Which operator still has unlimited internet? Which mobile Internet is the most profitable? Selecting an operator

Do you think there is a real one? mobile unlimited internet? So I asked myself this question and started searching.

First, let's decide who we'll look for. In my region there were quite enough operators. In addition to the “big three” there are 5 more.

But we will look for proven and, so to speak, reliable:

Megaphone

Beeline

Tele 2

We will not take into account any virtual operators, such as Vkmobile, Sberbank-Mobile and completely corporate ones - Gazprom-Mobile. Virtual ones cannot provide conditions better than those of the parent company, and corporate ones, for obvious reasons, are not available to the ordinary user.

Let's define what it is unlimited- this is the Internet without taking into account traffic, speed in this case is a secondary parameter.

All OPSOS (Cellular Operators) offer Internet tariffs with traffic limitation, but at the highest possible speed. For 3G - 7.2 Mb/s, for 4G - up to 150 Mb/s, which is sometimes even higher than the speed of wired Internet, but the traffic is from 2GB to 30GB per month. This is quite decent for phones and tablets, but if you connect video surveillance via mobile communications, the traffic will “fly away” in literally 3-5 days. Now, if only there were no traffic restrictions, albeit at a limited speed...

So, megaphone And Beeline They immediately refused such a service, although for some time they provided such tariffs.

On the site Tele 2 There is a very small selection of tariffs and there is no unlimited. Well, it’s not surprising, they rent megaphone towers, in my opinion.

At MTS I discovered an interesting tariff “Connect-4” - unlimited mobile Internet at a speed of 4 MB/c for 750 rubles per month. If you are interested, you can convert it into numbers for limited tariffs and it will turn out that this is 10GB of traffic limit, since even if you want to, you won’t be able to pump more from the network in a month. But the Internet will definitely never end.

With Iota more interesting. Like MTS, Hedgehog’s traffic is not limited, but it has the ability to flexibly adjust the tariff and speed.

And although 4 MB/s from eta will cost 850 rubles, which is more expensive than MTS, you can set up a tariff plan so that there is free mobile internet!!! This is honestly free internet, but the speed is 64kb/s. Yes, the speed nowadays is negligible, and it would seem that no one needs it, but... Such a tariff can be very useful for smart things (Internet of Things), say, for a refrigerator with an Internet connection. Yes, not many people have such a refrigerator, but what about a radio with a navigator that downloads traffic jams from the Internet? Or a car alarm with online monitoring? This won’t surprise anyone, but give them the Internet too, although it can be very leisurely. And here such a tariff from eta is fully justified; monthly traffic with a full load will be about 150 MB.

But it discovered a rather serious drawback. Its modems and SIM cards only work in 4G networks, and coverage of this technology not only throughout Russia, but also in Moscow is not available everywhere.

By the way, working in only one or two types of network indirectly indicates the virtuality of the OPSOS

Bottom line, unlimited mobile Internet exists and is even free.

But such an Internet is not intended for convenient and comfortable surfing on sites and social networks, but it will fully satisfy the needs of various geeks))

While searching, I discovered another interesting point. Many OPSOS offer unlimited, non-consuming traffic access to your package offer. You can safely use it and not think about megabytes, visit Instagram, VK, Facebook, Odnoklassniki and even YouTube. BUT livejournal is not in the lists(((

In recent days, information about the abolition of unlimited tariffs for mobile Internet has been actively disseminated on the Internet. At the same time, communication services themselves may become more expensive due to a drop in the profitability of the mobile business, “informed sources” note. The team of the Internet project “Be Mobile” decided to understand the situation and turned to Russian telecom operators for clarification.

How did it all start?

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At the end of January, the virtual operator Yota announced the abandonment of completely unlimited Internet traffic on its tariffs for smartphones. And in early February, similar changes were announced by MegaFon, which, by the way, is the owner of Yota.

Telecom and financial market analysts through the media added fuel to the fire. They stated that the trend towards the abolition of unlimited tariffs for mobile Internet in Russia will gain momentum. Experts predict the complete disappearance of unlimited services by the end of 2017.

