Win a US$5,000 holiday by downloading 419GB over 3G? Only in Russia

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Russian telco MegaFon would like its customers to download and win. (Credit: MegaFon)
With carriers all over the world doing their best to reduce data usage of its customers, Russian telco MegaFon took the unusual step to encourage bandwidth hogging instead with prizes for top downloaders. That's right, the carrier gave out prizes worth US$33,000 to a bunch of winners for using the most amount of data within a week on its 3G unlimited data service.

The winner of the top prize (a US$5,000 holiday) managed to download a whopping 419GB within one week. Additionally, second and third place winners were from small Russian towns of Novgorod and Yaroslavl. MegaFon claims that this helped to showcase its coverage prowess in rural areas with 21Mbps data speeds.

Via TheNexWeb
Aloysius Low
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Aloysius Low is a Senior Writer at CNET Asia and covers all things mobile. A former World of Warcraft addict, he now dabbles in social media to stave off the withdrawal symptoms. As a lover of all things furry, he's also the unfortunate slave/minion of two adorable cats.

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