Talk:Internet in Russia

Improvements
Runet is actually how many Russians (majority of Russian-speaking Internet users) call Russian-speaking Internet no matter whether a website resides in Russia or not, bears .ru domain or not. Websites currently linked from the article only use the name and there is no actually a "major Russian Internet service provider" under this name (Runet.ru is a little-known 'news website' grabbing its content from other sites). The article should explain what Runet is in proper means and have a reference to Рунет (which is very incomplete for now) (not feeling quite ready right now to do that by myself, but I'll try to try). Ss r 12:40, 6 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, well... I knew my first stabs wouldn't be very accurate but I didn't realize my addition expert was that justified. I hope you get around to improving it soon! --Gwern (contribs) 16:52 6 December 2006 (GMT)
 * I seem to have done for now, if you can correct spelling it would be very kind of you. Also there may be need in some wikification, I am not very experienced for now in creating large articles. Thank you! Ss r 04:21, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It's much better now, thank you. --Gwern (contribs) 18:24 9 December 2006 (GMT)
 * Thanks for starting and for formatting. I have made also a couple of extra minor corrections. Ss r 19:34, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Latest Statistics
If anyone is interested in latest statistics, you can find them here DVoit 01:54, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot, I'll include it. --ssr 02:37, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Censorship
whats about Internet censorship? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.132.48.100 (talk) 20:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * See Media_freedom_in_Russia. --ssr (talk) 11:16, 14 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I'll try to add some on it soon, thanks for the request. --ssr (talk) 12:57, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

former monopolists
Transtelecom could hardly be called monopolist, as it was created in 1998 and began telecom operations in 2001. It just operates the largest backbone network in the country. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thebiggestmac (talk • contribs) 01:02, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the remark, I have reworded the corresponding sentence. --ssr (talk) 12:51, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

International connectivity section
I wonder if there is any separate arcticle on Russia's networking?

Runet article misses international connectivity section. I can write it, if there is a need. (Former employee of 3 top Russian/International operators) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thebiggestmac (talk • contribs) 15:49, 13 December 2008 (UTC)


 * That would be perfectly great, there is an article Communications in Russia which needs to be rewritten and updated, but you can also add a section here. --ssr (talk) 11:36, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Links
I reinserted several relevant links. What's the problem?Biophys (talk) 03:50, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Actualization note
"Customer billing based on amount of transferred megabytes is common. Many people in Russia still use dial-up, and many consider connection prices in regions expensive. Remnant Soviet-era wires, when used, provide poor connection quality."


 * That's not true now. Almost everyplace now have used ADSL2+ modems and most of cities has opto-fiber backbones. I live in small town in Middle Urals and I have connection to the Internet via my provider's ethernet network with 100Mbit/s inside a city backbone and 25 MBit/s gatewaying to the Internet. Any traffic is unlimited and it costs about 25$ per month. Dial-up modems you say? Yes, I've seen one late in 1997 and as I know such devices was in use untill about 2000-2001, but in present days that's quite antique thing.


 * After all, if you are intrested to know real situation with the Internet in Russia you can read some last reports from Yandex http://company.yandex.ru/facts/researches --193.169.122.7 (talk) 10:25, 11 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you, the section was removed. --ssr (talk) 10:50, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Runet
I strongly disagree with a notion that the word Runet is used "by state officials". This indication implies that MOSTLY or even ONLY officials use the name, which is wrong. This usage of term is reflected in dictionaries, and is widely used by various people, not only state officials. Beaumain (talk) 15:19, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

usage for propaganda section
The section heavily violates NPOV as it shows only one politically motivated side and ignores other sources of propaganda (yes, non-Kremlin propaganda is also propaganda). It sould be rewritten or better deleted comletely since any propaganda-related topic is too complicated for a single section. The present content is also poorly sourced and hardly verifiable, and looks like an urban legend spread among some biased mass-media. Even if true, the cliche "Olgino trolls" is little known and hardly represents the current situation concerning propaganda in runet.--213.208.170.194 (talk) 10:30, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * You are welcome to add the part in anti-Kremlin propaganda using the reliable sources.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:36, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

= the Debate in the West part is rather poorly made.... what are you trying to convey? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.43.195.18 (talk) 08:15, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

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2015
"As of 2015 Internet access in Russia is available to businesses and to home users in various forms, including dial-up, cable, DSL, FTTH, mobile, wireless and satellite."

This sounds like they didn't have internet access in Russia before 2015. Maybe you can find a less ambiguous wording. --87.150.9.244 (talk) 16:04, 10 April 2022 (UTC)