What will happen to the mobile Internet?

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The Internet project “Be Mobile” asked the largest Russian telecom operators for clarification. Representatives of Yota and MegaFon confirmed the cancellation of unlimited tariffs and options for subscribers who use smartphones. At the same time, they assured that all previously connected unlimited services will continue to be serviced without any restrictions or innovations.

“We have made the product line for smartphones simpler and clearer - new customers of the company will be able to buy a package of minutes and traffic at reduced prices, as well as enable the new “Unlimited mobile applications” option. Thanks to this option, customers don’t have to think about how many megabytes it takes to communicate with friends or watch videos on social networks,” says CEO of Yota Vladimir Dobrynin.

At the same time, the company notes that Yota’s current tariffs for unlimited Internet for modems and routers remain the same. The price here depends on the selected data reception and transmission speed.

MegaFon said that since February the “Unlimited Internet” option has been closed to new connections due to low demand.

“Over the past month, we have seen an extremely small number of new connections, which on the scale of a federal operator essentially means a complete lack of interest in it. Those clients who needed this option have already enabled it. For the vast majority of clients, the traffic volumes included in the package are sufficient. In most cases, a large amount of traffic is needed to watch TV, movies and series online. Such clients actively use MegaFon TV, since this service is free for holders of package tariffs, and traffic is not charged,” details the information Svetlana Emelyanova, press secretary of the Ural branch of MegaFon.

Unlimited Internet is closed only for new connections, MegaFon emphasizes. For all subscribers who activated the option before February 1, the option will be valid under the same conditions. At the same time, options that allow you to use mobile Internet while traveling around Russia are valid under the same conditions.

Beeline stated that by now, unlimited services have turned into a marketing tool to attract attention to offers. “In 2016, we did a temporary promotion with unlimited data on postpaid tariffs, from which we ended on January 31, 2017 as planned,” says representative of VimpelCom Inna Rybina.- However, in fact, the actual consumption on unlimited for the vast majority of clients is actually the same as on tariffs with included data traffic packages. In the current situation, they are more likely to restrain the further development of the market: date consumption in total is growing, while both active users and those who use the date a little pay the same - and this is on the general trend of declining voice consumption and the need for operators to invest in infrastructure that can support growing date volumes. Therefore, in our opinion, in the future the market will inevitably come to a change in the pricing model: from the cost of a minute to the cost of a unit of data. This will provide the opportunity to differentiate offerings to customers based on their changing consumption profile.”

MTS declined to answer definitively whether they would cancel unlimited mobile Internet access, noting: “We will analyze the consumption profile of our subscribers in order to offer them optimal tariffs. Our key task is to provide all subscribers with comfortable and convenient services. In order to achieve this, we regularly analyze the consumption profile of our customers. As a result, we currently have a wide range of package tariffs that meet the needs of subscribers - including large packages of Internet traffic, SMS and minutes. And we see that such offers find a high response from our clients, as they allow them to plan their expenses and understand the final cost of communication services.”

The press service of the operator Tele2 stated that they do not plan to abandon the services and tariffs of unlimited mobile Internet and do not intend to reduce the limits on existing offers. “We also do not plan to cancel the tariffication of mobile Internet in national roaming at home region prices,” the company said.

The fifth largest mobile operator MOTIV is also not going to cancel the unlimited tariffication of Internet traffic.

“We do not yet plan to change the terms of existing tariffs or close them for new connections. But we are planning to implement several new tariffs. We are sure that our subscribers will like them,” notes Director of Marketing and Sales at MOTIV Ekaterina Khvorostova.

It is worth noting that unlimited mobile Internet access offers a huge number of new opportunities for mobile device owners. Thus, there are often cases when mobile unlimited is used by owners of USB modems and Wi-Fi routers to provide an internal network at home or in the office. Smartphone owners also actively use their gadgets to share the Internet to other devices via Wi-Fi. However, at the same time, operators are faced with a serious increase in traffic volumes. Existing networks are noticeably loaded.

