MegaFon “Social Networks” option: detailed overview, how to connect, cost and limitations

Date: September 30, 2021 | Updated: August 23, 2021 | Author: Moblie-man

The last 5-10 years can safely be called the era of Internet technologies. It was over these years that the World Wide Web became so popular and in demand even in the most remote corners of our planet. Today, each of us uses all kinds of web services every day, communicates with friends, relatives and colleagues in instant messengers, views and listens to all kinds of content. However, if we talk about the most popular Internet resources, then these are, without a doubt, social networks.

For a large number of people, the Internet is completely limited to the use of such services. After all, in social On networks today you can chat with friends, listen to music, and even watch movies. And this is an obvious advantage. But traffic to social networks, given the quality standards of modern content, “flies away” at incredible speed.

This was also noticed by MegaFon, which implemented a special offer under which social networks can be used for free. And today we will consider this tariff in as much detail as possible in our article.

Who is this option for?

This service is intended for active Megafon clients on social networks. These include the majority of users of mobile services among young people, as well as other categories of citizens. According to statistics, the use of mobile Internet in tariff plans is most often spent on communicating on social networks and using the various services that are included in them.

If the Internet included in the default tariff is not enough for you, you do not have to switch to another tariff plan with a larger amount of web traffic. For this purpose, the “Social Networks” option has been developed, which allows you to eliminate the problem with the lack of Internet.

Terms of unlimited Internet on Megafon

For Internet without restrictions and full use of its capabilities, Megafon offers the following tariffs:

• Megafon Online. This package does not require a subscription fee. The cost of 1 MB is 2.5 rubles. and is suitable for owners of old phones who are not used to spending large amounts of traffic.
• Get involved! Communicate! Here you get 12 GB and unlimited use of social networks and instant messengers for 600 rubles/month.
• Get involved! Look! – 16 GB of traffic, unlimited on social networks and instant messengers, 20 GB on YouTube for 950 rubles/month.
• Get involved! Listen! – 6 GB and unlimited messaging for 500 rubles/month.
• Get involved! Speak! – 3 GB of traffic and unlimited on whatsapp, emotion, viber for 500 rubles/month.
• Get involved! Write! – 2 GB of traffic and unlimited messengers for 350 rubles/month.
• Get involved! Premium! – 20 GB of traffic, unlimited instant messengers, music and social networks, 20 GB on YouTube for 3,000 rubles/month.

These conditions of the telecom operator are designed for owners of smartphones and mobile phones, because voice option services are also provided. If such services are not needed, then you can connect 1.5 GB traffic for 190 rubles; 4 GB for 400 rubles; 3 GB for 350 rubles; 16 GB for 590 rubles; 36 GB for 890 rubles; almost unlimited for 1290 rubles.

What is included in Megafon Social Networks

The option under consideration, offered by the cellular company Megafon, provides the opportunity to save Internet on communication through social networking sites. Most of this operator’s tariffs include mobile traffic packages, the size of which depends on the amount of the subscription fee. Some subscribers only need the Internet to communicate with loved ones through social networks.

In this case, there is no point in giving money for an unnecessary amount of traffic. But there is another side to the issue: when the user does not want to spend the provided package to view his VKontakte or Odnoklassniki page. the Megafon Social Networks option was designed for .

By activating this service, the subscriber is given unlimited access to social networks, which is not charged when using the main Internet package or paying for a one-time Internet session. The option requires a daily fee of 4 rubles, which is charged from the phone balance at the time of connection, and then every day. As a result, for 120 rubles per month, the subscriber is provided with unlimited access with minor restrictions. Internet access under the terms of the option is possible only if your phone number is positive. The operator does not charge money for connecting the option.

If there is not enough money in the account to pay, the option is blocked until there is sufficient replenishment. The Megafon Social Networks option extends its effect to the mobile applications VKontakte, Facebook and Odnoklassniki. The period of operation of the option after its activation is not limited in time; deactivation is possible only by the subscriber himself.

Attention : for unlimited use of the Instagram network, the Megafon operator has the “ Social Networks ” option, which is similar to the option in question, with minor changes.

is available to subscribers with connected tariff plans “ Turn On Listen ”, “ Warm Welcome M 2017 ”, and “ Turn On Speak ”.
The option is available on smartphones and tablet computers, but does not work for routers and modems that connect to a personal computer.

