Fireproof gigabytes, communication with a zero balance and 4 more reasons to switch to the new MegaFon tariff
Technologies / / December 29, 2020
Sergey Varlamov
Distribution Director of Lifehacker.
Good Internet for a mobile tariff is almost the main thing that is needed now. You could call me a social phobia sparrow, but I just don't like phone calls, as most of them are a waste of time. And when I last used SMS, I don't remember at all.
Traffic and connection quality are especially important to me. Slow Internet, and often no Internet at all, is the main problem that I very often faced with my past operator. It would seem that you drove only a few kilometers from the city, but the connection was completely lost and you cannot answer your colleagues and relatives.
MegaFon in a new line of tariffs # Without overpayments promises a cool internet with a bunch of unlimited and pleasant bonuses. There were seven options to choose from (there are six of them in Moscow - don't be alarmed if you don't find the seventh). The filling of the same tariffs - the number of gigabytes, minutes, additional options - differs depending on the region. The company has analyzed the behavior of subscribers in each part of Russia and made the tariffs optimal for users. I live in Ulyanovsk, the tariff suited me the most in terms of content "
All». And that's why.1. A lot of gigs. And they don't burn out at the end of the month
I usually spend 13-15 hours a day on the Internet. Due to the peculiarities of our work - distribution of the content of our publication in social networks - it is very important for me to be always in touch and promptly respond to news or changes. Therefore, a large volume of traffic is very important for me.
In the tariff “All"He is just that - as much as 25 gigabytes. On average, I spend half as much a month - 10-15 gigs. Sometimes it comes out more if I suddenly find myself cut off from Wi-Fi. And in April, on the contrary, it turned out less: we were on self-isolation, I was almost constantly connected to my home Internet and spent only 2 GB traffic.
I checked the Internet speed in the application: on the first screenshot - the speed in the city, on the second - outside the city. As you can see, everything is fine in both cases.
There are as many as 23 gigs left from the tariff! They could have been spent on downloading all the songs of Yuri Loza, but, unfortunately, I only know "My raft". Therefore, I would prefer to keep the unspent money in case of going to the camp site and to other places where there is no Wi-Fi, but communication is needed. Moreover, "Vse" has such an opportunity.
Unspent gigabytes in the tariff do not burn out, but are constantly accumulated in your account. That is, they remain not only for the next month, but until you use them up. There is one limitation: at this rate, you can save up to 100 GB, but this is a lot.
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2. The internet can be shared with everyone. Is free
This is an especially cool feature: there is a lot of traffic and you can distribute it to your laptop to work, or share with friends if they run out of Internet or the connection quality is lame. And you can do both at the same time: the number of devices to which the Internet is distributed is not limited.
You can distribute the Internet via Wi-Fi or USB. Free and unlimited - at least all 25 GB. And if they run out, you can continue to share the traffic from the piggy bank: in June I can give away those gigabytes that I did not spend on Loza's discography.
I decided to test this function in two ways:
- Distributed internet to laptop via USB. Traffic was spent playing online quiz. Mind games are one of my hobbies. During the period of self-isolation, they moved online. The Internet from MegaFon made it possible to play without broadcast freezes and perfectly hear and see tasks and my team during a video call in Zoom. We played for an hour and a half.
- Distributed the Internet via Wi-Fi to three devices. The Internet has never failed. Moreover, I was not in the city, but with my parents in the village. At the same time, I watched football on MegaFon TV, surfed the Internet from my laptop and put music on another phone to download. Nothing hung. The call quality remained good.
3. If you run out of money in your account, and you have exhausted the minutes and internet packages, you can continue to chat
Another cool feature of the tariff is "Internet for instant messengers at zero." If you find yourself without money, you can continue to use instant messengers: WhatsApp, Viber, eMotion, Facebook Messenger, TamTam, Snapchat.