To solve loading problems, operators have two options. The simplest and cheapest is to limit the growth of traffic or make it more expensive for those who download and send a lot of data. More complex and expensive - expanding channels, increasing the number of connection points to the global network, caching frequently used site data.

The first unlimited tariffs for mobile Internet in Russia appeared from Yota, but this operator was considered a niche operator, it did not have many subscribers, and it had little influence on the market. In March 2016, unlimited launched Beeline, in May of the same year, MTS launched unlimited Internet, in June MegaFon succumbed to the trend, and in November - Tele2.

For a long time, there were no offers on the cellular communications market with unlimited Internet without restrictions on traffic and speed. Once upon a time, almost all operators had similar offers, but over time they became unavailable for connection and unlimited Internet without any restrictions became something unrealistic. In 2016, subscribers finally had the opportunity to use the mobile Internet without worrying about the amount of traffic spent. At first, this opportunity was provided by the Yota operator, and then unlimited Internet appeared at Beeline, MTS and MegaFon.

When we say unlimited, we mean that there are no restrictions on the speed and volume of traffic consumed. Operators also call unlimited those offers that include a certain traffic package, after which, after exhaustion, the speed of Internet access drops. It turns out that the subscriber actually receives unlimited Internet, but it is of little use, since after using up the available traffic package, the speed will drop to an extremely low value.

As part of this review, we will look at tariffs and options that provide unlimited mobile Internet without speed limits and traffic quotas. Yota, Beeline, MTS and MegaFon currently have such offers. We will make a detailed review of all offers and try to determine the best one. It is now quite possible to connect to unlimited Internet, but you should not hope that it will be the same as before. Unfortunately, it was not entirely without restrictions.

Unlimited Internet on Beeline

For a long time, unlimited mobile Internet was available only from the Yota operator, but it does not have such a large customer base as Beeline, MegaFon and MTS, and therefore there was not much noise around this offer, although it also deserves attention and we will return to it later . As for the big three, Beeline was the first to offer unlimited Internet. Postpaid tariffs of the “Everything” line include mobile Internet without speed limits and traffic quotas. Postpaid tariffs differ from prepaid ones in that they provide the opportunity to first use communication services and then pay. Most often, you can switch to such tariffs at the Beeline office. Unlimited Beeline Internet on postpaid “Everything” tariffs is available as part of a promotion that has been extended several times and is still valid to this day.

Beeline decided not to stop at postpaid tariffs with unlimited mobile Internet and opened the “#EVERYTHING” tariff plan for connection, which provides for an advance payment method. There is also a tariff plan with unlimited Internet for tablets. So far, Beeline has three active offers with unlimited Internet.

Tariffs “Everything” postpaid;
Tariff “Everything is possible”;
Tariff “Unlimited for tablet”.

Tariffs have a number of differences and features, so you should consider them separately.

Postpaid tariffs “Everything” with unlimited internet

Postpaid tariffs of the “Everything” line differ in the size of the subscription fee and the volume of service packages, but they all provide unlimited Internet without speed limits and traffic quotas. The most popular is. We have already done a detailed review of this tariff plan and recommend that you familiarize yourself with it. Here we provide brief information on the tariff.

The “All for 500” postpaid tariff includes:

Monthly subscription fee - 500 rubles;
Unlimited calls to Beeline numbers throughout Russia;
600 minutes for calls to numbers of other operators;
300 SMS messages;
Unlimited Internet with unlimited traffic quota.

As you can see, in addition to unlimited Internet, the tariff plan provides unlimited calls to Beeline numbers at home and when traveling around Russia, as well as impressive packages of minutes and SMS. All this is wonderful, but there are some pitfalls here. The subscriber actually gets the opportunity to use the Internet without speed limits and traffic quotas, but subject to certain conditions.

