Current List of Providers

[TD]

MTS Home Internet/TV, former Stream - ADSL Technology, works on most Moscow city phone lines

Akado - Cable Technology, fairly wide coverage in the center of town

MGTS - ADSL Technology, same network as MTS/Stream with much smaller choice of plans, budgetary market segment

Beeline Ethernet, former Corbina - Direct connection via Ethernet cable

RINET - Direct connection via Ethernet cable

Wireless 3G/GPRS/GSM mobile providers supplying national coverage (Big Three aka Der Grosse Trojka):

Beeline:
http://internet.beeline.ru/usb/msk/index.wbp - 3G/EDGE/GPRS USB dongles-to-PC Internet connection, in Russian
http://internet.beeline.ru/wifi/index.wbp - Moscow Cty WiFi network of Beeline, in Russian
http://internet.beeline.ru/gprs/index.wbp 3G/EDGE/GPRS at mobile phones/iPhones/iPads, in Russian
http://mobile.beeline.ru/msk/service...1-78bbc7158f5f - Blackberry service, in Russian

Megafon:
http://moscow.megafon.ru/tariffs/alltariffs/#5 - 3G/EDGE/GPRS USB dongles-to-PC Internet connection packages, in Russian

MTS:
http://www.mts.ru/internet/internet_comp/ - 3G/EDGE/GPRS USB dongles-to-PC, in Russian
http://www.mts.ru/internet/internet_phone/ 3G/EDGE/GPRS at mobile phones
http://www.mts.ru/tariffs/tariffs/ipad/ - special tariff for iPads, in Russian
http://www.mts.ru/internet/internet_...ernet_service/ - Blackberries services, in Russian
http://www.vis.mtsgsm.com/tariffs/inet/- - some tariffs in English, may be obsolete

3G CDMA/EV-DO mobile operator SkyLink (Moscow and region, SPb and region and other 29 of 84 regions of RF):
http://skylink.ru/msk/main/plans/internet/ - 3G CDMA dongles, in Russian

3G/4G WiMAX mobile network (Yota trademark - Moscow, SPb, Krasnodar, Sochi, Ufa cities):
http://www.yota.ru/en/ - in English

3G/4G WiMAX mobile network (Comstar trademark - Moscow only):
http://wimax.comstar.ru/ - in Russian

(if you know of others please post in this thread and they will be added to the list)

Please notice that providers can change pages, if you found dead link, send us report (upper right corner of the post, triangle with '!' sign.

[Guest]

Rinet.ru is in many places too

[markusha75]

My landlady arranged my internet. It has stopped working it has message --

city wide network --- enter your password

which provider is this??

[Guest]

Look at your connection details, there is probably an IP address or a domain name.

[akin]

How do you find out which ones are available in your building (besides pestering your neighbours)? Is there a website where you can type in your address and see what's availble? Thanks!

[kostja]

prov.ru is a leased line (TBase5) provider operating in the north-eastern part of the city

[EsteeEstee]

I'd add the OnLime, fair prices and speed and stable enough. This one and Stream (I'm not sure about all the others) have a WiFi option (depending on what type of modem/router you buy/have). It's very handy for those who prefer working on a laptop at different places around an apartment (as I do) or have to do this for some other reasons.

There are also some mobile internet schemes/plans, please ask your mobile provider about the details. It's much more expensive but very convenient when for some reason you have no access to your regular connection.

There are also WiFi networks working around the city - like GoldenTelecom or Yota, please check their websites.

[mattology]

What's the difference between the normal ADSL at Stream and the ADSL2+ they offer?

I'm looking at:
ADSL 6 Mbit Down/768kbit Up for 730 RUB
ADSL 2+ 10Mbit Down/896 kbit Up for 800 RUB

There is not so much difference between the two tariffs - why is 10Mbit only 70 RUB more expensive for ADSL2+ but 1180 RUB for ADSL? (10 Хит)

In that case I would of course prefer 10Mbit for 800 RUB.... but don't know if I can get it without problems?

[mattology]

Funny - Stream.ru tells me that normal Stream is not available for my phone number, but ADSL2+ is? Why is that?

[Artyom]

net-by-net — Direct Ethernet connection

GorComNet — Direct Ethernet connection

[IGIT]

Stream sucks!

[FatAndy]

Why?

[Artyom]

Stream sucks!

They don't have billing/account page in English...

[FatAndy]

They also don't have billing/account pages in German, French, Spanish, Chinese and hundreds of other languages. So what?

[ejteoh]

Does anyone having slow internet connections from Stream starting from early November till the 22nd or so?