I rarely find myself in such situations: I always try to foresee everything and take care of the Internet in advance. Problems with a negative balance and a shortage of minutes can be easily solved by connecting auto payment. But sometimes the circumstances are stronger.
Once during a trip, I had to release promotional materials at a specific time. I even set an alarm so as not to miss the moment. But when I tried to go to the publishing service, I realized that I could not do this. Roaming ate all my funds, but I didn't pay attention. In order not to let my colleagues down, I had to look for a place in a panic where I could top up my balance or just connect to Wi-Fi. I ran a couple of blocks, but fortunately, the situation ended well and nobody's advertising KPIs suffered.
In general, unlimited messengers in the tariff are a super function. I always use instant messengers. This is the last thing I close before bed and the first thing I open when I wake up. As I said above, almost all my work takes place online, so it is very important to be constantly present in the information field. For example, I spent an hour talking with friends on WhatsApp and the traffic remained intact.
4. You don't need to pay for calls to other regions of Russia
The "Everything" tariff includes 600 minutes. It doesn't matter what operator's subscriber you will call and where, within the city or in another region of Russia, you will not have to pay extra. And when the minutes run out, you can continue to call MegaFon subscribers: calls within the network throughout the country are free.
I have already said that I rarely make phone calls, so this feature of the tariff will not be very useful for me. But it had to be tested. This was a real test for me. I called my relatives in another city and talked on the phone! XXI Century. I talked. By phone.
It was a challenge only because I don't like to waste time talking. But I have no complaints about the quality of the connection: the interlocutor was well heard. And everything is in order with the balance: the minutes included in the tariff were written off, but the balance remained unchanged.
5. You can not be afraid that you will be connected to a paid mailing list with horoscopes
Paid, unnecessary mailings, which you do not understand how you subscribed to, is one of the most annoying things in mobile communications. If you have received messages with horoscopes or anecdotes at least once in your life, then you understand what's what.
All tariffs of the #NoOverpayments line include the MegaFon Protection service - protection against paid subscriptions. If someone tries to connect you to an unnecessary mailing list, a warning message will appear on the smartphone screen. To check if this really works, I went to one of the sites that just sins with such things. Everything works: a warning that they want to charge me money has appeared.
6. There is a free online cinema
When connected to tariffs of the line # Without overpayments MegaFon provides access to the MegaFon TV online cinema: to 50 TV channels forever and to movie packages for a month. After 30 days, a message is received that the gift period has ended, and then the movie subscription can be canceled or paid for the next month.
I don't watch films that often, I prefer sports broadcasts to them. But since the sport in the last three months froze in anticipation of the end of the fight against coronavirus, and for the championship of Belarus I didn't really want to follow football - despite all my love for potatoes and potato pancakes - I began to watch more films.
MegaFon TV has a large catalog of series and films, cool TV channels. My favorites are Discovery (a lot of cool content about different parts of our planet) and Hollywood (just a huge selection of films that can be played on purpose or in the background).
In the gift package "MegaFon TV" found the film "Foes" with Christian Bale in the title role. I advise everyone! Internet speed allows you to watch in Full HD without any "brakes". And also - you can download a movie and watch it when there is no Internet.
The main advantage of MegaFon TV is that gigabytes of Internet are not wasted: you can watch as much as you like, even around the clock, and remain with the same balance. A slight inconvenience - if not SmartTV, you can not watch without a set-top box or other special device on the big screen of an ordinary TV. But that's how any digital pay TV works.
My impressions of the tariff "All"- he's very cool. I did not experience any problems during testing. I liked the stability of the signal and the speed of the Internet connection. You can work comfortably, giving yourself the Internet from your phone, watching a movie or sports program in high quality. Even play online quizzes!
If you like to chat, but rarely go online - "Calls». And if you don't let go of your smartphone - “Maximum», «VIP" or "Premium». The monthly fee starts from 200 rubles in the regions and from 500 rubles in Moscow. Select your city on the site to find out the exact cost of the tariff and content in your region.
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