Free internet in Russia turned out to be slow

The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications of Russia shared details of the project

"Available Internet". This project allows Russians to get free access to socially significant Internet services. Judging by the ministry's data, free Internet in Russia is slow.

The Accessible Internet project is being tested in Russiafrom April 1, 2020. According to the operators participating in the experiment, more than 1 million unique users have used free access over the entire period. But the average Internet speed was only 1.7 Mbit/sec.

The Russian Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications also announced that the virtual mobile operator SberMobile has joined the experiment on “Affordable Internet”.

Now the list of socially significant resources includes 371 sites and services. The experiment will end on December 31, 2020.