Sunny summer has arrived, temperatures are reaching their peak, especially if the sun is at its zenith, or if you’ve stayed at work replacing four male colleagues and three female colleagues who are sending you charming photos (oh, for them to….) from their vacation abroad. But just wait a moment, in some time, I hope not too long, you too will go on your dream, longed-for, and certainly eagerly awaited HOLIDAYS! Then you’ll show them – waffles, corn on the cob, cold beer (non-alcoholic, of course), and selfies in full sun. But how to do it so you can send those pictures and make them green with envy?
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Roaming is supposed to be #Free
Have you seen *Mythbusters*? Does the word BUSTED mean anything to you? Yes, yes, roaming for peanuts is a load of nonsense. But I'll quickly tell you what's what, so you can shine in a barbecue debate with your neighbor.
- It all applies only to the EU, so Sharm el Sheikh and other Turkeys are out of control.
- Actually, the Roam-like-at-home principle only states that you should use your phone in the EU as you would in your home country. More precisely, according to your operator's domestic price list.
- With us, it's even cheaper, because prices in the EU are lower than those in Poland.
- Free data packages – which we add to NoLimit top-ups do not work abroad, because they are promotional offers valid only in Poland.
- No, we haven't changed this specifically due to RLAH, it's always been like this with us.
- To use your mobile abroad, top up your number with PLN in such a way that you have zlotys on your main balance. We will use them to settle your calls. A balance of zero means the end of calling.
How to do it?
Top up the standard way, top up any amount, initiating it from your bank (convenient for trips) or top up with a PLAY scratch card (but don't do that, we'll earn less) or use the good old Standard offers available on our website.
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But how? Scandal, outrage, others do it differently…
If everyone were the same, how would you define diversity? Seriously, it's as simple as pie.
Operators settle with each other based on MTRs, which are termination rates. The caller pays the one being called (i.e., whose network the receiving phone is on). Now count how many MV masts we have, got it? Good! And now count how many dollars we earn from calls made on our network by foreign numbers. And now subtract the costs you generate when you are outside Poland. If it's too difficult, I'll help (I assume money is natural to you, though unfortunately not always real).
0 – (anything other than 0) = a negative number
So, now that we've got through the math part and you're still here, I'll let you in on a little secret.
What you pay for roaming is the cost we have to pay to other operators. Is that fair? I don't know, that's up to you to figure out.
From here, I'd also like to send my warmest regards to Orange, T-mobile, Play, Plus, and other colleagues for offering free roaming in the EU only to withdraw from it shortly after because it's too expensive after all.
So how much does it cost then?
You can check everything in the offers tab – there you can select a country and see a price table. Here's an overview map of the best vacation destinations with the prices you have to pay for mobile calls.
P.S. I know it's expensive outside the Union, I wish it were cheap, but for now, there aren't enough Vikings on board for that to happen. Want it cheaper? Invite your friends and colleagues on board! If you try hard enough, you can have #Free in your country always #ZaDarmo, and then if you pay for roaming from time to time, nothing terrible will happen, right? Don't believe me?
See also: How to enable and disable roaming on your phone
A handful of interesting facts at the end, or how roaming used to be at MV?
From time to time, there are articles online about how data usage has increased, and not just abroad. Curious how it is with us? I talked to Paweł, whom you probably know from emails, and he agreed to share some data that we can show you. Here it is:
As you can see, GB usage generated by Vikings in the Eurozone decreases in winter months and increases in summer months. I wonder if skiing on an alpine slope is more engaging than spring and autumn travels? Summer is coming, so everything will be revealed in a few months.
The moral of this story: to send photos smoothly, keep funds on your number.
