How does the “Gigabyte on the Road” service work? Connect Megafon gigabyte on the road - a profitable service
The question of how much the Internet costs in roaming is of interest to any tourist traveling abroad. If you are in advance, do not take care of purchasing special SIM card, the cost of Internet roaming can range from 7 to 50 thousand per gigabyte. Domestic tariffs mobile operators clearly do not help stimulate the use of Internet communications abroad.
Study our catalog of Internet prices in Europe, and you will no longer have any questions about which SIM card you should use when traveling abroad. Our Internet roaming prices are affordable even for users with limited financial capabilities. Our clients have long stopped asking the question: “how much does Internet cost abroad?” They simply use inexpensive mobile Internet in 37 countries (or an expanded offer in 64 countries) European countries Total from 9 USD for 1 gigabyte and 15 USD for 2 gigabytes.
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| Most profitable internet in roaming 40 MB/day 200 rub. |
The most profitable roaming Calls: |
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Internet abroad 10 MB/day 129 rub. Write-off daily, subscriber. pay. |
The whole world Inbox: Outgoing to Russia: |
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Bit abroad. 30 MB/day 300 rub. Write-off only on days of use, subscription. no fee |
Zero without limits Inbox: Outgoing to Russia: |
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Single operator, packages from 10MB to 2GB: 10 MB/day 86 rub. |
The cost depends on the country, in Europe: Inbox: Outgoing to Russia: You can connect to work over the Russian Federation and make calls within the network. Subscriber no fee. Free calls from Globalsim to Viber WORLDWIDE. |
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Cross 750MB Write-off upon activation of the package, subscriber. no fee. |
Cross Inbox: unlimited Activation cost and validity period see above. Subscriber no fee. |
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Smart Passport 200 MB, Internet Passport: Write-off only on days of use, subscription. no fee. |
Smart Passport: Inbox: 30 min/day Outbox: 30 min./day to European numbers (43 countries), to Turkey, USA, Russia. See above for activation cost and validity period. Subscriber no plans |
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Go Europe 100 MB/day 1 euro Favorable rates in Spain Write-off only on days of use, subscription. no fee |
Go Europe 60 min/day 1 euro Subscriber fee 200 rub./day |
For customers who travel frequently, MegaFon provides additional service"Gigabyte for the road." This service allows you to save money on the use of Internet resources while roaming. Thanks to the option, clients will be able to home network use the Internet in roaming without losing big money for data exchange.
The advantage of the option is its validity period. This way, clients will be able to use the rest of the traffic later. For example, if a trip to Russia has ended and the subscriber has returned to his region, but there is still 500 MB of traffic left on the balance, then they can be used on the next trip. The accrued traffic does not expire even after a month.
The article provides detailed description options that will be relevant for all MegaFon subscribers living in Moscow and the region. The option is valid outside the Moscow region, and is available for activation to people whose SIM card is registered in Moscow and the region.
Option Description
The “Gigabyte on the Road” service allows MegaFon subscribers to receive 1 GB of Internet traffic for using the Internet outside their home network. There is no subscription fee for the option, but subscribers need to pay a certain amount for activating the service. Thus, 300 rubles will be debited from the client’s account for connection.
The advantages of this option should be highlighted separately:
- There are no expiration dates for the service. By activating the option, you can use traffic for several trips, and it will not be cancelled.
- There are no speed restrictions within the provided package.
It is worth noting that when using the Internet, traffic will be rounded up to 250 KB every hour. - All clients of the company can use the “Gigabyte for the Road” service. The main thing is that the “Mobile Internet” option is enabled. The restriction that is imposed on connecting the option is that clients use a tariff plan from the family. Also, the option will not function along with Internet options from the company, for example, the line of “Internet” tariff options. This limitation works because both tariffs and options have unlimited access to Internet resources throughout Russia.
Subscribers should remember that traffic does not disappear unless the service is turned off. If the option is deactivated, then the entire amount of traffic will be canceled, and money for unused megabytes will not be returned.
