So. In Belarus from 01.01.2013 introduced VAT for individuals on communication services. The very wording “VAT for individuals” already sounds absurd. T.if you received the money, you paid the tax. Spent money – pay tax. Previously, only enterprises boasted of this, paying 40-60% of revenue to taxes. Now they have begun to approach the “free” population.
What is the most popular product in modern society?? Well, except for food (a stick of average sausage in Belarus has long exceeded 100.000 ~ 12 y.e). That’s right – it’s a connection. Everything from the Internet to landlines. What’s good about this method?? The fact that all sorts of Skype and VoIP will no longer help here, because you also pay extra for the Internet. 20%. The perfect crime.
How much does Internet cost in Belarus now?? Let’s start with the main thing thief country operator – ByFly (The operator distributes poor ZTE modems when connecting. Modem cost ~40.000, with WiFi 90.000):
up to 1Mb/s (ADSL) – 8 y.e
up to 2Mb/s (ADSL) – 12 y.e
up to 3Mb/s (ADSL) – 15 y.e
up to 6Mb/s (ADSL) – 23 y.e (!sic)
Do you think that insanity has nowhere to go?? Cough cough..
up to 10Mb/s (xPON) – 30 y.e
up to 15Mb/s (xPON) – 38 y.e
up to 20Mb/s (xPON) – 43 y.e
Belarusians live well. This is with https://mindepositcasino.co.uk/lord-of-the-ocean-slot/ average salaries of 200-300.e. In fact, in regional cities and villages they receive from 125.e and up to approximately 250 (Max). And besides, they offer to pay about 1/4 of your monthly salary for adequate internet 🙂 Nervous laughter.
Or maybe things aren’t so bad for regional operators, you ask… But in Belarus the monopolist is Beltelecom and its ByFly. In any case, other operators buy communication lines from it. But still..
MORS (Mozyr Regional Fiber Optic Network)
Up to 7 Mb/s on average the prices are identical to those mentioned above… The only difference is that after the traffic limit the speed drops to 256 kb/s until the end of the month (facepalm).
There is also a line with supposedly unlimited speed (at all), but we all know that… From experience, I’ll say that the maximum speed is about 20-24 Mb/s By the amount of available traffic:
60 GB – 12 y.e
100 GB – 18 y.e
350 GB – 41 y.e
Even if the maximum speed is limited only by twisted pair cable and equipment ~80MB/s, horseradish is still no sweeter than radish.
This is a local provider. But you need to look at local providers in the capital.
1. ADSL.BY
2. UNET.BY
3. Atlant-telecom
1) U first comrade with speeds up to 8 MB/s is still worse. The same 6MB/s will cost 2 yuan.more expensive than ByFly. In general, I don’t even want to write further. Everything is much more depressing than at the Mozyr village Mors.
2.Second good, I’ve heard a lot of reviews about it. But payment for tariffs is made in such a way that it would be understandable a little less than nichrome. But in the end, if you connect to it, you can save about 5 y.e, In particularly advanced cases, up to 10.e. Progress, however, only in Minsk.
3. Third, with relatives to the second, but the savings are a little less, the tariffs are clearer, direct Ethernet is even a little more profitable and transparent. But again, only in 4 cities of the country.
And with all this, even if the same Altant-Telecom were everywhere, the country would not reach its closest neighbors either in Internet quality or speed. And in the comments I would like to see comparative prices.