What my mobile phone costs
Originally published in Russian on ekozlov.ru, 4 Feb 2009. Translated and lightly edited in 2026.
Original: Price of connection
I've been wondering how much money my mobile phone eats up. Luckily, MegaFon keeps statistics for the whole time I've been a customer. I looked them up, thinking there must be a way to spend less, even though my employer pays the bill. Here's what the last three years came to:
- 2006: 9,090.06 rubles
- 2007: 12,654.03 rubles
- 2008: 13,820 rubles
I'm not sure I can cut that. It comes to about 1,100 rubles a month in 2008, which isn't nothing, considering I don't talk on the phone much.
Do you spend a lot on your mobile? It feels to me like the phone bill has become just another utility.