If there is no traffic
If the packet traffic runs out, then restrictions begin to take effect, namely the speed decreases. Subsequent surfing on the Internet will be paid according to the tariff schedule national roaming. Therefore, customers will need to pay on a per-megabyte basis. The cost of 1 MB over the option is 9.9 rubles. In order to control the rest of the traffic you should use special team. On the device you need to enter *105*1*2# , then make a call.
In order to receive another traffic package, the subscriber will need to activate the option again. The company does not prohibit activating several service packages at once. Once 1 GB is exhausted, the second package will take effect.
How to pay for the service in roaming
Firstly, subscribers need to know how active options on a SIM card that are valid while roaming are checked. To do this, you need to use the ussd request and dial *105*530# on your phone. . This request allows you to view information about services for national and international roaming.
Secondly, it is not always possible to pay for the service standard ways, so you should use the following payment methods:
- Take advantage by bank card and assign it to the number. After this, you can pay for services online.
- You can borrow funds from the company. For this purpose, two services have been developed: “ ”, allows you to get a small part funds, for a period of 3 days and “Pay when convenient”, allows you to receive a significant amount of money into your account, but you need to pay the debt before the 26th of any month.
- You can ask any person from phone book top up your phone by sending it to him, free message, with the " " option.
How to connect Gigabyte on the road
To activate, you can use one of the convenient methods:
- The easiest way is to send a ussd command. For this method no internet access required. On your phone you only need to enter *105*730# and make a call. After this, “Gigabyte for the road” will be activated, and the client will receive 1 GB of traffic.
- You can also connect the service without access to the Internet via sending text message by phone 000105730. You don’t need to write anything in the message, just send an empty SMS.
- If you have a computer and access to the Internet, you can connect the service via personal account. This method is quite simple and intuitive. You need to go to the company’s website and log into your account. After registration, the subscriber will receive a password for authorization on the phone. Then, in the services tab, you can activate “Gigabyte for the road.”
- The option can also be activated using an operator. To do this, dial 0500 and wait for the operator to respond. After explaining the problem, the employee will help you connect the service. In order to dial an operator in international roaming, you should use toll-free number +7926110500.
Using any method, the option will be enabled within 10-15 minutes. Subscribers will not have to wait long for activation. Once connected, clients are notified by receiving a text message.
How to disable the option
- Use the ussd request. Enter *105*730*0# on your device . After dialing, you need to press the call button, this will send a deactivation request.
- It is clearer and more convenient to disable the service in personal account. The process is similar to activating the option.
If you can’t deactivate the service yourself, call center operators can come to your aid. To do this, clients need to dial 0500 or +7926110500.
News from today's review relates to long distance communication And long trips. Namely, Beeline’s new federal offer for calls within Russia and “road Internet” performed by the capital’s MegaFon.
Beeline, “Conversations from afar”
The service is a federal offer and, accordingly, should be available in all regions of Beeline's presence. The essence of the proposal: when making a “distant” call to mobile number Beeline of another region is charged only for the first two minutes of conversation. Thus, the cost of a call lasting two minutes or more in the Moscow region will be 10-11 rubles. depending on the tariff plan. There is no monthly fee, connection is free using the USSD command *110*881#, the service has no validity period.
There are also features and limitations, although this time there are relatively few of them.
- The service is only valid on prepaid plans, unfortunately. But they promised to introduce “Conversations from Afar” on postpaid tariffs by the end of the year.
- The maximum duration of a conversation from a Beeline phone to a Beeline phone in another region is 30 minutes.
- “Conversations from afar” definitely does not apply to the “Beeline World” and “Welcome” tariffs; other exception tariffs are possible depending on the region. Which is quite logical. For example, on the Moscow Beeline World tariff, intranet intercity is charged at 2.70 rubles. at intervals of 5 minutes, i.e. a call lasting less than 20 minutes will be cheaper than on another tariff with the “Conversations from Afar” service activated.
- New service peacefully coexists with the “Favorite long-distance number” service. Calls to “favorites” long distance numbers"are charged in accordance with the terms of this service; calls to other Beeline numbers in other regions are subject to the rules of the "Conversations from afar" service.
- When a package of long-distance minutes is connected, the minutes from the package are consumed first.
