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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.
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https://support.google.com/fi/answer/6188337?hl=en "Once you do this, your text messages and voicemail will sync across Hangouts everywhere, including: Gmail chat, Google+ Page or profile, Chrome desktop app, Android or iOS device, Inbox by Gmail, or the Chrome extension."
That's a good idea, but it comes with caveats: - You need a cellular data or Wi-Fi connection to send and receive text messages, even on your Project Fi phone - You will no longer receive SMS messages in your default SMS app, instead you will receive SMS and voicemail in Hangouts on the web and all of your devices
On the plus side, you almost never pay for data roaming charges. Even when abroad.
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That's a good idea, but it comes with caveats: - You need a cellular data or Wi-Fi connection to send and receive text messages, even on your Project Fi phone - You will no longer receive SMS messages in your default SMS app, instead you will receive SMS and voicemail in Hangouts on the web and all of your devices
> - You need a cellular data or Wi-Fi connection to send and receive text messages, even on your Project Fi phone On the plus side, you almost never pay for data roaming charges. Even when abroad.
This is cool and all, but I'm worried that Google will just pull the plug during one "spring cleaning" event. Plus T-Mobile's $100/4 lines/2 GB per line is just unbeatable right now... cheaper and more data.
I regret getting a T-Mobile postpaid plan. Unlike their pre-paid plans, they tack on the following mandatory bullshit charges to their monthly plans: Federal Universal Service Fund, State Telecom Excise, County Telecom Excise, MCTD Surcharge, Regulatory Programs & Telco Recovery Fee, State & Local Sales Tax, Public Safety Communications Surcharge, County 911 That's $10+/mo of pure BS for a single line. Would love to…
Taxes & government surcharges State 911 Tax $0.08 Telecomm Relay Systems Surcharge $0.06 California Teleconnect Fund Charge $0.13 California High Cost Fund Surcharge $0.04 California Advanced Services Fund Charge $0.06 Universal Lifeline Telephone Service Surcharge $0.67
Other fees PUC Fee $0.03 Federal Universal Service Fund $1.29 Federal Regulatory Assessment Fee $0.12
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https://support.google.com/fi/answer/6188337?hl=en "Once you do this, your text messages and voicemail will sync across Hangouts everywhere, including: Gmail chat, Google+ Page or profile, Chrome desktop app, Android or iOS device, Inbox by Gmail, or the Chrome extension."
That's a good idea, but it comes with caveats: - You need a cellular data or Wi-Fi connection to send and receive text messages, even on your Project Fi phone - You will no longer receive SMS messages in your default SMS app, instead you will receive SMS and voicemail in Hangouts on the web and all of your devices
Its good to see them expanding the networks, if only a little. I've been on Project Fi for ~6 months or so and its been a fairly mediocre experience so far, but it works well enough for the price point I suppose.
I am also using and loving Google Fi so far. No manipulative billing practices designed to obscure the true cost. Reasonable metered data prices. The only downside is having to use a Motorola phone. They seem to always break within 1.5 years of purchase.
Someone using, say, 100GB on any network operator is not using $1000 worth of electricity / tower uptime costs / etc. They might, in the most ludicrously expensive regulatory environments, be costing a hundredth that.
Does anyone have any experience of using Google Fi with Google Voice?
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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.
You can send/receive SMS and get transcribed voicemails through Hangouts. I think you have to enable it in the options somewhere. Possibly my favorite thing about Fi
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If this extends in/through northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan, I may indeed switch to Fi. Actually, I recently took advantage of the Fi discount on a Nexus 5x ($250 @ 32 GB), but after some days dinking with it on Fi, I swapped in my Verizon SIM as planned, to have Verizon service with Nexus quality/timely system updates. (Needed an additional reboot for LTE to kick in, but since then -- as r…
> Next up would be to see whether Google Fi's adverstised real/actual/person support is for real and helpful I'm a google fi customer and requested support. For me, the support was fantastic. They were very helpful and did their best to make sure everything was handled. Sample size of 4-8 requests, though, so YMMV.
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.