Our article today is for the most active Internet users who do not have enough traffic included in their tariff plan or service. How to connect additional megabytes or gigabytes on Tele2 so as not to be left without Internet access at the most inopportune moment? Let's find out!
In the table below you can see how to get additional megabytes on Tele2, as well as the conditions for these options.
- Volume - 500 MB (day) - 50 rubles: connect -*155*171# , disable - *155*170# ;
- Volume - 100 MB (day) - 15 rubles: connect - *155*281# , disable - *155*280# ;
Read about that in another article.
Gigabytes (until the end of the month)
Let's start with how to get additional gigabytes on Tele2 if the bulk of the Internet is provided to the “Moy” tariff plan.
You can add 1 GB to these Tele2 tariffs, but five times in a row. The cost of this option is 100 rubles, the command for activation is *155*24*3*0# , shutdown - *155*24*3# .
An important feature for those who decide to take additional Internet traffic in addition to the main package. Next month it will be added to your tariff, exactly the same as the subscription fee for its use. Thus, if you do not want to increase the number of gigabytes provided on an ongoing basis, the option must be disabled in a timely manner. 
You can connect additional GB to Tele2 when the traffic provided in accordance with the terms of the Internet services of this mobile operator, those that are usually connected to the “Internet for devices” tariff plan and are used in modems and tablets.
How to add gigabytes to Tele2 and how much it will cost - look:
- Volume - 3 GB (until the end of the month) - 150 rubles: connect -*155*181# , disable - *155*180# ;
- Volume - 5 GB (until the end of the month) - 250 rubles: connect -*155*231# , disable - *155*230# ;
And now about another similar service - “Auto-renewal”. She will connect. when the bulk of Internet traffic comes to an end, and will add 500 MB. Connection - *155*311# . Shutdown - *155*310# . Cost 50 rubles. Works with Tele2 Internet services.
All prices are indicated for Moscow and the Moscow region. The cost of services in regions may differ, so we have compiled another table so that you can compare the conditions for different cities.
| 100 MB | 500 MB | 125 MB | 150 MB | 1 GB | 3 GB | 5 GB | 10 GB | |
| Moscow | 15 rub. | 50 rub. | - | - | 100 rub. | 150 rub. | 250 rub. | - |
| Saint Petersburg | 12 rub. | 50 rub. | - | - | 125 rub. | 240 rub. | - | - |
| Nizhny Novgorod | - | 50 rub. | 10 rub. | - | 100 rub. | 150 rub. | - | 300 rub. |
| Tula | 0 rub. | 60 rub. | - | - | - | 130 rub. | 200 rub. | |
| Novosibirsk | 12 rub. | 50 rub. | - | - | 100 rub. | 200 rub. | - | - |
| Samara | 8 rub. | 50 rub. | - | - | 100 rub. | 180 rub. | - | - |
| Kirov | 10 rub. | 50 rub. | - | - | 100 rub. | 190 rub. | - | - |
| Volgograd | - | 50 rub. | - | 10 rub. | 100 rub. | 190 rub. | - | - |
| Kazan | 10 rub. | 50 rub. | - | - | 100 rub. | 150 rub. | - | - |
| Cheboksary | 7 rub. | 50 rub. | - | - | 100 rub. | 170 rub. | - | - |
And finally, Tele2 subscribers often ask, for example, if a friend has run out of Internet traffic. We answer - definitely, this cannot be done, but you can use the Tele2 Mobile Transfer service and send a certain amount to your friend so that he can independently connect the Internet service to his number.
In the race for market leadership, ISPs offering wired Internet use different strategies. Many of them follow the usual path: they reduce tariffs, improve equipment, and provide support for local media resources with free content. But there are also providers who are trying to win their place in the sun with ambitious features such as delivering high-speed Internet - connections with speeds exceeding 100 Mbit/s. In some CIS countries (for example, in Kazakhstan), it is still rare to find Internet speeds offered by providers of more than 150 Mbit/s. But on the websites of Internet providers in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, offers in the form of tariff plans with speeds of 200, 300, 500 and even 1000 Mbit/s are not uncommon. High-speed tariff plans are more expensive than regular ones, which usually promise unlimited traffic and speeds of up to 100 Mbit/s. The cost of high-speed tariffs is higher than regular tariffs, but prices are not directly proportional to the speed increase. For a tariff with a speed of 200 Mbit/s, providers ask for the cost of a speed of 100 Mbit/s with an average markup of 30-40%. And in promotional tariffs, which you urgently need to switch to before such and such a date, otherwise the chance will be missed, the markup may be even less. What is the secret of such generosity? Is everything explained by the strategy “big packs are cheaper”? Below we will look at the pitfalls of high-speed tariffs.
