Detailed description of the tariff plan “go to zero” megafon. Megafon tariffs

On March 11, 2019, MegaFon closed the “Go to Zero” tariff for connection, and on July 23, 2019, it reopened it for connection, slightly changing the conditions. I’ll tell you what happened and whether it’s worth connecting to the new version of the tariff in the material.

MegaFon tariff “Go to zero”

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Current version. Rate information updated July 23, 2019

MegaFon tariff “Go to zero” 2020: detailed description

There is no subscription fee on the tariff (unless, of course, you connect additional options).

  • All incoming calls are free, unlimited;
  • Calls to MegaFon numbers in your home region cost RUB 1.20 per minute.
  • Calls to other operators and landline numbers in the Home region: 1.50 RUR/minute.
  • Mobile Internet: packages of 100 MB. for 25 ₽ each. Maximum 10 packages per day.

The fee is debited the first time you access the Internet per day immediately for a 100 MB package; if you have not accessed the Internet, then the subscription fee is not debited. You can use a maximum of 10 packages per day, then Internet access will be suspended until the next day.

  • Calls to MegaFon numbers within Russia (excluding home region): 5.10 ₽/minute.
  • Calls within Russia to numbers of other operators or landline numbers: 13.00 rubles/minute.
  • SMS in your home region: RUB 3.00/message.
  • Messages outside your home region: RUB 3.90/sms.
  • There are separate prices in Crimea and Sevastopol.

All prices are indicated for the Moscow region and the region and may differ in other regions of Russia, check the information on the telecom operator’s website.

Option “Go to zero+”

The subscription fee for use is RUB 5.00 per day. Money is debited daily.

Connecting to the service allows

  • Unlimited calls to MegaFon numbers in your home region;
  • Get 3 GB. Internet traffic for 1 month.

Restrictions

  • The “Go to zero+” option cannot be used in modems and routers.
  • The service is available only on the “Go to Zero” tariff plan.

How to connect or disconnect

  • In the subscriber's personal account.
  • In the application for smartphones and tablets.
  • By calling the number 0500970.

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Pros and cons of the “Go to Zero” tariff

pros

  • No subscription fee.
  • Low cost of calls in your home region.
  • An opportunity to inexpensively connect unlimited within the network and receive a small package of traffic.

Minuses

  • Wild prices for calls to other regions.
  • When you subscribe to a tariff, the paid options “Who Call+” and “Call Hold” are automatically activated. Look in your personal account and disable them if you don’t need them.
  • Switching to a tariff costs 100 ₽ if you have already used this tariff before.

Eventually

Before the changes, or rather before the closure on May 11, 2019, the “Go to Zero” TP took honorable first place

Due to the progressive increase in the number of competitors among mobile operators, the prices for telephone services are constantly decreasing. Every day new requirements and requests from users appear, advanced technologies are introduced, and the quality of the services provided increases.

Operators often make dramatic changes to the service they offer and existing tariff plans. Of the latest new products, Megafon's "Go to Zero" tariff plan is the most popular. Thanks to the developments of the mobile operator, switching to this tariff does not require special knowledge and time expenditure of users. It should be noted that in different regions of the country the procedure for changing the established plan may differ. As an example, the transition process in the capital and the Moscow region will be considered.

Pros and cons of the "Go to Zero" tariff Megafon

As with every tariff plan, the new set has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages of the "Go to Zero" tariff plan

  • Zero subscription fee. This complex will be preferred by subscribers who do not use all the provided minutes every month.
  • You pay for the call only for the first minute. Each subsequent one is charged at zero cost. The restriction is the condition of staying in the region where the subscriber number is registered.
  • The first minute will cost the user two rubles and fifty kopecks. The next ten minutes are absolutely free. Starting from the eleventh minute, the subscriber will pay two rubles and fifty kopecks for each minute. This condition applies only to calls to other regions of the country.

Disadvantages of the "Go to Zero" tariff

  • After using one hundred and twenty-one minutes of online calls per day, for each subsequent minute a fee of one and a half rubles will be charged.
  • When calling subscribers with the “Just for Communication” tariff package, for one minute of conversation you will need to pay two rubles and thirty kopecks. The main problem for the subscriber is the lack of information regarding the interlocutor’s tariff. Each conversation will cost a considerable amount of money.
  • When calling landline numbers or numbers of other mobile operators within their region, the subscriber must pay two rubles and thirty kopecks for each minute of conversation.

What category of subscribers is Megafon's "Go to Zero" tariff plan designed for?

  • The tariff is suitable for subscribers who most often make calls within their network. Megafon's "Go to Zero" tariff will be the ideal combination of the provided call minutes and their price.
  • Subject to the condition that the call duration does not exceed ten minutes, the tariff plan will be useful to users when communicating in different regions.

