Today I was pleased Beeline, demonstrating that the company cares about each client and is able to reduce (!!!) the subscription fee by more than two times, while significantly increasing the speed of Internet access. But first things first. I have been a Beeline subscriber for many years and am quite satisfied with the quality mobile communications and mobile Internet, and the quality of wired Home Internet. Let's talk about the last one. The subscription fee of my unlimited TP was 450 rubles / month. for 30 Mbps using L2TP technology. For tariff plans with a higher speed (40-100 Mbps), prices start at 490 rubles / month. up to 875 rubles/month Since the speed of 30 Mbps was more than enough for me to comfortably surf and watch online movies, I saw no reason to switch to a more expensive TP, and the monthly fee of 450 rubles. was not burdensome.
Going to the Beeline official website today to pay another monthly fee, I saw with curiosity that the company had three new unlimited tariffs with a lower subscription fee: 345 Special 25 Mbps L2TP, 400 Special 30 Mbps L2TP and 400 Mono 40 Mbps L2TP. I was interested in the tariffs, as they were cheaper and with best speed And I didn't see the point in paying. It was impossible to automatically change the TP to a cheaper one from the subscriber's personal account, so I called those. support and the girl promised to reconnect.
However, time passed and nothing happened... phone call, the Moscow number appeared on the screen. At the other end of the wire, a person, introducing himself as the director of customer service of Beeline, asked about my application and asked what conditions would be acceptable for me? I said that the girl promised to transfer me to a TP with a subscription fee of 400 rubles / month, but a lot of time has passed, but nothing has changed. And then the girl director apologized for her employee and suggested that I reduce the subscription fee to 195 rubles / month and almost double the speed to 50 Mbps. At first, I did not believe my ears and asked the question, they say, where is the dog buried and what are the pitfalls? Moreover, there is no such tariff plan either on the official website or anywhere else. Or has the New Year already arrived in order to reduce the price by more than half and increase the speed? The answer pleased me. They thanked me for my active participation in the life of the Kaliningrad blogosphere, noting that Beeline constantly cooperates with active bloggers, as well as for the long-term choice in favor of Beeline. Therefore, this special rate is available only for regular customers and friends. In general, thanks to Beeline for such amenities!
Beeline - home internet provider, digital television and telephony price Saint-Petersburg. It occupies the 3rd position in the rating of broadband access operators. It has been operating on the market since 2006, acquiring Corbina Telecom (Corbina), then independently building and developing an optical fiber network in the city. In 2014, Beeline bought and merged PushkinInternet, Amsterdam Telecom and ELTEL (Eltel), thereby significantly expanding its subscriber base of individuals and legal entities; increased the coverage area to 8500 houses in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. In addition to standard tariff plans, a convergent product was launched in the spring, which implies the simultaneous presence of mobile and fixed communications in the tariff, which allows you to manage a single account, control costs more effectively and get a discount on the entire range of services.
Beeline Services
List of services and options, both already included in Beeline tariffs, and available for additional connection:
- The local network at 100 Mbps
- Voluntary blocking up to 60 days
- Trust payment from 3 to 7 days
- Free SMS alert
- Fixed ip address
- Subscription to Antivirus from 69 rubles / month
- Turbo button - Internet acceleration
Special offers and discount promotions
Bestseller!
"Bomb"
100 Mbps
400 rub/month
Promotion for new subscribers! Internet 100 Mbit / s for 400 rubles / month on an ongoing basis without additional hidden conditions. The offer is limited.
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"Bomb+"
100 Mbps
135 channels
TV box
600 rub/month
Promotion for new subscribers! Package offer- Internet 100 Mbit / s and 135 TV channels for 600 rubles / month on an ongoing basis without hidden conditions. Wi-Fi router can be rented in installments for 150 rubles / month. The set-top box is provided free of charge for the entire period of use. The offer is limited.
