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The life of a modern person is unthinkable without Internet technologies. In large cities, such as Moscow, meet free wifi is not difficult. Gone are the days when you had to hilariously search for access points, winding circle after circle along unfamiliar streets. When the choice of a cafe where you want to dine was largely determined by the presence or absence of the Internet. Internet access is now available almost everywhere:

• Parks.
• Underground.
• Cafe.
• Shops and malls.

Mobile Internet undoubtedly makes life easier for people, makes the world wide web much closer. However, it does not always fully meet our needs. Laptops are still more accustomed to Wi-Fi. In addition, sometimes you need a good communication channel, with good speed, for example, to watch a video on Youtube or send a large document. As 4G and 5G, which is just emerging, conquer new frontiers, Wi-Fi technology will not lose its relevance. This situation is likely to continue for quite some time.

The capital is distinguished by a large number of free access points. According to information sites, there are more than 1300 free points. Paid ones are not so popular, but there are also quite a lot of them, about 250. In total, there are more than 1500 points of access throughout the city. However, one and a half thousand is not the limit, almost every day new opportunities for accessing the Internet are added. Access to the network can be conditionally divided into several types:

• Free/paid Wi-Fi.
• Requiring registration / not requiring registration.
• Public/private.

In most cases, free Wi-Fi means "shareware". It means that organizations provide you with this service if you are their visitor - you come in for coffee, a snack, and so on. Usually, a simple registration is also required, it is necessary to make a request for access. The registration procedure is within the power of an inexperienced user, the creators of the interfaces are trying to make it as clear and easy to use as possible.

Information infrastructure is becoming more convenient and accessible. On the this moment there are many sites where you can find the location of the nearest access point right on the city map. interactive maps will also tell you the distance to the desired access point. hallmark Moscow wireless internet is Wi-Fi in the metro. A few years ago, it might have seemed fantastic: a trip underground where you can't even make a normal phone call and suddenly you have the opportunity to access the Internet. Indeed, a very convenient innovation that greatly improves the reach of the Internet. Moscow government, private and public organizations constantly multiply the availability of Wi-Fi.

Regarding free WI-Fi points in Moscow: I’ll add on my own that it catches well in the Garden. Bauman on Staraya Basmannaya Street. I work nearby and often go to this park during breaks, of course with my phone at the ready. The best reception is at the small wooden stage, not far from the main entrance. There are benches around the stage, and routers are apparently also located there. When entering the network, it asks for authentication, which is normal for open points access. Catching in the park is not everywhere. There is also a dependence on the time of year - in winter the signal is very weak.

• I don’t know, about wi-fi in the subway, I can say from myself that in some places it doesn’t catch at all. Maybe there is something wrong with my phone? And more often this happens precisely when the Internet is very urgently needed. But many thanks to the authorities for this, underground Internet is really progress. I think in the near future the quality of communication will definitely improve

• You can add a free Wi-Fi point in the Pryamikov Children's Park on Taganka. It is located at st. Taganskaya, 15A. I live close by, on Bolshoi Torch Lane, and I often take my dog ​​for a walk in this park. I can say for sure that free Wi-Fi is present there. The signal is strong and the speed is quite good. Videos on the Internet can be watched without problems. And in Nizhny Novgorod and Ryazanka, they have now installed stops of a new format with free Wi-Fi, but they are still in test mode, and there is probably no point in adding them to the map yet. Although at some stops free Wi-Fi is already functioning.

I usually connect free Wi-Fi in the subway or cafe to be online. But for half a year, free city Wi-Fi has been working in the capital. True, experts are still testing it, and the term official launch not named yet. But I decided to see how it works. There are more than 100 connection points in Moscow. Mostly in the center. Their addresses can be found on the City Hall's website mos.ru in the "Map of Wi-Fi hotspots" section.

ON BOULEVARDS AND SQUARE

One of the points is on Nikolskaya street, house number 9. I turn on the search for networks on my smartphone and catch Moscow_wifi_free - this is the new city network.

To connect you need:

Request SMS with a code to your mobile;

Hooray! Works. And I'm already getting messages in messengers. But as soon as I turned onto Manezhnaya Square, everything turned off. It's good that I remembered one more address where I should catch Wi-Fi - Tverskaya, 6. But there is no Internet. I was moving further along Tverskaya, and a Moscow_wifi_free signal suddenly appeared near the House of Books, but the connection failed. Communication appeared only opposite the Moscow City Hall.

I'm going to Tverskoy Boulevard - the connection is excellent, on Nikitsky too. At the intersection with Novy Arbat, the Internet disappeared somewhere, but as soon as I walked a little towards the Oktyabr cinema, the network reconnected.

And what about the old Arbat? In the transition, the Internet was lost, and then connected again, and throughout the street the connection was excellent. Convenient service, especially for tourists. You can now find the right address, a cafe without any problems.

