Daylight saving time - the period of major changes in consumption patterns of mobile communications. Increased pressure on segments of the suburban network, the individual base stations are no longer cope with the "Cottage" traffic. Because of which, incidentally, regularly suffer from certain suburban towns. In the accounts of subscribers lines appear with frightening figures the cost of calls while roaming, and operators AU perforce learn a memorized the cost of calls to the popular holiday countries. So maybe better to leave the mobile home and enjoy the good old payphones? 
Short educational program
On the "extra" incremental cost in roaming, we have repeatedly written. However, no harm to recall some trivia from the category of "everyone should know this, so you do not be surprised of the account. Familiar with the peculiarities of data reduction and charging calls while roaming may skip this paragraph.- The concept of "vnutriset" roaming does not exist. Even if the number of callers was determined correctly, will still have to pay in full.
- Free incoming, too, cease to be established. Still believe the myth of some "grant element" of incoming calls while roaming on tariff plans with free incoming, this is a myth. The origin of this legend is unknown, most likely from the description on the website operators are not very intelligible formulations such as "international component of the call."
- Per second billing is canceled, the duration of calls billed per minute rounded side.
- Lovely rooms "are becoming common - for" love "in another country will have to pay without any discounts.
- Incoming SMS messages in the vast majority of countries will be free, but the cost of outgoing "notes" can vary widely, an average of 20-30 cents per message. But sometimes a penny for every Russian shaped as letters, particularly not write.
- Conditional forwarding - separate song and favorite feeder operator. Categorically recommended that you disable all call forwarding before the trip, including call forwarding to voice mail service and "who / caller (s)." The only exception - the unconditional call forwarding, in which all members immediately forwarded to voicemail or another number, but in this case is guaranteed to not have to pay for the trip call to another country and vice versa.
- "Short" inquiry services in foreign networks do not generally work, although there are pleasant exceptions (if your service was able to negotiate with a foreign counterpart). In this case, registered in the visited network usually comes SMS-notification.
- Telephone numbers in the phonebook is desirable even before the trip written in international format (eg, 7095 ... for direct Moscow, 7916 (or another code instead of 916) for federal mobile, etc.), a familiar figure eight other countries are not work.
- Take care of enough money in the account should be up to the trip. There are many known cases where blocked because of the negative balance of phone and failed to "revive" a foreign network even after refill. Often (but not always!) Helps full restart the device (with taking out the battery), but until then it is better not to bring - you can stay in a foreign country without a connection.
- Write-off of money for outgoing calls in the guest network can occur after a long delay (several days). Exception - the so-called Camel-roaming (charging in real time).
Overseas heifer - NOT mite!
Roaming tariffs humanity has never been and is unlikely to be. Optimum variant - SIM-card from a local operator. During a trip to a local number you can forward all incoming calls and significantly (one and a half to two times) to save on communication. The problem is that before you travel "here", while local prepaid-kits are sold "over there". You can try installing pokoldovat divert from another network, but it is not always successful. And a lot of troubles: Run to look for / buy furniture, tinker with the settings / settings ... Last time, like mushrooms after the rain there firmochki specializing in "cheap ties abroad," and so-called "tourist SIM-cards." On the websites of these companies you will find many beautiful and the right words about expensive roaming, the cheapness and convenience offered by services. And no information about the real mechanisms work. In fact, in most cases it all boils down to bulk purchasing prepaid-sets and set up call forwarding. Some merit in such a service is: more expensive than if you do everything myself, but cheaper than standard roaming rates of most operators. Although contact with all this extra headache for a short trip on vacation may not be worth it.Uniformly-high roaming tariffs stood firmly until last year. The first "rock the boat" started MegaFon-Moscow, which is understandable: the quality of communication while roaming depends only on the local operator and the incoming of 56 cents in MegaFon "will" is no worse than a half dollar from another operator. The difference in prices (especially in places of mass recreation of Russians) has contributed much to the popularity of MegaFon and cause a headache competitors appearing "tourist SIM-card, too, have contributed to the acceleration of this process of thinking. The results of reflection already available online Beeline here, roaming tariffs actually decreased. And, last but not least, the new principle of zonal pricing greatly simplifies the task of roamers. It is no secret that some enthusiastic personality, even on vacation constantly plagued my phone permutation of SIM-cards, and only in roaming God himself ordered - even rearrange nothing. That's jumping between different operators: one SMS a bit cheaper at the other - soft night calls, a third lower than rates for local calls. Now the Beeline, the discord is over, prices are the same for all local operators.
MTS went the other way, declaring the benefits and gifts for their most profitable contract customers. Read the news here. The essence of the two proposals:
- If you are due to departure on leave "did not have time to use the minutes provided by your tariff plan« VIP 1000 »,« VIP 1000 (federal) »,« VIP 1600 »,« VIP 1600 (Federal) "and" 1000 100 "MTS provides an opportunity next month to get extra minutes as a gift. The amount of mandatory fees will not increase traffic. " All this intricate creation of new words being translated into Russian a simple phrase: unused minutes carry over to next month. Why did not write? Hard to say. Perhaps because the Beeline such a scheme is implemented long ago, with 12 months of the year and all contract rates.
- The second proposal - for users unlimited tariff plans "Exclusive" and "Exclusive (federal). Being in another country and paying a bond on the roaming tariffs, road user unlimited TA released during this period of the subscription fee. Fair and pleasant to the customer, plus an additional incentive to continue to actively use the SIM-card MTS roaming. If not mistaken, this elegant course for VIP-clients so far has not been realized by any of its competitors.
We believe the money
Several years ago, select the operator specifically for single trips abroad to anyone and would never have occurred.Roaming was only available on contract tariffs with the subscription fee, the conclusion / termination of the contract plus the inability (or unprofitable) to receive calls on your usual number ... All this for the sake of saving a few dollars? Therefore, the roaming using the services of its main operator, and other reasonable options simply did not exist. Today, the spread in price per minute can be up to half or two dollars for different operators, and to spend a vacation on the link fifty or a hundred and fifty dollars-two big differences. Roaming services now available on all prepaid-rates, although for different operators have their own subtleties. Roaming in the "Jeans" have to call the office of the MTS, to show your passport and issue a statement. In the Beeline to go anywhere is not necessary, full roaming is automatically enabled with $ 50.01 or more on balance. True, at least off automatically while reducing the balance to $ 20. The exception - a country in which the local operators running Camel-roaming with online billing. In these countries you can go to any positive balance and pronounce the money until the end. Camel-roaming widely introduced throughout the world and will soon issue a "back" balance disappear by itself. Into a megaphone its know-how: in the TS group "Light" fence-high prices for calls to Russia and local calls (calls in the host country).Was an attempt to make a comparison table with examples of roaming prices for several popular summer destinations, but the task proved too difficult. For example, MTS prices may vary greatly depending on the type of call (MTS subscriber or urban), time of day and even the dialing mode. Into a megaphone much easier, but must also be carefully considered. The most convenient way was to Beeline, but he himself with them are not going to compare. Have to send to the primary sources: roaming tariffs MTS look here, the rates here Beeline, Megafon, a contract here and MegaFon Light here. Good luck to all holiday without unnecessary financial losses. And rejoice in the fact that even the most insane roaming account - nothing compared to the queue at passport control in the home Sheremetyevo-2 (see photo at the beginning).