MTS Business Without Borders: now the border closed and securely guarded
Hot news from MTS - to change the pricing conditions in the TS "Business Without Borders" from 06 April this year. The text of the news website of MTS for the first time (around 15:00 03/27/2007) appeared in the list of news bypassing the homepage, by the end of the day link materialized at the last (?) Line in the list of actual news. Just in case copy on your website.The essence of the correction - the rejection of unlimited long distance calls within Russia, starting with 3001 minutes of these calls will be charged for 3 rubles per minute. According to MTS, the changes will not affect the "respectable" user tariff. It is assumed that the 3000 minutes of calls a month in Russia does not differ from unlimited calls, as in the description of the tariff, we still see a "unique unlimited tariff for the communication of the whole of Russia - an unlimited number of mobile, urban and long distance calls, including calls in national roaming" without any footnotes / notes. 3000 minutes per month - a good number, more than six hours a day, calls on Russia to very few people need. Is that the "holders" gateway advertises its services on the Internet and collecting rubles for the cheapest long-distance in Russia. On the other hand, not only "shlyuzoderzhateli" fair pay MTS from 5729 to 9110 rubles. per month, and someone of them selected 3000 minutes may not be enough. The situation with the changing conditions of service in the MTS recalled longtime similar case in "MegaFon-Moscow" with the alleged unofficial restrictions on the unlimited inbound links. For that statement was repeatedly berated, including us. The story of the "unconventional" use of unlimited communication is repeated?
In conjunction with this development raises two interesting questions:
- Make a signed contract for the 15-percent discount to pay a penalty in the event of termination of the contract? The Treaty establishing a discount event that changes the terms of service does not stipulate.
- "A holy place is never empty and the already established business to refuse a shame, an alternative - the same rate Beeline" Country in touch. " Whether the operator will adjust its tariff in a similar way, or choose to use paragraph 4.1.4 "Contract for the provision of communication services? "... Do not use the phone number (including unique identification codes) to conduct lotteries, polls, contests, quizzes, advertising, polling, mass mailings, installing locks (or devices) to access the fixed network, Internet telephony and other events leading to malfunction of equipment and communication devices and damage to the Operator "
Violator necessarily
It turns out, the subject of compulsory registration of contracts for mobile communications is still relevant, had time to fade in the window caption "without registration" - the best evidence of this.In five meters away from windows and keep your duty police checked the registration of any suspicious people - not a fly fly by unnoticed. But buyers of anonymous boxes are not interested in the militia, it is not their concern. Without issuing sell Beeline, MTS, Megafon - any contract to choose from. The only condition - the mandatory activation of SIM-cards for sale from this independent commission dealer. Want to pick up a nice ticket for? No problem, but will have to search through the box itself with SIM-cards. Contents at a number not even the most ardent desire, since the agreement form removed from all prepaid-boxes. Bought this way, "Simply put" subscription service "Beeline" not interested: "Do you want to arrange room for yourself? Contact the seller, we will not help you can. " Okay, for the experiments come and anonymous contract, still two times cheaper than the extortionate 300 rub. in the next Euroset.
"Talking the letter" as an alternative to Push-to-Talk
Strictly for the sake of testing this service, we had to buy another SM-map as "a talking letter" does not work at all costs, detailed look at the operator's website. Interesting service, and most importantly - does not require PTT-phone support and network infrastructure of manufacturers, run anywhere and with any apparatus. A quote from the description: "Service" talking letter "is available wherever there is a network of" Beeline ": even in another city, you can always send a letter to their loved ones and listen to good messages on them!". The cost of sending a letter to another region of £ 5.35. on ruble-denominated tariffs and almost 30 cents cheaper ($ 0.15 excluding VAT) - on the dollar. The principle of rounding off prices is not clear enough, but oh well. Within home region "talking letter" go at a discounted price 0.85 rubles. for things, but after May 31, "the cost of sending will be changed" - it's not cheaper there? First audition posts - for free, subsequent play is for money, the price of outgoing calls to numbers of "Beeline" in their region. The maximum duration of a voice message - 20 seconds.I am pleased to reiterate: the quality of recording and playback - a great, SMS-notification letter came a voice to the recipient within seconds after posting. The first play was free and SMS-confirmation hearing was immediately sent to your phone's messages. About nebesplatnosti "replay system warns:" Listening to pay, billing will begin after the beep. " It is clear that regardless of the length of the message protarifitsiruetsya minute conversation, in our case, 5.90 rub. Shelf life unread messages - for three days, listened to - 48 hours. Each pay-play extends the shelf life for another 48 hours, the capacity of a voice mailbox - 99 posts. Instructions for sending voice messages look at the operator's website.
A good alternative to text messages for 20 seconds, you can tell a lot more 70 characters. Quite comfortable to use, send "a letter saying" easier than SMS: dialed with the lattice in the beginning - recorded message - sent by pressing any button. Drawback - the lack of confirmation of delivery, ie the receipt of "voice mail" recipient, we learn only after his plays. With charging after May 31 is unclear, but already announced the price for sending messages to other regions (5.35 USD). Does not look intimidating. Unfortunately, to rely on circulation of such messages between networks of different operators is not necessary yet, to even more unfortunately - in national and international roaming service does not work.
MegaFon-Moscow: "Who called" combined with voice mail
Description of a new version of "Who called" read the site operator, now accustomed to SMS-notification added the ability to post messages. Operator's desire to earn extra income is well understood, but not all customers are willing to pay for listening to voice mail. Apparently, the anticipated negative reaction and did voice mail quite humane: billing begins only after listening to messages, voice information service (including the number of records) is playing for free. Incoming call also starts billed from the start recording messages, greeting system - free of charge.Good news - the old version continues to function on and off until it is not collected. Description of the old version look here, although the description is not exhaustive. The only listed on the site is a combination ** 62 * 79262000223 # only works when you exit the coverage area or turning off the phone. Full list of features of the system:
** 62 * 79262000223 # redirects to "Who called?" By inaccessibility
** 21 * 79262000223 # unconditional forwarding of all calls
** 61 * 79262000223 # forwarding on no answer (turn 30 seconds later)
** 67 * 79262000223 # forwarding line is busy.
Before connecting the new version it is desirable to disable all types of forwarding the command # # 002 #, because the old service higher priority and the new version along with it will not work. Connecting the new "Who called?" - Command * 105 # 2501 #, and the incoming will be forwarded on the grounds of "unavailable" and "busy". Now when you want, you can "fasten your seat and the old version in the mode of forwarding on the basis of" no answer "in such a combination, they will work together.
It is hoped that an older version of "Who called?" Do not disconnect, many are completely satisfied with it. What would be an actual incentive to move to the new version, so this is her elaboration on the image and likeness of services to Beeline: SMS-message arrives as if on behalf of the caller and telephone number of "pulls" the name from your address book. But this is the new version did not, sorry.