1. Why do you need Internet speeds greater than 100 Mbit/s?
High Internet speed – more than 100 Mbit/s – is not relevant in every case. A tariff plan with a speed of 100 Mbit/s will be enough for comfortable web surfing, online games, watching IP-TV or video on the Internet, including in HD quality. Problems may arise only if such a number of devices are connected via Wi-Fi that the router begins to greatly reduce the speed for each user of the home network. For an average router, this is usually more than 10 devices (including TVs, refrigerators and other Smart House equipment).
Internet speeds of more than 100 Mbit/s only make sense when downloading heavy files – distributions – to your computer operating systems or other software, video in high quality, audio collections, etc. Only with constant downloading big size files, paying for a high-speed Internet connection may be worth it. For example, if members of the whole family actively download files from torrent trackers and file storages at the same time in the evenings. But even then we are talking only about those tariff plans, the speed of which, for technical reasons, can be used on computer and mobile devices in the house. After all, in order to unlock the potential of a high-speed tariff plan, you need to have equipment in your home that would, in fact, ensure the unlocking of this potential. And not all modern technology is designed to be able to use high Internet speeds.
2. Hard drive capabilities
The potential of a tariff with an Internet speed of more than 200 Mbit/s may not be realized if the computer does not have an SSD installed, but a regular HDD - a hard drive with magnetic platters. When you open sites in a browser window, their data is written to the cache, that is, downloaded to the computer’s disk. The browser cache consists of several small files, the reading and writing speed of which on HDDs, as a rule, does not even reach 1 Mb/s (8 Mb/s). HDDs can achieve speeds from 80 to 170 Mb/s (respectively, from 640 to 1360 Mb/s) only when recording files sequentially, that is, when downloading single large files from the Internet. But this is the maximum figure, which can only be achieved in certain areas (at the outer edge of the plate, where there are more tracks, which, accordingly, have more sectors). When writing large files, the average data writing speed may be even less than half the maximum possible speed of the HDD.
Not only HDD, but not even every SSD drive will be able to unlock the potential of a tariff with Internet speeds of more than 700 Mbit/s. If we even talk about the 1000 Mbit/s tariff, then even if you have a computer with a powerful SSD, it makes sense to pay for such a tariff, unless you have a router in the house and access the Internet from several devices.
3. Router bandwidth
“Correct” providers, in the description of tariff plans on their websites, honestly warn that the high speeds offered can only be obtained with a direct connection - when the provider’s cable is connected to the Ethernet port of a PC or laptop. The fact is that home routers not only cut speed by distributing it between devices connected to the network, they are also limited to a throughput of 300 Mbps. This is the maximum speed that a budget router can theoretically handle. To use a tariff plan with an Internet speed of 1000 Mbit/s, you need to purchase a special powerful router that supports the corresponding speed indicator. And such routers are an order of magnitude more expensive than simple models.
It is also necessary to understand that when operating under maximum load, the router’s resource will be exhausted faster.
4. Network card
Like a router, a network card can be a limiter on high Internet speeds. Older network cards, for example, can only support a maximum data transfer rate of 100 Mbps. In this case, you will have to upgrade your PC and replace the network card with a modern one with higher bandwidth.
5. Wi-Fi module
With a Wi-Fi module built into a laptop or as part of a PC, the picture is the same as with a network card. Budget laptop assemblies can be equipped with Wi-Fi modules with a throughput of up to 150 Mbit/s. And old network cards with Wi-Fi for PCs, connected via the PCI interface, are completely limited by the speed of the 802.11a standard - up to 54 Mbit/s. In this case, the Wi-Fi module will have to be replaced. Or, specifically for working with a high-speed tariff plan, purchase a Wi-Fi module connected to a USB port.
6. Weak processor
The processor, to a lesser extent than the above devices, can negatively affect the speed of Internet delivery. However, it is the “heart” of the computer, and will to some extent determine how quickly data can be written to or read from the hard drive. So, if we are talking about purchasing a high-speed tariff plan, the weak computer processor will need to be replaced with a more powerful one. And these are quite significant financial costs, especially if the processor has to be changed along with the motherboard. If the laptop does not support replacing the processor, you will need to sell it and purchase a new one with more powerful hardware.
