Skylink works. Reviews about Sky Link (Skylink). How to buy a SIM card and equipment

Our company offers the connection of unique equipment that allows you to be in the global network even from the most remote corners of the Moscow region. We will also help you to issue free corporate Internet tariffs from Skylink, which are not freely available.

A feature of the Skylink operator is the use of proprietary equipment operating at low frequencies (450 MHz). Due to the greater penetrating power of such radio waves, it is possible to receive a signal almost anywhere.

As a rule, we connect unlimited Internet from this operator in cases where there is no connection with other base stations or is unstable. Using our services, you get the following benefits:

selection of the optimal configuration, installation and configuration of equipment from the operator;
discounts on the cost of all equipment;
unlimited non-public Skylink tariffs, which can be connected only with us;
stable and stable communication even in conditions of weak signal and strong interference (great distance from towers, natural and artificial barriers, etc.).

With the help of wireless Internet from this operator, you can download and transfer information at speeds up to 14 Mbps. This is enough to watch TV shows and videos in high quality. Of course, you will also have access to all other features provided by the global network - downloading files, visiting sites, working with online services.

For those who live in Moscow and the Moscow region, such a connection often becomes the only alternative to satellite. At the same time, Skylink unlimited mobile Internet works much faster and is much cheaper.

Therefore, if other masters assure you that no mobile operator is available in your area and offer you to install satellite Internet, do not rush to invest in this dubious undertaking. Just give us a call - for sure, equipment from Skylink will be able to help in your case. Our masters will promptly arrive, perform radio reconnaissance and installation work, and of course connect you to an unlimited tariff.

Skylink is a Russian telecom operator providing services in the IMT-MC-450 standard. The company's unique technologies make it possible to maintain high speed wireless data transmission in remote locations with unstable GSM coverage. Skylink base stations operate at frequencies of 450 MHz, coverage radius is 20 km. The provider guarantees high-quality signal transmission to complex architectural and underground structures. The Skylink modem will be a salvation or is it another publicity stunt. We will understand in more detail.

What regions does Skylink work in?

In 2016, Tele2 under the Skylink brand is gradually introducing a 450 MHz LTE network in Tver, Novgorod, St. Petersburg and Moscow. The Skylink coverage area is expanding in Ulyanovsk at the beginning of 2018.

Unlimited Internet from Skylink - tariffs and packages

Tariff scale for retail and business clients:

Payment is deducted in proportion to the number of days in a month. When the package is exhausted, traffic in excess of the package is paid based on the used MB. An unused balance is transferred to the next month free of charge if the subscription fee is credited in time (before the 1st day).

Initially, the transferred limit is spent, then the new package provided for by the fee. By changing the tariff plan, the unused balance is liquidated.

The subscription fee is charged according to the following scheme:

When replenishing the balance before the 10th day of the month, the subscription fee is automatically charged.
From the 11th, the client independently decides: to pay for the services of the current or next period. In the first case, you will need to click the "Write off the subscription fee" button. Connection of services takes place in the Personal Account on the Skylink website (my.skylink.ru).

Using the Skylink router on other networks

The Skylink SIM card provides access to the network through the router of the same name. For data transfer, voice calls and sending SMS through third-party devices, the following restrictions apply:

accepting calls in the region of connection - 0 rubles;
accepting calls in another city Tele2 - 5 rubles / min .;
calls within the Russian Federation - 5 rubles / min .;
communication in the CIS - 30 rubles / min .;
conversations with subscribers living in the EU - 49 rubles / min .;
calls to other countries — 69 rubles/min;
SMS within the Russian Federation - 3.5 rubles;
SMS abroad - 5.5 rubles.

Free use of roaming:

In the cities of Skylink coverage - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tver, Novgorod. In the Tele2 network (4G network): Voronezh, Kemerovo, Krasnodar, Orel, Karelia, Komi, Mordovia, Tyva, Khakassia. And also Rostov. Tambov, Tula, Ulyanovsk, Yugra, Tyumen.

The company's prospects are aimed at covering the B2B segment, developing a secure MVNO network for security agencies and government agencies, as well as creating a secure M2M channel for the transport and financial sectors.

