How to use mobile Internet for profit? What are the ways to connect profitable tariff options for accessing online? Can any operator offer more financially attractive terms for using the Internet in comparison with competing companies? There are quite popular tariff options, including "Internet S" ("Megaphone"), and there are those that are adapted to solve narrow problems.
About the operator
Megafon is one of the largest in the Russian telecommunications market. The main profile of her activity is the provision of services in the field of cellular communications. Megafon offers a wide range of tariffs for both voice communications and Internet access from various devices.
What are âtariffâ and âtariff optionâ?
It should be said right away that the term âtariffâ is not the same as being consonant with it and sometimes identified, and incorrectly, âtariff optionâ. In the first case, we are talking about a model of tariffs for voice communications (or another basic package of services) or, say, roaming. In turn, different options can join the tariff - they can be changed, connected and disconnected, but the tariff itself, its conditions will not change from this.
Therefore, if someone talks about the tariffs for mobile Internet from Megafon, as a rule, he means just the option. For example, if the âInternet Sâ tariff âMegaphoneâ is advertised, then the simultaneous tariff option is meant. Very often, this term in relation to services related to mobile Internet is replaced by the word âpackageâ (but there is no single standard here). For example, the phrase âInternet Package Sâ âMegaphoneâ is often found.
Tariffs
Depending on the region, Megafon offers different prices for tariff options related to the Internet. However, the typical names of such services are approximately the same throughout Russia. Among the popular ones is the "Internet S" option. Megafon, of course, is trying to be competitive with other Big Three operators and therefore offers a wide variety of options for providing services. Let's see what their current spectrum is.
Firstly, this is the option âXSâ (we can assume that it was named according to the consonant size of clothes, the full decoding of which in English sounds like âextra smallâ, that is, âvery smallâ). This is the cheapest option, its cost is about 190-200 rubles per month. The volume of traffic on it usually does not exceed 100 megabytes per day. The subscription fee in most regions is not deducted monthly, but daily in equal amounts.
The next of the popular options is âSâ (by analogy with clothes - âsmallâ, that is, simply âsmallâ). Here traffic is given about 3 gigabytes per month, it will cost an average of 350 rubles. Subscription fee is deducted, as a rule, monthly.
Another typical option from Megaphone is âMâ (so to say, the size is âmediumâ or âmediumâ). The traffic is significantly larger than for âSâ - about 7 gigabytes per month. But the amount that the subscriber must spend is also more impressive - 590 rubles.
The âLâ option (probably it can be decoded as âlargeâ, that is, âlargeâ) includes about 25 gigabytes of traffic. It costs predictably more - about 690 rubles a month.
The âXLâ option (that is, âextra largeâ - âvery largeâ) will cost the subscriber 990 rubles a month, but in return he will receive an impressive amount of traffic - as much as 70 gigabytes (the figure from region to region, of course, will vary).
Pricing Dynamics
Sometimes the marketing policy of MegaFon involves a significant adjustment to the cost of tariff options, including those associated with mobile Internet. So, for example, there were cases when in some regions the option âInternet Sâ âMegaphoneâ reduced the cost by almost half.
Moreover, this rule was valid both for new subscribers, and for those who have already used it. With the standard monthly fee (about 350 rubles per month for the option "Internet S"), prices fell to 150 rubles. The user received the same 3 gigabytes.
Features of some options
One of the most popular tariff options from Megafon is Internet S. It combines a fairly low cost and at the same time includes a lot of traffic - 3 gigabytes. This option is great for mobile device owners and in many cases meets the needs of personal computer users. There are enough opportunities to browse the pages of sites, communicate in social networks, open short videos on video hosting sites, listen to music.
The fact that a certain number of gigabytes appears in the Internet options from Megafon means that the subscriber can use this amount of traffic without speed limits (about 2-3 megabits per second, but depending on the signal level it can be less , and more). As soon as 3 gigabytes, as in the case of the "S" option, are exhausted, the Internet access speed will be reduced to 64 kilobits per second.