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Internet at a speed of 100 Mbps + Wi Fi router for 550 rubles / month. The equipment becomes your property after 24 months.
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The cat and I “dispersed” the twisted pair cable that comes to the apartment a little
It is usually considered that the "ceiling" of DSL is 20-30 Mbps, FTTB (optical to the building plus twisted pair to the apartment) is 100 Mbps, and PON supports speeds above 100 Mbps. My colleagues and I decided to dispel the myths and “disperse” FTTB for a single provider.
First of all, we climbed into the attic in the house. Already, at least 1 Gb / s comes to each house, and the house node has a suitable gigabit “copper” port. That is, we can simply take and switch any apartment where our cable lies to a suitable port and provide speeds of more 400 Mbps.
Actually, we have already done this as part of beta tests, and the other day we launched services in Moscow with new speeds into commercial operation. Yes, you can most likely connect.
What was that, cap?
Our backbone and city networks have a reserve of free capacity that significantly exceeds the needs of customers even during the hours of the highest, maximum possible load. Take at least a holiday beloved by me and the cat New Year, in which those grandmothers who have already made friends with the Internet and Skype receive more congratulations.What is the difference with PON
The fact that our FTTB network, which allows us to do all this, already exists. No modifications required. The cable is already in your apartment. All wires are. Optics goes to the nodes in the houses. You just need to take and switch the cable to another switch port. All! Such a channel is already approaching you, but you did not know about it. And PON needs to be built - this is a new infrastructure throughout the city. There is another ambush there - optical cores diverge from regional PBXs, which require proprietary client devices. And with us, with a regular FTTB network, you can use anything. Although there are few devices adapted for L2TP.How it works
A hefty transport channel comes from the main ring to the level of the city. Further along the city, several large rings diverge. From them - smaller rings or mesh structures, "stars" are made at the level of entrances. Optical transport links go from the first level to the closet in the entrance. On the access level switch, we will re-switch the cable to a gigabit port ... and that's it, we now have a gigabit link to the client.These are the results of my colleague without a cat, but with Wi-Fi (801.11 ac).
Technical capability
After I was able to test this at several points, we set up such links for all company employees working on the project. Pretty fast, I must say. Technical limitations almost none: the only thing is that there are literally a couple of dozen blocks in Moscow where some equipment needs to be modernized, but we are already working on it.More restrictions
You will laugh, but we have not found ways to utilize such speeds. So, it turned out that such a channel can only be filled with very specific tasks - this is either CCTV from a bunch of cameras, or HD video for all family members at the same time, or the tasks of a photographer uploading pictures somewhere. Also, network drives. In general, with the exception of torrents, this is a provider's dream: once a day, the client makes a “whack” with a heavy file and is wildly happy.But there were a number of other things that are directly related to marketing. First, almost all resources give content much slower than the channel allows. This is the eternal problem “why is the Internet slowing down for me, and tests show normal speed". Because we need resources that can provide a large number of clients with high-speed content delivery. So someone will have to part with illusions, not every resource meets these requirements.
100Mbps is already very fast for an Internet connection for the vast majority of users. Even higher speeds may be required by those who are forced to work with very large files.
Everything is correct in this photo, including the router
The link to the desktop or laptop should be copper - Wi-Fi, especially in the presence of interference from other networks, simply will not allow you to distribute the channel at such a speed. Therefore, the best option is a desktop on a cable, tablets and phones - over the air.
End devices themselves can also cut traffic. Naturally, you must have a device that supports 400 Mbps (router or network card). True, a couple of surprises were revealed in the beta with the fact that not all devices can actually hold such traffic, despite statements about this.
Tests
Here begins the most interesting. We took 10 high-performance devices with L2TP support.Gigabit is fast, especially for home use, so the routers must be appropriate. I will say right away that it was not possible to cover and quickly test all models, so we focused on supporting gigabit connection, dual-band Wi-Fi and good feedback from users.
