Talk:Russia/@comment-95.239.131.84-20120929131702

I have been from Moscow to Ulan Ude and beyond via Transmongolian railway.

Got a 100 MB/day plan for 30 days at 500 rubles (all included) with Megafon in a mobile shop in Moscow.

Me, not a word of Russian except "dasvidania" and "spasiba".

Them, not a word of English.

Me: "SIM, Internet, Transiberian"

15 minutes afterwards I was with my new Russian SIM, connected.

They accepted a (true) photocopy of my passport.

I got connection almost everywhere along the Transiberian. In many spots it reverted to GPRS/EDGE, but still connected.

The option was valid thorughout Russia. No surprises.

Managed my best VOIP over mobile call ever from the Russian/Mongolian border. 20 minutes call for peanuts.! :-)