There is an interesting trend of unification of tariffs and services in all regional branches of Beeline. Instead of “calculating” and developing individual discount matrices for each region, Beeline offers to pay for the first few “units of goods” at full cost, and the rest as a gift. In mid-February, Beeline launched its “Carefree Internet” service, according to which only the first 5 megabytes of traffic per day are charged at full price. A similar principle of operation and a similar implementation scheme (no monthly fee). The advantages of this model are simplicity, transparency for the consumer and ease of implementation. Indeed, the difference in prices for different regions is already included in the regional base prices/tariffs and nothing needs to be recalculated.
As for the “Conversations from Afar” service itself, from the consumer’s point of view, the approach is very correct. Special rates They allow you to call cheaper, but not so much cheaper that you give up the comfort of using a “native” SIM card with an equally “native” phone number. And taking into account the fact that long-distance calls are rarely shorter than a few minutes, the service looks very interesting and competitive even against the backdrop of special tariffs.
MegaFon, “Gigabyte for the road”...
By this summer season, the capital's MegaFon has finally taken seriously the issue of providing its users with mobile Internet when traveling around Russia. It is no secret that in this niche the operator lagged noticeably and continues to lag behind its competitors; almost all attractive mobile Internet offers were valid exclusively in the home region.
Even 10 years ago, when planning a trip abroad or in Russia, travelers found out the cost of calls in roaming. Today, more attention is paid to voice calls, and Internet access. People need to check their email, look at their feeds social networks, post new photos, and without reference to wireless points access. Therefore, within this review we will look at how Internet from MegaFon works and is charged when roaming in Russia and foreign countries.
Services for the Internet while roaming abroad, tariffs and other tips from our review will help you save money and make communications a little cheaper.
Roaming in Russia
Every MegaFon subscriber will be able to use the Internet while roaming. Especially if he uses tariff plans from the new “Turn on!” line. They are packaged, providing subscribers with packages of minutes, SMS and traffic. Let's see what tariffs will await us Mobile Internet at home:
- “Turn on! Communicate” – 12 GB of traffic, 500 minutes in Russia, unlimited for social networks and instant messengers for 600 rubles/month.
- “Turn on! Look” – 16 GB of traffic, 20 GB on YouTube, unlimited for social networks and instant messengers, 1200 minutes throughout the country for 900 rubles/month.
- “Turn on! Speak” - economy tariff with 3 GB of Internet without roaming in the Russian Federation, unlimited messengers and 600 minutes throughout Russia for 500 rubles/month.
- “Turn on! Listen" - a tariff for local communication, but with the Internet without roaming in Russia. The subscription fee is 500 rubles/month, it includes 250 local minutes, unlimited for instant messengers and music services and 6 GB of traffic;
- “Turn on! Premium - 5,000 minutes within the Russian Federation, unlimited SMS, 20 GB of traffic, 20 GB of video traffic, extended unlimited for music services, social networks and instant messengers for 3,000 rubles/month.
There is no Internet roaming on these tariffs from MegaFon. But it is available on all other tariffs, including without a subscription fee.
Option “Make yourself at home”
Prices for mobile Internet in domestic Russian roaming from MegaFon are quite high. The cost of one megabyte of traffic is 9.9 rubles. with a charging interval of 250 KB. The “Make yourself at home” option will help reduce costs. She maintains her home internet tariff when traveling around Russia. Its connection costs 30 rubles, subscription fee– 15 rubles/day. It is available to everyone tariff plans, with the exception of “Turn On! Premium", "Turn on! Look" and "Around the World". It is not compatible with other Internet options.
Option “Internet in Russia”
If needed unlimited Internet in roaming, use the “Internet in Russia” option. It works with many Internet options (for example, “Unlimited Internet for phone” and “Internet XS”) and archived tariff plans. The subscription fee is 6 or 12 rubles/day, depending on the option and tariff, the amount of traffic when traveling around the country is not limited.
For example, this option available on MegaFon’s “All Inclusive” tariffs - connect it if you are going to other regions where domestic Russian roaming will await you.