7. To summarize: is it worth switching to high-speed tariffs?
Internet with speeds above 200 Mbit/s cannot yet be considered as an urgent need of society. If it is not to provide an acceptable speed to each user of small offices, hostels, cafes, gas stations, and other public places, switching to an expensive tariff plan may be a waste of money. Fast access to sites is also provided within the tariff with speeds of up to 100 Mbit/s. If we are dealing with a slow server, not a single high-speed tariff will help. It’s easier to contact the site owner with a request to upgrade the equipment. A high-speed tariff will not always be able to ensure the speed of downloading files from the Internet. For example, high Internet speed on the current computer will in no way solve the issue of downloading time for a file via torrent in conditions of low Internet speed of the seed seed (or intentional limitation of it in the torrent client settings).
Internet providers often use high-speed tariffs as a marketing ploy to attract customers. More precisely, to recapture them from competitors. It is very good if the provider’s website, when describing the tariffs, stipulates specific technical requirements for devices that will participate in the process of ensuring high Internet speed (in fact, what was mentioned above).
It is important to take into account that in tariff plans providers specify the wording “up to such and such a speed”, for example, “up to 300 Mbit/s”. The speeds indicated by providers in tariff plans are, as a rule, maximum performance, achieved under certain conditions. For example, not during peak hours, when the provider’s channel is not overloaded. If you decide to switch to a high-speed tariff plan, you need to check with your provider about the actual Internet speed, in particular how much it usually decreases during peak hours.
The cat and I a little “dispersed” the twisted pair cable that came into the apartment
It is usually believed that the “ceiling” of DSL is 20-30 Mbit/s, FTTB (fiber to the building plus twisted pair to the apartment) is 100 Mbit/s, and PON supports speeds above 100 megabits. My colleagues and I decided to dispel the myths and “overclock” FTTB for a single provider.
The first thing we did was climb into the attic of the house. Already, at least 1 Gbit/s is coming to every home, and the home node has a suitable gigabit “copper” port. That is, we can simply take and switch any apartment where our cable is located to a suitable port and provide faster speeds 400 Mbps.
Actually, we have already done this as part of beta tests, and recently we launched commercial services in Moscow with new speeds. 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 hours of the highest, maximum possible load. Take, for example, the holiday dearly 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 is that our FTTB network, which allows us to do all this, already exists. No modifications required. The cable already enters your apartment. All the wires are there. The optics reach nodes in homes. You just need to take and switch the cable to another port on the switch. All! Such a channel is already approaching you, but you didn’t know about it. And PON needs to be built - this is new infrastructure throughout the city. There is another ambush - optical cores diverge from regional PBXs, which require proprietary client devices. But with our regular FTTB network you can use anything. Although there are few devices adapted for L2TP.How it works
A large transport canal comes from the main ring to the city level. Further around the city there are several large rings. From them there are smaller rings or mesh structures, “stars” are made at the entrance level. There are optical transport links from the first level to the closet in the entrance. On the access level switch, we reconnect 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 feasibility
After I was able to test this at several points, we installed such links for all company employees working on the project. Quite quickly, I must say. There are almost no technical limitations: the only thing is that there are literally a couple of dozen blocks in Moscow where the equipment needs to be slightly modernized, but we are already working on this.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, it’s a provider’s dream: the client once a day makes a “bang” with a heavy file and is wildly happy.But a number of other things have arisen that directly relate to marketing. First, almost all resources deliver content much slower than the channel can receive. This is the eternal problem “why my Internet is slow, but tests show normal speed.” Because we need resources that can provide a large number delivering content to clients at high speed. So someone will have to give up illusions; not every resource meets these requirements.
100Mbit/s is already a very fast Internet connection for the vast majority of users. Even higher speeds may be required for those who have to work with very large files.
Everything in this photo is correct, including the router
The link to the desktop or laptop must be copper - Wi-Fi, especially in the presence of interference from other networks, simply will not allow the channel to be distributed at such a speed. Therefore, the best option is a desktop on a cable, tablets and phones over the air.
The end devices themselves can also cut traffic. Naturally, you must have a device that supports 400 Mbps (router or network card). In beta, however, a couple of surprises were revealed with the fact that not all devices can actually handle such traffic, despite statements about this.
Tests
This is where the fun begins. We took 10 high-performance devices with L2TP support.Gigabit is fast, especially for home use, so routers must be appropriate. I’ll say right away that it was not possible to cover all models and quickly test them, so we focused on supporting gigabit connections, dual-band Wi-Fi and good reviews from users.
