Each person chooses a tariff plan based on their own preferences. After all, tariffs differ in the number of free minutes, SMS and traffic. But even the most accurate determination of needs cannot protect against the fact that at some point the gigabytes included in the TP will run out. In this case, the connection speed on Megafon is severely limited, and the subscriber has to wait for the start of the next billing period.
When the traffic package on Megafon SIM cards ends, the connection speed drops to 64 Kb/s.
In order not to waste time waiting for the traffic package to be updated, you can use. It, as the name suggests, gives the subscriber an additional number of gigabytes, which are consumed at maximum speed.
Having another 5 GB of traffic, you can safely use the Internet until the package is updated. Five gigabytes is enough to watch several hours of video, as well as read news feeds with bright pictures for a whole month. The service is valid until the client exhausts the allocated traffic.
The option only works in Russia, including outside the home region.
How the option works
All cellular operators are gradually moving from per-minute tariff plans to comprehensive package tariffs.
On all current tariffs, the Internet package is limited - a certain amount of traffic is provided for a month. If the package is used up before the new accounting period, the speed is limited. The same thing happens with individual Internet options. When traffic is consumed, further access to the network is possible at extremely low speeds - no more than 64 Kbps. At this speed, it’s not even possible to log into WhatsApp.
As soon as the subscriber approaches the end of traffic threshold, he receives an SMS indicating that the traffic is ending and there is an opportunity to connect additional packages, for example, 1 Gigabyte. They allow you to resume network access speeds and use them as usual.
How to extend the Internet with the help of a MegaFon specialist
Firstly, clients have the right to call 0500 from a mobile phone or 8 from any number, listen to the answering machine and press 0 to connect to an operator. Having provided your passport information for personal identification and after voicing a request to extend the Internet, a company employee should help you.
Secondly, you can take your passport and go to the nearest salon, where you will explain that it is necessary to extend the traffic. You will be asked to select the appropriate Internet option and will carry out activation, giving detailed advice on this issue.
Peculiarities
The coverage area depends on the coverage area of the tariff plan. If the tariff is without roaming in Russia, then the “Extend Internet” package can be used throughout Russia (except for Crimea and some regions of Siberia and the Far East). If the tariff plan is only for your home region, then “Extend Internet” outside the region will not work. In this case, connect “Be at home” or “Internet in Russia”. The last option is relevant for Internet tariffs.
you can connect many times, even if the traffic for the main tariff or service has not ended. In this case, the traffic adds up. The validity period of the packages is limited - as soon as new traffic is provided according to the tariff, all unspent “Extend Internet” balances will be canceled. Therefore, it is better not to connect many packages at once, as you may not have time to use them up and waste money.
Extend speed 1 GB
This option provides an exact limited limit of 1 gigabyte, no matter whether you spend it in a month, in a day or in an hour. Also, for different regions of Russia, the cost of connection is different, we will give a couple of cities with prices.
To activate the option to extend Internet traffic speed by 1 gigabyte, dial the combination on your phone - *370*1#
- In Moscow, the price for renewal for 1 gig is 175 rubles
- For St. Petersburg, renewal for 1000 MB - 119 rubles
- Ekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk region - 100 rubles
- For residents of Ufa rep. Bashkortostan - 160 rubles
- Nizhny Novgorod and region — 89 rub.
- For Novosibirsk and the region - 170 rubles
- For Kazan and the Republic Tatarstan — 160 rub.
- Samara — 160 rub.
In general, in Russia at the time of publication of the article, the price for 1 GB of speed extension does not exceed 200 rubles. But to determine the exact cost, visit the official website of the Megafon operator.
Cost in different regions
MegaFon does not cost the same in different regions of the country.
To find out the cost specifically in your region, you need to go to the operator’s website and be sure to select your city or region in the upper right corner.
Below are the costs in different regional zones:
- Stolichny – 400 rubles;
- North-West – 249 rubles;
- Central – 159 rubles;
- Caucasian – 275 rubles;
- Siberian – 230 rubles;
- Far Eastern – 390 rubles;
- Ural - 290 rubles;
- Povolzhsky – 260 rub.
MegaFon offers to extend Internet access to subscribers of other branches
In some regions, MegaFon options have been changed or are missing altogether. For example, residents of Norilsk and Taimyr MR for 16 ₽ every day can extend the package by 15 MB for use in the DR. 700 ₽ costs 1 GB. For 350 ₽ you can extend your traffic by 500 MB. They also have access to: “Extend Internet XS” (15 MB per day for 15 ₽), “Internet XS” (0.5 GB for 410 ₽) and “On the go.”