Unlimited tariffs Megafon

Unlimited tariffs from Megafon are usually understood as tariffs from the “Turn On” line. For the most part, these are tariffs that imply the availability of unlimited Internet via instant messengers and calls within the network. These are tariffs that require a mandatory subscription fee and the availability of a certain number of GB to use the Internet.

Working unlimited Megafon can be connected or you can find out about the details using the tools

and call. You can also send an SMS to the specified numbers or go to your personal account, where the operator can help you make your choice.

Features of the option

For Megafon subscribers who have subscribed to tariff plans of the “ Turn On ” line: “ Listen ” or “ Speak ”, starting from 12/25/2017 to 02/28/2018, the option in question has become available for an unlimited time without payment. Subscribers save 120 rubles every month. If you study the option parameters in detail, there is an important point: video content that is embedded in social networks is most often located on third-party sites.

When watching videos from other resources, mobile Internet is charged as usual on a paid basis, except for the video portals YouTube, Rutube and Vimeo. The operation of the option applies to the use of the above-mentioned applications for social networks, as well as through Internet browsers on their web resources.

Despite the obvious benefits of using the Internet, this operator service has some negative aspects that are not always discussed. Here are some of them:

1. The amount of the subscription fee may vary in different regions of Russia.
2. Unlimited traffic is provided only when communicating on social networks through original applications that are updated and relevant.
3. If you access social networks through a search browser, the Internet will be charged according to the basic tariff conditions.
4. Clicking on third-party links within a social network is paid according to the basic conditions.
5. The option does not work on other social networks except those listed above.
6. Outside the home region, the cost of the Internet may be charged at roaming prices in Russia, if the tariff does not have conditions for unlimited access to the network when traveling in Russia.
7. The option may not work with all tariff plans and services. To check the availability of activation on your phone, use your Personal Account.
8. When using VPN technology, any version of the Opera mobile browser, or other browsers that compress information, the Internet will be charged for any services.
9. To check the rest of the Internet, use the Megafon or your Personal Account on the operator’s website.
10. When switching a number to another tariff plan, the option is automatically disabled.
11. The conditions of the option are only suitable for SMS to mobile numbers. Messages to short numbers of news and entertainment services are charged in full at the operator’s rates.

Review of Megafon unlimited tariffs

The newest “Turn on” line from the telecom operator Megafon offers its subscribers the following tariff plans, differing in tariff conditions:

Get involved! Write

• 350 minutes
• 200 sms
• Cost: 350 rub. \month

Regardless of the package chosen, the call rates will be the same:

• For Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Georgia – 35 rubles per minute.
• For Turkey, Israel and Europe – 55 rubles per minute.
• Other countries – 75 rubles per minute.

How to enable the “Social Networks” option

If you are interested in this offer from Megafon, use the methods suggested and enable the option for unlimited communication via the World Wide Web.

1. Use the quick activation option on the Megafon website. To do this, go to the “ Internet ” section, find this option, click on it, then on the “ Connect ” button. Enter your phone number and press the “ Get Code ” button, which sends the connection code to your phone. Then confirm this code on the site, and you can consider the option enabled.
2. Register your Personal Account on the Megafon website. Log in and go to the available options section and connect the service, following the system prompts. It won't take much time, but you will learn how to connect options on Megafon.
3. Install the Megafon mobile application from the Google Play online store, or from the App Store, depending on the type of mobile device you have. Once you log in to the application, you can also easily connect any service or option, similar to the previous method. The application interface is made as convenient as possible for subscribers. Authorization occurs automatically; the phone number is read by the application from the installed SIM card.
4. Dial the symbol combination *456*1# and press call. This command is processed by the system, then the option is enabled.
5. Create an SMS message and enter the word “ YES ” in the text field. Send a message to the service number 0500-4561 . The command also goes through processing, after which the option is enabled.
6. Use voice menu features. Call 05004561 and follow the voice menu commands. This will also enable the Social Networks .

Alternative methods

There are other connection options that are alternative methods:

1. Go to the nearest communications store . Show the number owner's passport and ask to activate the option on your tariff. The number must be registered in your name, otherwise the presence of the owner or a power of attorney from him is required. Otherwise, connecting the option is impossible.
2. Call support operator This operation is performed free of charge. Telephone numbers to contact the operator: 0500 , 7800-5500500 . To call an operator while roaming abroad, use the number 7926-111-0500 . The method requires waiting time for a connection with an operator, so not all subscribers are satisfied.

