The best Internet tariff for a tablet: choosing an operator

Many users prefer small and convenient tablets to desktop computers and even laptops. This is something between a smartphone and a PC, since it has more functionality than a phone, but less than a computer. And unlimited Internet for a tablet makes it indispensable when traveling and during business negotiations. Often even children at school use it instead of textbooks.

If you have just purchased a tablet device and are at the stage of choosing a favorable tariff, our article will become your assistant and guide to the world of offers from cellular operators.

Internet for a tablet: what are its features?

To begin with, let’s say a few words about how the tariff intended “for a tablet” differs from the usual tariff for a mobile phone.

• The “tablet” tariff is designed for the SIM card to be used for surfing the Internet, and not for making calls. Therefore, mobile minutes and SMS packages are not connected to it.
• As for the Internet, for a tablet it is paid for by traffic: a package of gigabytes of a certain volume is connected to the SIM card. As a rule, it varies from 7 to 30 GB.
• In addition, on “tablet” tariffs it is possible to connect unlimited Internet for certain services - instant messengers, social networks, YouTube, watching television. The range of offers varies greatly from operator to operator.

Yota for tablet

Price per GB: 19.6 rubles

And we won’t start with the “big three” at all: the cheapest “tablet” tariff in Russia is currently offered by Yota. As part of the Yota for Tablet tariff, you can get 30 GB of Internet for 590 rubles per month.

The tariff itself is quite tasty: it works on the principle of a designer. Depending on your preferences, you can connect 0 or 500 minutes of calls, 7, 15 or 30 GB of Internet, as well as a number of unlimited options:

• Unlimited SMS/MMS package - 50 rubles per month;
• Twitter, Odnoklassniki, Instagram, Facebook or Vkontakte - 20 rubles per month for each social network;
• Skype, Viber or WhatsApp - 10 rubles per month;
• Unlimited Youtube - 60 rubles per month.

Empirically (in the picture above), we have collected the best tariff for a tablet from the point of view of the average user from Moscow and the region. No calls (there is a phone for calls), but a lot of gigabytes, music, social networks, instant messengers and, of course, YouTube. It cost us 750 rubles a month.
There is only one disadvantage of this proposal: Yota has a small coverage area.

Wi-fi connection

This is the most common technology for accessing the World Wide Web, since wireless points surround us almost everywhere. Go to a store, business office or entertainment center, sit in a cafe - you can always be in touch. Now this is not even a sign of the establishment’s wealth - it is the need and requirements of visitors.

Setting up a Wi-Fi gadget

Therefore, it is not strange and expected that all tablets are equipped with a Wi-fi module, the configuration of which consists of the following points:

• Go to device settings
• Click on the corresponding menu item – Wi-Fi
• Move the indicator to the “On” position
• Select one of the suggested points
• Click on it, enter the password in the appropriate field
• Click “connect”.

After connecting, your gadget will receive a network IP address, and a network icon will appear in the notification panel. Only then can you safely launch applications such as browsers or network applications.

Universal approach

Few touch tablets are equipped with a 3G/4G mobile communication module, and this leads to some inconvenience during active movement or travel. Since Wi-Fi points have a certain range, the further from the center, the weaker the signal.

Portable point

A universal solution has become a new device - Wi-Fi 3G, which works using the “receive-transmit” technology, like a regular router, only more compact and battery-powered. The gadget receives a 3G signal and transmits it further via Wi-Fi. Now you can put such a gadget in the pocket of your bag or trousers, and always be in touch with friends or loved ones.

The disadvantage of this device is its limited service life - no more than 2-3 hours after a full charge. However, even here the craftsmen have managed to get out of it; in the store you can buy a small portable battery, the dimensions of which are comparable to a modern smartphone.

Internet M

Price per GB: 25 rubles

Megafon offers a wide range of Internet options for the tablet. Several of these options - Internet S, M, L and XL - are available on the Megafon-Online . Depending on the selected option, you can connect for your tablet:

• 7, 18, 25 or 30 GB of internet + unlimited internet at night (for option XL );
• unlimited Internet for navigation services, email, cloud storage, social networks, music and video (for option S - only the first three);
• access to Megafon-TV .

The middle option from this line is Internet M. 18 GB of traffic, all unlimited options, as well as 1 movie and 50+ TV channels from the Megafon-TV collection - all this will go to the user for 450 rubles per month. But calls on the Megafon-Online tariff are not available in principle - although, perhaps, this is for the better.

Megafon has another tablet tariff - “Internet without worries for a tablet” . A SIM card with this tariff will most likely be inserted into your iPad, which you will buy at a mobile store from Megafon’s partners.

The meaning of its existence is not entirely clear. The essence of the tariff is that you are given a tiny limit of 600 MB of Internet per month - but completely free.

Every day you can spend 20 MB , after which paid packages of 150 MB worth 20 rubles each are connected to you.
The number of connected packages is not limited. In a word, everything looks like a well-veiled play on the technical illiteracy of tablet users - after all, recently they are increasingly gaining popularity among the older generation.

Where to start choosing

Each mobile operator has tariff offers for tablet users, but most of them have a monthly fee. The choice of tariff plans for tablets is small, and even less without a subscription fee. This is explained by the fact that operators often equate tablets with routers and modems, which consume a much larger amount of data than a smartphone. However, new tariff packages with unlimited Internet can be used not only on smartphones, but also on tablet computers.

