Despite the active development of wired Internet, there are territories that are not yet covered by the cable of a telecom operator. Therefore, some people have to use special devices to access the network - telephones and modems (signal modulator-demodulator).
Cellular operators offer a range of options with which, for a certain monthly fee, you can go online. For example, take the "Megaphone".
The company provides its subscribers with the following Internet options (not to be confused with tariffs):
- Internet on a smartphone;
- XS;
- S;
- M;
- L;
- Xl.
Each service has its own traffic volume (the number of information units in megabytes or gigabytes).
The most interesting from the point of view of capabilities is the option “Internet L” “Megaphone”, the description of which can also be viewed on the official website of the company or can be obtained from the support service.
Tariff and Option
First of all, it is necessary to distinguish between the concepts of option and tariff. The tariff determines the base cost of calls, SMS and traffic. Accordingly, for the subscriber at the time of connecting the SIM card, certain conditions of use are provided, and without a tariff the SIM card cannot be activated. The tariffs that Megafon offers are : Go to 0, Megafon Online, the All Inclusive line, and others.
The option involves connecting, usually with a monthly fee, discounts on anything. For example: packages of unlimited SMS, calls, Internet options - basic and prolonging.
Which SIM card does it work on
One of the largest options in terms of cost and traffic is connected to almost any SIM card, except for a special one, where the "Unlimited GPRS" tariff is set, and no services can be connected.
It must be remembered that the option is activated on the number where there are no such Internet services. If, for example, “Internet M” is connected, but the traffic has already been exhausted there, the “Internet L” option “Megaphone” or other similar service will not work until the previous one is disabled.
In addition, do not forget that some tariffs already include Internet traffic, and there’s no need to connect the service at all.
Roaming
"Internet L" is only valid in the home region. When traveling outside the terrain, basic Internet rates apply. In Russia, the cost of 1 Mb will be 9.90 rubles, in other countries - from 35 for 1 Mb.
In order to use the Internet with the help of "home" options outside your region, you need to connect an additional service that will allow you not only to go online while moving to your destination and upon arrival, but also save a lot of money.
The action of any services and activations will begin at the time of the city where the subscriber is located. If a person with a Kemerovo SIM card has left for Moscow and connected Internet options or other services, then it will be possible to use it only after 4 hours (time difference between Kemerovo and Moscow).
Ways
There are three ways to connect Internet L:
- Independently - through SMS, USSD request (using commands starting with an asterisk) and in your personal account.
- In the communication lounge.
- Through the contact center.
It must be remembered that Megafon and two other large Russian concerns operate throughout the country. In each region, the cost of the Internet options and the traffic included in them is slightly different.
For example, in the Novosibirsk Region, the cost will be 700 rubles (50 GB), and in Moscow - 890 rubles (36 GB). This is the size of the monthly payment for the Megafon Internet L service.
How to connect by yourself
To activate the option that the subscriber is going to use through the modem, you need to send SMS, since the device program does not support USSD requests. A message with the text "1" is sent but number 05009124.
The request through an asterisk and lattice on the phone or tablet is as follows: * 236 * 4 * 1 # and the call key.
The option "Internet L" "Megaphone" is deactivated using the command * 236 * 00 # or SMS with the text "stop" to the number 05009124.
In the communication salon and contact center, specialists activate the option using the program.
At the same time, they have the opportunity to do everything necessary on the room, from replenishing the balance (in the cabin) to activating the promised payment.
About money
In order to connect the Internet option, you need to immediately pay a monthly fee in advance for a month.
For example, on the number of 700 rubles, a service is activated, for which 1.5 rubles are debited daily. The subscriber himself or with the help of specialists activated the "Internet L" "Megaphone".
The description of the service allows you to understand that the money will be written off all at once. In this case, nothing remains on the account, and at zero the option will not, unfortunately, work.
You can replenish the balance by 1 ruble and use it, but the next day the subscriber will be charged for the service (1.5 rubles) and the balance will become negative. With financial blocking, it will be impossible to go online.
In the same way, the situation will arise when using the option outside the home region.
Promised payment
If there is not enough funds on the balance, the subscriber can activate "Internet L" "Megaphone" (the description of connection methods is indicated above) with a special promised payment, which is not connected with the usual one.
The amount of up to 700 rubles (in some regions this amount is more) is provided for connecting the Internet option only when you type a specific command or send SMS. It is impossible to connect a simple promised payment or a credit of trust (you can go negative in the balance to a certain amount).
For example, a subscriber wants his Internet L service on Megafon to be activated, but with a balance of 200 rubles. When you make an independent request for activation, you receive a message that there are not enough funds, and the team you need to dial to connect through the promised payment. The Internet is activated, 1 ruble remains on the balance. Payment must be paid within 7 days.
When connected through a specialist, activation occurs in the same way, but with the help of a program installed on a computer in a communication salon or in a call center.
It is necessary to remember about additional services with a monthly fee. If any money was debited via the promised payment the next day after connecting, you need to replenish the account for the amount of the promised payment plus funds to exit the minus, as well as for the subsequent debiting of the subscriber for the additional service.
The point here is that in the presence of the promised payment, any amount paid to the balance goes towards its repayment. You can get out of this situation by using a mobile transfer from a Megafon subscriber or by activating rubles for points. Only then the balance will become positive and it will be possible to use the "Internet L" "Megaphone".
Description of payment features
The subscription fee for Internet services is debited every month and the options are automatically renewed. Therefore, if a subscriber wants to use another Internet service at the end of the previous one, he will need to disconnect the old one, replenish the balance by the required amount and activate a new option.
Otherwise, when depositing money into the account, the option that was connected earlier will last.
If this still happened, you should immediately call the contact center. At the same time, you should never go online to prevent traffic from being consumed.
The specialist will cancel the failed connection only if the option has not yet begun to use. You can immediately clarify how to disable "Internet L" "Megaphone" if the subscriber forgot the command.
Renewal
It often happens that the number of gigabytes provided per month quickly ends, and the next write-off is still a long way off. In this case, there are special additional services "Prolong speed" from "Megaphone". The traffic "Internet L" or another option is supplemented with traffic for the service.
For example, there is a "Prolong 5GB speed" costing from 230 rubles. Internet speed will recover, but you need to remember that the additional service is directly related to the main one.
If there is not enough money to charge a monthly fee, the Internet option will turn off, and with it the “Prolong speed” (the traffic just burns out).
Territory
Also, all subscribers need to know where the home region ends and the guest begins.
Unfortunately, the state territorial division into entities is not the same as that of telecom operators.
For example, the Siberian Federal District includes the Kemerovo and Novosibirsk Regions (NSOs), but for a Kemerovo subscriber, Novosibirsk will be a guest city. Accordingly, when traveling to the NSO, a person will already be in roaming, which is equivalent to roaming in Russia.