Our shortlist:
Asus RT-68U
D-Link DIR 825 D1
Pre-sale sample from the new manufacturer Totolink
Zyxel Keenetic Ultra
Apple Airport Time capsule
Once I've tested the devices against our checklists in the office, it's time to test the devices in the field to see the actual performance of the device.
For this action, I tried to prepare thoroughly, I took a MacBook Pro 15 retina (late 2012) - the main working laptop, stuck a 128GB SSD into a separate desktop and connected the Asus PCE-AC68 Wi-Fi adapter there to the heap so that nothing would interfere with overclocking, just I took the Totolink A2000UA USB Wi-Fi adapter with 802.11ac support just in case. In addition, I captured the iPad mini, iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy note - we will test Wi-Fi on them.
To check the speed, in addition to the usual resources, such as speedtest, downloading files, I installed Iperf on one of our servers connected via a gigabit link to our core network. Everything seems to have gone something like this:
A little about the test methodology
In many reviews of routers that I have seen, stands with programs for generating traffic are usually assembled. We decided to do something different: to conduct testing in the same way as a subscriber who checks the speed of our Internet access will do.The main instruments were:
1) Speedtest.net - nowhere without it
2) Mirror.yandex.ru
3) Iperf - some synthetics
4) YouTube
The list is small, but on these resources you can evaluate how fast Internet access works, so to speak natural product and no synthetics.
Let's get to the tests
First, let's see which of the Wi-Fi networks are already nearby.
"People's" range 2.4GHz - neither more nor less
5GHz - even got here, but there are not so many networks, two of them are ours
Asus RT-68U
Top router from Asus. The filling of the device inspires respect: a chip from Broadcom BCM4708A, 256MB RAM, 128MB Flash, support for 802.11ac and Beamforming is present.
Patch cord: speedtest showed 224Mbps for upload and 196Mbps for Upload 
Good result, we continue to test, next in line is Iperf.
On this test, the unexpected happened. Either the router started to "fail", or iperf, but the results did not rise above 50Mbps. It's okay, let's look at a more vital test - downloading a file from Yandex.
Almost 35MB per second!
I ran the tests a few more times, then decided to clean the SSD anyway, at such speeds it quickly clogged.
Now let's take a look at how fast Wi-Fi works. Wireless network, a capricious thing, and many factors can affect the final performance. The laptop was located 4 meters from the router in a straight line.
Speedtest showed almost 165Mbps on Download and 166 on Upload. Worthy! Especially when it comes to the 2.4GHz band
Iperf showed similar values:
Let's switch to 5GHz now. Since the router can handle 802.11ac, but my work Macbook does not, I connected an external adapter that supports 802.11ac 2x2.
The connection was successful... Let's take a look at the speedtest:
209Mbps on Download 111 on Upload, most likely 210Mbps is the current ceiling for L2TP router performance. Let's hope that Asus will fix this in the new firmware.
Iperf showed results even lower:
D-Link Dir 825 D1
The next in line is the representative of the middle price range D-Link DIR825. The router is equipped with a Dual-Band Wi-Fi module, which is currently rare for the average price range. Let's see what this router is capable of.
Connection via patch cord
Let's move on to testing the Wi-Fi network. The router has two Airgain antennas, so I expect high speeds and over Wi-Fi.
For a network operating in the 2.4GHz band:
This frequency is maximally loaded, so such a result was expected in principle. How will 5GHz perform?
130-150Mbps. With detailed tweaking of the settings, it turned out that if you turn off the encryption of the Wi-Fi network, the performance increases. Of course, I did not discover America, but I did not deduce such a pattern on other routers.
Let's move on to the next test subject - Totolink
This router has similar characteristics with D-Link DIR 825, they are built on the same SoC - RTL8197D, but in this router the radio module supports 802.11ac. It will be interesting to evaluate its capabilities in real conditions.Patch cord: 
Um… okay, I'll leave it without comment.
We are getting closer to reality.