“Everything” postpaid tariffs are characterized by the following features:

If a phone with a SIM card is used as a modem or Wi-Fi hotspot, Internet access is limited. The restrictions are comparable to a complete shutdown of the Internet.
The tariff plan cannot be used on modems, routers, or even tablets. Unlimited mobile internet is available only for phones.
The tariff provides for a speed limit for downloading from file-sharing networks. That is, you will not be able to download files through torrent clients.
In the document with a detailed description of the tariff plan, you can find a clause that states that the operator does not guarantee Internet speed in case of network load. In fact, at any time your network access speed can be reduced and you will be referred to this point.
On tariffs of the “Everything” line with a postpaid payment system, the “Internet for everything” service is not available. Let us remind you that this service is intended for distributing the Internet to other subscribers (not via Wi-Fi).

Undoubtedly, the shortcomings are very significant and greatly spoil the impression of the tariff. However, Beeline has other offers with unlimited Internet, although they are also far from ideal.

Tariff “#everything is possible”

The tariff plan appeared quite recently. Many argue that this is a response to MTS, which has opened the “Smart Unlimited” tariff plan for connection, which is superior in many respects to the “Everything” postpaid tariffs. It is difficult to say whether this tariff is the best and the opinions of subscribers in this regard differ greatly. We invite you to read the tariff description and then decide what is best for you.

The daily fee is 10 rubles for the first month. From the second month, the subscription fee rises to 13 rubles. per day for most regions of Russia and 20 rubles. for Moscow and Moscow region. The cost of switching to the tariff is 100 rubles. The tariff is not the cheapest and for this fee you should expect a lot from it.

The tariff can be everything Beeline includes:

Unlimited mobile Internet throughout Russia without speed or traffic limitations;
Unlimited calls to Beeline Russia subscribers;
100 minutes (in most regions) or 250 minutes (Moscow and Moscow region) to all networks in the home region and Beeline Russia phones;
100 SMS (in most regions) or 250 SMS (Moscow and Moscow region) to numbers in your home region.

If you compare the “#everything is possible” tariff with the “Everything for 500” postpaid tariff, then the second one looks more attractive, as it includes more impressive service packages. As for the Internet, the “EVERYTHING is possible” tariff has almost similar conditions. The tariff plan appeared quite recently and not all of its features are known yet. Below are a number of tariff disadvantages that have been officially confirmed. Unofficial information (subscriber reviews) suggests many other shortcomings.

The “#EVERYTHING is possible” tariff has the following disadvantages:

Such conditions are typical for the “#EVERYTHING” tariff. As you can see, there are a lot of pitfalls here and it’s difficult to call this tariff plan ideal. However, ideal tariffs do not exist at all. If you are a fan of Beeline, then it has another offer with unlimited internet.

Tariff “Unlimited for tablet”

The rates described above are for telephone. If you need unlimited Internet for a tablet, then Beeline has an offer specifically for these devices. provides mobile Internet without traffic quota and speed restrictions. A distinctive feature of the tariff plan is that it does not have protocol restrictions. That is, when downloading files from file-sharing networks (torrents), the Internet speed will not change. So far, this is the only tariff with unlimited Internet that does not have a restriction on downloading file-sharing networks. However, this is where its advantages end.

The subscription fee for the tariff is 890 rubles. per month (Moscow and Moscow region). Packages of minutes and SMS are completely absent. In fact, you only pay for unlimited Internet. Moreover, by default The tariff does not provide the ability to make calls or send messages at all. Activation of voice communications and SMS messaging services is possible only upon concluding a written contract for the provision of mobile radiotelephone services. The conclusion of an agreement is possible at any Beeline sales office.

As for the disadvantages, everything here is similar to the tariffs described earlier, with the exception of the absence of restrictions on torrents. It is worth adding that on the “Unlimited for Tablet” tariff plan, the “Highway” options, as well as promotions and other bonus programs that give discounts on Internet traffic, are not available for connection. Another disadvantage is that despite the high subscription fee, the tariff does not include communication service packages.

Unlimited Internet on MTS

MTS provides subscribers with only one tariff plan with unlimited Internet without speed limits and traffic quotas. This does not mean that MTS lags behind Beeline in terms of unlimited Internet. MTS does not have a separate tariff for a tablet or a tariff plan with a postpaid payment system. Available not only on phones, but also on tablets. As for the use of the tariff in the modem, there is also a limitation in this regard. But “Smart Unlimited” does not provide for restrictions on distributing the Internet via Wi-Fi and using the phone as a modem. By removing this limitation, MTS stood out favorably against other operators. However, there are some pitfalls here too.