Subscribers of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug use only 6 MegaFon services:
- 50 MB per day (16 ₽);
- 1 GB (1100 ₽);
- 3 GB (1500 ₽);
- 5 GB (1700 ₽);
- 500 MB (505 ₽);
- XS 100 MB (30 ₽ per connection);
- Internet XS (50 MB per day for 16 ₽);
- On the way (3 ₽).
The “500 MB” function is also provided in: Sakhalin, Amur, Magadan regions, Buryatia, Kamchatka Territory, Jewish Autonomous Okrug, Tyva, etc.
For current information on your region, check the website megafon.ru, remembering to indicate it in the upper right corner.
Control commands
You can activate the service in several main ways:
- Using USSD request *370#.
- SMS command to number 05009062.
- In your personal account or mobile application.
- On the Welcome Page – when the traffic ends, a special page on the Internet opens to activate the service (not always).
- Through a specialist at the 0500 contact center or MegaFon-Retail communication stores.
If it is not possible to find commands for connecting the service, the Welcome Page does not appear, and the operator cannot be reached, your personal account will always come to the rescue.
It’s easy to activate the service in your personal account: in the “Services and Options” section, go to the “All available” tab, find “Extend Internet 5 GB” and connect.
In a similar way, you can activate the service in the MegaFon application:
Connection of additional megabytes for a day.
Do you want to know how to extend traffic on MegaFon at any time?
Then this instruction is exactly for you. Extending traffic for the next day means adding 70 meters of Internet above the tariff for 19 rubles, but the cost may vary depending on your home region. The traffic validity period begins from the moment of connection and ends at 23:59 of the same day. Internet meters that you did not have time to use automatically expire and do not transfer to the next day.
In order to view the remaining Internet traffic, you must enter the USSD command *558# call.
The options for how to activate this service for extending traffic for a day are as follows:
- Go to the main MegaFon website in the personal account section
- On your mobile phone, execute the USSD command *372# call;
- Send an SMS with any content, but preferably empty, to the special number 05009063.
Megabytes of Internet traffic are calculated rounded to the nearest 250 KB.
The service is valid until 24:00. Cost of Internet renewal in Moscow
Basic conditions
This option should be used when the main gigabytes have run out and new ones are required. You can connect several of these additional packages, their number is unlimited. There are no daily or monthly subscription fees. You only need to pay upon activation of the package.
If after connection the traffic becomes inaccurate, it is automatically rounded towards the subscriber. And in the event that the main traffic is resumed, it will begin to be used again, despite the presence of additional traffic.
The service in question is valid throughout the Russian Federation, with the exception of the city of Sevastopol and the Republic of Crimea.
Commands for checking the remaining Internet traffic
To avoid overuse of traffic and control the existing one, you need to periodically check the balance. To do this, you can use different verification methods:
- One of the simplest is the ussd request *558#. After the call is made, the phone screen will receive information not only about the remaining traffic, but also about all other balance data.
- For a simplified verification option, you can use another ussd request. You need to dial *105*693# on your phone. This command is used solely to find out the remaining megabytes and the tariff used. Information after sending a request is shown in a few seconds.
- To check the remaining traffic, MegaFon subscribers can use SMS messages. To do this, you should write the word “remainder” and send it by phone 000663. You can also write the message in Latin letters. After such a sending, a counter message will follow with the number of megabytes remaining.
- Using the Internet, you can check your balance in 1 minute. To do this, you need to use the “Service Guide”, also known as your personal account. You can access it on the company's website. An analogue of the office is a mobile application. You can download it either from the market or any other website.
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Megafon speed auto renewal
For some tariff plans (for example, the “All Inclusive” package), automatic renewal of the speed is installed, at which activation of the renewal service is not required, but during the month it is permissible to use only 15 additional Internet packages with a capacity of 200 MB each.
Information about the “Auto speed renewal” option. One such package can be purchased for 30 rubles, which is quite expensive for some users and they want to disable this option.
Well, it can be done this way:
- Completely free, send the text “0” to the number 05001133 and this option will no longer be in the list of services connected to your number.
- Send a USSD request *105*1133# , ending it with a call button.
- Or order deactivation of this service through your Personal Account.
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Checking status
Before connecting the required service, you need to find out whether the megabytes were actually used and only then decide how to add 5 GB of Tele2 Internet. You need to ensure that all available options and traffic volumes meet your needs. To check the status, you will need to select the following actions:
- Type the appropriate set of characters.
- If traffic is checked on a smartphone, the command *155*15# is dialed.
The essence of this command is that after entering a short data combination, you receive a corresponding notification regarding the balance of available MB per month. It is on the basis of this information that a person makes a decision regarding the need to activate the volume of traffic.