To be honest, I didn’t think that the “old man” RTL8197D was capable of pumping through L2TP through itself at such speeds. This makes the results of testing a Wi-Fi network more interesting.
"People's" frequency - 2.4GHz
Both speedtest and iperf showed almost identical results.
At 5GHz, the speed should generally be prohibitive! Maybe…
But no, although the connection showed that the connection was established at a speed of 867Mbps.
Iperf is trying to bring him down to the ground, and he is not bad at it.
Our latest marathon participant - Zyxel Keenetic Ultra
A popular model among L2TP devices. It "accelerates" well and works stably. We connect the patch cord and run the speedtest:
And I download the Fedora distribution kit, which has already become native, for the duration of the tests:
Unfortunately, this model from Zyxel does not support 802.11ac, so I will be content with 802.11n. Let's get started!
Let's look at 5GHz
Neither more nor less - the standard. This situation did not suit me, and I decided to connect a new Time Capsule with 802.11ac support (very conditional for the PCT model) to the router.
Here! It is a pity that manufacturers do not put the time capsule in the kit with their routers.
And if you measure the speed on the phone / tablet?
Most users, especially those who are not familiar with the methodologies of various performance tests, simply run the application on their phone. I will do that too.
Available was iPhone, tablet and Android phone. It makes no sense to test the connection on each of the routers, so I settled on the latest router model.
For 2.4GHz and 5GHz respectively, here we hit the performance ceiling of the Wi-Fi module on the phone. Devices on android showed approximately the same results, while on a tablet this speed was obtained when connected to a network at 5GHz, at 2.4GHz it will most likely be lower:
Well, tests on the street:
What happened?
The process of testing the new service was extremely captivating for the cat and me, so in the end we tested 10 routers from different manufacturers, price categories with different “stuffing”. Here are the most interesting ones:- Zyxel Keenetic Ultra
- D-Link DIR825
- Toto Link
- Asus RT-68U
- Zyxel Keenetic Giga II
- TP-Link Archer C7 v.1
- D-Link DIR 850L
- Buffalo WZR-1759DHP
- Netgear R7000 Highhawk
- Arcadian
Price
The service is new, the description will appear on the site in a couple of days. The cost is 1850 rubles per month, if without our router.UPD, as requested in the comments:
| Asus RT-68U | D-Link DIR 825 D1 | Toto Link | Zyxel Keenetic Ultra | ||||
| By cable (WAN-LAN) | |||||||
| speed test | D: 224.2 Mbps U: 196.77 Mbps |
D: 352.16 Mbps U: 370.3 Mbps | D: 462.6 Mbps U: 255.8 Mbps | D: 408.22 Mbps U: 275.59 Mbps | |||
| Iperf | 26.3Mbps | 354 Mbps | 379 Mbps | ~35MB/s | ~43 MB/s | ~50MB/s | ~52MB/s |
| WiFi 2.4GHz | |||||||
| speed test | D: 164.53 Mbps U: 165.68 Mbps | D: 86.72 Mbps U: 57.82 Mbps | D: 155.01 Mbps U: 118.62 Mbps | D: 131.57 Mbps U: 113.53 Mbps | |||
| Iperf | 140Mbps | 52.5 Mbps | 152Mbps | 132 Mbps | |||
| WiFi 5GHz | |||||||
| speed test | D: 209.4 Mbps U: 111.38 Mbps | D: 148.27 Mbps U: 149.45 Mbps | D: 233 Mbps U: 132.76 Mbps | D: 185.4 Mbps U: 181.07 Mbps | |||
| Iperf | 163Mbps | 130 Mbps | 192 Mbps | 171 Mbps |
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The tariff is available only for new home Internet subscribers.
The tariff is valid on a permanent basis.
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Notes:
* The indicated data rate is the maximum available. The actual speed depends on various external factors and may differ. See note 4.
