International access - not a formality
The requirement to show photo identification and to confirm compliance "of the muzzle face" stamped images is known. Practiced by many operators - for example, "International Access to MTS will not be connected as long as you do not deign to pritopat legs in one of the MTS offices and a relevant application. Why - in person mystery to me. On the idea of billing system (if not discharge the same dated last century) quite successfully treated with outgoing calls almost in real time, ie financial losses of the operator is unlikely. However, discuss the degree of heat billings we will not. "Guests of the capital" in the office of the MTS is sufficient to produce a passport and a certificate of temporary registration - all, nothing more is required. Unexpected exclusive gift from the citizens of Moscow MTS Belarus: no need to "bother" with the Moscow registration stamp is quite suitable for registration in the glorious city of Minsk, as well as any other village in Belarus. Unfortunately, to produce this happy news was only after 21 (!) Minute wait on the line clock reference service MTS (waits for a connection with the operator "). I wonder how many "American money" will cost a subscriber Mobile Telesystems attempt to block stolen somewhere in the Spanish mobile phone?
Subscription Services Beeline disappoint his absolute Noninformation. On my attempts to ask a question with podkovyrkoy girl answered in plain text: "if there is a regular recording any features / obstacles when connecting to international access and roaming in Beeline not, then everything like connecting Moscow subscribers. Response in 43 seconds expectations. Even as a boring, honestly. Especially after the painful re-dialing and waiting for the response AC MTS. True, in contrast to the MTS, the individual benefits for the residents of Belarus Beeline not provide.
With the megaphone was all much more interesting. Clarification required as much detail three calls (average waiting time - 1.75 minutes). The information obtained has plunged me into a state of slight shock: it turns out to activate the service "international access" (ie, the right dial 8 to 10 cell phone) "import" the subscriber must confirm their ability to pay! Registration and stamp the provisional registration categorically not "roll": Megaphone insists on the presence of the bank account of at least 1000 U.S. standard units. This is despite the fact that any citizen of not less than any country can easily buy a box Megafonovskogo Light's in the appropriate machine and use relatively cheap international mega-bond at least until blue in the face. Incidentally, this same machine pack condoms cost more than this "exclusive" international communication. Bullshit or specially created "barrage" conditions of connection?
Card literacy campaign
"Innovative" connection conditions of non-Russians to the Megafon network naturally provoked a few questions. The presence of the notorious 1000 dollars in the bank can confirm the corresponding certificates of round seals and signatures of the "first people" of your company. Chore? Agreed. Alternative looks "atrocious grin imperialism" in the form of a credit card with some decent label.Immediately warn: inscription Sberbank Maestro «decent" into a megaphone hardly deem - try to get on their plastic to something like a VISA or EuroCard. Simply give the card to the delicate arms Mega cashier's also not recommended, because the only way to check your financial viability - to request the required amount in 1000 U.S. MNT. After that, this amount is blocked on your account up to automatically unlock in two weeks, with all its consequences in terms of interest on the deposit (the loss of up to $ 10 for the happiness to activate). In principle, the cashier can immediately call again and cancel the request / lock, but you want him / her about this recall. It remains an open question for account holders with a hard limit the amount of lump-sum withdrawal - but, probably, in this case with a megaphone can be negotiated. While I personally have not tried.
Hysteria and geography
Dumb question: where is Armenia? The correct answer (from Megaphone) - South-East Asia! Funny? Not at all, because According to MegaFon Armenia is there. As well as Azerbaijan with Kyrgyzstan. To call in these countries (as well as Vietnam, China and other true South-East) is required to issue a separate service for international access in the countries of Southeast Asia. "Just", international access as a service does not pass - so good to document their willingness to pay for communication with one another in Yerevan. The next logical step Megaphone - require the subscriber notarized list of telephone numbers for which this is the subscriber intends to call. That is to say, "in izbezhenie" ... slightly stuttering such avant-garde, I asked: "And how do you know if I have plugged this most Vietnamese-Armenian service"? Replied the girl from the AC was great Megaphone its immediacy: "But it does not get call - so soon and find out!". Incidentally, the site www.megafonmoscow.ru no mention of this exclusive South-East Access I have not discovered. One consolation: if this delirium, the collective, for the monthly service Megaphone I called about it as much as threefold.