Internet connection equipment from SkyLink

Potential customers of the company are offered two types of 4G router: home and mobile module (for travelers). Devices are universal. Supports a frequency of 450 MHz and the usual LTE bands (800 - 2600 MHz). With an increase in the download speed, the devices are automatically reconfigured to a new range.

What equipment is offered to individuals?

Fast Internet anywhere in the Russian Federation will provide a 4G router for travelers. When planning a stationary placement of the device, a 4G router for the home will be an ideal option. Successful purchases!

Terms for business clients

SkyLink demonstrates interesting business solutions:

home conditions throughout the Russian Federation;
automatic prolongation of services when the package is exhausted;
the ability to block the account upon reaching the established limit;
use of advance or credit system of payment;
provision of the "Promised payment" service, which allows you to credit the account with a conditional amount at a convenient time in order to continue using the service with a zero balance.

Skylink - work away from the city with unstable coverage of ¾G networks or the absence of towers of other operators. For work outside the city, a 4G router H1 is proposed, for trips - a 4G router M1. A set of two directional antennas with mounts ( price 3300 rub.).

How to connect?

The Skylink provider provides the ability to connect to the Internet and cellular communications using the SIM card of the same name. The full price of the kit is determined by the selected tariff plan. The paid amount will go to the client's balance and serve as a reserve for paying for user services.

Using the LTE450 band will provide a branded Skylink router: for a country house "H1" or travel "M1". If the signal from the base station is weak, you will need to install two directional antennas. The price of routers is 0 rubles, additional sets of antennas are 3300 rubles. Detailed characteristics of the goods are presented on the website Skylink.ru. It is enough to open the section "Choose a router", "Additional set of equipment" and "Tariff plan".

Where to connect Skylink?

Use the services of an Internet provider by placing an order for a router and a SIM card on the official website of the company, Skylink counters or Tele2 salons at the nearest address indicated on the map.

Instructions for placing an order on the site skylink.ru:

Explore the capabilities of routers.
Pick up an additional set of equipment.
Conduct an overview of the tariff scale by activating the "Tariff connection" option.
Click the "Apply" button.
Fill out the electronic form of the questionnaire with personal information and indicate the delivery address. Check the order details and click on the "Next" link.
After receiving SMS and Email notifications, wait for a call from a technical support employee to verify the information provided.
A confirmation of the application will be sent to your phone or email.

To receive the goods, you will need a passport or other document used in the formation of the application.

Video "New skylink LTE-450 router"

Attention! Replacing Skylink RUIM cards to Tele2 SIM-cards is made ONLY at the offices of Rostelecom (Tele2) with a passport (individuals, only the owner) or a power of attorney from the company (legal entity).

Old Skylink equipment will NOT work! If you had landlines or terminals, then

And now in more detail:

On November 1, 2016, voice data transmission (telephony) services in the CDMA-450 standard of the Skylink network were no longer provided, i.e. On November 1, 2016, all telephone numbers, including direct city numbers (for example, in Moscow - in codes 495 and 499) stopped working, and all additional features, including call forwarding, will be disabled. The shutdown date was postponed several times, and now it happened - Skylink turned off the CDMA equipment. From sources in Rostelecom, it became known that from about October 20, 2016, communication in this standard for many subscribers has a one-way connection: the subscriber can make an outgoing call, but incoming calls do not go through.

UPD. In May 2019, this problem reached Yaroslavl and Rostov regions- one of the last strongholds of the CDMA-450 standard. From 20 and 30 June, respectively, are expected complete shutdown of the CDMA standard in the Skylink network in Yaroslavl, Rostov and regions.

What should be done?

Skylink subscribers you need to drive to the office of Skylink (Rostelecom) (see on the official website cdma.skylink.ru) and write an application for number transfer to Tele2. ONLY the owner of the room can drive up - the person to whom the room is issued, with his passport. No handwritten powers of attorney are valid, only notarized ones. Numbers issued to legal entities are reissued only if there is a power of attorney from the company with a seal. You will receive a SIM card with a temporary federal number, and in 1-2 days your Skylink number will be transferred to this SIM card. The translation of direct city numbers is no different from the translation of federal numbers in the 901 code.