Pricing policy of the “Switch to 0” tariff

  • From the second minute of the conversation, the cost within the network will be zero rubles. The first minute is charged at one and a half rubles.
  • For calls to subscribers with the “Just for Communication” tariff plan, you need to pay 2 rubles 30 kopecks per minute of conversation.
  • When making calls to city landline numbers and numbers of operators of other cellular networks, the price per minute will be 2 rubles 30 kopecks.
  • Within the country, calls to operator numbers will be free from 2 to 10 minutes. The first minute and each subsequent minute, after the eleventh, are charged at a cost of two and a half rubles.
  • 10 rubles per minute will need to be paid for calls within the country to phones of other operators and landline numbers.
  • The price of each text message will be 1 ruble 90 kopecks. When sending SMS to Megafon operator phones, you will need to pay 3 rubles per message. This condition applies if correspondence is carried out with a user in another region of Russia.
  • If a subscriber sends SMS to phones of other operators within the country, the price of one message will be 3 rubles 55 kopecks.
  • Regardless of geographical location, multimedia messages in Russia will cost 7 rubles.
  • By default, the operator rounds each hour of traffic to 250 kilobytes. For one megabyte of data, according to traffic conditions, you will need to pay 9 rubles 90 kopecks.

How to subscribe to the Megafon tariff “Go to ZERO”?

To switch to a new tariff plan, you can choose one of the proposed methods:

  1. USSD request confirmation *105*0048# will make a direct transition using one command on the phone.
  2. In your personal account, the Megafon operator provides the ability to manage services. To perform the function, you can make the transition using a device (phone or computer) on which the Internet is installed.
  3. Activation can also be done at a Megafon service representative. To confirm your identity, you need to take your passport. For information. The cost of installing Megafon's "Go to Zero" tariff plan is ninety rubles. To complete the procedure, you must make an advance payment of two hundred rubles. These funds will be credited to the subscriber's account.

Disabling the "Go to Zero" tariff plan

If the user is not satisfied with the terms of the tariff package, he can refuse it. The subscriber must first select a more suitable tariff that will meet all the requirements. To view all current offers, you can see

Each tariff plan has its own target audience, for which the advantages it contains are designed. They must attract the attention of subscribers and convince them of the benefits of the proposed conditions. But every positive side must be complemented by a minor negative so that the operator can make a profit. This is clearly noticeable in the example of the Go to Zero tariff proposed by Megafon, the description of which clearly indicates all the distinctive features it contains. When studying the prices, it is obvious that this tariff is designed for those who talk frequently and for a long time within the network, so they are willing to overpay a little for conversations with subscribers of other operators.

In 2020, there are 2 main options for the Go to Zero tariff. The first can be called the standard, basic option, and the second includes. The description of the conditions available in them should begin with the standard tariff option.

  • calls within the network within the home region are partially free, since you have to pay one and a half rubles for the first minute of calls and starting from 90 minutes of calls per day;
  • other home region numbers – 1.5 rubles;
  • communication within the network throughout the country – 2;
  • other numbers in Russia – 12.5.

SMS messages:

  1. in the home region – 1.5 rubles;
  2. company users in other regions – 2;
  3. other Russian numbers – 2 rubles;
  4. mms – 7.

Each megabyte of Internet traffic costs 9.9 rubles, but standard conditions usually include the XS Internet tariff, which includes 115 MB of traffic per day. Its use requires a subscription fee of 5.5 rubles. per day.

Go to zero + Internet

Many parameters of this offer are more profitable than those available in the previous one, but some subscribers may be extremely upset by the presence of a monthly subscription fee of 150 rubles. Otherwise, clients are offered quite favorable conditions.

  • in the home region within the network - free of charge;
  • 200 minutes to Megafon to other regions, after the limit is exhausted, the price is set at 1.5 rubles;
  • 1.5 to third-party phones in the connection region;
  • 12.5 – conversations around the country.

The cost of SMS and mms messages is the same as the prices described in the previous version.

Internet:

  1. users are provided with 1 GB of traffic monthly;
  2. then additional packages are added that require separate payment;
  3. otherwise, the cost of a megabyte is 9.9 rubles.

It is also worth mentioning that these prices are not valid in all regions. In Moscow, St. Petersburg and many other cities they may differ. The exact conditions should be clarified on the website or with support operators.

Connected services and options

Changes to Megafon's Go to Zero tariff in 2020 affected the cost of calls within the network, but left unchanged additional options that remained available to everyone. These options and functions make communication much more convenient and easier. The mobile operator provides customers with:

  • video calls;
  • number identifier and anti-identifier;
  • redirection;
  • call holding and waiting;
  • call barring;
  • SMS check;
  • conference call;
  • personal account and USSD service;
  • options “I called” and “who called”;
  • light version of Megafon-mail;
  • national and international roaming;
  • “zero problems” service;
  • access to entertainment content.

