All Russian citizens will have access to broadband Internet at government rates, but the limited speed. Providing a program of the Ministry of Communications will be developed by the end of 2008.
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Today the Ministry of Communications on its board announced a strategic plan, under which ... The program is called ...
If the strategic ideas to be translated into reality, in the near future to connect to a wide band, and pay for it at rates established by the state, anyone can. However, it will limit the rate of channel 64 or 128 kbit / s ( the threshold is now under discussion ).
Muscovite, spoiled 2- megabit bezlimitka for $ 25 a month, the idea to equip the entire Russian Internet at 128 kbit / s may seem severe curiosity. All the others are well aware that the proliferation of broadband, the Internet in Russia is highly localized nature. Actually, in the capital, according to research by J'son. In St. Petersburg, the penetration is just over a third in the other regions ranged from 20 to 31%.
128 kbit / s - this is a very slow internet. Still, it's better than nothing.
If the hope is that by obeying the laws of the market regulator and skillful actions, a broad band with good speed and a humane money ever gets to the city- hundred-thousanders still there, the chances of internet penetration in rural areas (where, according to 2002 census . Live 38.8 million. people, or 27 % of the population of Russia) is vanishingly small. Another thing, does the Internet peasants happier - but this is a philosophical question.
The regulator considered from a pragmatic point of view. If the program is ... Winner of territorial competition will have to ensure all households are connected to broadband Internet (and a passing of telephones ) for six months.
Loss of the operator arising in the provision of these apparently unprofitable services will be reimbursed from the universal service fund in which telecommunications operators deduct 1.2% of revenue.
The most cursory survey showed that the program of the Ministry of Communications met with ambivalence even at the level of the expert community. ...
The reverse opinion was expressed by Konstantin Ankilov, an analyst at iKS-Consulting. ... Rely on market forces can be in the cities, go online and he will break. And where the market work is not interesting, it is necessary to use the lever to the public. 128 kbps - it's very slow, but it's better than nothing ...