For Rostelecom subscribers you also need to drive to the service office to replace the SIM card. Re-registration is similar to re-registration in Skylink: individuals - only the owner of the number with a passport, legal entities - only a company representative with a power of attorney with a seal. In the same place you will be offered to rent an ordinary GSM dialer for free - the cheapest cellular push-button telephone, but this solution is not very suitable for: 1) the elderly; 2) for use in offices, shops, bars and cafes, etc.; 3) for use with PBX, etc. For equipment replacement - see at the end of the page.

For Cityphone / Centel (Central Telegraph) subscribers - similarly: drive up to the sales office and change RUIM for SIM - a Beeline SIM card is also issued. For equipment replacement - see at the end of the page.

Hardware problems
equipment that worked in skylink networks, as well as in his MVNO projects (projects with other operators): Domolink Moby, Rostelecom , Cityphone Centel / Central Telegraph , MTT Home phone, etc., won't work anymore , and no other SIM cards (Megafon, MTS, Beeline, Tele2) can be used in it. Devices such as Huawei ETS1000, ETS1001, FT2050, Skylink Base fixed terminals, as well as ETS2077, ETS2055, ETS2052, Skylink Table, Ubiquam UF300 and other Huawei fixed phones become completely useless - they can simply be thrown away.

The Tele2 operator to which you will be offered to connect (transfer your number) does not sell fixed GSM phones and GSM gateways, you must use either smartphones or phones, which is problematic or impossible in conditions of poor network reception. To solve this problem, you can purchase 3G gateways or 3G / 4G routers with voice support or improve the quality of network reception (enhance voice communication) using repeaters (communication amplifiers). For subscribers using smartphones, the transition to Tele2 will not bring any inconvenience, but what should subscribers using regular dialers and landline phones do, because many Skylink numbers are used as working ones?
The most inexpensive solutions are Huawei 3G routers with telephone jacks: models Huawei B681 (Phone + 3G + WiFi) and Huawei B315 (Phone + 4G + 3G + WiFi) - these routers have RJ11 connectors for connecting conventional analog phones: as simple ones with a handset on wire and dialer, as well as DECT and GAP radiotelephones. Yes
These models are primarily routers, so if you wish, you can access the Internet from the same Tele2 SIM card by connecting to the router via WiFi or via cable (the number of LAN connectors is from 2 to 4 depending on the model). The data transfer rate in the devices is: B681 - up to 21 Mbps, B315 - up to 150 Mbps (under ideal conditions, of course).
For subscribers who need higher speed and / or simultaneous Internet access and telephony, we can offer 4G LTE + 3G WiFi routers with voice communication: these are models Huawei B315 (four LAN connectors + one USB connector) or Huawei E5172 (in regions will work only in the 3G standard, one LAN-connector) - these devices can not only "call", but also transmit data - work at speeds up to 150 Mbps!

All models of 4G LTE + 3G and 3G routers with telephony capability can

For subscribers of Rostelecom (Domolink Moby) of the Moscow region And Citiphone / Centel / QWERTY (Central Telegraph) subscribers in terms of equipment, we were a little more lucky, because. their numbers are translated not to Tele2, but to Beeline, which has a GSM standard, they can be used as 3G routers with a GSM gateway function, such as Huawei B681, as well as stationary cell phones with SIM cards - for example, Huawei ETS3125i.

I read reviews about SkyLink, I thought, most likely, everything has changed, since most of the reviews are outdated. Since my previous provider eventually pissed me off at a speed of 1 Mbps with the declared 20 Mbps, I decided to change to SkyLink. I called a specialist to check the speed of the Internet directly at home, the young man insisted to come in the morning. I arrived, showed, everything works - somewhere the speed is 13 Mbps, and somewhere 33 Mbps. I paid for a router for more than 3000 rubles and an unlimited tariff of 1200 rubles, and in the evening I understood why the young man insisted on coming in the morning - in the evening the speed dropped below 1 Mbps ... And so every day, in the morning the speed is normal, and in the evening it drops. Bad, but better than with the previous provider, in principle, you can adjust.