“Gigabyte for the road” option
Looking at the name of this proposal, a suitcase pops up in front of your mind’s eye, in which a package with traffic is carefully packed. The volume of this package is 1 GB, its cost is 300 rubles. Interesting feature– no expiration date. For example, you can use 100 MB on one trip, and 300 MB on the next, and any amount of time can pass between trips. If necessary, you can connect several packages at once. Check the balance using the command *105*1*2#.
Features of roaming in Russia from MegaFon
It must be remembered that all tariffs and options provide for coverage area restrictions - in many Far Eastern and northern regions they do not work or are provided with serious speed restrictions. It's all about the high cost of transmitting traffic to such remote regions.
They also do not work in Crimea and Sevastopol - in order not to go broke on local Internet roaming (it costs 9.9 rubles/MB, regardless of tariff plans and options), we recommend connecting the option from MegaFon “Crimea”. It will reduce the cost of traffic to 5 rubles/MB for 15 rubles/day. But it is best to purchase a SIM card from a local operator.
To activate Internet roaming in Russia on MegaFon, you do not need to make any physical movements - it is available by default. Don't forget to turn off the subscription options when you get home so you don't waste your money.
Internet from MegaFon in international roaming
Let's get to the fun part - internet roaming abroad. We warn you right away that this is an expensive entertainment, but there are ways to reduce costs. In order to clarify prices for Internet roaming, go to the MegaFon website and visit the corresponding section there. In it you will find a calculator that allows you to clarify the cost of services - indicate the name of the country in it and get up-to-date data.
Here are some examples from the calculator:
- Türkiye – 350 rubles for a 70 MB package;
- Abkhazia – 400 rubles for 80 MB;
- USA – 350 rubles for 50 MB;
- Australia – 350 rubles for 50 MB;
- Botswana (Africa) – 400 rubles per 10 MB;
- China – 350 rubles for 50 MB;
- Cuba – 92 rubles per 100 KB;
- Azerbaijan – 400 rubles for 80 MB.
In general, prices for Internet in international roaming from MegaFon have dropped slightly - just a few years ago you had to pay substantial sums for each megabyte. Today there are few countries with expensive Internet roaming; in our review, Cuba showed the highest cost.
Please note that traffic packages are only activated when data transfer is enabled. If you don't need the Internet, turn off mobile data - no payments will be made. Repeated manual activation of packages on the current day is also available.
Roaming connection
In order to use communication services from MegaFon in roaming (including the Internet), it is enough to top up your balance at the required amount. In more than 150 countries around the world, subscribers can enjoy online roaming with real-time charging. But for traveling in some countries you should connect free service"Advanced international roaming». For example, it is necessary when traveling to Botswana and other less developed countries.
Current options
To reduce the cost of Internet roaming, MegaFon has prepared two options:
- “Vacation-Online” – connection costs 30 rubles, no subscription fee, cost of 1 MB of data – 15 rubles, geography – Germany, Israel, Egypt, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Turkey, Spain, Finland and many other countries. Please check the list before activating the option and traveling, as the content of the lists tends to change periodically.
- “World Online” – 600 rubles per day for almost unlimited Internet in MegaFon roaming. The option works in 43 countries of the world, such as Abkhazia, Australia, Estonia, China, Italy, Spain, Greece, Denmark, Vatican and many others (we have already mentioned the lists above). Traffic is truly unlimited, only after 1 GB is used up the speed drops to 64 kbps.
Please note that roaming options may be activated with a delay, depending on the number of time zones from Moscow to the country in which the MegaFon subscriber is located.
Internet speed in roaming from MegaFon
In this matter the situation is the same as in home zone. Access speed depends on the network congestion at a particular point, on current restrictions on tariffs and options, as well as on factors depending on the specific operator. None additional restrictions does not apply to roaming subscribers.
By the way, in some countries, MegaFon subscribers have access to roaming in 4G LTE networks. But it will only work if the bands match (some handsets may not register in foreign 4G networks).
Save on calls
In some countries, the Internet is provided in packages of several tens of megabytes. And this traffic can be used for calls in Russia. This is implemented in the following way: register with some IP telephony provider (for example, Zadarma), top up your account, install a SIP client on your smartphone, connect to the Internet while roaming, and use it. You can also connect not to cellular networks, and wireless access points - in developed countries they are everywhere.
