"GoodLine": reviews. mobile connection

It's no secret that calls abroad are serviced in roaming mode. It means that the subscriber uses the services of his foreign company (through the intermediary of his provider) to contact the number he needs. Due to this, the cost of calls, messages and the Internet abroad is very different from the prices that are relevant in the domestic market.

Special rates

In this regard, mobile service providers often conduct various actions and provide a discount for communication with other countries, trying to pick up the maximum available tariff for their subscriber. However, this can not always be done - often users still can not afford the costs that are imposed by companies. Even different options for working in only one direction, for a particular country can not significantly fall in price due to the presence factor of two mobile operators - yours and the foreign ones.

Alternative

If the user can not afford to spend so much on mobile communication while staying abroad, he has several ways out of this situation. The first is simply to abandon the use of mobile phones. Now there is a mass of Internet services that allow you to communicate with each other. Most of them are free. But communication through the network is not always convenient, and sometimes it does not become possible at all.

The second way is to purchase a special SIM card from another operator, whose tariffs are more affordable. Often we are talking about some international providers that issue their own SIM cards for travel. Just about one of these we will talk about in this article. So if you decide to go somewhere, it will be useful to you.

Special operator

It's about the company "GoodLine". The reviews left on the Internet indicate that it is the supplier of so-called tourist SIM cards. In fact, this is what we mentioned earlier - the opportunity to purchase a dedicated map for communication between countries. Its peculiarity lies in the fact that the final price of services is an order of magnitude lower than our largest telecoms operators. Even if we compare prices of different special offers of our "usual" operators and the cost of calls provided by the SIM-card "GoodLine", the difference will be huge. Because of this, people are looking for similar services to be able to somehow save on mobile communications.

Concept

The general model of the company's activities is very simple. Either you are given a card with which calls are much cheaper for Russian numbers and, in turn, are free if you call from Russian numbers, or you tie your "native" number to the GoodLine card. Reviews note that the second option, of course, more convenient (since you save your number). But also it costs under the conditions specified on a site of the operator, on 15 cents more expensively.

This company offers not only cheap calls. There are also tariff plans that provide for the availability of Internet traffic at a special price. This means that you will be able to use the mobile Internet, being somewhere abroad.

The services

In fact, the model of the company "GoodLine" (Russia) recalls how other mobile operators work. Here, in particular, serve customer numbers and support the operation of your SIM cards. Here they also develop their tariff plans and allocate service packages (minutes, messages, traffic) for a certain cost.

In addition to serving private customers, GoodLine (the reviews confirm this) also helps companies interested in mobile services. For example, it may be some corporate data packets that are distributed to several related mobile numbers.

The company also provides other services. For example, there is an online store where you sell goods that you might find useful in the future. Also here offer room service, for example, replenishment of the account.

True, domestic operators in some ways can offer more than the "GoodLine". TV services, for example, the company to which the review is dedicated, does not provide. Yes, and in roaming, probably, this is not so topical issue.

Rates

At the time of writing the article in the section "GoodLine" "Tariffs" (which, obviously, is devoted to the cost of services in the system), two plans were presented, which the subscriber can choose. One of them is "Planet-Good" (an option that allows making calls, writing messages and using the Internet). In particular, the cost of incoming calls in more than 140 countries - 0, the price of a minute from Europe to Russia (city numbers of Moscow and St. Petersburg) - 0.05 $, other numbers - 0.29 $, other countries - 0.49 $. From the USA to Russia, the price of the call is $ 0.49, from China - $ 0.29. And on the company's website there are several more directions and services provided by this tariff.

The second package described in the section "GoodLine" "Tariffs" is called "Good-Internet". It includes options that mean the ratio between a certain amount of traffic (for example, 10 MB) and the price for 1 day of use (1 dollar). The maximum package is 2 GB of data, the cost of which is $ 100. The option is valid for 30 days.

Special offers

In addition to the services described above, the company is engaged in providing special, promotional offers. For example, one of those is an advantageous account replenishment (at the official rate of the Central Bank). Still here you can include a 10 percent discount on goods from the online store (here sold tablets, phones, insurance policy, etc.), as well as a program of accumulation of special "miles-minutes." This means that the more a subscriber speaks on the phone, the more he can ultimately benefit from cooperation with GoodLine. The testimonies indicate that when a certain number of bonuses is reached, the client is given the opportunity to use the airline's services free of charge, get free hotel accommodation and other benefits.

Reviews

The recommendations of clients, found by us on some sites with reviews and characteristics of mobile operators, really praise the company, recommend its services and note the low prices of services in it. Many argue that they began to seriously save, using tariffs, to which you can connect the number "GoodLine". If you calculate the money that the subscriber would pay for calls with other, Russian operators, he would have spent many times more. Therefore, we see a lot of positive feedback from the company's customers.

Another issue is the various problems that arose in the process of cooperation. In this regard, we found a lot of negative comments. They, of course, less, but they are. Users complain that they have uncontrolled loss of money from the account, or that the final cost of the services has been higher than the one that was announced earlier.

Still, users emphasize that the drawback of the card is the inability to check it and activate it on the territory of Russia. That is, in fact, find out whether your phone will be available or not, you can only after you get to another country. And this, you must agree, is such a risk, for which not all are ready to go.

Well, finally, another problem can be called a slightly confusing billing. That is, if you call in one country, and you call from another - this is understandable. But, for example, this fact: the subscriber's number "GoodLine" is serviced by an Estonian operator. If you are called from Russia, you do not pay for incoming calls, but your subscriber will pay twice as much, because he has roaming.

conclusions

So, what did we find out about the work of GoodLine?

How to call, how to activate the card and how to replenish the account, everyone knows. These are not some complicated actions that require additional information. Therefore, problems should not arise here. But as far as tariffs and various hidden conditions are concerned, it really will be necessary to try to identify them all. After all, the plans are very sophisticated, the subscriber must "rummage" in tariffs and understand what is at issue. Then really calls from "GoodLine" can become very profitable.