In less than 1.5 weeks, the speed around the clock became 500 kbps! I suffered for three days, today I called the contact center. Employee Roman replied that the speed has dropped due to the large number of users in the area where I am, and the network is working fine. To my question, how did it happen that for 1.5 weeks the network coped with the load, and three days ago all users simultaneously decided to get on the Internet and for three days they intensively use it without lunch breaks, he politely but brazenly expressed surprise, which I resent - everything works, just a lot of users. And, of course, he couldn’t answer when it would stop... When I asked if I could return the router if I wanted to stop using the services, he clarified whether the router was working, and answered that no, I couldn’t, because it’s bad The quality of the Internet is not a reason to return the router. It turns out that the reason is not the lack of a developed network that can cope with the load, and we ourselves, SkyLink users who pay them money, are to blame for the fact that we do not have the Internet. And what did you want, to pay money and get reliable Internet? - not in SkyLink!

Seriously, read the reviews carefully, I checked it for myself - if people write, then there is a reason. Do not buy SkyLink, just waste your money, better buy sweets for children or donate them to charity if you have extra ones. Choose wisely. Whom? - Unfortunately, I don't know yet; If I find it, I'll post...

The Skylink provider is familiar to many from ancient times, when its coverage area was extensive. Today it is much narrowed down to a few regions. When it appeared, it became the first in Russia to supply high-speed 3G Internet, but with other parameters than today. Let's figure out in the review where and under what conditions communication from Skylink is now working.

Operation according to the LTE 450 standard

Skylink is an operator that provides communication on other frequencies than the main Russian operators. Among its advantages are:

Cheap communication - its tariffs are more affordable;
Excellent coverage map in working areas;
Frequencies safe for human health.

High signal transmission frequencies are harmful to the body. Most operate at a frequency in the range from 800 to 1900 MHz. The high density coverage of the towers has a negative impact on health. But electric waves are emitted not only by a mobile tower, but also by satellite TV, household appliances (especially a microwave oven). GSM mobile networks have a lower frequency, but are also harmful.

The operator started his work and still maintains a single frequency - 450 MHz - this is much lower than that of others, therefore there is significantly less harm to health at the stations' installation sites. Other operators operate at a higher frequency, which is why their signal quality is better. This point became decisive, and the provider could not stand the competition.

To date, it has remained only in such cities and their regions as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tver and Novgorod. After Skylink introduced the new LTE-450 communication standard in 2016, its signal became not only high-quality and fast, but also remained the densest in the operating territories of the four regions.

Today, services under the Skylink brand are provided by the mobile operator Tele2.

Coverage

The coverage map of the Skylink provider is shown on the official website of Tele2, it covers the Moscow, Leningrad, Novgorod and Tver regions - the coverage is powerful and dense. This is an excellent choice, first of all, for users who want to stay in touch and connect the Internet to the most remote corners of the listed areas - this is an option for summer cottages, recreation centers, distant villages.

4G Internet from Skylink and Tele2 suits many, but negative reviews also roam the Web, primarily about the poor quality of the Skylink H1 router. The reason for the negative is network congestion and the distinctive nature of the signal propagation, due to which the speed may drop.

The advantage of mobile Internet from this provider is that it can be used in nearby areas if you have caught a 4G network, under the same conditions as in your home region.

How to buy a SIM card and equipment

Skylink routers that support LTE 450 communication can be purchased at Tele2 communication stores, ordered on the website or at Skylink stores. To connect to Skylink high-speed Internet, you can choose one of the presented routers:

Skylink H1 - connected permanently, both at home and in the country;
Skylink V-FL500 - also stationary, but in addition to connecting to the mains, it is possible to operate on batteries;
Skylink M1 - runs only on batteries, has a small size.

You can buy routers from Skylink and Tele2 at an affordable price - about 3,000 rubles. SIM cards are also sold by the operator in the official store. You can also choose a rate there.

Tariff plans from Skylink

Internet from Skylink unlimited. Only the size of the downloaded traffic is limited, while its value is much higher, and the price is lower than that of many competitive providers. You can choose from these tariffs for routers:

S - minimum traffic for 8 GB, the monthly fee is 490 rubles / month;
L - optimal 15 GB for a monthly fee of 790 rubles / month;
XL - full unlimited with a monthly fee of 1190 rubles / month;
Day in the network - paid daily - this is 49 rubles per day.

If the limit on the package is exhausted, per-megabyte billing will come - for the S tariff it is 6 kopecks / Mb and for L - 5 kopecks / Mb. You can activate additional Internet on the Tele2 website in your Personal Account.

You can buy a SIM card with LTE 450 internet in the region where Skylink operates and use 4G in another region.