The final list contains a lot of additions and pleasant bonuses that will make using cellular communications much more convenient.

How to activate the tariff go to zero on Megafon

The changes made did not affect the connection of the tariff plan. Subscribers still have access to many ways to switch to this tariff. In this case, the connection will be absolutely free, and the only exception will be cases when clients try to change the existing conditions for the second time in a month. In such situations, the cost of the transition will be 150 rubles. Additionally, you should keep track of your balance. It must be higher than 100 rubles.

The most convenient way to connect is to use a telephone. To do this you can:

  1. dial a simple command *105*0048# (*105*0095# for the option with a subscription fee);
  2. send an SMS with the text Yes to a special number 0500948 (0500995);
  3. call 0500948 (05000995) and follow the system prompts.

How to switch to the tariff Go to zero Megafon

Those who find using the phone inconvenient should connect the selected conditions in a different way. Such subscribers will have to choose one of the following options:

  • on the official portal of the mobile operator;
  • in the user's personal account;
  • in the company's offices.

In the first case you will need:

  1. go on the website;
  2. go to the tariff plan page;
  3. select “connection”;
  4. indicate the current SIM card number;
  5. confirm actions.

Almost the same thing will need to be done in your personal account.

When visiting the office, you must have your passport on hand. Once you reach the company’s branch, you should seek help from a specialist working there. He will do everything on his own.

It is worth mentioning separately the possibility of purchasing a SIM card. You can buy it in the office or order it on the official website. Then it will be delivered to the specified address.

Shutdown

What happened at Megafon Go to zero, the tariff change from August 1, 2020, was not liked by all subscribers. Some began actively looking for ways to disconnect. But not a single operator allows customers to simply refuse connected services. In order not to take advantage of an unfavorable offer, you need to replace it with another, more suitable one. Then the previous one is deactivated on its own.

Those who do not want to change the conditions and are so dissatisfied with the changes introduced on August 1, 2020 that they are simply going to refuse the services of the mobile operator should block the SIM card. To do this, you need to visit an office or personal account.

As a last resort, you should just stop using the SIM card. After 3 months it will be deactivated automatically. But you should make sure that all options with a subscription fee are disabled.

Additional details and nuances should be clarified by calling the support number 88005500500 or short number 0500.

Please note that the "Around the World" tariff has been discontinued. If you had it connected before its withdrawal, it will continue to operate at the tariff indicated below. You cannot connect or switch to this tariff again.

Subscription fee: 0 rub.;
Calls:
- To Megafon numbers: 6 rub/day- activated on the first call, the fee is not charged during the entire next day;
- To other numbers in the Home region: 5 rub/6 min - in packages: if you use up a package, the next one is activated automatically;
SMS: 2 rub/SMS– Home region;
Internet: 20 RUR/100 MB- in packages; after one package expires, the next one is activated automatically.

Tariff cost of calls

The “Go to Zero” tariff is suitable for those people who are focused on communicating within the network. There is no subscription fee here

  1. At the beginning of the day, when you make a call to Megafon subscribers in your Home region, you will be charged 6 rub., after which unlimited conversations within the network apply;
  2. As for calls to other regions of Russia to Megafon numbers, the cost is 5 rub/min, to numbers of other operators – 12.5 rub/min.

When traveling around Russia, tariffs are different:

  1. Incoming from local numbers - 0 RUR/min;
  2. Incoming from other regions - 5 rub./min.;
  3. Outgoing to local numbers - 2 rub./min.;
  4. SMS to Russian numbers - 3 RUR/SMS.

Also on the operator’s official website there is a disclaimer that the cost of calls to the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to Ukrainian numbering in the +380 code is 35 rub/min.

Mobile Internet

Mobile Internet with optionXS provided at a rate 70 Mb/day. no speed limit. The cost of using this option is free for the first seven days, and for subsequent days it is 7rub/day. Without connected options, mobile Internet is provided in packages according to 20 RUR/100 MB. After one package expires, the next one is activated automatically. When traveling, the cost of Internet traffic becomes standard - 9.9 RUR/MB.

Cost of SMS and MMS

  1. The cost of SMS to any numbers in the Home region without options is 1,9 rub/SMS;
  2. SMS to Russian numbers - 3 ,9 rub/SMS;
  3. MMS to any numbers in Russia – 7 RUR/MMS.

When you activate the SMS XXS option, 10 free SMS messages are provided daily. The first 10 days of using the option for free, then the fee is calculated according to the tariff 3.5 rub/day.

This option is suitable for people who are sure that they will send no more than ten messages daily, since in this case their daily fee of 3.5 rubles will pay off.

