Prepaid data in Russia - St Petersburg

[drama queen]

Originally Posted by kuba.g

Good to hear! I hope I will be able to manage it as well in Kaliningrad this summer.

Can you confirm that you have been sold a prepaid simcard using the tariff "МТС Коннект-4"? That would make sense as they charge 1 rouble per MB: ??? ???????-4 - ?????-?????????, ????????????? ??????? so if you initially had 400 roubles that would indeed make 400MB.

Yes - it is the Connect 4 prepaid tariff. Tomorrow is the last day of trip and I have only used 30% of my quota During that time, I have been using Google Maps continuously, making all the phone calls I needed (on VOIP or Skype), browsing, email etc, except at hotel where I have WiFi. It is so useful to be able to browse the museum guides online when visiting museums and palaces.

I almost never lose HSPA signal, but occasionally when I do, it reverts to a good EDGE signal, which is still good enough for most things except VOIP.