To select the optimal tariff, you can use not only special offers for Internet users, but also other tariff plans without a monthly fee. To use traffic in them at a favorable price, you need to connect traffic packages of the required volume.

If you use the Internet on your tablet rarely and in small volumes, then standard offers without monthly payments are also suitable. A number of tariff offers use a flexible tariff system, in which traffic is paid for in small packages at the optimal cost. Thus, the subscriber does not pay per megabyte, but the savings are less than when connecting to an additional package.

EVERYTHING 2 for tablet

Price per GB: 31.5 rubles

In third place in terms of price is the tariff from the “stripe” operator. As part of the “EVERYTHING 2 for tablet” , Beeline gives subscribers 19 GB of Internet for a fixed subscription fee of 600 rubles per month .

In addition, within the tariff you can free of charge and without restrictions:

• view social networks VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Facebook, Facebook.Messenger, Instagram and Twitter;
• listen to music on VKontakte, Yandex.Music, Zvooq services - but only through official applications.

You cannot activate a package of free minutes, nor can you activate SMS. One minute of a call and an SMS from a Beeline tablet tariff will cost the same 2 rubles in your home region. The offer, in a word, is quite poor, although relatively cheap. Another caveat is that the offer is not available in all regions.

Beeline

The main offer is #EVERYTHING is possible. Tablet. He just offers unlimited for a subscription fee. In Moscow and the Moscow region it is 600 rubles using the prepaid payment system. You can use it during the transition, which will be free, or after purchasing a new SIM card. You can save the old number.

Purchase a SIM card at a communication store by pre-ordering it on the website. If you are going to change your plan, go to your Personal Account in the mobile application or on the operator’s website - this can be done by dialing 0674 10 888 or *115*4888#.

New clients receive a bonus: the first month will cost half as much, since there is a subscription fee of 10 rubles per day.

How to connect: dial 0674 10 888 or *115*4888#.

The best offer, perhaps, will be “Internet Forever” with the “Highway” option. With it you will get 200 MB of traffic for free. Payment depends on the volume that is connected within the Highway:

• 8 GB for 600 rubles;
• 12 GB for 700 rubles;
• 20 GB for 1200 rub.

When you run out of megabytes, extra ones come in handy. Beeline offers three options to stay in touch:

• every 150 MB will cost 20 rubles;
• “Auto-renewal speed” - 70 MB for 20 rubles;
• “Extend speed” - 1 GB for 250 rubles, 4 GB for 500 rubles.

If you decide to connect, dial the required code and press the call button:

• 8 GB: *115*071#;
• 12 GB: *115*081#;
• 20 GB: *115*091#.

You can go for free by dialing *110*999#.

When choosing a SIM card with 4G/LTE, check whether this speed is valid in your region.

Study the operator's coverage area map: https://moskva.beeline.ru/customers/beeline-on-map/.

Result: good tariffs with the most thoughtful conditions and more flexible prices. If you don’t know where to choose, Beeline certainly won’t disappoint you.

Internet on a tablet from Tele2

Price per GB: 33.2 rubles

The young operator Tele2 also offers a pretty good Internet option for a tablet compared to Beeline - which one is better is up to you to decide. Within Tele2, 15 GB of Internet will cost you 499 rubles per month.

In addition to this, the operator offers its own range of interesting unlimited options:

• unlimited traffic on the social networks VKontakte, Odnoklassniki and Facebook;
• unlimited use of Yandex.Maps and Yandex.Navigator programs;
• free viewing of about 20 thousand films and 50 TV channels in the Tele2 TV application.

In addition, the remaining unused traffic for the month is carried over to the next month. Unburnable gigabytes are a proprietary promotion of Tele2, which is not offered by any other operator.

The service is available when you subscribe to the “Internet for Devices” . One call and one SMS within this tariff will cost 1.8 rubles, respectively. Connection of packages of minutes and messages is not available.

Comparison of offers

We offer you a comparative table with which you can clearly examine the tariff plans offered by the five largest operators in Russia and choose the best unlimited Internet for your tablet.

The order in it is arranged from the cheapest to the most expensive.

Now it’s time to find out in more detail what each option hides.

SIMPLE INTERNET on a tablet

Price per GB: 33.2 rubles

Rostelecom, known as a broadband Internet provider, has been selling SIM cards for a long time and has its own mobile tariffs. On two such tariff plans - “SUPER SIM FREE” and “For the Internet” option is available in the tablet .

As part of the tariff, users do not receive anything special - just 15 GB of Internet traffic for 499 rubles per month. Like Tele2, whose capacity is used by Rostelecom, now you will see that their tariffs, in general, are no different.

Internet use is not charged on the social networks VKontakte, Facebook and Odnoklassniki, as well as when using Yandex.Maps and Yandex.Navigator. The remaining unused gigabytes are carried over to the next month.

At the end of the 15 GB package, you can purchase one of three additional ones - 500 MB for 50 rubles, 3 GB for 150 rubles, or 5 GB for 250 rubles. Really, just the Internet.

Results

For budget-conscious tablet users, there are several ways to connect to the Internet at an attractive price and without a monthly fee. The choice depends on the parameters of traffic consumption and the frequency of its use.

The minimum cost per megabyte payment is offered by MTS and Tele2. The ability to purchase packages of different sizes is available in the offers of all operators. Intermediate tariffs include offers from MegaFon, Beeline and MTS with traffic packages for a month when using additional options with daily payment.