Calls to other countries

Calls to other countries also have different tariffs: the cost per minute of a call to CIS countries is 35 rub.., calls to Europe are made according to the tariff 55 rub/min., to other countries – 75 rub/min. A call via satellite communication systems will cost 313 RUR. per minute of conversation.

Services included in the tariff

  • AND HE; MMS;
  • "Mobile Internet";
  • Call waiting;
  • Conference calling;
  • Barring calls from the device;
  • "Long distance and international access";
  • "International roaming";
  • Kaleidoscope;
  • MegaFon-Mail;
  • Who called+;
  • “SIM menu services”;
  • SMS-Check;
  • I called +.

Payment upon connection and transition

The cost of switching to the “Go to Zero” tariff plan is carried out for free with an initial payment of 200 rub.

Connection methods

Use one of the methods to quickly connect to a tariff:

  1. You can activate the service on the official Megafon website by selecting the desired tariff plan and clicking “Go to tariff”. Here you can connect the tariff by simply entering the number in the “Quick connect on the website” section and waiting for the transaction confirmation code, or choosing any other method from the ones presented below.
  2. Connect in your personal account:
    To switch to the selected tariff, use

Mobile operator Megafon has developed the “Go to Zero” tariff, which does not require monthly payment. Calls to internal numbers in your area of ​​residence are free. The tariff plan allows customers to use voice, Internet and SMS.

Communication with other operators is charged per minute. The same applies to text messages. Each area has its own cost of services. Details can be obtained from your mobile operator.

The “Go to Zero” tariff plan does not provide for a subscription fee. Subscribers get the opportunity to make free calls to internal numbers in their home region. The first minute of conversation is 1.3 rubles. The cost of a call to other operators is 2.5 rubles. in a minute. If during the day the subscriber spoke for a total of 1440 minutes, the cost changes to 1.3 rubles.

Calls to near and far abroad are charged depending on the country. The cheapest way is to call to the CIS. The cost of a call is 35 rubles. To Europe, 1 minute of conversation costs 55 rubles.

The “Go to Zero” tariff includes calls to satellite numbers:

  • Iridium;
  • TURAI;
  • Inmarsat;
  • GlobalStar.

A minute of satellite communication is 313 rubles. In addition to calls, subscribers can connect .

Megafon clients have access to the “Internet XS” option with 70 MB of Internet traffic. The first week the subscription fee is not charged, then 7 rubles are debited from the balance per day. If you do not enable the option, the cost of 1 MB is 9.9 rubles.

To send SMS for free, use the “SMS XXS” option. 10 messages are available per day. For the first 10 days, the subscription fee is not charged. In the future, daily services cost 3.5 rubles. The package is valid in the connection area.

Characteristics

Monthly payment 0 rub.
Initial payment (upon connection) 200 rub.
Services for the connection area
Call to Megafon subscriber from 2 minutes 0 rub.
Call any other operator 2.5 rubles/min.
Sending SMS without the “SMS XXS” option 2 r./min.
Sending SMS with the “SMS XXS” option 0 r./min.
Interregional communication services
Calls within the Megafon network 3 r./min.
Calling other Russian operators 12.5 rubles/min.
Sending text messages 3.8 rubles/pcs.
Sending MMS messages 7 rubles/pcs.
International communication services
Calls to Abkhaz, Georgian and CIS numbers 35 rubles/min.
Communication with Turkish, Israeli and European operators 55 rub./min.
Calls to other countries 75 rub./min.
Connection with satellite numbers (Iridium, GlobalStar, Inmarsat) 313 rub./min.
Sending text messages to operators in the CIS, Georgia and Abkhazia 3.5 rubles/pcs.
Sending SMS to other countries 5 rubles/pcs.

How to connect

The “Go to 0” package from Megafon can be activated in 5 ways. To do this you need:

  • Go to the ru website, go to the tariff and indicate your number;
  • Register an account on the Megafon web resource. Change the tariff plan;
  • Dial the command “*105*1005#”;
  • Send a message with any text to the number “05001005”;
  • Activate the voice menu by calling “05001005”.

The connection cost is 0 rubles. The operator withdraws an initial fee of 200 rubles, which is spent on the services provided.

How to disable

To disable the “Go to Zero” tariff plan, you need to do one of the following:

  • Visit the Megafon communication salon. Employees will explain in detail the terms and conditions of the tariff and connect the package;
  • Enter the number of the new tariff plan;
  • Log in to your personal account and change the package.

Who is it suitable for?

Megafon's "Go to Zero" tariff is aimed at customers calling within the network in their area of ​​residence. To check your mail, you can enable the “Internet XS” option. Those who call within Russia and other countries are recommended to connect.