
On March 30, 2007, the
St. Petersburg branch of North-West Telecom announced the introduction of a new tariff with an access speed of 56 Kbps (56 UP / 56 DOWN). It is possible to connect to this tariff plan until 31.05.2007, the monthly fee will be 250 rubles without the possibility to use the
“package offer” . Connection fee is 1 ruble.
According to observers , with this tariff, NWT plans to maximize its subscriber base before the annual meeting of shareholders and dramatically strengthen the position of the
ADSL Avant-Garde project, under whose brand NWT is promoting broadband Internet in the North-West Russian market relative to competing
WebPlus and
ROL projects. Also, this tariff, together with free
USB modems, will dramatically reduce the share of Dial-Up connections in St. Petersburg.

Despite the benefits of the proposal, it is impossible not to mention the problems of ADSL Vanguard clients. At
forums, there is a growing
discontent of users with the inability to reach the company's inquiry service and, as a result, solve their individual questions with communication and line setting. Some clients have not been able to contact the company's engineers for weeks. Formal appeals most often receive formal replies. In addition to the above-mentioned problems, newly connected customers are waited by the absence of the long-promised on-net exchange at a speed of one megabit and the extreme underdevelopment of
additional services provided in cooperation with
Netville . The introduction of
Avangard TV services is also
delayed .
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