviews about it as a whole reflect the positive assessments of users in the aspect of changing access technology. The fact is that when using GPON-channels, pure fiber is used, which allows data transfer with very high speed.

Services - more and more diverse

Since 2009, MGTS has been providing services in the Triple Play segment based on the current Internet infrastructure. There was an Internet TV service. MGTS, which is largely determined by the quality of not only the basic service - the provision of access to the network, but also in terms of additional services, is considered by many Muscovites as a reliable provider of modern TV content. The spectrum of channels within the limits of tariff packages from the given provider is various enough. In the same year, the Internet provider "MGTS" (reviews of many users very positively characterize this initiative) began to sell services of access to the network in a "boxed format." Buying it, the client could start using the Internet, simply connecting the equipment to the computer and not thinking about the settings. While services from many other providers require in many cases a call of the master for the appropriate work with the equipment.

Boxed solution

Actually, the equipment within the framework of the service in question, even externally looks like a box, decorated in the corporate style of the company. In it, there is a sufficiently comfortable to read even an inexperienced user instruction on how to organize a home Internet. "MGTS" (reviews of many customers say an exceptionally positive assessment of this aspect) was the corresponding "boxed" guidance so that you could go online without contacting the support service.

Although, if necessary, you can always call the contact center "MGTS" - its number is indicated on the "box". At the disposal of the user is a marked manual, as well as a modem. As a rule, it refers to budget series, but the functionality of this device, as many experts note, is quite on the level.

Unusual and prospective services

Among other notable services of MGTS is the service "Parental Control". Through it, adults can control the use of the Internet by children - mainly by allowing or prohibiting online access on certain days and hours. The technologies that MGTS is working with are constantly evolving, So, in the fall of 2014, various sources reported that the provider was going to introduce sophisticated algorithms for analyzing Internet traffic. This type of technology will allow, as expected, to efficiently filter online packages. It is also expected to use it as a marketing tool.

GPON technology

Let's study a little more details about the latest technology, according to which this Moscow provider provides access to the Internet, - GPON from MGTS. Feedback from users, as we already noted above, characterize this kind of communication channel as having a very high speed. The corresponding indicator can even reach a hundred megabit / sec for home Internet users. However, the high data transfer rate is not the only advantage of GPON (also called "Gipon") over previous technologies.

Communication - stable

When using GPON-channels, the reliability and stability of the connection is achieved. Communication breakdowns, hang-ups and other malfunctions, typical for technologies of the previous types, for networks using fiber are not typical. Another notable feature of GPON is that it is possible to adapt a wide range of additional services to it, which, in fact, is what the Moscow provider that we are considering does. Internet "Gipon" from "MGTS", reviews of which in many respects testify that the above advantages of technology are not a theory but a reality, supplemented by a large number of other services available to the company's customers. Communication with the network is through a user's modem, which, as a rule, is provided by MGTS for lease. Modern models of corresponding devices allow you to go online via Wi-Fi. This means that the network can go directly from multiple devices.

ADSL technology

Of course, even in such a technologically advanced city as Moscow, there are areas and houses to which the fiber has not yet managed to reach, or there is no technical opportunity to connect everyone who wants to. In this case, organize home Internet "MGTS" offers its client through ADSL-access. In principle, most of the needs of modern users this technology is fully capable of satisfying. In particular, with regard to the aspect of speed - with the use of ADSL, it is quite possible to achieve a figure of 7-8 megabits, or even more. For viewing pages, video, listening to music, talking on Skype, this is quite enough.

The main thing is that the phone is at hand

ADSL technology has some advantage in terms of convenience - the current telephone line is used as a communication channel. It is not necessary, as in the case of the GPON, to mount something in addition. At the same time, as such, the phone remains functional - the digital signals of the modem are filtered using a small splitter connected to the network. In this case, when talking over the phone, the subscriber will not hear any third-party signals generated by the operation of the ADSL modem.

Billing

Consider the pricing principles followed by the Moscow operator in a fairly competitive market. As evidenced by some user reviews, the Internet "MGTS" considers as a flagship service. Accordingly, any errors and miscalculations at the level of charging here are probably undesirable - customers can easily go to another provider, which in every district of the capital is very much. Among the most notable features of tariffication, characteristic for MGTS, is the postpaid settlement system. That is, you can first use the network, and then pay the billed account - and in so many ways.

Due to technological differences between GPON and ADSL channels, the charging principles for each of them differ from MGTS.