Throughout Gogolevsky Boulevard, near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and on Volkhonka, Wi-Fi did not turn off. The network was lost near Borovitskaya metro station. There was also no connection on Manezhnaya and Mokhovaya streets.

As it turns out, I'm not the only one who is so smart. Thousands of citizens have already tried new service on 10 metropolitan streets: Tverskaya, Nikolskaya, Malaya Yakimanka, Bolshaya Ordynka, Rozhdestvenka, Petrovka, Myasnitskaya, Malaya Nikitskaya, Arbat, as well as in Maly Ivanovsky Lane.

IN PARKS

The same Moscow_wifi_free network works here. But the coverage is not yet complete.

We install access points in places where there is high traffic or mass events are held. All city connection points can be identified by the name of the network - Moscow_wifi_free, which appears in your smartphone. If the point is called differently, this is not part of the city project, - they explained to Komsomolskaya Pravda in the Department information technology̆ Moscow.

I easily connected to city Wi-Fi and VDNKh. There were also no problems in Gorky Park and Sokolniki.

What other parks have free Wi-Fi: Hermitage, Babushkinsky, Kuzminki, Lyublino, Northern Tushino, Tagansky, Fili, Perovsky, Sad them . N. E. Bauman, Izmai ̆lovsky ̆, Moscow Zoo, Krasnaya Presnya, Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora, Muzeon, Setunsky Stan Youth Center, Social Rehabilitation Center for Veterans of Wars and the Armed Forces, Ekaterininsky Park, Tsaritsyno , Moscow State United Art Historical-Architectural and Natural-Landscape Museum-Reserve.

AIRPORTS, CAFE, SHOPPING CENTERS

Free Wi-Fi is already available at public transport stops and buses. Many people use the Internet when they go to a cafe. Free Internet is available in all MFCs.

And here are the big ones shopping centers Not all buyers are pampered yet. There is no Wi-Fi in GUM, Okhotny Ryad, but there is, for example, in Aviapark or Atrium.

Six months ago, free Wi-Fi appeared at Sheremetyevo. Registering on the Sheremetyevo_Wi-Fi network is more difficult than on city streets. The system will ask you to enter your mobile number as confirmation or login and password from personal account on the portal public services- . But when you arrive at the airport again, you no longer need to register: Wi-Fi has remembered you and will appear by itself. According to a similar scheme, you need to go through authorization at Domodedovo and Vnukovo.

To the free wireless internet(Wi-Fi) you can connect:

• on the streets within the Garden Ring, as well as in some other places of the greatest concentration of people within the Third Transport Ring, in some parks, in houses of culture, libraries, Moskino cinemas, museums, student dormitories (free wi-fi cards and you can found on the open data portal);
• in public transport: in metro and Moscow Central Circle (MCC) trains, in buses, electric buses, trolleybuses and trams (appropriate stickers indicate the presence of the network), as well as at stops of urban passenger transport.

2. How to connect to free Wi-Fi in the subway or ground transport?

• connect to the MT_FREE Wi-Fi network from any device;
• in the address bar of the browser, enter the address: gowifi.ru;
• select Registration is possible:
  • using your account on the portal of public services of the Russian Federation. You will need a username and password;
• by phone number. The access code will be sent via SMS.

"> registration method on the wi-fi.ru portal.

In the future, to use the Internet, you just need to select the MT_FREE network and click the "Enter the Internet" button on the wi-fi.ru portal.

To quickly connect to the MT_FREE Wi-Fi network, you can also use mobile application MT_FREE for Android and iOS devices (for managing the "Like at home" service).

3. How to connect to free Wi-Fi in the city?

If you are in the coverage area of ​​the Moscow_WiFi_Free network, you need to:

• select the Moscow_WiFi_Free network in the list of available networks;
• open a browser and log in using any of the options:
• using your account on the site by entering your login and password;
• using a phone number, offering to send a code.

In the future, you will be able to access free Wi-Fi by selecting the Moscow_WiFi_Free network. When connected to city Wi-Fi, after opening the browser and trying to load any page, the page will automatically open and you will get access to the Internet.

Identification in urban WiFi networks held once every three months.

4. Why is user authentication required?

User identification to gain access to Wi-Fi in public places is a requirement of Russian law.

The telecom operator, before opening access to the Internet, is obliged to offer the user:

• enter your number mobile phone, to which the code will be sent to confirm the entered data;
• indicate their last name, first name and patronymic, confirming them with an identity document, an account on a single portal of public services (or the portal of the Mayor of Moscow website) or in another way that does not contradict the law.

