In St. Petersburg, prices for dial-up increased by 1.5 times

The leading St. Petersburg providers Web Plus and PeterStar have increased the cost of dial-up Internet access by 50% due to the new rules of connection and traffic transmission introduced by North-West Telecom, these companies reported to the IA Regnum . “The cost of cards increases by an average of 1.5 times. Unfortunately, we are forced to do this, ”said Svetlana Beregulina, a representative of Web Plaza. According to her, new prices have already been published on the company's website, work is being carried out with dealer networks to ship cards at new prices.

A spokesman for PeterStar Alina Karpichenko said that the company since July 9 will increase the cost of hourly packages by 1, 2-2 times. “If we do not do this, we will work at a loss,” she noted. The introduction of new rules in North-West Telecom makes PeterStar close the popular night Internet access at 1 ruble per hour and unlimited tariffs.

The press service of OJSC North-West Telecom distributed the comment of the commercial director Oleg Popov, who said that the initiators of the changes taking place in the industry were not the companies participating in the telecommunications market, but the state itself. “And this is vital, since the Russian inter-operator business is still far from civilized relations and requires major changes. All innovations in legislation are aimed at further streamlining the relationship of market participants, creating equal and understandable rules for their interaction. As a result, this will lead to further market liberalization and the development of fair competition, promoting the emergence of new services and services, as well as ensuring the protection of the rights of customers and operators at all levels, ”he said.