• ADSL-access can be much cheaper - for example, there is a variant with an Internet connection for 150 rubles a month. True, the speed in this case will be relatively low - 3 megabits.
• In turn, the cheapest option for GPON-connections from MGTS is 300 rubles a month at a speed of 15 megabits.

The general pattern for both tariffs - the more expensive a particular offer, the cheaper the speed increase, if expressed in individual megabits.

But, as we have already noted above, in practice the fiber used for Internet access from MGTS (many users confirm this testimonial) may not provide a tangible increase in the speed of loading pages. Simply because the specificity of the relevant Internet traffic does not involve the transfer of a large amount of data.

Tariffs are competitive

The Internet tariffs offered by MGTS - the testimonials of many customers testify to this - are sufficiently competitive, although, as some experts admit, there are quite a few Moscow providers, whose rates with comparable access speed and connection stability are lower. At the same time, MGTS can propose a variant in which charging will occur not on a monthly but on a daily basis. Many users like this opportunity. To go online becomes possible only in those days when access is really necessary. Pay for the month in this case is not necessary.

In general, very positive feedback sent by users to the large Internet access provider MGTS. Moscow is a city in which competition between providers is tough enough. Therefore, if the degree of client sentiment is positive, this can be an indicator of the company's success. And in many ways it is connected, according to experts, with the attractive tariff policy of this provider.

Personal Area

One of the basic tools for interaction between MGTS and Internet users is the online service Personal Account. In it the client of the Moscow provider can receive all the necessary information concerning any services that he uses or that he plans to use. Via convenient online tools, you can manage services.

Estimates of prospects

We studied the main features of technology and the tariffing of services of one of the largest Moscow telecommunications companies, observed a degree of sentiment that contained reviews. Internet "MGTS", as we said above, according to a number of IT experts, considers as one of the key services. At the same time, it will be useful to evaluate marketing prospects of brand promotion in the capital telecommunications market.

According to some experts, the company has every chance to consolidate its status as one of the leading communication providers in the Russian capital. Home Internet "MGTS", television, fixed communication, as experts and many users who leave feedback on thematic portals, are services that are provided by the provider with the optimal combination of quality and tariffs.

There are reports that MGTS plans to occupy about half of the broadband market in Moscow by 2016. At the same time, the share of revenue from the provision of related services will be about 60%. As part of this strategy, the management of MGTS plans to cover all areas of Moscow in the GPON network, in which it provides and provides services. In addition, as evidenced by the experts' feedback, the Internet "MGTS" plans to actively provide not only natural persons, but also organizations. At the same time, online access will be supplemented by other services, such as, for example, cloud software, in particular, accounting, as well as hosting.

In addition, as evidenced by the opinions and opinions found in the expert community, the Internet is viewed by MGTS as the leading, but not the only, service from the point of view of the global business development strategy . There is information that the company plans to take one of the leading positions also in the digital TV market, bringing its share in this segment to 26%.

Competition - the engine of progress

True competing companies, experts believe, will try to do a lot, so that the Moscow provider can not do everything exactly as planned. And this is despite the fact that MGTS has the highest communication infrastructure in terms of technology. Many of the largest providers of Moscow, which are direct competitors of MGTS, are actively improving their own capacities. For example, there is an opinion that the strong competition of GPON technology used by MGTS may form other promising communication standards, such as, for example, DOCSIS. Some of their Moscow providers are learning quite actively.

MGTS: reviews

What is the degree of sentiment in customer reviews of the Moscow City Telephone Network? Users' opinions can be conditionally classified in several directions.

The first concerns the tariff policy of the provider. In relation to it, the responses are rather neutral: on the one hand, it is impossible to say how MGTS's clients believe that the prices are high, on the other hand, there are telecommunications companies that offer more competitive tariffs.

Another group of reviews characterizes the quality of the communication itself. Opinions here are very diverse. Critical reflect some instability of online channels in the aspect of using popular file hosting, trackers. However, regarding this point of view counterfacts are found that are based on the thesis that the actual responsibility for the quality of communication in this case lies, rather, on the owner of the site than on MGTS. Positive feedback reflects the high speed of access to most Internet resources, the minimum ping (the response between the request and the response of the server), the stability of the connection. In many ways, such sentiments, experts believe, can be due to the advantage of fiber-optic communication channels, which MGTS uses.

Another direction in the spectrum of opinions of the company's clients reflects the quality of the technical support of the provider. Opinions here are different, but on the whole, a positive grade is maintained. This may be due, according to analysts, high competition in the flagship segment, which operates MGTS. If something the subscriber does not like in communication with the support service, he can immediately decide to change the provider.