After connecting the option using any of the proposed methods, a notification of successful connection is automatically sent to your phone, and the money is debited from the phone balance.

Unlimited Facebook without unlimited FB Messenger

At first glance, the uneven distribution of Internet services between tariffs is obvious. Thus, free access to Instagram from social networks is provided only in the “Premium” and “Look” tariffs. Similarly, among instant messengers, free access to Telegram, FB Messenger and OK Messenger is only available in the Premium tariff. At the same time, access to the social networks Facebook and Odnoklassniki is present in a larger number of tariff plans.

If the tariff plan does not contain unlimited access to any services, then it is possible to connect the option. A package of unlimited access to all of the above messengers will cost 2 rubles. per day, package of unlimited access to social networks (Vkontakte, Facebook, Odnoklassniki) - 4 rubles. per day, unlimited access to Instagram - 2 rubles. per day. Also for 4 rubles. per day you can buy unlimited access to music services and for the same price - unlimited access to video services. For 50 rub. You can activate unlimited SMS messages per month.

Although Internet traffic is limited in all tariffs, you cannot distribute Internet from a smartphone in option or modem mode: for this you need to connect an additional option.

In addition to the “Write” and “Listen” tariffs, the package of minutes can be spent on both local and long-distance calls. “Premium”, “Chat” and “Watch” tariffs continue to apply when traveling within the country. In the “Talk” tariff, a package of minutes is valid when traveling around the country, and in the “Listen” tariff - a traffic package. For 15 rubles. per day, you can expand the tariff for intranet roaming.

How to disable Social Networks

If necessary, you can disable the option in question if you do not require unlimited traffic for communicating on social networks. This can happen for a variety of reasons that are not discussed in this review. To do this, use the following methods:

1. Register on the operator’s website and get access to Personal Account . After logging in, go to the existing services tab, find the “ Social networks ” option and disable them.
2. the mobile application discussed above, it is convenient to connect or disconnect services and options. In the services section, find this option and disable it by simply pressing the switch.
3. Dial the request *456*1# and send it using the call button. The request is processed and the option is disabled.
4. Send a message with the text “ STOP ” to the number 0500-4561 , after which the service will be disabled.
5. In communication salon, with the number owner’s passport, you can quickly disable any option, service, or switch to another tariff plan. This service is provided to subscribers free of charge.
6. Call help desk at the numbers listed above and ask to be spared the paid “ Social Networks ” option. In this case, you will have to wait for a connection with a specialist, and also first listen to the commands of the automatic informant.

After canceling the service in any way, a message indicating successful deactivation will be sent to your number. After this, funds will not be charged from the phone balance.

Unlimited messengers

Megafon presented a new line of package tariff plans “Turn on”. Instead of unlimited Internet traffic, the new tariffs offer unlimited access to social networks, instant messengers and other Internet services.

The junior tariff in the line is “Write” - for a subscription fee of 350 rubles. per month (hereinafter prices for Moscow) provides 350 minutes of telephone calls, 200 SMS messages, 2 GB of Internet traffic and free traffic for instant messengers WhatsApp, Viber and eMotion (a messenger created by Megafon). The tariff is aimed at users who need various types of messaging.

Tariff plan “Speak” for a subscription fee of 500 rubles. per month provides 600 minutes of calls, 3 GB of Internet traffic and unlimited traffic to WhatsApp, Viber and eMotion instant messengers. The tariff is aimed at users who need voice communication along with messaging in instant messengers.

The “Listen” tariff is intended for music lovers. For a subscription fee of 500 rubles. per month, 250 minutes of calls, 6 GB of Internet traffic, unlimited access to instant messengers (WhatsApp, Viber, eMotion) and music services (Vkontakte Music, Boom, Yandex.Music, Zvooq) are offered.

“Unlimited communication” - description of the service

Typically, although tariff plans provide favorable conditions for mobile network clients, their resources are often insufficient. Therefore, to expand the functionality, various options for long conversations, unlimited SMS, and Internet traffic come to the rescue. In addition, such services save a lot of money, since per-minute billing is always wasteful.

“Unlimited Communication” from MegaFon was developed as an additional service for some older tariffs that provide a limited number of minutes for on-net calls. The option is designed for users:

• “MegaFon – All inclusive L 2012”;
• “MegaFon – All inclusive M 2012”;
• “MegaFon – All inclusive S 2012” + as well as a modification of the above “CITY” tariffs;
• “MegaFon – All inclusive VIP 2012”

Tariffs from the list are archived. That is, now it is impossible to connect them, but many subscribers still use them. In order to provide the most comfortable conditions for communication, MegaFon has created the “Unlimited Communication” option.

