US Cellular Now a Part of Project Fi's Network

Post by SeanLuke » Thu, Jun 09, 2016, 7:57 PM UTC

dforrestwilson wrote: post #17

AcerbicZero wrote: post #3

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.

Post by vecinu » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 9:32 PM UTC

Rezo wrote: post #48

Fej wrote: post #29

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…

Post by vecinu » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 9:38 PM UTC

lhl wrote: post #50

flardinois wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Worldwide roaming is included in all of T-Mobile's postpaid plans if I'm not mistaken.

Yep, I actually have a $20/mo (2GB/mo) data-only T-Mobile SIM that I've used extensively for international travel the past year that's worked great (anything longer than a couple days I'll tend to pick up a local SIM for my primary phone, but I leave it in a secondary phone and have never had any issues either way. Speed is perfectly cromulent for messaging and navigation.)