1. The Subscriber may pay for the Services by acquiring and activating the Unified Payment Cards (CCO) and/or using electronic payment terminals, and/or at the cash desks of VimpelCom OJSC, and/or at the cash desks of dealers, the list and addresses of which are indicated on the website www.beeline.ru If there is not enough funds on the Subscriber's "Personal Account" to write off funds in accordance with the terms of the Subscriber's tariff plan, the provision of the Service is terminated, including with the interruption of the current session of access to the Internet. To resume using the Service, the Subscriber needs to replenish the "Personal Account" within the next 6 months in an amount not less than the amount of the Subscriber's payment provided for by the tariff plan chosen by the Subscriber; the resumption of the provision of the Service is made within 15 minutes after the replenishment of the "Personal Account".
If the provision of services was terminated due to lack of Money on the "Personal account" of the Subscriber and not renewed within 6 months from the date of termination of the provision of the Services, the Agreement is considered terminated by the Parties, the obligations of the Parties are terminated. Account(login and password) is removed from the system.
When switching to another tariff plan, the payment previously made by the Subscriber as a Subscription fee for this tariff plan is calculated in proportion to the time of using the Service. The part of the Subscription fee remaining on the date of changing the tariff plan remains on the Subscriber's "Personal Account" and is debited in accordance with the terms of the new tariff plan.
2. The subscription fee is indicated for the billing period, which is 30 (thirty) calendar days from the date of connection to the Service, and is debited from the "personal account" once at the beginning of the billing period. The beginning of the billing period is indicated in Personal account on the Service website. If the Services are provided to the Subscriber during an incomplete billing period, the Subscription fee for the Services for the specified billing period is calculated in proportion to the number of calendar days during which the Service was provided to the Subscriber. The subscription fee includes the usage fee technical resources networks of the Telecom Operator. In case of blocking/termination of the Services, the billing period starts from the date of resumption of the provision of the Services.
3. Voluntary blocking - suspension of the provision of Services under the Agreement upon a written application of the Subscriber. The Subscriber has the right to a repeated voluntary blocking not earlier than 30 days after the last unblocking, by putting a mark in the Subscriber's Personal Account. At the same time, voluntary blocking is possible for a period of not more than 90 days. Voluntary blocking is performed within 15 minutes from the moment the Subscriber sends the request for blocking after confirmation of acceptance of the request by the systems of VimpelCom OJSC.
4. The speed of access to the Internet depends not only on the technical features of the service provided by OJSC VimpelCom, but also on the actions of third telecom operators, organizations and persons managing segments of the Internet that do not belong to OJSC VimpelCom. The speed of access to the Internet is an indefinite value and depends on a number of parameters, including, specifications connection data points, route and current channel load. All parameters are variable and are not guaranteed by OJSC VimpelCom outside its network.
1 kbps = 1000 bps, 1 Mbps = 1000 kbps, 1 Gbps = 1000 Mbps.
5. In the event that the provision of the Services was terminated due to a lack of funds on the subscriber's "Personal Account" and was not resumed after 120 days from the date of termination of the provision of the Services by VimpelCom OJSC, a subscription fee for the use of technical equipment is charged once every 30 days. network resources.
Accounting for data connections is made on the condition that the amount of transferred data is rounded up to the full KB.
1 Kilobyte (KB) = 1024 bytes, 1 Megabyte (MB) = 1024 KB, 1 Gigabyte (GB) = 1024 MB.
6. Tariff plan requires the mandatory setting up of an Internet connection using the L2TP protocol. L2TP connection is not available on operating systems Windows 98, ME.
The Subscriber is obliged to maintain a positive balance of the "Personal Account" by replenishing the "Personal Account" on a monthly basis no later than the start date of the billing period.
Information about payments and statistics on the use of the Services by the Subscriber is stored on the server and is available for viewing in the Subscriber's Personal Account.
Prices and tariffs are indicated in rubles including VAT.
Services are provided by VimpelCom OJSC.
Services are licensed, equipment is certified.