Hat's off to Cellular provider Megafon-Moscow for a delightful viral marketing move. I'm usually wary of such things, but I had to share.

Hangover
[phone rings, wakes up young man in bed. He looks for the ringing sound. Finds it underneath some handcuffs]

Boss [shouts] Where's the report?!

Young man: [makes sounds of radio interference into phone] sorry, I can't hear you I'm at the
doctor...[puts wineglass to mouth] subscriber is not available, outside of network area

narrator: because of people like him, some thing that Megafon has poor phone quality. don't believe them.

Young man: [sees woman in bed.] oh, hello





p.s. The most economical cellular rate plan- if you can still find it on the grey market-- is FIX. You pay 10 cents for the connection and talk as much as you like...until Megafon's server kicks you off automatically at the 32 minute point.

p.p.s. I found my FIX SIM card by yandexing on the RuNet. It was delivered to my home by a delightfully dissheveled and eccentric man in his late 40's. Over tea he talked about how he was being stalked by the secret services (they were bombarding his apartment with radiowaves and couldn't sleep at home. So, he slept on the street). Then, he asked me to call his sister in the US.



Снимаю шляпу перед "Мегафоном-маасква". Сделали ловкий ход по вирусовому маркетингу. Обычно таких вещей опасаю, но на сей раз сделал исключение...


p.s. самый экономный тариф по мааскве, "FIX" ("ФИКС"). Платишь 3 руб. за соединение и говори сколько хочешь. По истечении 32 минут сервер тебя автоматически выкидывает...

p.p.s. Я нашел свою симку на сером рынке, при помощи "Яндекса". Курьер в лице сороколетнего прекрасно неопрятного и странного мужчины доставил карту. За чаем он рассказывал о том, как спецслужбы его преследуют (радио-волны направленные ему не дают ему спать, ему приходится спать на улице), еще и попросил при нем звонить сестре в Штаты и с ней общаться...