"Unlimited"
There is a discussion among many users of mobile Internet about whether to consider the Internet from Megafon unlimited. Formally, this is so: having paid a certain subscription amount provided by the tariff option, and provided that the balance on the personal account does not go âminusâ (below the disconnection threshold), the user will have access to the network in any case. However, as we said above, the speed will be decent only within the very gigabytes that are included in the package.
In practice, many tasks (for example, watching videos or transferring large files) at a speed of 64 kilobits are very difficult, and we can say that for users who are faced with such tasks, many options in fact imply limited access to the Internet - be it MTS, Beeline or Megaphone. Unlimited "Internet S" (as it often sounds in advertisements) in fact turns out to be very "limit" for a large number of users.
Megaphone or another operator?
If you look at the tariff options of Megafon related to the provision of Internet access services and compare them with those offered by other operators, it turns out that in almost all cases the prices are approximately the same. For the same amount, the user of the Internet S option, Megafon will give about the same amount of gigabytes as the MTS or Beeline subscriber will receive.
Thus, the decisive role is played by the factor not of financial gain, but of the actual conditions under which the user enters the network (signal strength, coverage quality, etc.) - these factors may already differ for different operators. Therefore, choosing a tariff from MegaFon, one should pay less attention to the benefits of using it, as other operators will most likely not offer cheaper services (and if they do, then MegaFon will be able to give a symmetrical answer in the form adjustment of tariff options). We need to look at technological factors, how well the phone âcatchesâ in a particular place. This is honestly warned in terms of tariffs and options by the communication service providers themselves. It does the same by offering the option âInternet Sâ, âMegaphoneâ. Many subscribers publish feedback about the operator very willingly, and, of course, the company is interested in being positive.
MegaFon Internet Connection Methods
If we decided to choose Megafon as a mobile access provider, how to connect Internet S - a popular tariff option? There are several ways to do this. There is a traditional one - to pay a visit to the nearest office of the operator. But the fact of the matter is that in practice this office may not be the closest at all: it is quite possible that a person is at a given moment in, say, a country house.
Then the way out is to connect through the companyâs website (which, in turn, can be accessed using a friendâs computer or smartphone). There is an âofflineâ method, when connecting certain options, including Internet packages, is possible without access to the network. Consider all the options.
If the Internet is at hand
Subscribers can connect Internet options through online resources. In particular, through the website of the operator itself. Take the option - you need to connect an Internet package that is optimized for use with a smartphone. To do this, go to the page from a mobile device and click on the link to this communication service âfor smartphoneâ.
After that, you can read the information about the available options (among the offered, most likely, will be the option âInternet Sâ). Megafon describes the connection conditions in sufficient detail. If they suit you, select the tab with the name âConnectionâ. Next, enter the phone number in the online field and confirm your intention to connect by pressing the button with the appropriate name. After a while (usually a few seconds) you will receive an SMS to confirm the action taken on the Megafon website.
Similarly, you can connect Internet packages from MegaFon, adapted to access online from a personal computer or tablet.
If there is no Internet at hand
âMegaphoneâ, which is quite logical, allows subscribers to connect Internet options in cases where it is not possible to go online. This is done using simple SMS or USSD commands. What needs to be done to connect a profitable option? Let's use the example of the Internet S package: enter the USSD-command * 105 * 40 # (not suitable for all regions) or make a call to 0500711. Another option is to send an SMS (without text, empty) to 000105400. To the subscriberâs phone A reply SMS will be sent (in all cases) informing about the fact of a successful connection (or other explanations) of the "Internet S" ("Megaphone") option. How to disable options? It is very simple to do this: along with the connection commands, there are those that allow you to perform the reverse operation. In certain regions where Megafon is present, the rules may vary. But in many cases, to disable the âInternet Sâ option, you need to send an SMS to 0500922.