US Cellular Now a Part of Project Fi's Network

Post by fizzbatter » Wed, Jun 08, 2016, 10:11 PM UTC

wdmeldon wrote: post #23

fizzbatter wrote: post #19

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I'm quite excited to try it. Unfortunately (or fortunately) i'm on T-Mobile, with a no contract $30/m Unlimited text/data plan (very few minutes) , and that's just really hard to beat. Note that this plan might not be available anymore.. not sure really, but i know i often get flack for being on this plan from tmo. It clearly isn't making them enough money, but my god, i love it.

It's 100 minutes a month if I'm not mistaken. Can't say for sure if the plan still exists, but it's almost impossible to find any advertising regarding it. You have to specifically ask for it like those quesadillas at Chipotle. I was happy with it for a couple years but switched to google Fi when I got my Nexus 6P and I'm perfectly happy with it.

Post by readams » Wed, Jun 08, 2016, 10:43 PM UTC

ElijahLynn wrote: post #40

sumitgt wrote: post #38

I must say Project FI has worked out really nice for me. I'm usually in Wifi range, so my data usage is very low. Works out to around $27 each month. And the service is really good. BUT, I live in the constant fear of Google shutting down the service. In fact I'm slowly finding myself skeptical of adopting new Google products because I'm worried it will go away.

I hear you on the fear of Google shutting it down but I wouldn't with Project Fi. This is a communications product. They need people to get fast access to their products. This product will never go away, just like their Fiber efforts. They purchased Grand Central like 10 years ago and never killed it. Grand Central -> Google Voice -> Project Fi.

Post by rch » Wed, Jun 08, 2016, 11:09 PM UTC

readams wrote: post #53

ElijahLynn wrote: post #40

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I hear you on the fear of Google shutting it down but I wouldn't with Project Fi. This is a communications product. They need people to get fast access to their products. This product will never go away, just like their Fiber efforts. They purchased Grand Central like 10 years ago and never killed it. Grand Central -> Google Voice -> Project Fi.

Google voice languished for years with no updates, no bug fixes (despite a lot of serious problems!)

Post by nathancahill » Wed, Jun 08, 2016, 11:14 PM UTC

narrowrail wrote: post #36

surge wrote: post #18

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Yep, US Cellular seems to be the only cell phone towers I can get on roaming when an area is "middle of nowhere" and I'll see a small dealer/shop in small towns. Like you said, they seem to specialize in markets that other carriers wouldn't bother with, like remote parts of Alaska, or small mountain towns.

As far as the Rockies are concerned, Verizon seems to have the best coverage by far. I've had a cell phone since '96, and ~99% of the resort towns have the big 4, but VZ is in the most remote places I've seen. Edit: Here is an interesting chart of wireless providers in the US [0]; lots more providers w/ 10K-1M subcribers than I realized. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_wireless...

Post by puzzle » Thu, Jun 09, 2016, 12:01 AM UTC

rch wrote: post #55

readams wrote: post #53

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Google voice languished for years with no updates, no bug fixes (despite a lot of serious problems!)

And it is specifically excluded from Google Fi (you may import your number, but no going back). My biggest gripe with Fi is that there is no way to check voicemail or handle SMS through the web interface. That was the most useful aspect of Voice for me.