Our shortlist:
Asus RT-68U
D-Link DIR 825 D1
Pre-sale sample from new manufacturer Totolink
Zyxel Keenetic Ultra
Apple Air port Time capsule
Once I tested the devices according to our checklists in the office, it was time to test the devices in the field, here you can evaluate the real performance of the device.
For this action, I tried to prepare thoroughly, took a MacBook Pro 15 retina (late 2012) - my main work laptop, plugged a 128GB SSD into a separate desktop and connected the Asus PCE-AC68 Wi-Fi adapter there so that nothing would interfere with overclocking, also I took the Totolink A2000UA USB Wi-Fi adapter with 802.11ac support just in case. In addition, I brought an 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, file downloading, I installed Iperf on one of our servers connected via a gigabit link to our core network. It seems like everything turned out something like this:
A little about the test methodology
In many router reviews that I have seen, stands with programs for generating traffic are usually assembled. We decided to do it differently: to conduct testing the same way a subscriber would do when checking the speed of our Internet access.The main tools were:
1) Speedtest.net – you can’t live without it
2) Mirror.yandex.ru
3) Iperf – a little synthetics
4) Youtube
The list is small, but on these resources you can evaluate how fast Internet access works, so to speak, a natural product and no synthetics.
Let's start testing
First, let's see which Wi-Fi networks are already nearby
“People’s” 2.4GHz band – no more and no less
5GHz - we even got here, but there are not many networks, two of them are ours
Asus RT-68U
Top router from Asus. The hardware of the device inspires respect: a chip from Broadcom BCM4708A, 256MB RAM, 128MB Flash, support for 802.11ac and Beamforming is present.
Patch cord: speed test showed 224Mbps for download and 196Mbps for Upload 
Good result, we continue testing, Iperf is next.
The unexpected happened during this test. Either the router started to glitch, 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; at such speeds it quickly clogged.
Now let's take a look at how fast Wi-Fi works. Wireless networking is a tricky thing, and many factors can affect the final performance. The laptop was located 4 meters from the router in a straight line.
The speed test 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 now to 5GHz. Since the router can work with 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 speed test:
209Mbps on Download 111 on Upload, most likely 210Mbps is the current ceiling for router performance over L2TP. Let's hope that Asus will fix this in new firmware.
Iperf showed even lower results:
D-Link Dir 825 D1
Next in line is the representative of the mid-price range D-Link DIR825. The router is equipped with a Dual-Band Wi-Fi module, which is currently rare for the mid-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 over Wi-Fi as well.
For a network operating in the 2.4GHz range:
This frequency is maximally loaded, so this result was, in principle, expected. How will 5GHz manifest itself?
130-150Mbps. When tinkering with the settings in detail, it turned out that if you disable Wi-Fi network encryption, performance increases. Of course, I didn’t discover America, but I didn’t find such a pattern on other routers.
Let's move on to the next test subject - Totolink
This router has similar characteristics to the 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: 
Eh... 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 L2TP through itself at such speeds. This makes the results of Wi-Fi network testing more interesting.
“People’s” frequency – 2.4GHz
Both speedtest and iperf showed almost identical results.
At 5GHz the speed should 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 doing well.
Our latest marathon participant is Zyxel Keenetic Ultra
A popular model among L2TP devices. It accelerates well and works stably. We connect the patch cord and run the speed test:
And I’ll download the Fedora distribution, 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 – standard. This situation did not suit me, and I decided to connect a new Time Capsule with support for 802.11ac (very conventional for the PCT model) to the router.
Here! It’s a pity that manufacturers don’t include a time capsule with their routers.
What if you measure the speed on a phone/tablet?
Most users, especially those who are not familiar with the methodologies of various performance tests, simply launch the application on their phone. I'll do that too.
There was an iPhone, tablet and Android phone available. There is no point in testing the connection on each router, so I settled on the latest router model.
For 2.4GHz and 5GHz, respectively, here we have 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 greatly fascinated my cat and me, so in the end we tested 10 routers from different manufacturers, price categories with different “stuffing”. Here are the most interesting:- 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 "Highthawk"
- Arcadian
Price
The service is new, a description will appear on the website in a couple of days. The cost is 1850 rubles per month, if without our router.UPD, according to requests in the comments:
| Asus RT-68U | D-Link DIR 825 D1 | Toto-Link | Zyxel Keenetic Ultra | ||||
| Via cable (WAN-LAN) | |||||||
| Speedtest | 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 |
| Wi-Fi 2.4GHz | |||||||
| Speedtest | 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 | |||||||
| Speedtest | 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 |
