The FAS receives complaints about a decrease in speed when the limit for distributing the Internet from a smartphone to other devices is exceeded. This makes it possible to maintain stable network operation after the load increases due to YouTube slowdowns. RBC provides details.
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Journalists of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) have learned about complaints from Russians about speed limits for Internet access from mobile devices.
“These complaints are received by the service and considered in the manner prescribed by law,” the department said, but did not specify how many such complaints were received or when they began arriving.
Please note that we are talking about the function of distributing the Internet from a smartphone to third-party devices (in other words, modem mode, when other devices connect to the smartphone via wireless networks or USB, thereby gaining access to the Internet).
Since 2023, the Big Four operators have made the distribution of Internet from smartphones chargeable. Subscribers complained to the FAS, and in September the service found signs of violation of antitrust legislation and demanded that operators not charge money for this option.
In the spring of 2024, complaints from users began to appear on various sites about the conditions for distributing the Internet from a smartphone to several operators. Subscribers are faced with a limit on the distribution speed, but the operator’s support service told one of the customers that the return of the option of free Internet distribution has led to the limit per user per month being reduced from 200 GB to 30 GB.
According to Eldar Murtazin, a leading analyst at the Mobile Research Group, operators introduce such restrictions as a rule for unlimited connections – these are old tariff plans.
“The fact is that some users take advantage of free distribution by connecting all the devices in the house. This is also a common practice in catering establishments. They pay 300-400 rubles for their tariff, which is not profitable for operators, since such subscribers create a very high load on the network, thus violating the license agreement,” he noted.
In late August, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) opened cases against MTS, Megafon and Beeline for failure to pay additional fees when subscribers are in Crimea and Sevastopol.
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