The Dom.ru provider began testing the speed limiting mechanism in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Samara for wired Internet subscribers who “consume large amounts of traffic.” About this He writes “Russian newspaper”.
If the limit of three terabytes per month is exceeded, the Internet access speed will be forcibly reduced to 50 Mbit/s. The press service of Er-Telecom, which owns Dom.ru, stated that the “excessive consumption” of traffic is primarily due to the fact that “the home Internet is used not for personal, but for business purposes.”
“The user can keep the speed for an additional fee or wait until the beginning of the next billing period where it will be restored automatically,” the company said. They noted that the restrictions may affect less than 1% of users, as 85% of Dom.ru customers consume up to 500 GB per month. One RG source in the telecom market claims that today the average consumption is about 300 GB per month per household.
Rostelecom approved the Dom.ru initiative. They pointed out that the operator’s mission is “to maintain balance and the ability for all subscribers to receive services without reducing their quality.”
“In rare cases, anomalous traffic is recorded, which is not typical for personal use of the Internet, but rather corresponds to business consumption. In situations where such an overload leads to a deterioration in the service of neighbors, it is absolutely correct to use a mechanism that protects the interests of the majority of consumers,” the company said.
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) said it would conduct an “assessment of the actions of the Dom.ru provider for economic and technological feasibility.”