The “Smart Unlimited” tariff includes:

Unlimited Internet without speed limits and traffic quotas;
Unlimited calls to MTS numbers throughout Russia;
200 minutes to numbers of all networks in your region;
200 SMS messages to numbers of all networks in your region.

Packages of minutes and SMS are small. Few people worry about SMS, but there may not be enough minutes and then you will have to pay extra. Calls to MTS Russia numbers are also included in the 200-minute package. Only after the package is exhausted, calls to MTS outside your home region become free, but you will have to pay for calls to mobile operators of other operators in your home region. As you can see, everything here is very confusing and tricky. There are also quite a lot of tricks regarding the Internet. The subscription fee in most regions is 12.90 rubles. per day. Subscribers in Moscow and the Moscow region pay 12.90 rubles for the first month. per day, and from the second month 19 rubles per day.

Of course, the Smart Unlimited tariff has its drawbacks, and there are quite a lot of them. The most unpleasant thing is that the list of shortcomings regularly increases. This is not because we did not identify them in a timely manner. The fact is that since the time of MTS, tariff conditions have been changing and a similar phenomenon is typical for all operators. Below is a list of shortcomings that are relevant today.

Disadvantages of the “Smart Unlimited” tariff:

A SIM card with the “Smart Unlimited” tariff connected cannot be used in a modem or router. Is it possible to bypass this limitation? Yes, it is possible, but it is not easy to do. We have already written about that.
The “Smart Unlimited” tariff is characterized by a restriction on downloading from file-sharing networks (torrents). If you try, these restrictions can be circumvented.
The document with a detailed description of the tariff indicates that it is possible to limit the speed of Internet access in case of heavy load on the network. All operators providing tariffs with unlimited Internet insure themselves with this review.

We have devoted a whole series of articles to this tariff plan. If you believe the reviews of visitors, then the tariff has a lot of disadvantages. However, we believe that this is relevant for all operators. It is hardly worth counting on the fact that mobile Internet without any restrictions will ever appear again.

Unlimited Internet on MegaFon

MegaFon does not have a separate tariff plan with unlimited Internet without speed limits and traffic quotas, but it does have a special “MegaUnlimited” option. Access option for connection on “All inclusive” tariffs. As with other tariffs, the MegaUnlimit option provides for a number of restrictions. The subscription fee depends on the region and tariff plan.

As an example, we present data relevant for Moscow and the region. So, on the “MegaFon - All Inclusive L, XL” tariffs within the “MegaUnlimit” option it will cost 5 rubles per day. If you use the “MegaFon - All Inclusive M” or “Warm Welcome M” tariffs, then the daily fee will be 7 rubles. For tariff plans of the “MegaFon - All Inclusive S” and “Warm Welcome S” line, the price is 9 rubles. If you have the MegaFon All Inclusive VIP tariff activated, then the MegaUnlimited option will be provided to you free of charge.

Features of the “MegaUnlimit” option:

The option is only available on phones, smartphones and tablets. You cannot use the option in a modem or router.
The use of torrent resources and wi-fi tethering is limited. That is, when you try to download a file through a torrent client, the speed will drop to an extremely low value. Distributing the Internet via Wi-Fi will also not work.
The option only applies within your home region.
The option is available for connection to subscribers in all regions except Taimyr MR, Norilsk, Magadan Region, Kamchatka Territory, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.

Many will think that MegaFon lags behind its competitors in terms of unlimited Internet, but in fact this is not the case. Unlimited Internet without speed or traffic restrictions has long been provided by MegaFon's subsidiary Yota. If you want to activate the “MegaUnlimit” option, dial the command * 105 * 1153 # on your phone or send a blank SMS to 05001153.

Unlimited Internet from Yota

Yota offers quite attractive tariff conditions with unlimited mobile Internet. Many believe that this operator has too small a coverage area and is only available in large regions of the country. In fact Yota services are available wherever MegaFon has a connection, and this is a very impressive coverage area.

