Google fi

[reddyuta]

https://fi.google.com/signup

interesting concept but you need a Nexus phone.I might try it next year after i get out of my contract.

 

[YosemiteSam]

https://fi.google.com/signup

interesting concept but you need a Nexus phone.I might try it next year after i get out of my contract.

I have Google Fi. I signed up when I got the new Nexus 5X.

Here is the thread I created about it recently

I switched from Verizon. The coverage on one of the highways I use isn't as good as Verizon was, but it is kind of in a Forrest area and not a lot of people.

Overall though, it's been pretty good. I cut my bill from $90/month to $31. (the $20 for unlimited voice and text, and $10 for the 1GB of data)

The best thing about it is I can subscribe to the just one GB of data, but if I go over, they just bill me the next month at $1 per 100MB. So if I use 1.5GB, my next bill will be $36 rather than $31. Can't beat that!

Oh and they never throttle you no matter how much data you use. They just bill you for it the following month and the free tethering owns too.

 

[CyberB0b]

Seems like kind of a ripoff, at least for me. I am using Cricket, which uses the ATT network, which is superior to Tmobile or Sprint. Also, the price is much cheaper for me.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Seems like kind of a ripoff, at least for me. I am using Cricket, which uses the ATT network, which is superior to Tmobile or Sprint. Also, the price is much cheaper for me.

Cheaper than $30 for unlimited talk and text + 1GB of data? Does Cricket allow WiFi calls?

Project Fi is T-Mobile + Sprint + WiFi Calling/Texting/Data and absolutely no data throttling. Data overages charged at $1 per 100MB and there is no charges against Data when you use WiFi.

I would like to understand what part of Project Fi is a "ripoff" as you say. It stomps all the major carriers price wise.

Edit: I see it's $35 for unlimited talk and text + 2.5GB of data. Slightly cheaper. I suppose the difference is with Cricket you get access to AT&T. Project Fi, you get access to T-Mobile and Sprint's network.

 

[CyberB0b]

Cheaper than $30 for unlimited talk and text + 1GB of data? Does Cricket allow WiFi calls?

Project Fi is T-Mobile + Sprint + WiFi Calling/Texting/Data and absolutely no data throttling. Data overages charged at $1 per 100MB and there is no charges against Data when you use WiFi.

I would like to understand what part of Project Fi is a "ripoff" as you say. It stomps all the major carriers price wise.

Edit: I see it's $35 for unlimited talk and text + 2.5GB of data. Slightly cheaper. I suppose the difference is with Cricket you get access to AT&T. Project Fi, you get access to T-Mobile and Sprint's network.

Yeah, I pay $35 for per line, with no taxes or fees. I have no need for WIFI calling, although I do see how that could be appealing. To get the same service with Google Fi, I would have to pay $45 + taxes and fees, so it would work out to over $50. Google Fi needs to be more competitive with other MNVOs, and not with the big 3, like Tmo, Sprint, and Verizon. I think ripoff was too harsh of a term. I should have just said it's not a good of a deal, when compared to other MNVOs.

There are already MNVOs that offer better pricing, like Cricket, MetroPCS, Virgin Mobile, Boost Mobile, etc.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Yeah, I pay $35 for per line, with no taxes or fees. I have no need for WIFI calling, although I do see how that could be appealing. To get the same service with Google Fi, I would have to pay $45 + taxes and fees, so it would work out to over $50. Google Fi needs to be more competitive with other MNVOs, and not with the big 3, like Tmo, Sprint, and Verizon. I think ripoff was too harsh of a term. I should have just said it's not a good of a deal, when compared to other MNVOs.

There are already MNVOs that offer better pricing, like Cricket, MetroPCS, Virgin Mobile, Boost Mobile, etc.

I don't know those services that well, but everyone I know that has MetroPCS cussing it like there is no tomorrow.

 

[CyberB0b]

I don't know those services that well, but everyone I know that has MetroPCS cussing it like there is no tomorrow.

We'll, it is owned by T-Mobile, and runs on their network. If they're unhappy with metro, then they will likely be disappointed with Fi when it connects to T-Mobile.

 

[YosemiteSam]

We'll, it is owned by T-Mobile, and runs on their network. If they're unhappy with metro, then they will likely be disappointed with Fi when it connects to T-Mobile.

Not true. First off, T-Mobile throttles everything under the sun for MetroPCS users and they play second fiddle to actual T-Mobile subscribers for normal services. Project Fi does not suffer from those limitations. Project Fi users are not throttled at all. It's part of the agreement between Google and T-Mobile/Sprint that they are absolutely not allowed to throttle their users and instead can bill them for overages at $1 per 100MBs per month.

Up until about 4-5 years ago. I was a loyal T-Mobile customer going well back in the the VoiceStream days. (late 90s) I only switched to Verizon because my service sucked riding the train into the city and I thought Verizon's better network could fix that. It improved a bit, but nothing of any real significance. It was better in many location when I wasn't on the train, but that was when Verizon was LTE and T-Mobile was still using the artificial 4G coverage. (HSPA+) Now that T-Mobile actually uses LTE, it's probably a much different story.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

google fi is pretty great. wifi calling is the best.