Those who have activated this service are provided with absolute intra-net unlimited access within the network - conversations around the clock! Also, subscribers are given 100 minutes daily for calls to all Russian MegaFon numbers. The cost is affordable - 10 rubles per day. Activation price: 30 rubles.

Some details of “Unlimited Communication”:

• charging period - from 00:00 to 23:59:59;
• if you haven’t used the minutes during the day, they burn out;
• if you called the subscriber around midnight, you need to hang up the call and call back - this is how free minutes are activated;
• the option stops working if you leave the boundaries of your home network;
• free minutes do not apply to forwarded calls and other types of calls - in this case, the charging provided for in the tariff is carried out.

The “Unlimited Communication” service is very useful and beneficial for users who communicate a lot within the network and make calls to different regions of the Russian Federation. Of the minuses: it is not available for the operator’s newer tariffs.

Replacement for tariffs with unlimited traffic

The new line of tariffs replaced the “All inclusive” tariff line. In the latest modification of this line, the subscription fee was from 300 rubles. per month up to 2.7 thousand rubles. per month. The new line has a slightly higher subscription fee. Users of the new tariffs will receive an additional opportunity in the form of unlimited traffic to social networks and instant messengers, but most tariffs will not have a package of included SMS.

This corresponds to Megafon’s new approach to tariff setting - “more for more” (more opportunities for more money), which was announced last week by the operator’s commercial director Vlad Volfson

.

In addition, even earlier Megafon abandoned unlimited tariffs on the mobile Internet - the corresponding option was in the previous line of tariffs, but now it is not available for new connections.

Let us recall that since the end of 2021, mobile operators, one after another, began to abandon tariffs with unlimited Internet access. Yota, a subsidiary of Megafon, was the first to take this step. Instead of an unlimited Internet traffic package, the operator offered packages with a limited amount of data and the ability to connect an additional option with unlimited access to major social networks and instant messengers.

What are the dangers of using hidden tariffs?

Before changing the tariff to a closed one, you should learn about some of the pitfalls that are hidden behind cheap services. This applies to those tariff plans that are issued only to a legal entity. If the subscriber’s number is registered not to him, but to some company, then he loses a number of opportunities:

• Restoring a SIM card. If it is lost or broken, you will just have to buy a new SIM with a different number.
• Change of tariff plan.
• Switch to another operator.

Possible number blocking. Selling tariffs on the Internet is illegal. The operator has nothing to do with this and does not offer to buy a tariff. This is done by organizations that receive SIM cards and activation codes for closed tariffs as corporate clients. After that they start selling online. Such a company may close in a year or earlier, and the number will be blocked, since it no longer belongs to the subscriber, but is registered with the company.

In addition, connecting through a third-party organization is expensive, and the tariff may not have time to pay for itself before the company closes. Therefore, first weigh all the benefits and possible risks. There are reviews online from subscribers who have been using illegal tariffs for more than 1-2 years - depending on your luck.

Exclusive rates look very attractive. Huge packages of services with minimal payment. But the safest way to get such a tariff plan is to enroll in a customer retention program. Thus, the operator itself offers favorable conditions and the subscriber service remains the same.

Purchasing special activation codes on third-party sites means losing your number in the future. The SIM card no longer belongs to the subscriber and sooner or later it will stop functioning. In addition, it’s easy to run into scammers online who will take your money and not connect to your tariff. Therefore, be careful and do not buy into dubious benefits.

Author

For several years he worked in mobile phone stores of two large operators. I understand tariffs well and see all the pitfalls. I love gadgets, especially Android ones.

Detailed conditions

If we talk about more detailed financial and technical conditions of the proposal under consideration, they look like this:

When connecting to the “Communicate” tariff from December 25, 2021 to February 28, 2021, the “Social Networks+” option will be available to MegaFon subscribers, which means 60 rubles per month in savings.

In addition to the terms of the offer already discussed, it should also be noted that Internet traffic is not taken into account for subscribers who have activated the option, both when using Instagram in a web browser and through the official application. However, if you use Instagram through proxy servers or VPNs, the traffic will be deducted from the tariff plan quota.