Provides very flexible tinctures. That is, you have the opportunity to independently choose the maximum Internet speed and cost. Yota does not have tariffs similar to those offered by MTS or Beeline. This operator offers to select the Internet for a specific device (phone, tablet, modem). First you need to decide on the device on which you will use the Internet, and then you yourself determine the optimal conditions for yourself.

Yota tariff for smartphones

The tariff for smartphones includes unlimited calls within the network and unlimited Internet. You set the package of minutes for calls to numbers of other operators yourself. The minimum tariff cost is 230 rubles per month. For this money you get:

Unlimited Internet (there are a number of restrictions, see below);
Unlimited calls to Yota numbers throughout Russia;
Unlimited SMS (for an additional fee of 50 rubles);
100 minutes to numbers of other Russian operators.
If 100 minutes is not enough for you, you can increase the package to 300, 600, 900 or 1200 minutes. The larger the package of minutes, the more expensive the tariff.

Yota unlimited internet is designed for smartphones. If you need Internet for a tablet or modem, connect to tariffs specifically designed for these devices. You cannot use your smartphone as a modem or WI-FI access point. No one will block you for these actions, the Internet speed will simply be limited to 128 Kbps. You can also forget about using file-sharing networks, since the speed will be limited to 32 Kbps.

Yota tariff for tablet

If you need unlimited Internet for your tablet, then Yota has a special offer for such cases. The tablet tariff provides mobile Internet without speed limits and traffic quotas. You have the opportunity to independently determine the period of Internet access. Internet for a day will cost you 50 rubles, for a month you will have to pay 590 rubles, and a year of high-speed Internet will cost 4,500 rubles. The prices are relevant for Moscow and the Moscow region; in other regions the subscription fee will be lower.

The tariff plan is valid throughout Russia. Packages of minutes and SMS are not provided within this tariff. The cost of outgoing calls within Russia to all numbers is 3.9 rubles. in a minute. A similar cost is set for outgoing SMS.

Of course, this was not entirely without restrictions. The Yota tariff includes a number of restrictions that make it less attractive.

The tariff is subject to the following restrictions:

Unlimited Internet is provided for use on tablets only;
When using a SIM card in modems or routers, the speed is limited to 64 Kbps;
Downloading/distributing files in torrents is subject to a speed limit of up to 32 kbps;
When distributing the Internet via WI-FI or using the tablet in modem mode, the speed is limited to 128 Kbps;
When staying in Crimea and Sevastopol, special tariff conditions apply. For example, the cost of Internet is 9 rubles. for every 100 KB.

Yota tariff for modem

Today, only the Yota operator has unlimited Internet for a modem without speed limits and traffic quotas. The modem tariff also has flexible settings. You can choose between price and speed. If you need unlimited mobile Internet at maximum speed, then the subscription fee will be 1,400 rubles per month (Moscow and Moscow region). If this is too expensive for you, you can reduce the subscription fee by reducing the Internet speed. For example, Internet at a speed of 1 Mbit/s will cost 600 rubles per month. You can also connect to unlimited Internet for a day for 150 rubles or even for 2 hours for 50 rubles.

As for restrictions, there are none. You can use the tariff in a modem or router, distributing the Internet via Wi-Fi. We did not find any information about restrictions on downloading from file-sharing networks. So far this is the only tariff with unlimited mobile Internet that can be used in a modem or router. MTS and Beeline have long closed such tariffs and options for connection. In general, we can say that Yota is a good operator for the Internet, and if you fall within the coverage area of this operator, then you definitely need to study its offers in detail.

Best deal

It is unlikely that anyone will be able to answer you which operator provides the best tariff with unlimited Internet. It all depends on the preferences of a particular person, and therefore opinions will differ. If you have read the entire review in full, then you already have an understanding that all proposals have shortcomings. Unfortunately, truly profitable offers have long been unavailable for connection.