Almost all modern people in varying degrees, enjoy the benefits of civilization, including the Internet. Today, various maintenance services such as financial and trading companies. Every resident of Moscow has the opportunity to pay for the purchase online, and it will be delivered to the address. In addition, the web is the heart of current entertainment, where you can find movies, music and video materials. The work of many people is somehow connected with the Internet, so you always need to stay in touch. Wi Fi in Moscow is a great opportunity to have a wireless connection almost all the time. To do this, you need to find free Wi-Fi access points, of which there are a fairly large number in Moscow. Some of them provide a fast connection for watching videos in high quality, while others simply give a minimum speed for checking mail and messages on social networks.

Where to connect Wi-Fi in Moscow?

I would like not only to find a free opportunity to connect to WiFi in the capital, but also to do it where it is pleasant to spend leisure time. An excellent example here would be Gorky Park, whose doors are open to everyone around the clock. Here you can definitely not only have fun with your friends, but also surf the Internet at a good speed via Wi-Fi. Young people can combine business with pleasure (study and entertainment) by visiting the largest Russian State Library in Moscow, which has thousands of entertaining books, but the administration does not forget about modern benefits, therefore it offers readers a free Wi Fi access point with a good data exchange rate. Although the summer in 2017 is not the hottest in recent decades, sometimes you still want to have a pleasant rest in nature near a clean reservoir. Golitsinsky Pond falls under this criterion, where there is also the opportunity to connect to Wi-Fi, one of the best solutions on a sultry Moscow day.

Surfing at lunch

Everything is more or less clear with places of rest, but what if you want to have lunch during a break and not lose connection with the Internet? The time-coffee house "Indigo Coffee" is a great opportunity to solve this problem, and at the same time dine in one of the most comfortable establishments in Moscow. The ULEJ coworking coffee shop is also a good option, come with friends, or enjoy the atmospheric loneliness over a cup of coffee, scrolling through the VKontakte feed at a good speed from a free Wi-Fi hotspot.

sudden joy

Sometimes in Moscow you can run into Wi-Fi even where you least expect it. AT in public places the chance to find an access point without a connection fee increases many times, for example, the Savelovsky railway station. In addition, the lion's share of bus stops and metro stations can also provide Wi-Fi. ordinary citizens, albeit at a low speed, but for a messenger it will be enough. To explore all the places in Moscow, it will not be superfluous to look at the Wi-Fi map, where such information is regularly updated depending on the appearance of new hot spots.

“You have approached the cut-off threshold. Please top up your balance or order the “Extend speed” service for 100,500 rubles for 2 hours”. I don’t know about you, but I receive similar messages from the operator every month, and, unfortunately, far from the last day of charging the subscription fee. In most cases, SMS happiness arrives at a time when access to the Internet is needed more than ever. It is good if there is some cafe with free Wi-Fi nearby. However, often the word “free” means the purchase of something from the range in exchange for a password. And here the question arises: 100 rubles for a password and coffee, or exactly the same amount for an “extension of speed”?

And it would be really convenient if all the cafes were with unlimited access to the network. You wouldn’t have to ask the waiters for the Wi-Fi password every time, and then ask again, because you can’t remember a set of 15 letters and numbers the first time. And then again because he/she speaks softly and indistinctly. In general, sheer hassle, especially if the matter is urgent enough, and five minutes is enough to deal with it.

Alas, the password is not always printed out on a piece of paper so that you can safely enter it. Or this sheet is behind the bartender's counter and is not visible. At this moment, I sincerely want to kill everyone: operators, waiters, and then the Wi-Fi point, which (it turns out) has had its password changed. And how nice it would be if all the available passwords from all Wi-Fi points were in your pocket - just looked at the right one and entered it. Something similar undertook to implement the developers of the application “WiFi Map Pro”.

The principle of operation is quite simple: you look at what wireless networks are available in the area, and then launch the application. WiFi Map Pro determines your location and displays a list of points with their passwords. You choose the one you need, copy the password from the application and paste it in the connection settings. In a few seconds you are already online. The password database is really impressive. Even European countries are supported, so if you want to connect to the network away from your homeland, the application can also help with this.

At its core, WiFi Map Pro is a kind of social network, where people themselves can add passwords they know to access wireless access points. Unfortunately, this social component also has huge disadvantages. At a minimum, a password can be added by absolutely anyone, and what is going on in his head is only known to him. Therefore, some "hooligans" can enter a solid gag instead of real passwords from networks, which makes it difficult to select a real one. To some extent, this is offset by a simple vote (like/dislike) next to each password, so the correct password usually collects the largest number"likes". The second problem is a centralized update. As you understand, the password from any network can be changed at any time, and to add a changed one, it is necessary for someone to enter it. And this time can be extended. However, thanks to the extensive database and the application's operation without a network connection, you may well be able to find the password for several nearby Wi-Fi points.

Do you have enough traffic on the tariff that you have connected? Would you like an app like this? Tell us about it in the comments!