Previously, unlimited Internet was provided without restrictions by Beeline, MTS and MegaFon, but over time the load on the network increased and operators considered such offers not profitable for themselves. No matter what they tell us, every operator always thinks first of all about profit, but not about the benefit of subscribers. All current tariffs with unlimited Internet are far from ideal, but we have no choice but to choose from what is available.

We tested all the tariffs listed in the article, but we will not impose anything specific on you, since there really is no better guess. You yourself must choose the best option for yourself depending on your own preferences.

After the announcement for new subscribers, it became clear that behind the beautiful words about full coverage of people in need of unlimited and the need to offer understandable tariffs for less active Internet users, there actually lies a need to increase the company’s income. The cost of service has only slightly changed downward, and new subscribers will have to choose: spend less traffic or more money compared to the “old ones” who remain on the same terms. A logical question arises: which operator currently offers the most profitable mobile Internet? In the iG editorial office, we decided to check all the current tariffs of five federal operators and compare prices for Moscow and the Moscow region.

By and large, smartphone owners now have two options: choose the most popular and most promoted package tariffs by operators, which include prepaid traffic, packages of minutes and messages, or independently assemble a constructor from a tariff without a monthly fee with per-minute billing and connect a suitable package Internet. The first option is suitable for those who not only actively work in the browser and various applications, but also often make calls and send SMS. The second option will be the best choice for those whose outgoing voice calls do not exceed a few minutes per month or occur mainly in instant messengers. In addition, choosing a tariff without prepaid minutes and messages makes sense for a second smartphone on which the user only works with applications, navigation, a browser, or uses it as a backup means of communication.

Below are tables comparing the cost of mobile Internet from different operators, for example, with its help you will find out that Megafon offers some of the worst conditions in terms of traffic volume when choosing the “All inclusive” tariff line, but is by far the leader when paying for options like "Internet L". By the way, in the comments we are waiting for your opinion about the best operators and tariffs for active use of the mobile Internet.

At the end of January, Yota from completely unlimited Internet traffic, and at the beginning of February, two more operators announced their intention to make similar changes to their tariffs. What is this connected with? Are subscribers really not interested in unlimited tariffs?

The prerequisites for the abolition of full unlimited services, oddly enough, appeared even before operators began introducing such tariffs. In March 2016, full unlim appeared at , in May at , and in June succumbed to the trend. Before this, only Yota had unlimited tariffs, but this operator was considered a niche operator, it did not have many subscribers and had little influence on the market.

Even before the introduction of unlimited limits, the head of Beeline, Mikhail Slobodin, called on market participants to raise prices for mobile Internet. At that time, operators offered subscribers package tariffs that included Internet traffic, conversation minutes and SMS messages. Slobodin said that fewer and fewer subscribers need telephone communications and SMS, and the Internet is the only source of income with growth potential. Nobody listened to him, including Beeline itself.

Yota has already abandoned full unlimited limits for new subscribers and introduced package tariffs. MTS will introduce the “Unlimited” tariff line in 2017, as well as reduce the amount of mobile Internet traffic on package tariffs. "Megaphone" reported on Twitter about the intention to close the “Unlimited Internet” service for new connections. The refusal is motivated by the fact that the operator noted a “small number of new connections,” which indicates a “complete lack of interest” in unlimited.

Beeline did not report the upcoming cancellation of unlimited “Everything” tariffs, and Tele2, according to Vedomosti, “will monitor market trends.”

There may be several reasons to eliminate unlimited limits. Firstly, tariffs with unlimited traffic are usually more expensive than package plans, so they don’t look as attractive and give the impression that operators are artificially inflating prices. Secondly, traffic consumption with full unlimited in most cases is not much higher than with tariffs with restrictions. Perhaps there are individual subscribers who pump out as much traffic as they can, but they are the least needed by the operator, since they create a large load on the network. Thirdly, by introducing a complete unlimited service, operators have closed their own opportunities for additional earnings on traffic and additional services. Another possible reason is that due to the introduction of the “Yarovaya Law Package,” operators need to store all user traffic for six months, and with complete unlimited access, the amount of data that needs to be stored on servers becomes unpredictably huge.